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NewsAn-225, the world's most tweeted freighter
It was a plane-spotters dream: taking a selfie with an Antonov-225 ‘Mriya’.Hundreds of unglamorous freighter aircraft ply their daily trade with little or no attention. They are invisible to the general public who do not know or care that their must-have iPhones, the exotic fish in expensive restaurants and designer ...
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Cool container firm recruits Alitalia
Italian carrier Alitalia has signed an agreement with low temperature technology specialist Va-Q-tec to rent its passive containers. Under the deal, pre-conditioned units will be sent to the customers’ door for loading and temperature will be guaranteed for over 120 hours, independent of ambient temperature.The partnership allows Alitalia to expand ...
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Chapman Freeborn sells load data arm to dnata
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has sold Air Dispatch, its specialist centralised load control subsidiary, to ground handler and service provider, dnata.Founded in 2007, Air Dispatch calculates the weight and balance conditions for aircraft prior to flight. It produces over 800,000 load-sheets a year and in 2013 became the first dedicated centralised ...
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ECS acquires Asia’s AVS
Airfreight general sales and service agency group ECS has acquired Asian specialist AVS, in a deal signed at the latter’s Singapore regional office on 21 June.AVS GSA Group, founded in 2007 and with 100 staff, consolidates cargo from the ASEAN region on its network of flights and interlines to the ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: FedEx takes six B767s
Each month Air Cargo News reports the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.FedEx in for six B767sExpress operator FedEx continued to order new aircraft during June, this time placing an order for six Boeing 767-300 freighters.These aircraft bring the total number of freighters ordered by FedEx in 2016 to ...
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New Chinese cargo airline opts for B737s from Pemco
New Chinese airline Guangdong Longhao Aviation Group (GLHA) has signed up for the conversion of three Boeing 737-300 aircraft from Pemco.Pemco said the conversion will be carried out by Jinan Shandong-based STAECO, one of PEMCO’s three conversion partners throughout the world.The aircraft, which is the first conversion Pemco has secured ...
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Charter broker ACS wins supplier role for UK government
Air Charter Service (ACS) has been selected as a supplier for the UK Government’s humanitarian division, the Department for International Development (DFID), for the next two years.The awarding of the contract comes one year after DFID invited the air cargo community to seek solutions for "timely, efficient and coordinated" air ...
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Hactl passes GDP audit with flying colours
Hactl has completed its World Health Organization (WHO) Good Distribution Practices (GDP) audit, with no non-compliances or observations.It is the third successive year in which Hactl has passed the audit with a perfect score.Hactl was the first cargo handler in Hong Kong to attain WHO GDP accreditation; the initial and ...
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Another high profile departure from air cargo as Bijaoui leaves WFS
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has confirmed that chief executive Olivier Bijaoui has left the company.WFS group chief operating officer Barry Nassberg will assume the interim leadership responsibilities.The company declined to comment on personnel changes to reflect confidentiality, but it is understood the split is amicable.The company was taken ...
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Urgent heavylift shipment, three days and job done
Volga-Dnepr Airlines took just three days, from receiving the flight inquiry to completing the delivery, to transport a 30-tonne shipment from Maastricht in the Netherlands to Varna, Bulgaria.The urgent shipment, including a 25-tonne cable spool, was necessary to replace failed equipment on the Noble Globetrotter II drilling vessel developing an ...
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Air Partner eyes further acquisitions after positive start to the year
Air Partner, which provides aviation services, has provided a trading update at its annual general meeting (AGM), saying the financial first quarter is progressing well and that it is on the lookout for further acquisitions.For the financial year ended January 31, Air Partner made a profit before tax of £4.3m ...
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Envirotainer and CHEP extend partnership
Cold chain specialist Envirotainer and CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the unit load device (ULD) management company, have extended their partnership for a further three years.CHEP provides repair, handling, transportation and storage services for Envirotainer's fleet of air cargo containers across 21 global service centres, which are approved to issue certificates of ...
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Network Cargo Management scoops TAAG GSA deal
Network Cargo Management (NCM) has been appointed as the exclusive general sales agent for TAAG Angola Airlines in the US, Canada and Mexico.NCM will market the national airline of Angola, which operates a weekly Boeing 747-400F factory built freighter with nose door from Liege, Belgium to Luanda the capital of ...
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JettLease moves into Leipzig
Lufthansa-owned ULD management company Jettainer has set up a base station for its JettLease network at Leipzig/Halle Airport, Germany's second largest airfreight hub. Airlines can lease equipment for periods ranging from one day to several months, at very short notice, if necessary.As well as standard containers, horse boxes and car ...
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Davies Turner to expand its UK airfreight base
UK-based freight forwarder Davis Turner has confirmed that it intends to begin construction this autumn on a second multi-million pound regional distribution centre (RDC), doubling the size of its present facility in Avonmouth, Bristol.Bristol is the headquarters site for Davies Turner’s air cargo subsidiary.The company has planning consent for a ...
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China Eastern looks to Jan de Rijk for trucking in Prague and Amsterdam
China Eastern Airlines has inked a road feeder service (RFS) deal covering Prague and Amsterdam with Netherlands-headquartered trucking giant Jan de Rijk Logistics.China Eastern Airlines starts three times a week services from Shanghai to Prague on 23 June.Then, on 26 June, the carrier will launch its first passenger flights between ...
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Precision completes fourth 757-200 conversion this year for DHL
Precision Aircraft Solutions has completed its third freighter conversion for DHL since May, its fourth for the integrator so far this year.The 757-200 aircraft, MSN 29330, will join two other Precision-converted freighters at European Air Transport Leipzig (EAT), the largest of three airlines with dedicated service to European, Middle Eastern ...
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LUG Frankfurt gains JAL
Japan Airlines is to switch its cargo-handling partner at Frankfurt airport from Fraport Cargo Services to LUG from July.The deal comprises bellyhold freight on JAL’s daily Boeing 777-300ER and B787-900 (Dreamliner) and road feeder services.Describing the move as “a highlight in our jubilee year”, LUG managing director and chief executive, ...
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Frankfurt’s PCF celebrates CEIV Pharma certification
Perishable Center Frankfurt (PCF) has become the first neutral logistics services provider to be awarded the International Air Transport Association’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) at Frankfurt Airport.The award, dated the end of last month (May), remains valid until 31 May 2019.PCF, said to ...
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SIA Cargo renews handling deal with Kenya’s Siginon
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) has renewed its agreement with Siginon Aviation covering the latter‘s provision of ground handling services at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi, Kenya.The deal has been extended for a further three years.The new deal between SIA Cargo and Siginon was agreed, the latter said, ...