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National Airlines on an upward curve
Orlando, Florida-headquartered National Airlines has enjoyed “a meaningful improvement in business trends in the fourth quarter and remains optimistic for the outlook for global trade”.Since the beginning of October, the global charter and scheduled service passenger and cargo airline has seen overall business trends improve by 5%-10% year on year, ...
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The network is key to GSSA's expansion, says ECS
General sales and service agency (GSSA) ECS is hoping its recent network expansion will help fuel future growth as airlines increasingly require global sales services.The company’s chief executive and chairman, Bertrand Schmoll, said that over the last 15 years ECS had grown to have a presence in 47 countries from ...
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Hactl expects full year improvement in demand despite flat start to 2016
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is expecting to beat last year’s tonnage throughput total in 2016 thanks to a late spike in demand.Hactl chief executive Mark Whitehead said that he expected the terminal operator to end the year with total cargo volumes of around 1.8m tonnes compared with ...
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CHEP scoops SIA Cargo deal
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) has awarded a five-year global maintenance and repair agreement to CHEP Aerospace Solutions for its fleet of ULDs.The deal will see CHEP will provide maintenance and repair services in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, with additional stations ...
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Bridge of size for the An225 at Leipzig/Halle
An Antonov 225, the world’s largest commercial cargo aircraft, stopped off at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport en route to Chile via Iceland.It was the An225's 21st visit to the central German airport. A Leipzig/Halle spokesperson said: "Apart from its home base at Kiev Gostomel, there is no other European airport that ...
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DHL signs up for four A330 conversions
DHL Express has signed a contract to convert four Airbus A330-300 passenger aircraft into 61-tonne payload, 26-pallet, freighters with EFW – a joint venture between Airbus and engineering company ST Aerospace.EFW will carry out the work at its Dresden site from July, and the aircraft are scheduled to be delivered ...
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Boeing lands ten orders for freighter conversions
Boeing has unveiled ten new orders for its B737 and B767 passenger to freighter conversion programme.The order book includes two 737-800BCFs for Cargo Air of Bulgaria, and two others for Colombia-based Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo. Air Algerie has also signed a commitment for two of the type while an ...
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Pemco celebrates 100th B737 conversion
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered its 100th Boeing 737-300 converted aircraft, which was modified for SF Airlines.The 100th B737-300 conversion marks the 16th -300/-400 PEMCO-converted aircraft for SF Express-owned SF Airlines with three more planned in 2016.SF Airlines vice president Liang Xi said: “Since inducting the first B737 Classic ...
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Ancra wins B737-800 loading system contract for converted freighters
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for the new Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing conversion freighter) aircraft as a Boeing Supplier Furnished Equipment (SFE).Boeing Commercial Aviation Services made the appointment of Ancra, which has delivered 550 cargo loading systems for Boeing’s 737 and 757 airplanes. More than 900 freighters currently ...
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Ancra gains AEI cargo loading order for converted B737-800s
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI) new 737-800 passenger to freighter (P2F) converted aircraft.This new contract comes on top of similar deals with Boeing and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI).Ancra currently supplies the cargo loading systems for all of AEI’s 737-300, 737-400, MD80SF, and ...
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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The agreement covers the lease of two 737-800NG freighters.In May this year, ASL acquired the airline operations of TNT Express and entered a multi-year service agreement to operate flights for the ...
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Shanghai's PACTL had a record breaking October for airfreight
Shanghai Pudong Int’l Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) handled 153,607 tonnes in October, a volume growth of 8.9% year-on-year and the highest monthly tonnage in the ground handler’s history.The largest provider of air cargo handling services at Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) recorded a 3.2% rise in tonnages year ...
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Ancra receives FAA Certification for CRJ200 SF cargo loading systems
Ancra International has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification in the US for the cargo loading system for the CRJ200 SF passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion by Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI).The system is capable of carrying eight 61.5" x 88" ULDs OR eight 62" x 88" ULDs; Ancra also offers ...
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Hactl ground handling certification first in Hong Kong
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has become the first handler in Hong Kong to be certified under the IATA Ground Operations Manual (IGOM), signifying its full compliance with the new standardised procedures.Through IGOM, IATA is driving the adoption of a single industry ground operations manual, to replace the ...
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ECS and Jetstar Asia launch new website to promote services
General sales agent (GSA) ECS and its airline customer Jetstar Asia have launched a new website to promote the flights that the two companies are able to offer through their contract.The website will allow customers to find the products and services on offer, including the network of countries when Jetstar ...
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AEI gets green light for CRJ200 jet conversion
US-based Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has gained certification from the US Federal Aviation Authority for a passenger-to-freighter conversion of a Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft.The work was carried out by AEI’s authorised conversion centre, Miami-based Commercial Jet and the aircraft was flown to its Dothan, Alabama facility for painting in the livery of ...
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SF Airlines takes delivery of latest B737 conversion from Pemco
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered another B737-300 passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft to fast growing China-based express operator SF Airlines.The latest redelivery marks the seventeenth B737-300/400 Pemco-converted aircraft to SF Airlines, which is owned by delivery firm SF Express.The aircraft modification was performed by partner STAECO in Jinan Shandong, who is ...
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Investment fund buys ULD specialist CHEP
CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the Unit Load Device (ULD) management specialist, is being sold to EQT Infrastructure II of Sweden.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company of CHEP Aerospace Solutions, said that the transaction with the infrastructure fund will complete during November 2016.CHEP Aerospace Solutions offers pooling, management, maintenance and repair of ULDs ...
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Compass maps out helicopter airlift to Afghanistan
Aerospace logistics specialist Compass Forwarding has airlifted a medium-sized utility helicopter from Canada to Afghanistan in support of a time-sensitive project.The Bell 212 Twin Huey helicopter was flown from Alberta in a Boeing 747-8 freighter, arriving in Afghanistan two days ahead of schedule.New York-based Compass fielded a dedicated 24/7 aerospace ...
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Precision in Altech link-up
Precision Aircraft Solutions, the US-based passenger to freighter conversion specialist, has reached a definitive agreement with Altech Aerospace of Portland, Oregon, to join forces in the aerospace industry.Altech will continue doing business under its brand name as a division of Precision.Altech provides engineering services to airlines, MROs and aircraft manufacturers ...