All Middle East Articles – Page 26
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Conversion specialist Bedek eyes potential B777 freighter market
Bedek Aviation Group has 35 years’ experience of passenger to freighter (P2F) conversions, starting with the early Boeing 747-100s, and is already eyeing the prospects for the Boeing 777.The conversion specialist, part of the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) giant, has focused on the Seattle-based plane maker’s family of aircraft and ...
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Report sees continued growth for courier sector
Growing demand for urgent and timed delivery will boost the turnover of the global courier industry to $66bn by 2021, according to new research by financial consultants, Ngenko Investments.The report, Global Courier Industry Analysis, sees particularly strong demand from the pharmaceutical, banking, garments, fast-moving consumer goods, IT and automotive industries.New ...
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Qatar freighter to give Halifax seafood exports a lift
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a weekly Wednesday B777-200 freighter service from Halifax (Canada) to its Doha hub via Zaragoza, Spain, from July 20. Much of the aircraft’s 103-tonne capacity is expected to be filled by Nova Scotia seafood.The flight is scheduled to arrive in Halifax on Wednesdays at 3:20am ...
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Qatar to take stake in Italy’s Meridiana
Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Alisarda to buy 49% of its subsidiary Meridiana, Italy’s second largest airline. The deal is subject to conditions and is expected to close in early October.Meridiana operates an extensive domestic and European network, which connects the main Italian airports with Sardinia and provides ...
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New recruits help Emirates ride Columbus freighter boom
Emirates Skycargo is planning to recruit sales and operations managers and a supervisor to support its growing US freighter operation at Columbus Ohio’s Rickenbacker International Airport.The recruitment drive is to cope with burgeoning freight volumes, said Emirates Skycargo's central US regional manager, Arthur Brown.It follows an increase in frequencies between ...
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Chapman Freeborn sells load data arm to dnata
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has sold Air Dispatch, its specialist centralised load control subsidiary, to ground handler and service provider, dnata.Founded in 2007, Air Dispatch calculates the weight and balance conditions for aircraft prior to flight. It produces over 800,000 load-sheets a year and in 2013 became the first dedicated centralised ...
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Qatar becomes cargo carrier number three
Qatar Airways Cargo became the third-largest cargo operator in the world in October 2015, said the Middle East carrier in its 2015/16 annual report.In what it described as a record year, Qatar increased its dedicated freighter destinations to 54, adding Dallas, Budapest, Prague, Ho Chi Minh City, and New York ...
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Luxembourg pilots join call for Mid East carrier curbs
The Luxembourg pilots’ association has joined a group calling for fair competition in European aviation, which they argue is "competing with the state-funded airlines of the Gulf region".The Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) said that it, together with other pilot associations and the European Cockpit Association, had become ...
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The car is the star for Etihad Cargo
Etihad Cargo has launched a special offer for car owners looking to transport their vehicles - a growing market - with them when they travel.The Abu Dhabi-based carrier will offer car owners 20% off the cargo rate and their seat when they book in first of business class.Etihad Cargo is ...
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Rhenus Group eyes Middle East expansion
Freight forwarder the Rhenus Group has set up its own country organisation in the UAE and is already eyeing further expansion in the Middle East.The new business will operate as Rhenus Group logistics Gulf DWC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Rhenus Group.It will offer air and sea freight handling ...
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Boeing to sell aircraft to Iran Air
Boeing has signed a deal with Iran Air for the latter’s purchase of an unspecified number of passenger aircraft.A statement from the Chicago-headquartered manufacturing giant informed: “Boeing confirms the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with Iran Air, expressing the airline’s intent to purchase Boeing commercial passenger airplanes“Boeing negotiated ...
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Etihad backs Brussels with new freighters
Etihad Cargo has launched a new twice weekly A330 freighter service between its Abu Dhabi hub and Europe's Brussels Airport.The Middle East carrier said it would complement bellyhold space on its existing passenger flights to the Belgian capital.The carrier adds that one of the attractions of Brussels is that it ...
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Qatar plans push into new air cargo markets
Qatar Airways cargo chief Ulrich Ogiermann said that the airline plans to become a major player in three new markets - the transpacific, Australia and South America - in the next nine months.The chief officer cargo at the world’s third largest international carrier told a press conference on the opening ...
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Emirates launches Hong Kong, Delhi freighter to Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is strengthening its footprint in the Far East and Indian sub-continent from today (June 1) with the launch of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from Hong Kong to Dubai via Delhi.The Dubai-based combination carrier said that new weekly service is being introduced to "tap increasing cargo movements ...
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DB Schenker opens new Dubai World Central logistics facility
DB Schenker has opened a new facility in Dubai Logistics City (DLC) freezone, located close to Dubai World Central Airport.The German logistics company’s new logistics building measures 7,200 sq m and is first part of a three phase plan to open facilities with a footprint of 25,000 sq m at ...
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Davies Turner boosted by lifting of Iranian sanctions
Freight forwarder Davies Turner is slowly seeing improvements in its volumes to and from Iran following the lifting of sanctions.The UK-based company first established its Tehran office in the country in the mid-1960s and has maintained a presence since then.The company said its market knowledge and understanding of local rules ...
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Chapman Freeborn utilises AN-225 for transport from Germany to Abu Dhabi
Chapman Freeborn and Fiege Logistics Switzerland have successfully completed a project to transport outsize oil and gas equipment totalling 232 tons from Germany to Abu Dhabi.Chapman Freeborn utilised an Antonov AN-225 freighter and an additional Boeing B747-400F aircraft to deliver the time-critical cargo from and Frankfurt–Hahn Airport to Abu Dhabi ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds new weekly freighter service from US to Middle East
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) will today introduce a new weekly US-Europe-Middle East-Russia service aimed to cater for the oil and gas industries.The service will set off from Houston on Monday evenings before heading to Chicago, Luxembourg and then onto Abu Dhabi before returning via Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport.ABC vice president North and ...
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Egyptair flight missing
An Egyptair Airbus A320 (flight MS804) with 66 people on board has gone missing on a flight from Paris to Cairo, with news agency reports that it has crashed in the Mediterranean Sea around 30 miles north of the Egyptian coast.On board are 7 crew, 3 security guards and 56 ...
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Qatar ups stake in IAG to 15.01%
Qatar Airways has raised further its stake in British Airways-owner International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) to 15.01% and may consider acquiring more of the company over time, the airline told Reuters.Less than a month ago Qatar Airways raised its stake in IAG to just under 12% from 9.99%.Speaking at a ...