All Middle East Articles – Page 30
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Qatar Airways announces huge new cargo terminal as it targets further growth
Qatar Airways has revealed plans for a huge new cargo facility at Hamad International as it continues to climb up the IATA table for the world’s largest cargo airlines.Speaking at a press event today in Doha, Qatar Airways group chief executive Akbar Al Baker said that airline was now the ...
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Exclusive: Emirates considers new round of freighter orders
Emirates is weighing up further freighter orders after it took delivery of the final all-cargo aircraft on its current orderbook earlier this year.The Dubai-headquartered carrier told Air Cargo News it was currently considering whether it would place further orders for freighter aircraft with a decision expected over the coming months.Emirates ...
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Pradeep Kumar looks back at 40 years with the Emirates Group
Pradeep Kumar, senior vice president for Emirates Sky Cargo revenue optimisation and systems, is set to retire at the end of October after four decades with the Dubai-based parent group and 30 years with the carrier itself.In 1977, after completing his education in India, Kumar came to Dubai because of ...
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Qatar heads to northern dynamo
QATAR Airways Cargo plans to launch a freighter service to Stavanger, Norway, effective 3 November. Stavanger is the European oil and gas capital, with many of the major oil and gas companies and supplier companies having their Norwegian headquarters located there.Another significant export around the world is fish, while imports ...
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World airfreight loses its bounce as China falters
The normal summer bounce in the world airfreight market failed to materialise this year, due largely to the faltering Chinese economy, said market data specialist WorldACD in its latest report.July was flat with only 0.7% volume growth, the lowest of any month this year, and revenue figures were also the ...
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DHL, K+N and DB Schenker the leading airfreight forwarders
DHL Global Forwarding, Kuehne+Nagel and DB Schenker have maintained their position as the world’s leading airfreight forwarders, while the top 25 forwarders recorded a total increase in airfreight demand of less than one percent.The latest top 25 Global Freight Forwarders List from consultant Armstrong & Associates, based on revenues and ...
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Etihad signs cloud data technology deal with IBM
Etihad Airways and IBM have announced a 10-year technology services agreement worth $700m to provide the Abu Dhabi-based airline group with access to the latest cloud-based technologies and services.IBM will deliver a range of secure technology services, allowing Etihad Airways and its partners to “transform their IT infrastructure into global, ...
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Thirteen is lucky for Emirates' new B777 freighter
Emirates SkyCargo has welcomed its 13th Boeing 777 freighter aircraft, bringing the total number of dedicated cargo aircraft in the Dubai-based carrier’s fleet to 15, including two B747-400Fs.Emirates’ latest B777F, which left Boeing’s Everett manufacturing facility in September, flew its first mission to Hong Kong.Since being introduced to the SkyCargo ...
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CAL to introduce third B747F by year end
CAL Cargo Airlines is to expand its freighter fleet with a third aircraft, a Boeing 747-400F which is set to join on a long term lease from late 2015 or early 2016.The Israel-headquartered niche freighter operator, hubbed out of Liege airport in Belgium, is in expansion mode and has just ...
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Stowaway's body found on freighter at Schiphol
Dutch police are investigating an incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend when a body, believed to be that of a dead stowaway, was found in the landing gear of an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter aircraft.An Emirates spokesperson said: "Emirates can confirm that on September 12 a body was ...
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Webinar on Middle East air traffic
A panel of experts will discuss in a live webinar how increased aircraft movements and fewer delays could bring significant economic benefits for both airports and passengers in the Middle East.With aircraft fleets across the Middle East forecast to grow at an annual rate of more than 10% over the ...
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IATA warns of 'rough ride' for cargo
Airfreight volumes fell 0.6% during July versus same month 2014, "in line with weaker global economic growth" said IATA, which also warned of a "rough ride" for cargo in the coming months.The decline in freight tonne km (FTK) was broad-based across all regions with the exception of Africa and the ...
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New arrival: B777 freighter for Emirates
Emirates has taken delivery of four new aircraft in a single day: a Boeing 777 freighter and three passenger jets: two Boeing 777-300ERs and an Airbus A380.The 777 freighter went into revenue service immediately - it was scheduled to fly directly from the Seattle area, where it was built, to ...
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New IT system is best yet, says Qatar
Qatar Airways says that its CROAMIS cargo management system is the industry’s most advanced and comprehensive yet.Designed as a single package to handle the carrier’s reservations, operations, accounting and management information, it has been developed in-house by the carrier and co-funded with global IT services provider Wipro.Qatar says that Croamis ...
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Freight continues to impress at Dubai’s new airport
Cargo volume at Al Maktoum International - Dubai World Central (DWC) - continued to rise sharply in the first half of 2015, pushing the new airport from 20th to 19th place in the ranks of the top world cargo airports.Freight jumped 42% in the first half of 2015 to 443,000 ...
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Saudia Cargo resumes freighter operations to JFK
Saudi Airlines Cargo will start operating weekly freighter flights between Jeddah and New York’s JFK airport from September 4 “in response to the size of the growing demand for shipping operations”.The airline's acting VP Commercial, Rainer Mueller, said: "This step will enhance the activity of air cargo operations to and ...
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Saudia appoints ACP as GSA in South Africa
ACP Worldwide has been appointed South African cargo general sales agent (GSA) for Saudia Cargo.The carrier currently operates three times weekly B747 freighter flights from Johannesburg to Jeddah and Amsterdam, shared with Nairobi, and ACP will also sell belly space on the carrier’s three times weekly B777-200 wide-body flights between ...
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Dubai half year boost for Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic Cargo carried over 30% more cargo from Dubai in the first half of 2015, boosted by additional US routes and frequencies, and traffic generated as a result of the US port disruptions.For the six months ended June 2015, the airline carried 2,400 tonnes ex Dubai, compared with ...
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Emirates adds flights to second Iranian city
Emirates SkyCargo will increase its airfreight capacity to Iran next month, when the Dubai-based carrier’s passenger arm begins a five times a week non-stop A330-200 flight to Mashhad from September 1.Mashhad, in north east Iran, will become Emirates’ second Iranian destination after the capital city Tehran, which Emirates has been ...
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The heat is on: Ruslan transports steam superheater to Saudi Arabia
A Ruslan International AN124-100 freighter has transported a 60 tonne steam superheater from Linz in Austria to Dammam, Saudi Arabia.The flight, arranged in partnership with Swiss forwarder Panalpina, involved a 450 km journey by road to Linz Airport.The road journey required several special permits, due to its width of 620 ...