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European airlines record August declines in air cargo demand and load factors
The tough times continued for the major European airfreight carriers in August as they recorded declines in demand and load factors.The latest monthly statistics from European airlines revealed that Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Air France KLM and Finnair all recorded demand declines during August.Load factors were also down at Lufthansa, AF ...
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TNT upgrades Nordic links
TNT is strengthening its international express delivery services to Europe’s Nordic countries with improved Boeing 737 freighter connections to Sweden and Finland, plus additional last-mile delivery capacity in large business centres.The Netherlands-based express and logistics carrier has reintroduced flights from its Liege air hub in Belgium to Stockholm Arlanda (ARN) ...
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Hong Kong cargo dip in August
A decline in transhipment traffic during August saw Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s monthly cargo volume drop by 1.2% to 361,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year.It is the sixth month in a row for 2015 that the world’s number one cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, ...
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Stowaway's body found on freighter at Schiphol
Dutch police are investigating an incident at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport over the weekend when a body, believed to be that of a dead stowaway, was found in the landing gear of an Emirates Boeing 777-200 freighter aircraft.An Emirates spokesperson said: "Emirates can confirm that on September 12 a body was ...
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CAAC 'fully supports' Hong Kong's third runway
Beijing’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) “fully supports” Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s plan to expand into a three-runway system.The CAAC will also “proactively implement various initiatives” concerning airspace management in the Pearl River Delta region around Hong Kong, which is home to the world’s number one air cargo ...
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Texas supply chain mass car airlift at Hahn
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport was the starting grid for 31 racing cars, three safety cars, equipment and supplies for the next FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC) in Texas.The German hub handled more than 400 tonnes of cargo, loaded onto four B747-400 freighter flights to the US.The vehicles will be needed for the ...
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Freighter to door delivery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-ton oil and gas pump right to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan.The oil production unit was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands on behalf of the airline’s customer, Agility Projects Rotterdam.The pump was packed inside a two-ton wooden ...
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Finnair adds widebody capacity to London links
Finnair will add belly cargo capacity to its Helsink-London Heathrow route from the end of October with a three times a week Airbus A340 widebody passenger aircraft.The carrier said in a statement: “Finnair has recently established its third cargo hub in London to better connect the UK with its extensive ...
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More cash for online freight network
Hong Kong-based Freightos says it has gained a further US$14m worth of funding for its automated global freight network.Existing investors Aleph, Annox Capital, ICV and OurCrowd have been joined by MSR Capital and Sadara Ventures in a Series B funding round, bringing the total raised to $23.3m.Freightos says it has ...
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AF-KLM offers real time notification when a problem occurs
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo is offering RealTime Care, a service that tells customers automatically when a shipment is affected by an “irregularity”.As part of the European carrier's Let's Get Digital programme, customers will be “notified about the situation, its cause and the repair solution that has been found for them”.RealTime Care ...
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AMI offers agents instant online quotes in the UK
Airfreight and express wholesaler AMI UK has launched a new online booking portal that also offers instant price quotes.The Quote&Book portal is accessible only by AMI approved agent customers in the UK and allows prices to be filtered using the wholesaler's consolidation or direct air waybill service, as well as ...
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Lufthansa will see 1,000 flights cancelled today due to strike action
Around 1,000 Lufthansa flights will be affected by a pilot strike that began at midnight targeted at short and medium-haul routes.The German airline said that of the 3,000 flights due to take place across the group, 1,000 would be cancelled because of the strike action.But despite the pilot walk-out, Lufthansa ...
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DHL goes greener in Asia Pacific
DHL Express has improved its carbon efficiency by 12% year on year in the Asia Pacific region despite a growth in volume of about 10%.In 2014, the global parcel and freight giant saw its CO2 efficiency over 2013 improve across the region, with savings of 21% in Malaysia, 15% in ...
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The strike goes on as Lufthansa pilots extend action for another day
Lufthansa Group pilots have announced they will extend their strike into Wednesday, this time targeting medium and short-haul routes.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union said that all departures from Germany which use the aircraft types Airbus 320 Family, Boeing 737 and Embraer, effectively the airlines short and medium-haul aircraft, would be ...
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NCA says changed market conditions behind B747F order cancellation
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has given a few more details on the reasons behind its decision to cancel a $1.5bn order for four Boeing 747-8Fs.In a statement to Air Cargo News the Japanese all-cargo carrier said: “Market conditions have really changed since 2007 when we went ahead with firm orders ...
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Lufthansa: freighter flights unaffected by tomorrow's strike
Lufthansa expects more than half of all long-haul flights and all cargo flights to go-ahead as planned tomorrow despite a pilot strike.The German airline group said that 84 out of a total of 170 long-haul flights and all seven planned cargo flights will operate tomorrow.This comes despite the Vereinigung Cockpit ...
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Webinar on Middle East air traffic
A panel of experts will discuss in a live webinar how increased aircraft movements and fewer delays could bring significant economic benefits for both airports and passengers in the Middle East.With aircraft fleets across the Middle East forecast to grow at an annual rate of more than 10% over the ...
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Volga-Dnepr goes green with tree transport
The air cargo industry’s drive to go green was given a new spin when Volga-Dnepr transported 28 cypress trees from the Czech Republic to the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent.The 7.5 metre trees were flown from Brno in the Czech Republic onboard one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighters on behalf of ...
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Lufthansa pilots announce Tuesday strike
Lufthansa pilots have announced they will launch strike action on Tuesday which they say will affect all cargo flights from Germany.The Vereinigung Cockpit union today announced that all Lufthansa departures from Germany with Airbus 380, A330 and A340 aircraft and Boeing 747 aircraft would be affected, as would all flights ...
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Nippon Cargo axes $1.5bn order for B747-8F quartet
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has cancelled an order with Boeing for four B747-8 freighters, worth $1.5bn, but still has two more set for delivery, the US plane maker has confirmed.NCA, one of the launch customers for the 747-8 freighter in 2005, currently operates five Boeing 747-400Fs and eight 747-8Fs, according ...