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Polar Air Cargo agrees to payout $100m in US cartel lawsuit
Polar Air Cargo has reached a $100m settlement with plaintiffs in the ongoing air cargo cartel class action lawsuit in the US.In a statement, the airline said that it, along with Polar Air Cargo Worldwide and parent Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, will pay out $35m by January 15 this year, ...
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Saudi Arabia-Iran flights suspended as tensions rise
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have halted all flights to and from Iran amid rising tension in the region following the Saudis’ execution on January 2 of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and other prominent Shi'ite clerics and consequent severing of diplomatic relations.Saudia and Gulf Air have halted all flights, as has Iran ...
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Emirates' new LA flight takes aim at fruit and vegetable exports
Emirates hopes an increase in frequencies between Los Angeles and Dubai will cater for fruit and vegetable exports from the US city.The extra flight, which will be operated by an Airbus 380-800ULR, increases the airline’s daily frequencies between the airports to two per day.Emirates said it hoped the flight's cargo ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of two new freighters
Qatar Airways Cargo has taken delivery of two new freighter aircraft as it continues to expand its all-cargo fleet.The Doha-based airline has taken delivery of its seventh Airbus 330-200F and its first nose loading Boeing 747-8F.The aircraft will be used to increase frequencies to Bahrain, Brussels, Chennai, Hyderabad, London Stansted ...
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LAN Cargo gains environmental certification
LAN Cargo has become the first cargo airline operating at Miami International Airport to obtain ISO 14001:2004 certification for its Environmental Management System.The system consists of a series of processes and practices that allow the airline to identify, control, manage and reduce the environmental impact of all its ground operations, ...
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DHL agrees to $53m payout to settle US class action
On Tuesday December 22, Plaintiffs in Precision Associates Inc., et al. v. Panalpina World Transport (Holding) Ltd., et al. filed for preliminary approval of a settlement with DHL in which DHL agreed to pay $53m to settle claims that it participated in a price-fixing scheme with competitors.Gustafson Gluek PLLC, as ...
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NewsDifficult November for Asian cargo airlines
Asian air cargo carriers faced weak market conditions in November as demand declined compared with last year.Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that demand declined by 2.4% in November compared with a year ago as key manufacturing economies experienced “soft market conditions as a result of ...
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NewsDisappointing November peak for Asian air cargo carriers
The November peak season was another tough month for Asian air cargo carriers as weak demand and capacity additions put pressure on air freight rates.The latest monthly statistics from Asian airlines show all but one of the carriers that report statistics saw load factors decline during November.The largest of the ...
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K+N opens new Singapore logistics hub
Freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has opened a new logistics hub in Singapore, its largest investment outside of Europe, located close to high tech and pharmaceutical manufacturing centres.The new facility in the west of Singapore measures 50,000sq m, with 46,000sq m of warehousing, and is part of K+N's regional expansion ...
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New warehouse truck management system for Swissport
Swissport Cargo Services has begun using a new Cargo Flash Infotech software system for doors and slot management at its Madrid warehouse ahead of its global implementation.The system manages planned truck movements at Swissport’s warehouse and will therefore help reduce congestion, the software provider said.The objective of the doors and ...
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NewsGlimmers of hope for air cargo despite weak end to last year
The end of last year saw some glimmers of hope for air cargo in certain areas of the world despite overall weakness in demand in November.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that November was “not a good month for air cargo” as for the first time in 2.5 years ...
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Is the air cargo industry ready for an unmanned aircraft revolution?
Given all of the hype of recent months, readers would be forgiven for thinking unmanned air cargo operations were just around the corner. They are, but only if the industry is prepared to engage in the change.There is no doubt that the prospect of utilising unmanned aerial systems (UAS) of ...
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Emirates bridges the gap for Uganda
Emirates SkyCargo has flown an 84 tonnes load of heavy machinery and steel parts for a new bridge being built across the Nile River in Uganda.The UAE-based passenger and freighter aircraft operator was awarded the charter by a Japanese construction company to carry the load from Tokyo’s Narita Airport to ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: China Southern, China Postal and Turkish place aircraft orders in December
Each month Air Cargo News analyses the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.China Southern Airlines' commits to 80 B737s and 10 A330-300China Southern Airlines has announced a commitment to purchase 80 B737s and 10 A330-300s.The Boeing commitment includes a combination of 30 Next-Generation 737s and 50 737 MAX airplanes, ...
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Doug Ragsdale joins PEMCO
PEMCO Aviation Maintenance (PEMCO) has named Doug Ragsdale as director of quality, based out of the company’s corporate headquarters at Tampa International Airport.Ragsdale brings more than 30 years of aviation quality and safety experience to his new role.Most recently, Ragsdale served as director of quality with the Total Air Group ...
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Hong Kong's Hactl breaks freighter handling records
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has broken two records for its ramp handling operations.The company handled 2,242 full freighters in November, beating its previous monthly record of 2,232 set in November 2014.The November record was 308 higher than the October figure, due largely to an increase in pre-Christmas ...
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CEVA's new 2015 operational structure brings in business
Reviewing 2015 and Looking Forward to 2016It’s been the first year of our new operational structure where we removed regions and regional HQs from our setup and moved to a system of 17 clusters which report directly to the executive board. Our aim was to restore an entrepreneurial spirit ─ ...
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American Airlines Cargo looks forward to an innovative 2016
In a wide-ranging questions and answers interview, American Airlines Cargo president Jim Butler outlines how the company performed in 2015 and his thoughts on the future of air cargo.Overall, for American Airlines Cargo, how was 2015 compared to 2014?2014 was a year full of [US Airways] integration-specific projects and campaigns. ...
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November sees weak air cargo volumes at American carriers
American, Delta and the Latam Group all recorded year-on-year declines in air cargo volumes in November, while demand was flat at United.The latest monthly figures from the three US airlines show that demand at United was flat year-on-year in November as it handled 222m cargo revenue ton miles (CTM). But ...
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CAS sees Miami perishable volumes soar after investment
Consolidated Aviation Services (CAS) has seen perishable volumes quadruple since it expanded its centre at Miami Airport.The cargo handler more than doubled the size of its perishables facility at the airport in 2014 with the addition of a new $2.5m 18,000sq ft cooler alongside its existing 12,000sq ft perishables building, ...