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Garuda picks dnata for Heathrow handling
Garuda Indonesia has appointed dnata to provide all ground handling services for its new five weekly flights from Jakarta and Singapore to London Heathrow.Dnata will provide a full range of ground and passenger services, from check-in to ramp operations and baggage handling, when Boeing 777-300ER services commence at the end ...
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WFS and Fraport Cargo Services complete operations merger
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has moved its Frankfurt customers into the premises of Fraport Cargo Services (FCS) following its acquisition of a 51% stake in the German firm.In November last year, WFS completed its investment in FCS and the two companies began merging operations at the German airport.FCS ...
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CSafe centre opens at growing pharma hub Atlanta
Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre at Atlanta’s Hartsfield–Jackson airport (ATL), serving inbound and outbound traffic.The Atlanta facility is the second of what will be seven additional service centres across the CSafe network in 2016.Brian Kohr, president and chief executive of CSafe, said: ...
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Volga-Dnepr transports 14-tonne trailer using Ilyushin freighter
Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently transported a 14-tonne multi-wheel trailer and 30 tonnes of specialist equipment that was needed to repair Russia’s only natural gas liquefaction plant, Sakhalin-2.The transportation project required operations using Antonov-124-100 and Ilyushin-76TD-90VD freighters from the airline’s fleet to move equipment from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ...
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HAECO Americas gains B757 conversion approval from China's CAAC
HAECO Americas has gained approval from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to perform passenger-to-freighter conversions on Boeing 757 aircraft.This certification complements the existing FAA and EASA certificates held by HAECO Americas Airframe Services. It permits HAECO Americas to pursue additional ratings in the future through coordination with the CAAC.Jim ...
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Cargo Composites launches new Flyweight AKH container
Charleston, South Carolina-headquartered ULD and pallet manufacturer Cargo Composites announced during this week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin (held between 15-17 March) that it is beginning series production on an entirely new lightweight container for narrowbody aircraft.The company says that the Flyweight AKH container weighs just 53kg, yet ...
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PEMCO on the up
PEMCO World Air Services, the Florida, US-based maintenance and conversion company, enjoyed a successful 2015 fiscal year. It delivered passenger-to-freighter conversions to new as well as long-standing operators, the company confirms, while turnaround time on its B737 cargo door conversion was reduced by 14 days.Lean production procedures were implemented throughout ...
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Jettainer develops new ULD software to assist in fleet management
ULD management firm Jettainer and the University of Cologne are in the process of developing a new tool that will offer live decision making assistance to improve the management of ULD fleets based on analysis of large amounts of data.Jettainer sales director Thorsten Riekert told Air Cargo News that it ...
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SAS opts for lightweight ULDs
Scandinavian airline SAS is extending its contract with ULD service provider CHEP Aerospace Solutions.In future, SAS will use CHEP's 65kg containers which are over 20% lighter than its existing units and as a result will save over 13,000 tonnes of CO2 during the five-year term of the new agreement.SAS head ...
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Jettainer and DoKaSch ink new deal at WCS
Jettainer, the Frankfurt-based provider of outsourced ULD management services, and DoKaSch, a Staudt, Germany-headquartered manufacturer and repair service provider of air freight containers and pallets, have signed a new collaborative deal at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) under way in Berlin this week.The aim of this deal is to improve ...
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PACAVI completes pre-modification tests on A320 series freighter conversion
PACAVI, the US-based engineering and conversion specialist, is moving forward with the supplemental type certificate (STC) development for its Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme.PACAVI Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: “Our STC programme, started in January 2015, is progressing on schedule, as well as the conversion of our prototype ...
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Chapman Freeborn and RUS Aviation announce Asia cargo agreement
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Sharjah-based RUS Aviation have announced an exclusive cargo sales agreement to provide airfreight solutions from Hong Kong to the Middle East and surrounding markets.Effective this month, Chapman Freeborn will sell per-kilo shipments from Hong Kong to the UAE, with onward connections via RUS Aviation’s regional network ...
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Air Europa renews ULD deal with CHEP
Spanish airline Air Europa has renewed its contract with ULD service provider CHEP Aerospace Solutions.This deal will see CHEP continue to provide ULD pooling to Air Europa, while also converting 770 containers to CHEP's lightweight units.Air Europa Handling contract manager Mauro Rodriguez said: "We have built a strong relationship with ...
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Bombardier to work on Q300 passenger to freighter conversion
Canadian plane maker Bombardier and Québec-based Air Inuit are working together on a large cargo door passenger-to-freighter conversion for a Q300 large cargo door (LCD) turboprop aircraft.The converted Q300 aircraft is expected to have a cargo capacity of 12,500lbs (six tonnes) with an optimised cargo door. The aircraft will accommodate ...
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India and Europe the bright spots in difficult start to the year
Worldwide air cargo demand started the year slowly with only a slight increase in volumes recorded, but there was better news from Europe and India.In its monthly market analysis, WorldACD said there was “little to cheer” in January as global air cargo volumes increased by just 0.3% compared with a ...
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Air Charter Service expands to Australia
Air Charter Service has opened a new office in Sydney, Australia, the company’s first operation in the continent.Air Charter Service commercial director Justin Lancaster said: “Our Hong Kong office has built up a strong customer base in the region over the past few years and we felt now was the ...
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Malindo appoints Hong Kong handler
Low-cost Malaysian carrier Malindo Air has appointed Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) as its cargo ground handling agent at Hong Kong International.Malindo Air, established in 2012, operates from hubs at Kuala Lumpur and Selangor and launched its first direct flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong on 5 February, initially operating ...
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Boeing launches 737-800 converted freighter
Boeing Commercial Airplanes has launched its new 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter, the first 737NG (Next Generation) type that it has offered for conversion. Boeing expects the aircraft to primarily be used for the transport of express cargo on short-haul, domestic routes.According to Boeing, the company has already received 30 orders ...
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JMV signs up for freighter conversion from AEI
Luxembourg-based JMV Aviation has signed up for a freighter conversion from Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI).The US passenger to freighter conversion specialist AEI will provide an 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversion to JMV in June of this year.The aircraft (MSN 24959) is high gross weight and is being modified at ...
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Arafa to be head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo
Alexander Arafa has been appointed head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo.Arafa, currently head of cabin crew at SWISS, will assume his new duties in June. He succeeds Ashwin Bhat, who became head of Swiss WorldCargo last October.In his new capacity, Arafa will be in overall charge of the ...