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NewsEtihad Cargo picks WFS at Frankfurt
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is to provide warehouse and cargo handling services for Etihad Cargo at Frankfurt Airport from February 15, 2020.The handler also began serving Etihad Cargo at Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport in November 2019.In addition to these new contracts, the Abu Dhabi-based carrier has extended its existing cargo ...
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Finalists revealed for the Air Cargo News Awards
Following an in-depth judging process, we are delighted to announce the finalists for this year’s Air Cargo News Awards. The winners will be revealed on Friday 24 April at the Runnymede on Thames Hotel, near Heathrow Airport in the UK.Here are this year’s finalists:Best Freighter Operator: Antonov Airlines, Cargolux Airlines ...
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InstoneAir collapsible airstable reduces container positioning costs
Horse transport specialist InstoneAir has received European regulator approval for its fully-collapsable airstable which reduces container positioning costs.The European Technical Standard Order (ETSO) authorisation by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) enables empty units to be transported in the lower decks of freighter and passenger aircraft.Designed to fit all wide-bodied ...
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NewsAvia Solutions to buy freighter operator Bluebird Nordic
Avia Solutions Group, which owns UK broker Chapman Freeborn and freighter operator Magma Aviation, is to acquire 100% of cargo carrier Bluebird Nordic and so step into the narrow-body ACMI cargo business.According to the Cirium database, Iceland-headquartered Bluebird Nordic, founded in 1999, operates one B737-300SF and four B737-400SFs.Gediminas Ziemelis, founder ...
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NewsATC Aviation expands east European GSSA network with Brainway buy
L-R: Ingo Zimmer and Günter PeplATC Aviation Services Group has acquired Austrian cargo general sales and services agent (GSSA) Brainway and its subsidiaries in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Slovakia.Brainway and its subsidiaries will join ATC, the Germany-based GSSA, from the beginning of February.Among the airlines represented ...
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NewsAEI to provide Airwork with 12th B737-400SF freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide New Zealand-based Airwork with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion, the 12th such aircraft for the airline.Airwork currently operates a fleet of 12 B737 freighter aircraft in its New Zealand/Australia freight operations, including both the B737-300F and the B737-400F models.AEI confirmed that all modification touch ...
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NewsCharterSync reaches 100 aircraft milestone
Digital charter platform CharterSync now has 100 aircraft registered on its system.The company, which was launched six months ago, said that a wide variety of aircraft, from smaller piston aircraft through to B737 capable of carrying 20 tonnes of cargo, had been onboarded.CharterSync co-founder Ed Gillet said: "The integration rate ...
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NewsFreighter conversions fall away sharply in 2019
Freighter conversions fell 33% in 2018, with declines in the widebody, narrowbody, and regional aircraft freighter segments.Cirium fleets data shows that 2019 saw 74 commercial aircraft converted to freighters, down from 110 in 2018.Widebody conversions halved to 16, compared with 31 a year earlier. The year saw the conversion of ...
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Cargo conversion market hit by B737 Max grounding
Conversion firm Aeronautical Engineers has said that the grounding of Boeing 737 Max aircraft has hit the supply of feedstock aircraft.Speaking at the Airline Economics Growth Frontiers conference in Dublin, Robert Convey, vice-president of sales and marketing at conversion firm Aeronautical Engineers, said the Boeing 737 Max’s grounding has hit ...
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NewsNew digital platform launched for tracking cargo at hubs
A new platform that claims to allow freight forwarders, airlines, and ground handlers to get hands-free visibility of cargo and automate their warehouse operations has been launched.The Cargocast platform tracks each cargo piece using RFID, pinpointing cargo in a warehouse within 2 ft radius."Using this location data, processes that previously ...
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Envirotainer appoints new sales chief
Pharma ULD firm Envirotainer has appointed Eddy Cojulun as its new chief sales officer (CSO).In his new role Cojulun will report directly to the chief executive and is part of the Envirotainer management team.He brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience from various sales roles across the globe.Prior ...
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NewsAEI bags B737-400SF conversion trio for Vx Capital Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide Vx Capital Partners (Vx) with an additonal three B737- 400SF freighter conversions, marking AEI's 25th such commission from the US-based aircraft lessor.The first aircraft will start modification in March of this year, followed by the second aircraft in May and the third in August ...
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NewsSwissport wins Air Tanzania hub contract
Swissport has secured a hub management contract for Air Tanzania’s operations at Dar Es Salaam and Kilimanjaro airportsThe new agreement with the east African flag carrier includes airport ground services, air cargo handling and aviation security.Swissport will provide check-in and gate services, baggage handling, moving of aircraft, cargo loading and ...
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CSafe expands its Incheon pharma container repair centre
Pharma ULD-firm CSafe Global has expanded its container service centre facility at Incheon International Airport (ICN).The service center was expanded to accommodate the growing demand for CSafe’s specialized air cargo containers in South Korea, and throughout the broader Asia Pacific region.Tom Weir, vice president of global operations at CSafe Global, ...
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NewsNew MRO hanger at CVG welcomed by Atlas Air
Atlas Air has welcomed the opening of a new $19m hangar dedicated to maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) of widebody aircraft at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG).The 103,000-square-foot facility will be run by FEAM Aero, which has operated at the airport since 2015 and currently employs more than 200 technicians ...
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NewsExporta adds collapsible cardboard crate for air cargo
Cardboard box firm Exporta has launched a collapsible cardboard crate targeting the air cargo market.Exporta said it decided to launch the crate after it identified a gap in the market for a lightweight, but robust and reusable, crate.The company said that when combined with a lightweight plastic pallet, the crates ...
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NewsAEI receives CAAC certification for B737-800SF
AEI B737-800SFThe Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has issued Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) with a Validation Supplemental Type Certificate (VSTC) for the passenger-to-freighter conversion of B737-800 aircraft.The CAAC VSTC validates the original US Federal Aviation Administration Supplemental Type Certificate, which was awarded to AEI at the beginning of 2019.The ...
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SATS scoops Riyadh cargo terminal contract
Cargo handler SATS Saudi Arabia has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.The Riyadh cargo terminal will be the second cargo operation in Saudi Arabia for SATS, after its first win in King Fahd International Airport in Dammam in 2016.Construction of ...
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NewsSlot booking helps Liege handler improve truck handling times
Liege Airport Cargo Handling Services (LACHS) has reduced its truck handling times through the implementation of a slot booking system from Nallian.LACHS, which handles almost 200,000 tonnes of cargo per year and 150 trucks per day, said that using the system had helped it reduced the average time it takes ...
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NewsSaudia Group launches logistics services for Saudi airports
Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia Group) has launched the Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL) company, a new division that will provide logistics and ground handling services at Saudi airports.Omar Talal Hariri, SAL chief executive, commented: "SAL will improve the quality of logistics operations and support the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s vision towards ...