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American looks to fresh produce and high demand commodities to fill HK-LA flight
American Airlines Cargo is now offering customers belly cargo space on a new service between Los Angeles and Hong Kong.American said the daily nonstop service would be operated using a Boeing 777-300 aircraft that can carry 40 LD3 containers.The airline said that Los Angeles would offer Hong Kong customers direct ...
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Polmans joins TIACA board and urges greater industry collaboration
Brussels Airport head of cargo Steven Polmans has been appointed to TIACA’s board of directors.Polmans pledged to continue encouraging greater collaboration across the supply chain to cope with a rapidly changing industry.“I strongly believe that more cooperation between all stakeholders is to the benefit of our industry,” said Polmans.“We are ...
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IATA urges governments to sign up to aviation carbon offset scheme
IATA has urged governments to sign up to a newly proposed aviation carbon offset agreement at ICAO’s annual meeting later this month.IATA said the Carbon Offset and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) draft negotiating text, published earlier this month, “broadly aligns” with the aviation industry’s call for a mandatory ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Slowdown in August annoucements
Each month Air Cargo News analyses the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.BOC adds to Airbus orderAircraft lessor BOC Aviation has placed a firm order for five more A321 aircraft in addition to an order announced in January for 30 A320 Family aircraft.“We have increased our order for the ...
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CHAMP and Pangea sign forwarding system co-operation
CHAMP Forwarding Systems and the Pangea Logistics Network, Great Britain, have announced a strategic cooperation that will give the network's members access to the IT company’s Logitude forwarding system.This enables Pangea air and ocean freight forwarders to manage quotes, shipments, bookings and consolidations more efficiently and cost-effectively without any major ...
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NewsRobust demand growth for air cargo in July
The air cargo industry received a boost in July as there was “robust growth in demand” during the month, but IATA warns of headwinds ahead.The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand increased by 5% year on year in July, which is the fastest pace of growth in ...
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De Juniac officially takes the helm at IATA
Alexandre de Juniac has officially taken on the role of IATA's director general and chief executive, succeeding Tony Tyler.De Juniac was confirmed by the 72nd IATA Annual General Meeting this past June but there was a handover period before he officially became the seventh person to lead IATA.De Juniac said:"I ...
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AirBridgeCargo wins rights for new US destinations
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has won the rights to operate scheduled operations to several new destinations in the US.Documents seen by Air Cargo News show the Russian scheduled freighter airline has won the rights to operate flights from the Russian Federation to Seattle (Washington) Columbus (Ohio), Boston (Massachusetts) Washington DC and San ...
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Volga-Dnepr appoints new director for energy and heavy machinery
Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Vasiliy Zhukov as its new global director of energy & heavy machinery to spearhead its continued growth in these major sectors.Zhukov holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and a Master’s Degree in Project Management and Business Engineering.Prior to joining Volga-Dnepr in 2015, he spent five years ...
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NewsAsia cargo monthly: Asian airlines see another month of growth in July
Asia’s leading cargo airlines continued to report demand improvements in July, but yields continue to come under pressure.The latest monthly statistics show that six of seven of the region’s leading airlines saw airfreight demand compared with a year earlier.This reflects demand figures released by WorldACD last week, which suggest that ...
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DHL scoops new ATR supply chain contract
Turboprop aircraft manufacturer ATR has renewed its contract with DHL Supply Chain to provide global inventory management and orders of aircraft spare parts.The new contract covers a three-year period and it is the third time ATR has renewed its contract with DHL.The new contract includes inventory management, international distribution of ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July
Lufthansa Cargo, IAG Cargo and Finnair all managed to record increases in freight demand during July, while Air France KLM saw traffic decline.Lufthansa saw cargo demand increase by 1.6% year on year during July to reach 854m revenue cargo tonne km. The largest increase was recorded on demand out of ...
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Manser joins cargo charter firm Hunt & Palmer
Steve Manser has signed up to work with Crawley-based Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters.Having recently returned to the UK from the Middle East where he spent more than 12 years, Manser was looking for his next challenge when the opportunity to join the Hunt & Palmer organisation presented itself.With an ...
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GECAS signs purchase-and-leaseback deal with Korean Air for five B777Fs
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has signed a purchase-and-leaseback transaction with Korean Air Lines for five new Boeing 777 freighters as part of the Asian carrier’s fleet renewal programme.The commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE said that deliveries of the GE90-powered aircraft freighters are scheduled in late 2016 and 2017.Korean ...
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ULD handling: it's not just a box says IATA
IATA has launched a unit load device (ULD) safety campaign to focus industry attention on the the one aircraft component that is handled by multiple, non-regulated parties outside of the airport.According to IATA, there are some 900,000 ULDs in circulation with a replacement cost of more than $1bn and with ...
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IAG Cargo starts offering Tehran bellyspace
IAG Cargo has today commenced a new London to Tehran service as it looks to capitalise on the removal of trade sanctions on Iran.IAG said customers would benefit from six flights per week to and from Iran, which will improve connectivity between European and Middle Eastern markets.The service will be ...
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AMI installs dual view X-ray scanners in the UK
AMI, the trade-only airfreight and express wholesaler, has installed a latest generation cargo X-ray scanner at its flagship London Heathrow facility.The Astrophysics XIS-1818DV is a dual view machine, as required by security regulations from January this year, with a 180 x 180cm tunnel aperture.Its 320kv generator enables it to penetrate ...
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Air cargo demand recovery eases in July
Hopes of a recovery in airfreight demand suffered a setback in July as year-on-year volume growth during the month eased off compared with June levels.The latest figures from WorldACD show that in July air cargo demand in terms of weight increased by 1.8% worldwide, compared with the 3% improvement seen ...
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Virgin promotes Phillips to regional sales manager role for Europe
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Claire Phillips as Regional Sales Manager – Continental Europe.Phillips, who takes up her new post from September 5, has worked for the airline for five years, initially as Route Development Manager and Capacity Controller.Prior to this promotion, Phillips played an integral role in the training ...
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Air Partner appoints Katsouris as freight business development manager
Air Partner, the global aviation services group and charter broker, has appointed Alexander Katsouris as business development manager in the freight division.Katsouris will be based in Air Partner’s UK headquarters at Gatwick and will report directly to Mike Hill, director of freight.Katsouris has spent the last seven years working in ...