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Volga-Dnepr and Antonov confirm that their Ruslan An-124 joint venture is ending
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Antonov Airlines have confirmed that Ruslan International, their An-124-100 freighter joint venture, will end on December 31, 2016 after a ten year partnership.Volga-Dnepr Group’s business collaboration with Antonov will continue for the technical aspects of airworthiness and flight safety support of its An-124-100 fleet.This confirmation of continued ...
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Top gear for Emirates classic car transport (Video)
Emirates SkyCargo has launched a specialised transportation product for high value automobiles as classic, luxury and sports cars.Emirates SkyWheels will provide a “complete transportation solution”, with customers able to choose between Emirates SkyWheels Premium and Emirates SkyWheels Advanced.The customisable Premium product package covers door-to-door transportation of the vehicle from select ...
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The network is key to GSSA's expansion, says ECS
General sales and service agency (GSSA) ECS is hoping its recent network expansion will help fuel future growth as airlines increasingly require global sales services.The company’s chief executive and chairman, Bertrand Schmoll, said that over the last 15 years ECS had grown to have a presence in 47 countries from ...
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Swiss WorldCargo to allow shipment tracking devices
Swiss WorldCargo will now allow customers to use certain tracking devices in their shipments and has added a new team to help with queries related to any deviations registered by the devices.The cargo division of Swiss said it had decided to allow the use of tracking devices because "timely information ...
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Hactl expects full year improvement in demand despite flat start to 2016
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is expecting to beat last year’s tonnage throughput total in 2016 thanks to a late spike in demand.Hactl chief executive Mark Whitehead said that he expected the terminal operator to end the year with total cargo volumes of around 1.8m tonnes compared with ...
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Preliminary report released on tragic An-12 incident
A preliminary report has been released on the tragic incident that saw seven of nine crew members on board a Silk Way-owned An-12 lose their lives when the aircraft crashed on take-off.The incident occurred in May as the aircraft was leaving Dwyer Airport located in the Helmand province of Afghanistan ...
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Etihad Cargo expands freighter services in Europe
Etihad Cargo has launched three Boeing 777 freighter services from Europe.The Abu Dhabi-based carrier has started the services from East Midlands and Stansted airports in the UK and from Copenhagen in Denmark.David Kerr, senior vice president of the Middle East airline’s cargo division, said: “We have responded to our customers’ ...
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DHL invests in Indian air hubs to cater for e-commerce growth
DHL and express airline Blue Dart Express are expanding their air hubs in Delhi and Mumbai as they look to capitalise on the country’s fast-growing e-commerce market.Through subsidiary Blue Dart Express, DHL’s eCommerce business has announced it will spend €70m on automating equipment at the Delhi and Mumbai hubs, which ...
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CHEP scoops SIA Cargo deal
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) has awarded a five-year global maintenance and repair agreement to CHEP Aerospace Solutions for its fleet of ULDs.The deal will see CHEP will provide maintenance and repair services in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, with additional stations ...
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Bridge of size for the An225 at Leipzig/Halle
An Antonov 225, the world’s largest commercial cargo aircraft, stopped off at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport en route to Chile via Iceland.It was the An225's 21st visit to the central German airport. A Leipzig/Halle spokesperson said: "Apart from its home base at Kiev Gostomel, there is no other European airport that ...
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DHL signs up for four A330 conversions
DHL Express has signed a contract to convert four Airbus A330-300 passenger aircraft into 61-tonne payload, 26-pallet, freighters with EFW – a joint venture between Airbus and engineering company ST Aerospace.EFW will carry out the work at its Dresden site from July, and the aircraft are scheduled to be delivered ...
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Boeing lands ten orders for freighter conversions
Boeing has unveiled ten new orders for its B737 and B767 passenger to freighter conversion programme.The order book includes two 737-800BCFs for Cargo Air of Bulgaria, and two others for Colombia-based Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo. Air Algerie has also signed a commitment for two of the type while an ...
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Silk Way to acquire An-124
Ilyushin Finance (IFC) says it has inked terms of delivery with Azerbaijan-based Silk Way Airlines for delivery of an An-124-100 freighter, previously operated by Russia’s Polet airline.The aircraft will join Silk Way’s fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and An-12 freighters. IFC said in a statement, “it will be a sound milestone ...
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Denis Ilin steps down as AirBridgeCargo executive president
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, has resigned after three years in accordance with mutual agreements.Ilin started his management career in AirBridgeCargo Airlines as director of operations. From 2006 to 2008 he worked as general director of the airline and later rejoined AirBridgeCargo team in 2013 to hold the ...
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Pemco celebrates 100th B737 conversion
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered its 100th Boeing 737-300 converted aircraft, which was modified for SF Airlines.The 100th B737-300 conversion marks the 16th -300/-400 PEMCO-converted aircraft for SF Express-owned SF Airlines with three more planned in 2016.SF Airlines vice president Liang Xi said: “Since inducting the first B737 Classic ...
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Antonov signs deal with China to build giant An-225 freighters
Ukrainian plane maker Antonov has signed a cooperation agreement with Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) to build a second An-225 giant 'Mriya' freighter — and prepare the way for a series of the 250 tonne cargo capacity aircraft to be built in China.In a short statement on its website, ...
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Liege to be Africa hub for NAS
Liege Airport has signed a new partnership with Network Airline Services (NAS) to make the Belgian gateway its hub for Africa and to increase flights to Angola.London-based NAS has, since setting up its operation in Liege in May 2014, transported over 90,000 tonnes of freight through Liege on its worldwide ...
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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The agreement covers the lease of two 737-800NG freighters.In May this year, ASL acquired the airline operations of TNT Express and entered a multi-year service agreement to operate flights for the ...
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Matheson wins Cathay handling at Portland
Matheson Flight Extenders has signed a freight consolidation agent agreement with Cathay Pacific to provide US import/export air cargo services at Portland International Airport in Oregon.Cathay Pacific Cargo this month (November) launched a twice-weekly scheduled Boeing 747-8 freighter service between its Hong Kong home hub and Portland, the Asian carrier’s ...
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AirBridgeCargo beats annual tonnage record
Fast growing AirBridgeCargo beat its annual tonnage record last month, its thirteenth consecutive year of growth, as it continues to expand fleet and network.The all-cargo airline recorded a 30% improvement in demand in October to 57,608 tonnes bringing its total for the first ten months of the year to 498,177 ...