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Network Airline Services extends Kenyan handler contract
Network Airline Services (NAS) has signed a two-year contract extension for Africa Flight Services Kenya (AFS Kenya) to provide cargo handling for NAS' four freighter flights a week into Nairobi.AFS Kenya will handle some 11,500 tonnes of cargo a year for NAS’ MD-11 and Boeing 747 freighter operations, which arrive ...
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VIDEO: Air New Zealand: new track and trace technology
Air New Zealand (ANZ)is installing over 5,500 Bluetooth tags on its cargo containers, pallets and ULDs – plus more than 100 readers at 29 airports.The new technology will make tracking and analysing the movement of the carrier’s cargo shipments and equipment easier, as tagged items will automatically update an online ...
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AAT takes over Hong Kong Airlines cargo handling
Asia Airfreight Terminals (AAT) has begun handling cargo for Hong Kong Airlines and its freight subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo at their home hub in the Special Administrative Region.The agreement had been announced in March but only came into effect on 8 November.Kuah Boon Kiam, general manager for AAT, said: ...
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Two more Turkish Cargo stations achieve pharma standard
Turkish Cargo has gained QEP Accreditation from Envirotainer for its Brussels and Atlanta stations for the quality of its pharmaceutical services.The carrier, which also delivers temperature-controlled medical products via QEP accredited stations in Bombay, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Seoul, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, has been widening its services to over 300 points ...
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AEI reaches the heights with Pinnacle deal
Miami-headquartered Aeronautical Engineers, Inc has inked a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to the Pinnacle Partners group of companies.The first CRJ200 is expected to begin the modification process this month (November), with re-delivery scheduled for March next year.The second aircraft will begin the modification process in December, ...
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WFS says ‘santé’!
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has handled more than 3,000 tonnes of Beaujolais Nouveau, helping a large part of this year’s crop of virgin wine on its way to customers in Asia.WFS spends several weeks each year working with airline customers to co-ordinate exports of the new wine move on-board freighter ...
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Transviet to represent 1GSA in Vietnam
1GSA – the independent general sales agent (GSA) network – has appointed Transviet Promotion as its exclusive member for Vietnam.Transviet Promotion, which sells both cargo and passenger capacity, was established in 1996. It has five offices in the Vietnamese cities of Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and Da Nang, and 55 ...
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Lufthansa is Jettainer’s first Cool customer
Lufthansa Cargo is to be the first customer of the Cool Management service offered by its outsourced ULD management arm, Jettainer.The subsidiary will manage temperature-controlled ULDs for its parent company along with leased units. Jettainer is also opening a new Center of Excellence for the management of temperature-sensitive airfreight at ...
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Cambodian carriers choose AAT for Hong Kong handling
JC (Cambodia) International Airlines has launched direct services from Phnom Penh and Siem Reap to Hong Kong and appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its terminal operator there.JC International, which started operations in March this year, serves the two Cambodian cities twice weekly with its Airbus A320 aircraft.AAT is also ...
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RAM Cargo launches Africa personal effects service
Royal Air Maroc Cargo has launched a personal effects service from the US and Canada to countries in Africa, said the carrier’s general sales agent, ECS group.The service is being marketed by ECS subsidiaries Globe Air Cargo in the US and Exp-Air Cargo in Canada to those countries’ North and ...
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Alha wins long term Cathay contract in Milan
Alha Group has won a long-term contract to provide ramps services for Cathay Pacific all-cargo aircraft at Milan Malpensa airport.The handler said it had rapidly assembled a ground support equipment fleet to meet the strict operational requirements of the carrier, which operates with very tight turnarounds and a very high ...
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JAL goes for Starlight Express in Nepal market
Nepalese freight forwarder Starlight Express is to act as the general sales agent (GSA) for Japan Airlines Cargo in the Nepalese market.Starlight Express will sell the cargo capacity of the Tokyo-headquartered carrier’s flights between Japan and Nepal.Starlight, as an agent of the Hong Kong-based freight forwarder and logistics solutions provider ...
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Lufthansa opts for va-Q-tec passive temp-control containers
Lufthansa Cargo has partnered with va-Q-tec to offer the temperature-controlled specialist's va-Q-tainer thermal containers at stations across the German flag-carrier’s global network.The va-Q-tainer is a temperature-controlled container solution for six temperature ranges from -70°C to +25°C. Negating the need for external energy sources, it is available in five sizes, and ...
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Cargolux turns to temp-control container lessor SkyCell
Luxembourg-based B747 freighter operator Cargolux has agreed a deal with SkyCell that will see the latter’s temperature-controlled containers become available to the airline’s shipper customers.SkyCell containers will enable Cargolux to transport pharma products in the +2°C to +8°C and +15°C to +25°C ranges, despite ambient temperature extremes of between -35°C ...
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WFS wins Qatar Airways handling contract for Pittsburgh freighter
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide cargo handling for its new twice-weekly Being 777 freighter services to Pittsburgh.The flight makes Qatar Airways the first international airline to begin a scheduled freighter service to the Pennsylvanian hub, and it becomes the Middle East airline’s fifth freighter ...
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IAI gains STC approval for its 737-700 freighter conversion
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has received a supplemental type certificate (STC) for its Boeing737-700BDSF passenger aircraft to freighter conversion programme.IAI recently completed its first ever conversion of a prototype aircraft from passenger to full-freighter configuration, including the installation of a wide cargo door.The aircraft was delivered to Alaska Airline as ...
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PEMCO cuts the first cargo door for its B737-700 FlexCombi conversions
PEMCO World Air Services has marked the cutting of a cargo-door opening in a passenger airframe for the first of its Boeing 737-700 Passenger-to-FlexCombi conversion programme.PEMCO director of conversion programmes Mike Andrews said: “We are pleased with the performance of our Tampa cargo conversion team and continue to move forward ...
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HAE Group joins Neutral Air Partner network
Air cargo networking group Neutral Air Partner (NAP) has appointed HAE Group as its member and strategic partner.HAE is primarily know as a GSA but also offers charter, consultancy, training and aircraft handling services.Neutral Air Partner founder and chief executive Christos Spyrou said: "We are very excited to partner with ...
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New safety hoop to cut apron accidents
TBD has delivered 700 container dollies featuring a patented safety hoop design to a flag carrier airline the UK-based ground support equipment maker announced at the Inter Airport Europe show in Munich.Following close discussions with the airline, TBD developed the safety hoop system which discourages operators from taking a potentially ...
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Hactl wins Aviastar handling
Moscow-based carrier Aviastar-Tu has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from eastern Russia.Aviastar-Tu has started weekly operations from Tolmachevo to Hong Kong, using a Tupolev Tu-204C freighter aircraft with 28.5 tonne payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to ...