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Vallair hands over B737-400F conversion to Longhao
Vallair, the Luxembourg-headquartered aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO organisation, has completed delivery of a Boeing 737-400F to Guangdong Longhao Aviation Group, its first for the Chinese operator.The 737-400 aircraft (MSN27916) was previously operated by Japan Transocean Airlines and was converted at Gameco in Guangzhou under a PEMCO supplemental type ...
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Intradco and Turkish Cargo team up to help on lion rescue
Animal transport company Intradco Global and Turkish Cargo have helped to transport four lions from Ukraine to a game reserve in South Africa on behalf of a non-profit environmental organisation.Intradco Global co-ordinated the project to move the four lions with the help of Turkish Cargo.Travelling in the lower deck hold ...
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Brussels Airport increases airside pharma transporter fleet
Brussels Airport has more than doubled its fleet of airside pharma transporters due to demand for the specialist dollies.The Belgian hub has added five more of the trailer-mounted transporters, bringing its total fleet to nine units.The airport said: “To meet the rising demand from shippers and airlines the additional investment ...
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Video: Emirates SkyCargo flies champion of the race that stops a nation
Emirates SkyCargo transported Cross Counter, a three year old horse from Dubai's Godolphin stables, which won the Melbourne Cup, Australia’s biggest horse racing event and commonly referred to as the race that stops a nation.Following the race victory, Emirates SkyCargo transported the champion horse from Melbourne to Dubai on a ...
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China Post and Lufthansa Cargo in strategic cooperation
Lufthansa Cargo and China Post Group Corp have inked a strategic cooperation that has the cargo capacity scope of a weekly Boeing 777 freighter on the Shanghai (PVG) – Frankfurt (FRA) route.Li Xiong, vice president of the official postal service of the People’s Republic of China, and Peter Gerber, chief ...
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Ho Ho Bergamo airport expects Christmas cargo boost
Italy’s Milan Bergamo airport expects a "healthy increase" in freighter operations heading up to the Christmas period.The commitment to the northern Italian airport from cargo operators follows on from a 2.5% increase in regular cargo movements versus 2017.Last year, Milan Bergamo handled 125,948 tonnes of cargo, accounting for 10% of ...
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Zhengzhou logistics firm to establish North American base at Edmonton International
Chinese logistics firm EHL has selected Canada’s Edmonton International (EIA) as its North American hub.The company will utilise the airport and nearby logistics facilities to transport and consolidate goods including e-commerce, moving between China and North America.EHL will transport cargo between Zhengzhou and Edmonton, and continue to the US mainlandAn ...
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Delta Cargo to offer CSafe pharma ULDs
Delta Cargo has introduced the CSafe RAP container to its cold-chain pharma programme.The CSafe RAP container utilises heating and compressor-driven cooling technologies, along with insulation, to maintain constant temperatures even at extreme ambient temperatures ranging from -30°C to +54°C.It can accommodate up to four standard US pallets or five standard ...
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Puppy Louie is on Kenya Airways' inaugural flight from JFK to Nairobi
Kenya Airways has launched its first non-stop service between JFK New York and JKIA–Nairobi, making it the first airline to offer a non-stop flight between East Africa and the US.The airline already serves Africa, Europe, Middle-East, Indian sub-continent and Asia. The opening of the US destination completes an "essential piece" ...
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Top dog Air France KLM is the cat's whiskers for pet transport
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) emerged as a prize winner at the Annual International Pet and Animal Association (IPATA) conference in Melbourne. AFKLMP Cargo won the most votes in the Best Pet Shipping Airline for Asia & Oceania category.Gerald Bergkamp, director specialties at AFKLMP Cargo, said: “We are ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation network
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of QEP (Qualified Envirotainer Provider) accredited stations for handling pharmaceutical products.It has received QEP accreditation at 15 new stations, including: Helsinki Taipei, Vienna, Kuwait, Maastricht, Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Tokyo, Chicago, Madrid, Cairo, Roma, Dusseldorf , Budapest, San Francisco.Specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotainer has ...
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DHL's Resilience360 supply chain platform bags $21m venture capital investment
Resilience360, DHL’s cloud-based supply chain risk management platform, is to receive a $21m investment from Columbia Capital.A joint statement said that the US-based venture capital group has a long history of investing in and scaling “high growth and disruptive technology companies”.Columbia Capital’s team will take an active role “in pursuing ...
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To boldly go: Volga-Dnepr and Bolloré deliver module for space programme
Volga-Dnepr Airlines and forwarding partner Bolloré Logistics have delivered the first European Space Module (ESM) for a programme that will take astronauts beyond low Earth orbit in 2022.The 14-ton module, transported in a special container to maintain precise temperature and pressure conditions, as well as 10 tons of supporting equipment, ...
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JetPak swoops on Belgian express firm
Nordic courier specialist Jetpak has purchased express logistics company Right Away for an undisclosed sum.Jetpak described Right Away as a small sized air express company with annual revenues of €4m located in Brussels Airport.The purchase is part of the courier firms' European growth strategy. Last year, Jetpak began operations in ...
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JD.com launches dedicated air cargo operation to increase delivery speed
E-commerce company JD.com has added a dedicated air cargo operation through Tianjin Air Cargo freighter as it continues to expand its logistics business and improve reliability.The new service, which launches today, will fly six round trips a week between Tianjin and Guangzhou using a dedicated freight Boeing 737 aircraft branded ...
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It's horses for courses for CargoLogicAir
CargoLogicAir (CLA) has transported elite race horses on two Boeing 747 freighter flights from the US to Europe.The flights took place at the end of October from Atlanta to London Stansted and from Chicago to Shannon in the Republic of Ireland and followed CLA being awarded a US Department of ...
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DHL Express launches Vancouver-Cincinnati freighter as e-commerce booms
DHL Express has launched a direct flight from Vancouver to Cincinnati in order to serve an "unparalleled growth" in e-commerce.The direct flight from Vancouver International Airport into Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, the DHL Express Americas hub, comes as a result of "double-digit shipment growth" into Vancouver generated from growing international ...
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ATSG Q3 revenues on the rise and expects a 'good' peak season
US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) saw 2018 third quarter revenues increase 13% to $204.9m and expects “a good peak season” for air cargo.ATSG, which provides Boeing 767 freighter uplift for Amazon’s US domestic overnight parcel network, saw adjusted EBITDA up 13 percent to $74.3m.Joe Hete, ATSG president ...
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Volga-Dnepr helps Air Caraïbes get back in the skies
Russian cargo carrier Volga-Dnepr Airlines has used one of its Ilyushin 7TD-90VD freighters to move an urgently needed aero engine for Air Caraïbes.Volga-Dnepr’s aircraft on ground (AOG) team organised delivery of the 3 metre-wide, 8-tonne replacement engine to Paris Orly Airport. From there it was flown to Lajes Airport on ...
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ABC joins International Airlines Technical Pool
Freighter operator AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has joined the International Airlines Technical Pool (IATP), which aims to streamline maintenance pooling activities during aircraft on ground (AOG) situations.Sergey Lazarev, general director at the Russian carrier, said: “With our vast experience in oversize cargo transportation, extensive route network and qualified team, and stocks of ...