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CAL selects ATC as general sales agent in Holland
ATC (Holland) will be CAL cargo airlines' general sales agent in the Netherlands."Strengthening our presence in Europe with a new GSA is a great way to start the year," said Eyal Zagagi, CAL chief executive, adding: “We already work with the ATC team in the US and in Austria, so ...
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PacAvi prototype A320 ready to convert
PacAvi Group has delivered its prototype passenger to freighter (P2F) Airbus A320 to HAITEC Aircraft Maintenance in Frankfurt for conversion.Initial work has commenced on the prototype, which will be fully converted on an “aggressive schedule”.PacAvi Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: "We view HAITEC not only as a great partner ...
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FlyUs is Aeroflot GSSA in Central America
Dutch-headquartered FlyUs will be Aeroflot’s cargo GSSA in six countries across Central America.FlyUs will represent the Russian national carrier in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.It will sell capacity on Aeroflot’s four times weekly A330-200 flight between Moscow and Miami in Florida, with the offline cargo being ...
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Helsinki for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added Helsinki, Finland, to its international network with a twice-weekly B747 freighter.The flights, every Monday and Friday, will operate from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport to Helsinki, returning to Moscow via Frankfurt.The Russian all-cargo carrier has also outlined its fleet upgrade plans.Denis Ilin, executive president, told Air Cargo ...
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P2F alliance targets Asia's A320/321 conversion market
PacAvi, the aircraft sales, leasing and conversion group, is partnering with Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (Gameco) to address the Chinese and Asian markets for Airbus A320 and A321 passenger-to-freighter conversions.PacAvi Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann said: "We view Gameco as an exciting addition to our global network of MRO ...
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TNT's express trucking link to Istanbul
TNT has launched a daily scheduled road service to Istanbul, linking the Turkish capital city to Sofia, Bulgaria, and on to all countries in Europe via the express company’s trucking network.The Amsterdam-based parcels company says that it is currently the only express operator to run a scheduled road connection between ...
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ABC early extension for Frankfurt handling contact
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has given an early extension to its cargo handling contract with Frankfurt’s Fraport Cargo Services (FCS).The decision by the Russian cargo carrier, which began its partnership with the handler in August 2008, is “well in advance” of the date required, said FCS.FCS managing director Diana Schöneich said: ...
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Fokker 50 converted freighter ready for take off
AircraftConversions has re-delivered the first converted full Fokker50Freighter to Amapola Flyg in Sweden, with the aircraft due to enter into full cargo operations next week.A second Fokker50 will now start the freighter conversion process and is scheduled for re-delivery by the second quarter of this year.Netherlands-headquartered AircraftConversions, sole manufacturer of ...
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Fraport shoulders China Southern load
Fraport Cargo Services will take over the handling operations for China Southern Cargo at Frankfurt from February 25. The Chinese carrier is currently handled by LUG.The wholly-owned subsidiary of Fraport will be in charge of the five weekly freighters between the carrier’s home hub of Guangzhou and Frankfurt, as well ...
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GSAs mull bespoke training scheme
The Federation of Airline General Sales Agents (Fedagsa) would like to see a bespoke training programme for GSAs and GSSAs – possibly as early as the end of the year, secretary general Glenn Shires told ACN in an interview.The Swiss-based representative organisation is currently in discussions with the International Air ...
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Take your seats please
This year’s Handball World Championship in Qatar may have been controversial but there were no complaints about the seating, which reached the Gulf state thanks to a coordinated team effort by freight forwarder Logwin.In fact, the seats were quite a noticeable feature of the tournament, because so many of them ...
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Price tops charter priorities
PRICE remains the most important factor in the air cargo charter market, an exclusive customer survey for Air Cargo News has revealed.The on-line survey found that nearly 55 per cent of respondents chose price as their top priority, with a need for 24 hour operations in second place, closely followed ...
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Do not wait for an MD-90 freighter
A combination of low demand and tight feedstock have doomed plans for a freighter conversion programme of the MD-90, writes Ian Putzger.Bob Convey, vice president of sales and marketing at aircraft conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has confirmed that the MD-90 conversion programme is no longer a going concern.“We ...
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By Antonov to the North Pole
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and logistics partners GAC Norway and POLOG have delivered a pre-fabricated Arctic research station to northern Greenland.The airlift involved transporting 210 tons of cargo to Station Nord on 17 Antonov An-12 charter flights out of Longyearbyen, Norway.Just 924 km (574 miles) from the North Pole, the scientific ...
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Roses are green?
A study shows that flying roses from far flung warmer countries generates less CO2 than the artificial irrigation and additional heat supply that would be required to cultivate them in Europe’s cold climate.That is the view of Lufthansa Cargo as it prepares for the Valentine’s Day rush on February 14.Lufthansa’s ...
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TNT chief warns of tough times ahead
TNT Express made a €137m loss in the fourth quarter of 2014 and continues to face challenging trading conditions, said chief executive Tex Gunning.The integrator, the subject of a failed takeover bid by UPS in 2013, blamed restructuring charges (€70m), goodwill impairments (€32m) and the costs of a re-launch (€22m) ...
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PEMCO converted freighter number three for China’s CDI
US-owned PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a third Boeing 737 to Chinese carrier CDI Cargo Airlines after converting it into a 737-300 freighter.The 737-300F offers nine pallet positions and a payload of up to 43,100lb or 4,600 cu ft.PEMCO has already carried out two similar jobs at Staeco’s Jinan ...
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Kale breaks into Iraq market
Iraqi ground-handler Azmar Air has gone live with Kale’s Galaxy International air cargo management system.Azmar, based at Sulaymaniyah International Airport in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq will use the system for e-freight compliance, warehouse management and vehicle management, and it will be able to offer real-time updates to customers’ ...
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US west coast port strike settlement
The Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union today announced a tentative agreement on a new five-year contract covering workers at all 29 US west coast ports.The deal was reached with assistance from US Secretary of Labor Tom Perez and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Deputy Director ...