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VIDEO: Turkish Airlines' first B777 freighter enters the fleet
Turkish Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter, with another on order.“The delivery of our first 777 freighter is a milestone event in our cargo business,” said M. İlker Aycı, chairman of the board and the executive committee of Turkish Airlines.He continued: “Turkish Cargo increased its freighter ...
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African carriers poised for new era, says Astral chief
A much-awaited Single African Air Transport Market will come into force in January 2018 and provide the opportunity for closer cooperation between African and foreign carriers.The new agreement will include 23 of the 54 African countries and create a single unified market in Africa, together with liberalisation of civil aviation ...
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UK roadshow to highlight ways to reduce airport trucking congestion
The user group for the CCS-UK airfreight community system is to hold a series of roadshows around the UK in early 2018 to promote its advanced information system and general issues surrounding truck congestion at London Heathrow airport.The non-profit body which manages, and commissions enhancements to the CCS-UK freight community ...
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Honours across the board for Hactl and Kerry Logistics
Kerry Logistics and Hactl management have been recognised by the Hong Kong Institute of Directors.Kerry Logistics' board of directors and group managing director William Ma have been selected as winners in the Boards and the Executive Directors categories, respectively, in the listed companies (Hang Seng).The judges commended the Kerry Logistics ...
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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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October cargo demand down but it’s looking good for Incheon
Incheon Airport’s international cargo fell 2.5% in October but the South Korean gateway still registered a 8% rise in year to date traffic.The airport authority said October’s decrease was partly due to the loss of over four working days to the ‘Golden Holiday’ period.Moreover, indicators including the US inventory to ...
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Cathay sees fruitful season ahead
Major cargo markets remain robust, ahead of an anticipated surge in perishables shipments in December, saysCathay Pacific general manager for cargo service delivery, Frosti Lau.In the carrier’s latest newsletter, he said that transpacific routes and those to Europe and India remain “robust” while Asia Pacific recorded a 14% weekly increase ...
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West Atlantic in talks with potential ‘significant’ shareholders
West Atlantic is in “advanced discussions” with “parties who have shown serious interest in taking on a significant shareholding in the company”, said chief executive and president, Fredrik Groth in the Swedish cargo airline’s third quarter interim report.Admitting that the carrier – a major air network provider to several European ...
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Finnair Cargo launches an eye in the sky – and on the ground
Finnair Cargo has introduced Cargo Eye, an airfreight monitoring tool, and invited other innovators to pitch for solutions to the air cargo industry’s remaining "unsolved challenges".Finnair says that its Cargo Eye solution integrates multiple data sources, transaction data and sensors to help its newly formed Cargo Control Center to monitor ...
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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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Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines sign cooperation agreement
Cargolux has signed a cooperation agreement with Japan's Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) that allows both partners to access each other’s capacity through code-share and space swap agreements.The Luxembourg all-cargo carrier now has access to NCA’s flights from Frankfurt-Hahn to Tokyo (Narita) while NCA has access to Cargolux’s flights from Luxembourg ...
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Widebodies boost Aeroflot’s cargo takings
Aeroflot Group’s cargo revenue rose 37.2% year-on-year to RUB11.3bn as it added new wide-body aircraft to its fleet and cargo and mail volumes grew by 38.9%, it said in its financial report for the nine months ended September 30.Total revenue, including passenger, increased to RUB 404.7bn, up 6.2% year-on-year, it ...
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Munich airport sees 10% cargo surge
Munich Airport achieved a 10% rise in cargo to 270,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year. No other major German cargo airport has achieved anything comparable, it said.It also handled a record 34.1 million passengers between January and while the number of take offs and landings reached ...
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ATSG signs B767F lease with Air Incheon
Air Transport Services Group has signed an agreement to lease Air Incheon a Boeing 767-300 converted freighter plus an option for a second aircraft, both for 2018 delivery.Air Incheon, the first all-cargo airline in Korea, currently operates two Boeing 737 freighter aircraft from its base in Seoul Incheon International Airport. ...
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Air France-KLM and Jet Airways upgrade cargo pact
India’s Jet Airways Cargo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air France-KLM Cargo to shape and further strengthen their existing cooperation.The two carriers said it would complement their agreement for the passenger business.Combined cargo has more than tripled since the beginning of the passenger codeshare agreements.The cargo MoU ...
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Airlander damage ‘substantial’ says Hybrid Air Vehicles
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has admitted that its Airlander 10 airship sustained “substantial damage” when it broke free from its mooring on November 18.The company, which is developing a new design of lighter than aircraft, said it would be making a claim for up to £32m, the maximum insured value.The ...
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Innovation set to cut airfreight's paper chain
The air cargo industry is still shipping mountains of paper documents around the world, writes Justin Stares, meaning it is vulnerable to the coming wave of innovation.The air cargo industry is struggling to rid itself of its reliance on paper documentation.More than a decade after their introduction, electronic air waybills ...
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AirBridge maintains its momentum
Russian-owned all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continued its solid growth with an increase of 15% in cargo carried in the first ten months of 2017, to 575,000 tonnes.It reported an upsurge in all major markets and a positive outlook through to the end of the year. The load factor rose ...
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Bali airport stays shut but Lombok reopens
Bali’s international airport remains shut for a second day due to the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.The Indonesian authorities have extended the shutdown to at least 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 29 November.However, the airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok has been re-opened.Carriers including Cathay ...