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Etihad: Expanding on all fronts
To talk to Etihad is to be taken back to the golden age of air cargo - a time of double digit growth, expanding freighter fleets and new belly cargo routes. Once, all air cargo was like this.Full year figures were not yet published at time of writing, but based ...
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India's Jet Airways to wet-lease Etihad freighter
India’s Jet Airways is to launch dedicated freighter operations using an A330-200F aircraft wet-leased from its strategic-partner, Etihad Airways.Subject to regulatory approvals, the aircraft will fly from an operating base in New Delhi from April 2015 to a number of international and domestic destinations, including Bangalore, Hong Kong, Hanoi and ...
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Rising space keeps loads factors down
Freight and passenger loads fell in January compared to December, reflecting the fall in volumes and continued growth in international market capacity, said IATA in its latest Airlines Financial Monitor for January-February.Airfreight capacity increased slightly in January, but more moderately than at the end of 2014. Most of the slowdown ...
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TNT launches Tel Aviv freighter links
TNT has launched a Monday to Friday B737-400F service between Israeli capital Tel Aviv and the express operator's European hub in Liege, Belgium.The new service "answers increasing demand" and allows TNT to shorten transit times for express shipments to and from Tel Aviv by one day.The flight arrives in Tel ...
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Cargolux links up with Oman Air
Oman Air has signed a Letter of Intent with Cargolux that enables the European all-cargo carrier to use the Middle East airline's facilities in Muscat, Salalah and Sohar.The agreement includes the launch, on April 15, of Cargolux full freighter services from Luxembourg to India via Oman. The formal signing of ...
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WCS: IATA sets out three priorities for air cargo
IATA has called for further progress on paperless airfreight, global standards for handling pharma goods and tough action on the transport of lithium batteries.Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and chief executive, highlighted “three vital aspects of the air cargo business” during his keynote speech at the association’s World Cargo Symposium ...
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IATA: overcapacity on the up, yields declining
IATA has warned that air cargo’s financial performance “remains poor and does not deliver adequate returns for investors”.The airline association’s 2015 first quarter Cargo eChartbook, while seeing continued positive demand for airfreight commodities, states that overcapacity has resulted in lower load factors and placed downward pressure on yields.Lower jet fuel ...
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Pegasus appoints ABDA and Aviation Services as GSSAs
TURKEY’S Pegasus Cargo has appointed ABDA Cargo Services as cargo sales agent for its European operations and Aviation Services to cover the Balkans region.The freight division of the Turkish passenger carrier serves 78 destinations in 31 countries.ABDA becomes responsible for Austria, Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while Aviation Services ...
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Emirates opens Chicago route
EMIRATES is launching a daily B777-200LR service to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in August.It will become the airline’s ninth US gateway, following the commencement of services to Boston, Massachusetts this month.Chicago has long been a US destination Emirates has wished to serve, admits Tim Clark, president of the airline.“Like Dubai, ...
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Calogi finds solution to Dubai air cargo chaos
BRINGING order and control to ground handling processes at congested airports – and thus helping to avoid peak time chaos and unnecessary delays and costs – has become a critical subject for some air cargo hubs.At Dubai International Airport, for example, busy cargo times threaten disorder and bring stress at ...
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Etihad strengthens Chengdu service
ETIHAD Airways is increasing the frequency of its Abu Dhabi-Chengdu service from five-flights-a-week to daily from 30 March.One of the biggest markets in China for attracting foreign direct investment (FDI), Chengdu has emerged as a leading economic, transportation and communications centre for the Asian country, with nearly half of the ...
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Air New Zealand moves to dnata
AIR New Zealand [ANZ] Cargo has switched its Heathrow ground operations to the new dnata City at the London airport.The flag carrier has moved into the purpose-built cargo logistics centre after 17 years at its previous handling unit.With an average monthly throughput capacity of 1.4 million kilos, dnata is additionally ...
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Qatar Cargo freighters to Hyderabad, London and Zaragoza
QATAR Airways Cargo (QAC) is to launch scheduled dedicated freighter services to Hyderabad (India), London Stansted (UK) and is reinstating services to Zaragoza (Spain).Textiles, agricultural products, footwear, automobile and pharmaceuticals are among the commodities likely to be shipped on the carrier’s scheduled twice-weekly A330 freighter service to Zaragoza, which began ...
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Bright start to year says IATA
JANUARY produced a strong rise in global airfreight growth compared to the dep-ressed state of affairs of a year before, IATA statistics reveal.Global freight-tonne-kilometers (FTKs) increased by an encouraging 4.5 per cent in the month compared to January 2013.“This is a significant acceleration on the 2.2 per cent year-on-year growth ...
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January's air cargo volumes up 3.2 per cent
Worldwide January air cargo volumes were up 3.2 per cent year-over-year (YoY), according to data from Netherlands-based consultancy World ACD.It observed that the modest increase was “not too bad given the fact that January 2014 was already part of the recovery that started in autumn 2013”.World ACD, which sources data ...
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Record year for Etihad
ETIHAD AIRWAYS enjoyed a record financial performance last year, with net profit up 48 per cent to US$62 million on revenues up 27 per cent to US$6.1 billion.2013 also saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) up 22 per cent to US$208 million and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, amortisation ...
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Etihad Cargo increases bellyhold capacity to China
ETIHAD Cargo is increasing its services to China from this month with new bellyhold capacity between Abu Dhabi and Chengdu.From the end of this month, cargo capacity to and from Chengdu will grow 40 per cent to 930 tonnes a month – a result of the current five-weekly A330 passenger ...
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Emirates starts Boston route
EMIRATES Airlines has launched a daily B777-200LR service to between Dubai and Boston.The largest city of the state of Massachusetts becomes the airline’s eighth US destination and the 142th of its global network linking trading destinations across six continents.Emirates SkyCargo, the carrier’s freight arm, will operate bellyhold capacity (up to ...
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Manston Airport holds talks over possible closure
THE UK’s Manston Airport is holding talks over its possible closure, it is reported.144 staff at the loss-making airport located to the east of London have been given details about a 45-day consultation.The airport was acquired last year for £1 by Ann Gloag, co-founder of the Stagecoach transport group.Last September, ...
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Dubai air cargo climbs
DUBAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S (DXB) freight volumes rose 3.4 per cent to 188,702 tonnes in February in comparison with 182,580 the previous year.Home carrier Emirates Airline’s cargo capacity expansion plan at DXB is expected to boost future volumes.Nabil Sultan, divisional senior vice-president of cargo at Emirates SkyCargo, reveals: “We are enhancing ...