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Donations pour in as Volga-Dnepr pays last respects to air crew
On November 30, a civil funeral service was held in Ulyanovsk to remember the six Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ employees who were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali in western Africa, on November 20.“The ceremony was attended by thousands ...
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Chapman Freeborn Airchartering expands in Poland
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has opened a new office in Poland as it expands to meet growth in the country.The new office in Katowice will be led by Daniel Walaszek as general manager with responsibility for expanding the company's charter and on board courier (OBC) services in the local market, as ...
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Decision on UK airport capacity expansion draws close
With a decision due on the future of UK airport capacity over the coming weeks, Heathrow and Gatwick airports have begun to ramp up their campaigns to convince politicians to back their proposals and airfreight is playing a central role in the debate.In July, the Airports Commission finally published its ...
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European airports pledge to go carbon neutral
The European airport industry has pledged that 50 airports will be carbon neutral by 2030 at the United Nation’s COP21 environmental conference in Paris.During a UN and International Carbon Reduction and Offset panel session at COP21, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe vowed to increase the number of carbon neutral airports ...
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Freighters World: Asian capacity shifts
From the latest edition of Freighters World, out now...In a short-lived venture nearly twenty years ago United Airlines was running a transpacific freighter operation centred on Tokyo, writes Ian Putzger.On the tarmac at Narita airport, the US carrier’s DC-10-30Fs stood out like strange minnows surrounded by behemoths. Practically all the ...
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Cargolux hails “breakthrough” but unions remain "very cautious"
Cargolux has announced a “major breakthrough” in its negotiations with the OGBL and LCGB ground staff and pilot unions on a new collective work agreement (CWA).However, the pilots body Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) spoke of a "slightly too enthusiastic press release” published by the European all-cargo and ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Eva Air, EasyJet and IAG place orders in November
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature analysing the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.EasyJet orders an additional 36 A320 Family aircraftEasyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451.The agreement for six A320ceo ...
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Lufthansa-ANA cargo joint venture to serve Fukuoka and Sapporo
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways Cargo (ANA) are expanding their year-long network joint venture between Europe and Japan by adding destinations in Japan.Fukuoka on the main island Kyushu in south Japan will be the first destination to be added, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island.Starting ...
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ECS scoops Meridiana GSSA contract
ECS Group has won a contract to provide global general sales and service agent services to Italian leisure airline Meridiana.Under the three year contract, ECS will provide its total cargo management services to Meridiana, mainly focussing on its prime cargo routes to and from Mexico, the US and the Dominican ...
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UTi opens Asian multimodal hubs to beat air cargo capacity shortages
US forwarder UTi Worldwide has opened multimodal hubs in Malaysia and Vietnam to overcome reduced air cargo capacity by using short haul flights and road feeder services.UTi Worldwide, now the world’s eighth largest air forwarder after its takeover by Denmark’s DSV, has opened hubs in Kuala Lumpur and Ho Chi ...
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Finnair to sell decommissioned Helsinki cargo facility
Finnair is to sell its current Helsinki Airport cargo terminal site, set to be decommissioned in 2017, to Finnish airports group Finavia.Finnair’s cargo operations will continue in the terminal until they are relocated to a new facility in 2017, the airline confirmed.It stated: “Finnair’s strategic objective is to double its ...
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Emmert to head Frankfurt Cargo Services
Hans-Georg Emmert has been appointed managing director of Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), following Worldwide Flight Services' (WFS) acquisition of a 51% shareholding in the cargo handler.WFS, handling 4m tonnes of cargo last year and with annual revenues of €750m, signed an agreement in July 2015 with FCS parent Fraport to ...
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Russia bans charter flights to Turkey
Russia has banned charter flights to Turkey as part of a range of sanctions in response to last week’s downing of a Russian jet.In a range of decrees announced over the weekend, the Russian government announced it would take measures to introduce a ban on charter flights between Russia and ...
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Cargolux union makes last minute plea ahead of crunch talks
One of Cargolux’s pilot union has issued a final plea to the airline’s management ahead of today’s crunch talks over a new collective working agreement.The existing working agreements covering pilot and ground staff is due to expire on December 1 and the LCGB union has urged Cargolux management and chief ...
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Australia passes known consignor rules
Australia’s Parliament has passed amendments to existing regulations in order to meet US air cargo security requirements for US-bound exports at piece-level by July 2017.Changes to Australia’s Aviation Transport Security Act (2004) will create a 'known consignor' scheme for exporters, which will permit them to secure their products to US ...
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ACS appoints Werf in Frankfurt
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Caroline Werf to managing director of its Frankfurt operation ahead of its move to larger premises.Werf originally worked in the company’s London headquarters before taking up her role in the Frankfurt office.She is an Aviation Management graduate of the International University of Applied Sciences ...
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Jettainer completes partner certification programme
Jettainer has completed the certification of its outsourced ULD partners around the globe, a measure it hopes will reassure customers that the repair shops it uses conform to set standards.The Lufthansa-owned ULD management company developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers in the spring of ...
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Cargolux pilot unions "not optimistic" about talks
Ahead of Monday’s crunch talks to avoid further strike action, Cargolux’s pilot union representatives remain unimpressed by an airline management proposal to hire 100 additional pilots.Dirk Becker, general secretary of the Luxembourgish Pilots Association (ALPL), said that he was “not optimistic” about the outcome of Monday’s negotiations to hammer out ...
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Cargolux to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg
Cargolux is to create 100 additional pilot jobs in Luxembourg and has announced a fleet upgrade that will replace two 747-400BCF with three nose-door equipped 747-400Fs.The pilot job announcement comes as management at the European all-cargo carrier prepares to meet with pilot unions on Monday about signing a new collective ...
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Asia Pacific airlines report demand weakness
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region saw demand decline in October as weaker activity in major economies continued to take its toll.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines showed that October’s air cargo shipments slipped by 0.7% in freight tonne km terms compared with the same ...