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P2F partnership confirms A321 conversions to start this year
Aircraft sales, leasing and conversion group PACAVI and partner Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (Gameco) have confirmed they will begin the serial production of both Airbus A320 and A321 passenger-to-freighter conversions by the end of this year.PACAVI chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: “Our joint project team will commence conversion of ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers 45 tons of humanitarian cargo to Nepal
Volga-Dnepr has delivered 45 tons of humanitarian cargo on behalf of the Norwegian Red Cross to help earthquake victims in Nepal.A Rapid Deployment Emergency Hospital with surgical capacity and 60 beds was transported from Oslo to Kathmandu over two flights in the first week of May using Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighter ...
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Urgent charter keeps Brazilian oil plant working
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Volga-Dnepr Airlines have delivered a time-critical outsize part for the oil industry in Brazil, flying a 28-ton rotor from Zurich to Salvador on an IL-76TD-90VD freighter.With the plant facing closure until the replacement part could be delivered, specialists at Chapman Freeborn’s São Paulo office coordinated the ...
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WFS has a shopping list of acquisitions
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest cargo handler, has a shopping list of acquisitions after being acquired by a new owner, Platinum Equity, at the end of last month.Olivier Bijaoui, executive chairman, president and chief executive of WFS, said: “After eight years we now have more resources to make ...
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Pool deal is ‘watershed’ for the ULD business
Outsourced ULD (unit-load device) management and repair company Chep Aerospace Solutions and ULD short-term leasing specialist, ACL Airshop have signed an agreement offer customers an expanded fleet and service network.The move creates the world’s largest ULD pool and will increase ACL Airshop’s network from 32 airports stocking ULDs, nets and ...
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Air Partner buys Cabot
Aviation charter specialist Air Partner has acquired UK-based Cabot Aviation, a specialist broker in aircraft remarketing, for up to £1.2m.Cabot Aviation was founded in 1998 by Malcolm Holt and Tony Whitty, who have grown the company into one of the leading aircraft remarketing brokers in the world. Cabot is headquartered ...
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dnata lands Virgin in Australia
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a freight handling contract to dnata in Australia, covering Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane airports.Under the terms of the contract, dnata will handle cargo carried onboard Virgin Australia’s daily flights to and from Sydney and Brisbane and Los Angeles, and the airline’s three flights a week ...
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LAN Cargo signs CHEP
Latin American largest airfreight carrier, LAN Cargo, has signed an agreement to outsource the repair and maintenance of its ULDs and pallets at Miami International Airport to CHEP Aerospace Solutions.The agreement will use CHEP's proprietary repair management software ACTIS - providing real-time repair status information - at LAN Cargo's hub ...
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Jettainer's quality seal for ULD repair partners
Jettainer has introduced a quality seal for ULD repair partners that it hopes will reassure customers that its outsourced repair shops conform to high standards.The Lufthansa-owned outsourced ULD management company, has developed its own quality seal for companies repairing airfreight pallets and containers.As a result, Jettainer is creating unified guidelines ...
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Outsourcing to GSSAs to gather pace
Airlines will continue to outsource to general service and sales agents as they look to reduce costs, according to the ECS Group.Speaking at a press event at the Air Cargo Europe event in Munich, ECS Group chief executive Bertrand Schmoll said the company had noted increased demand for its GSSA ...
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Zurich cool chain expansion
Swiss WorldCargo’s ground handling partner, Cargologic, has expanded its cold storage facilities at Zurich Airport to provide more capacity for the storage of temperature-sensitive shipments.After receiving its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) certification from Swissmedic, Cargologic opened an expanded temperature-controlled storage facility at the airport earlier this month (April).The new facility ...
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ACS sees 2014 cargo recovery as revenues surge
Air Charter Service (ACS) reports an “extremely successful 2014” for all three of its divisions.Chris Leach, chairman of the UK-headquartered broker, observed: “The figures across the board are extremely pleasing. Every department – private jets, commercial airliners, group travel and cargo – grew in terms of revenue and number of ...
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Swissport appoints vice president from forwarder Damco
Swissport International has announced the appointment of a new senior vice president of global commercial and key account management ground handling with a forwarding background, following on from the appointment of a new chief executive from a logistics firm last week.The ground handler today announced that Katherine Boesen will take ...
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Airnautic opens Nantes office
French general sales agent Airnautic has opened an office at Nantes airport, located in western France.Airnautic's new French office will join three others, located in Mulhouse, Lyon and Paris.It will be led by Elodie Ligot, whose role will be "to extend the GSA local presence, including the sales of premium ...
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Freight bounce for Air Partner
UK-based aviation charter specialist Air Partner saw full year group revenues fall 9.2 per cent to £192.1m and underlying profit before tax down from £4.1m to £2.6m for the twelve months ended January 2015.However, investment in the freight division “has started to show returns with excellent improvements in sales and ...
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Eric Born lands top job at Swissport International
Eric Born will be the new group president and chief executive at ground handler Swissport International (SPI), taking up his role from August 2015.The Swiss national joins from Wincanton, a UK stock exchange-listed logistics company, where he was chief executive for five years from 2010. From 2004 to 2009, Born ...
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Wisskirchen to be new cargo handler at Cologne/Bonn airport
Wisskirchen has secured a 30-year concession for cargo handling at Germany’s Cologne/Bonn Airport, starting in July this year.The airport authority said: “With this step the airport is securing long-term growth and employment in the general cargo business.”Germany-based Wisskirchen will lease the cargo terminal and receive a 30-year handling concession at ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo strikes road feeder deal with Jan de Rijk
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new three-year road feeder services contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics and extended its delivery network to over 50 airports in Europe.Most Virgin Atlantic cargo arriving in London for onward connection in Europe is destined for Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris, served by next ...
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Qatar first class for four legs
Qatar Airways Cargo has moved 40 of the world’s most admired show jumping and dressage horses for a major event in the equine sporting calendar.A specially chartered B777 freighter carried the four-legged passengers from Amsterdam to the International Federation of Equestrian Sports’ World Cup finals in Las Vegas.The plane was ...
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China Airlines joins Dubai DWC migration
Taiwan’s China Airlines has moved its freighter flights to the new Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC). The carrier uses the UAE as an intermediate stopover on its 747 freighter flights between Taipei and Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Frankfurt.The Dubai Airports is planning a progressive move of flights to ...