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Volumes rise for Asia-Pacific and Middle East hubs in October
Airports in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions saw increased airfreight volumes in October 2017 versus the same month in prior year.Asia-Pacific volumes grew 2.6% while Middle East hubs saw a +1.3% rise in October, according to the latest statistics from Airports Council International (ACI) Asia-Pacific.An ACI spokesperson said: “Current ...
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Emirates carried 2.5m tonnes of cargo in 2017
Emirates SkyCargo carried 2.5m tonnes of freight in 2017 and recorded a 38% surge in pharmaceutical volumes.The cargo statistics for the calendar year 2017 were contained in an end of year review by the Dubai-based carrier.No comparable volume figures were given for 2016 in the statement, but statistics published in ...
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Second B747-8F arrives in Qatar
Qatar Cargo has announced that it has taken delivery of its second B747-8 freighter aircraft.The airline made the announcement in a short update on its cargo website. Qatar received the first of two B747-8Fs in September, with group chief executive Akbar Al Baker hinting that it could order more of ...
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Qatar cuts its fuel bill and gains green award
Qatar Airways has gained accreditation to the highest level of IATA’s Environmental Assessment programme (IEnvA), becoming the first Middle East airline, and the fifth worldwide, to achieve IEnvA Stage 2.Qatar Airways group chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, (left) was presented with the certificate by IATA director general and chief executive ...
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Airfreight's special October for volumes and revenues, says WorldACD
October was a “special” month in global air cargo, said analyst WorldACD. In its latest analysis of 75 airlines, monthly volumes were higher than ever, while revenues (in euros) also peaked.Although revenues in dollar terms did not reach the heights scaled in October 2010-14, it should be noted that oil ...
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October gets fourth quarter off to a strong start, says IATA
The fourth quarter of 2017 has got off to a strong start, with global air freight demand (in freight tonne-kilometres) up 5.9%, said IATA in its latest figures.While this was a slowdown from the 9.2% year-on-year growth in September 2017, it was comfortably ahead of the average annual growth rate ...
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Astral flies into Yemen as blockade is lifted
Kenya-based Astral Aviation has operated a humanitarian flight from Nairobi to Sanaa in Yemen - the first aircraft to land at the airport after the Saudi led coalition lifted a three-week blockade.The Boeing 727-200 freighter landed on Saturday 25 November with 15 tons of vaccines for over 600,000 children on ...
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dnata tests successfully blockchain technology with air cargo partners
Ground handler dnata has introduced blockchain technology into its cargo operations, in conjunction with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo.Blockchain technology is seen as a secure, public electronic ledger and peer-to-peer network that can be managed autonomously to exchange information between different parties.Kevin Ennis, vice president commercial and business ...
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Guillaume Halleux named as acting chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Cargo has named Guillaume Halleux as acting chief officer cargo, following the decision by former cargo boss Ulrich Ogiermann to leave the Middle East airline and return to Europe.Halleux's previous role was as vice president cargo Asia Pacific at Qatar Airways, based in Singapore.Halleux was quoted in the ...
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Emirates SkyCargo targets e-commerce with CommerCity deal
Emirates SkyCargo will target e-commerce traffic through a new deal it has signed with free zone Dubai CommerCity.The two partners said they will work together to develop new solutions for the global e-commerce sector to help retailers save time and money, although details on what form these solutions will take ...
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Emirates SkyCargo signs space centre logistics deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to become the preferred logistics partner.The deal, signed at the Dubai Airshow, means that Emirates SkyCargo will be MBRSC’s preferred partner to provide air transport services for satellites and related equipment relating to the organisation’s ...
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Qatar Airways keeps passengers and pets together
Qatar Airways has made it easier for passengers to travel on the same flight as their pets into and out of its home hub of Doha, by lowering the price and more than doubling the permitted weight of animals being transported as baggage on its passenger aircraft.The weight allowance for ...
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Hats the way to do it: CargoLogicAir satisfies oil and gas demand
British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir has had a busy time since it launched its first scheduled services in mid-August, due to strong demand from the oil and gas industry for capacity from the US to the Middle East.The twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter flights between London Stansted and Mexico City operate via ...
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Qatar Airways takes a 9.6% stake in Cathay Pacific
Qatar Airways has acquired a 9.61% stake in Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways.Both Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways collaborate together as members of the oneworld passenger alliance.Cathay's current shareholders, Air China Ltd and Swire Pacific Ltd, will together continue to hold 74.99% shares in the airline. In August, Qatar Airways ...
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Property boosts Agility profits but freight is flat
Middle East headquartered global freight forwarder Agility reported third quarter earnings up 18.1% to 14.2 fils per share on net profit of KWD17.8m, an increase 17.4% over the same period in 2016.However, the growth was due mainly to a strong performance by its infrastructure business; the forwarding business was relatively ...
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Qatar re-commits to wildlife fight
Qatar Airways has recommitted to the Buckingham Palace Declaration, which it signed in 2016 to protect wildlife from illegal trade and transportation.The carrier said it had a policy of zero tolerance towards the illegal transportation of endangered species through its network and would continue to raise employee and passenger awareness ...
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E-commerce leads Aramex profit growth
Middle East based forwarder Aramex said its net profits had increased by 13% in the third quarter of 2017 to AED 81.6m, up from AED 72.2m in 2016.Revenues in the third quarter, ending September 30, also increased 9% to AED 1,144m, compared to last year’s AED 1,050m. Were it not ...
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CLA adds Tel Aviv to expanding route network
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the UK-registered freighter operator, is to begin weekly scheduled services to Tel Aviv in Israel.The London Stansted-based airline will use a Boeing 747-400F for the new service to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt. In December, the outbound departure out of Europe will move from Frankfurt (Main) to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.Dmitry ...
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Etihad to suspend Dallas passenger service
Etihad Airways has confirmed that it will suspend its Abu Dhabi – Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) passenger link from March next year, claiming the service has become “commercially unsustainable following American Airlines’ unilateral decision to terminate its codeshare agreement” with Etihad.Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ chief executive, observed: “The unfortunate decision by ...
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Emirates goes daily to Algiers
Emirates is to add an extra flight to its Dubai-Algiers schedule making it a seven days a week service from December 13. The new service will operate every Wednesday with a Boeing 777-300.Emirates senior vice-president commercial operations for Africa, Orhan Abbas, said that the Algiers flight offered connections to and ...