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NewsBoeing pegs up plane market prediction
Boeing has notched up its predictions for aircraft demand in the next 20 years in its current market outlook, published as the UK’s Farnborough Airshow got underway.The planemaker raised its forecast demand for new aircraft over the next 20 years, by 4.1% to 39,620 and put the total value of ...
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Rhenus signs JV in Japan
German forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up a joint venture with Sankyo Corporation, part of Japan’s Fujiki Group.Rhenus Sankyo Logistics will mainly handle imports and exports to and from Japan, along with domestic distribution and warehousing. Rhenus Asia already works with Sankyo’s US subsidiary, Clearfreight.Rhenus board member Tobias Bartz ...
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Virgin signals end of the Jumbo with A350-1000 order
Virgin Atlantic announced a firm order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, worth $4.4bn, at the UK’s Farnborough Airshow. The aircraft, the largest in the A350 family and with a cargo capacity of up to 14 pallets, will replace the carrier’s remaining Boeing 747-400s and Airbus A340-600s when deliveries start in ...
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Heathrow chief repeats expansion call as cargo jumps in June
Heathrow chief executive John Holland-Kaye called for a quick decision on the airport’s third runway as the London gateway revealed a jump in cargo in June.Tonnage grew 2.1% year on year to 125,536 tonnes with China up 11%, India 3.3% and Turkey 3%. The moving annual total to June 2016, ...
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Queuing for Cuba: 10 services between US and Havana gain tentative approval
Scheduled airline services from 10 US cities to Cuba have been granted tentative approval from the government to operate services to Cuba.US transportation secretary Anthony Foxx proposed to select eight US airlines to begin scheduled flights between Atlanta, Charlotte, Fort Lauderdale, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New York City, Orlando, ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: FedEx takes six B767s
Each month Air Cargo News reports the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.FedEx in for six B767sExpress operator FedEx continued to order new aircraft during June, this time placing an order for six Boeing 767-300 freighters.These aircraft bring the total number of freighters ordered by FedEx in 2016 to ...
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NewsTop 25 air cargo carriers 2015: FedEx maintains top spot
FedEx has once again topped the list of the world’s busiest air cargo carriers in 2015, with the top 25 seeing demand increase ahead of the overall market, fuelled by Middle Eastern and all-cargo airlines.The annual IATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) report revealed that FedEx managed to maintain its ...
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Southwest Cargo adds new Wichita services
US airline Southwest Cargo has announced it will begin offering four daily departures from a new facility in Wichita, Kansas.The Texas-based airline’s cargo arm said that from July 14 it will begin offering cargo service on four daily departures from Wichita to Las Vegas, Phoenix, and St Louis with connecting ...
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New Chinese cargo airline opts for B737s from Pemco
New Chinese airline Guangdong Longhao Aviation Group (GLHA) has signed up for the conversion of three Boeing 737-300 aircraft from Pemco.Pemco said the conversion will be carried out by Jinan Shandong-based STAECO, one of PEMCO’s three conversion partners throughout the world.The aircraft, which is the first conversion Pemco has secured ...
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NewsFreight traffic at European airports up 2.8% in May
European airports continued to see improvements in freight traffic in May, but demand improvements did slow from the April level.Airports Council International (ACI) Europe figures show that airfreight demand at European airports increased by 2.8% year on year in May.This compares with the April increase of 5.5% as the region ...
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NewsIATA confirms slowdown in air cargo demand growth in May
Airfreight demand growth slowed in May after showing signs of improvement in April.The latest IATA figures show a 0.9% year on year increase in freight tonne km demand in May. This follows a 3.2% improvement in April.However, at the time the April figures were announced, IATA warned prospects looked bleak, ...
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Charter broker ACS wins supplier role for UK government
Air Charter Service (ACS) has been selected as a supplier for the UK Government’s humanitarian division, the Department for International Development (DFID), for the next two years.The awarding of the contract comes one year after DFID invited the air cargo community to seek solutions for "timely, efficient and coordinated" air ...
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NewsBusiness pushes for quick UK decision on runway capacity
The president of the UK’s largest business group, the CBI, will call on the British government to make a swift decision on new runway capacity in the south east of England.In a wide-ranging speech at The Infrastructure Forum’s policy summit in London, CBI president Paul Drechsler will say: “A decision ...
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Volaris picks SmartKargo's cloud-based management system
Mexico City-based Volaris, Mexico’s second largest airline, has chosen SmartKargo’s Cloud-based air cargo management system.Volaris, with a cargo network from 22 US markets to destinations throughout Mexico and Central America, saw SmartKargo’s system go live in a “record” 27 days.The SmartKargo platform features a one-screen booking interface, flexible pricing and ...
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Independent forwarders set to WIN from new app
Online forwarder platform WIN has launched a new mobile application that offers users real-time track and trace, an interactive agent directory, instant messaging, route checking, and shipment status tools.WIN, which is owned by independent forwarder network WCA, said the app allows users to track and update status on any shipment ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit with flying colours
Hactl has completed its World Health Organization (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) audit, with no non-compliances or observations.It is the third successive year in which Hactl has passed the audit with a perfect score.Hactl was the first cargo handler in Hong Kong to attain WHO GDP accreditation; the initial and ...
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NewsTop 25 air forwarders 2015: DHL leads the way but rivals close the gap
DHL maintained its position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarder in 2015 despite rivals closing the gap, while the top 25 forwarders saw air volumes climb by 2.2% on 2014 levels.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates showed that European forwarders once again took ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds Phnom Penh to southeast Asian network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11.The new Boeing 747 freighter service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and ...
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Sherlock hunts out new Virgin Atlantic Cargo role
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Darren Sherlock to the newly-created role of manager, products and partnerships as it increases focus on growing products, such as its pharmaceutical offering.Sherlock joined the airline in 2011 as a business change analyst and was part of the team that developed Virgin Atlantic’s Cool Chain ...
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RiverOak submits initial plans for UK's Manston airport
US hedge fund RiverOak has submitted a scoping report outlining its plans for the redevelopment of Manston airport in the southeast of the UK.The report has been produced with the purpose of obtaining a scoping opinion from the planning inspectorate, which will be used to inform a more detailed Environmental ...