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Pemco lands YTO Express B737 trio conversion contract
Pemco World Air Services has won a contract from YTO Express (YTO) to convert three B737-300 passenger aircraft into freighters.China-based YTO, currently operating one B737-300 reconfigured by US-based conversion specialist Pemco, will take redelivery of the aircraft trio through the fourth quarter of 2017.This order is the first to be ...
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Forward Air adds tracking service
US logistics firm Forward Air has added a new mobile delivery tracking service.Forward Air has begun offering customers the ability to use the nuDeliverIt tracking tool, which provides real-time visibility of deliveries in transit and electronic proof of delivery."Customers desire not just visibility into their deliveries but the ability to ...
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LUG to handle Etihad Cargo in Frankfurt and Munich
LUG aircargo handling, a freight handler operating at Germany’s Frankfurt and Munich airports, has begun processing Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Cargo’s freight at Munich Airport.It will also begin handling Etihad Cargo’s freight at Frankfurt Airport from next month (March).Etihad flies passenger aircraft twice a day to both German airports, but it ...
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HACTL handles valuable equine shipment
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) has handled 60 horses competing in this month’s Longines Masters show jumping event in Hong Kong.All the horses were processed through the handler’s Livestock Handling Centre at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).European Horse Services (EHS) is responsible for the shipment of the horses ...
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Jettainer takes over management of Brussels Airlines’ ULD fleet
Jettainer, the Raunheim, Frankfurt-headquartered provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management services, has taken over responsibility for the management and maintenance of Brussels Airlines’ container fleet.A specially designed ULD has been handed over to the airline to mark the start of the collaboration, with Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary Jettainer having ...
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Swissport to handle Emirates SkyCargo at three French airports
Swissport Cargo Services France, a subsidiary of global aviation service provider Swissport International, will handle the freight of Emirates SkyCargo at the three French airports of Paris Charles de Gaulle, Lyon and Nice.The agreement comes into force on April 1 this year. It covers the full range of cargo handling ...
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Aircoolbox targets air cargo pharma market
A new company has entered the air cargo container market, taking aim at the pharmaceutical sector.At last week’s Temperature Controlled Logistics event in London, Aircoolbox announced it would begin targeting the air cargo pharmaceutical market with its passive container product.Aircoolbox managing director Keith Packer said the re-usable container can be ...
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CHEP gets a new name and image
ULD firm CHEP Aerospace Solutions will in the future go under the name Unilode Aviation Solutions following the company's acquisition by EQT Infrastructure in November 2016.The name Unilode was created from the first letters of 'unit load device'. Coincidentally, the company said, 'lode' is an old English word meaning rich ...
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Qatar Cargo opts for Siginon for Nairobi ground handling
Qatar Airways Cargo has awarded Siginon Aviation with a contract to provide ground and ramp handling services at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).Siginon said the deal would see it handle perishable products such as flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat that are the top exports from Nairobi destined mainly for ...
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Second half surge pushes growth in Hactl cargo traffic
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd saw 2016 cargo volumes beat the previous year's level thanks to a late spike in demand.Hong Kong airport's largest independent cargo handler saw total cargo volumes increase by 1.7% compared with 2015 to 1.65m tonnes.Transhipment traffic was up by "a massive" 29.6% on 2015, ...
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Aeronaves signs up for two CRJ200 conversions
Aeronaves TSM has signed up for two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI).The first CRJ200 will commence modification in the second quarter of this year with redelivery due in mid-2017 and the second conversion will get underway in July of 2017, with redelivery scheduled for October.Both freighter ...
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Tracy D’Cruz appointed European regional director for ACS
Air Charter Service (ACS) has promoted Tracy D’Cruz to regional director for the air charter broker’s European offices.ACS Group chief executive Justin Bowman said: “Since Tracy joined ACS almost 10 years ago she has worked in both the marketing and sales teams in the UAE and UK offices, before starting ...
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Hermes logs Hanoi cargo IT contract
ALS Cargo Terminal Co (ALSC), based at Vietnam's Noi Bai International Airport, has chosen the Hermes air cargo management system for its operations at the Hanoi hub.Le Thanh Binh, ALSC deputy director, said: "Despite being a young cargo handler, ALSC has been serving around 10 prominent airlines, accounting for 30% ...
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Finnair opts for ECS Group in Southeast Asia
Finnair has selected ECS Group as its new general sales and services agent covering six southeast Asian markets.Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair on its passenger flights operating from several destinations across Asia into its European and North American network.The ...
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Crate expectations: Japan Airlines wins Hactl forklift competition
The 2017 Hactl International Forklift and Pallet Building Competition was dominated by Japanese airlines as Japan Airlines won and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) came second.Japan Airlines achieved top place in both the forklift driving and pallet building competitions, with NCA coming second in each of the competitions.Teams from Air China ...
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Expanding Air Caraïbes Atlantique signs CHEP ULD deal
Air Caraïbes Atlantique has chosen CHEP Aerospace Solutions to supply and manage containers and pallets for its growing aircraft fleet.The new four-year agreement includes the supply of containers and pallets for new aircraft and the transition of the existing container fleet to CHEP's lightweight containers within the first year.The French ...
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ACS looks forward to 2017 after record November
Air Charter Service (ACS) had a record month for revenues in November with increases across all of its divisions.The charter firm recorded revenues of £40m during November - the company's busiest ever month - with its cargo, private jet and commercial divisions all recording "marked increases".Group chief executive Justin Bowman ...
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Oil and gas continues to pump up the volumes says Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including its latest delivery of pump and vaporizer skids to Seoul, South Korea.Operated on behalf of Air Charter Service France for its customer, Heppner Transport & Logistics, one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters transported the ...
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Year of steady growth for dnata
Dubai-based passenger and cargo handler dnata has called 2016 a “year of steady growth” despite challenges in the aviation industry and “increased economic pressures around the globe”.The Emirates Group ground handling subsidiary closed 2016 with 419,133 tonnes of cargo at Dubai International Airport (DXB) which is a monthly average of ...
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India plans new community system to improve air cargo efficiency
The Indian government will develop an air cargo community system through a public private partnership to try and reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of processing airfreight shipments.A report by an Indian Ministry of Civil Aviation committee said that it backed having a single window system for the air ...