All Turkish Cargo Articles – Page 5
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NewsTurkish Airlines to handle bellyhold cargo at Istanbul's new airport from April 6
Turkish Airlines will handle bellyhold cargo on passenger flights at the new Istanbul airport from April 6, while the carrier's freighters will continue to operate from the Ataturk hub.A spokesperson for Turkish Airlines said that the temporary satellite facility at the new hub is "completely satisfactory in terms of infrastructure ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo flies historical artifacts to Japan
Turkish Cargo carried 186 historical artifacts to Tokyo for display at the Ottoman Empire and Tulip Culture exhibition.The artifacts, owned by the Dolmabahçe and Topkapı Palaces, will be displayed as part of events organised to celebrate 2019 as the "Year of Turkish Culture" across Japan.Before the Boeing 777F flight from ...
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NewsVIDEO: From the circus to a national park, Turkish Cargo helps resettle four young lions
The lions have their first taste of freedomTurkish Cargo has flown four young lions from a circus in Ukraine to their natural habitat of South Africa.Three lionesses: Luca, Charlie and Kai, plus the young male Nathan, were transported on a connecting flight from Istanbul.The lions had been used as circus ...
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Turkish Cargo opts for DoKaSch’s Opticooler
Turkish Cargo has signed a master rental agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions for lease of the latter’s Opticooler containers, designed for the shipment of temperature-sensitive products such as vaccines and other pharmaceuticals by air.Frankfurt, Germany-headquartered DoKaSch will begin supplying its active temperature-controlled Opticooler to the Turkish freight carrier from this ...
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Turkish Cargo conducts first cargo shipments from the new Istanbul Airport
Turkish Cargo has conducted the first domestic and international air cargo shipments from the newly opened Istanbul Airport.The domestic bellyhold consignment flew on an Airbus an A321 passenger aircraft from Istanbul to Ankara and then on to Northern Cyprus in the Mediterranean.The first international transport was carried out to Lefkoşa ...
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Turkish Cargo to start operations at Istanbul Airport in March
Turkish Cargo has confirmed that it will begin offering services from Istanbul Airport from its opening on March 2.From that date, the airline will cut its passenger services over to the new hub while freighter flights will continue at Ataturk Airport until later in the year."Following the commissioning of the ...
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Operator of Istanbul's new airport confirms March 3 as launch date for full passenger services
Istanbul's new mega airport will launch "full passenger operations" on March 3 this year, two months later than planned.İGA Airport, the group which built and will operate the Istanbul hub under a 25 year concession, has now confirmed officially the new opening date, following press speculation.İGA said in a statement: ...
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Full opening of Istanbul's new airport pushed back to March 3
This week’s full opening of the new Istanbul Airport for passenger flights has been delayed for the second time, until March 3, according to press reports.Turkish Airlines and other carriers were scheduled to launch passenger services at the final phase €10.5bn hub on Tuesday after a mass migration of airline ...
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Istanbul’s new airport ready to open
Turkey’s Istanbul New Airport will have a “soft opening” on October 29, with a “big bang” launch at the end of December when Turkish Airlines and other carriers begin passenger services with bellyhold capacity.The new hub, which will be renamed at the grand ceremony on Monday, Turkey’s Day of the ...
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Turkish Cargo carries big cats to Istanbul
Turkish Cargo has transported several wild animals from the Biopark ŠTÍT breeding facility in Prague to Istanbul.The four tigers, three lions, three cheetahs, two lynxes and one cougar were accompanied by their keepers and veterinarians. In addition, Turkish Cargo staff certified under IATA’s Live Animals Regulations joined the predators on ...
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Istanbul New Airport gears up for opening it doors
Management at Istanbul New Airport are readying for the big day on October 29 when the huge new gateway accepts its first passengers and cargo.H Kadri Samsunlu, chief executive and general manager of İGA, the company awarded the build and operate contract for the new mega-hub, said that every little ...
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Istanbul New Airport goes live on October 31
Istanbul New Airport has confirmed that the new Turkish gateway will open for passenger flights on 31 October, with the existing main city gateway, Atatürk closing on the same day.Istanbul New Airport said that an official opening ceremony would take place on October 29, the 95th anniversary of the Republic ...
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Turkish Cargo completes rhino transport
Turkish Cargo has transported five endangered white rhinos from Johannesburg to Shanghai.The rhinos, which each weighed one ton at the time, were transported on July 25 on board one of the carrier's Airbus A330F aircraft."Turkish Cargo carried these five white rhinos to Shanghai as accompanied by specialist teams and keepers," ...
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Turkish Cargo approves CSafe RAP
Turkish Cargo has approved CSafe RAP, launched for use in high volumes shipments by CSafe Global, a supplier of active and passive temperature controlled solutions for pharmaceutical products.The CSafe RAP is the latest in a full line of temperature control solutions, offering operational capabilities with the industry’s largest RAP payload ...
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Giraffes fly with Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has relocated three young giraffes from Johannesburg to Tehran via an Istanbul connecting flight.During the flight, the 16-month old giraffes were accompanied by their keepers, veterinarians and IATA Live Animals Regulation-certificated personnel from Turkish Cargo.In the past month Turkish Cargo, has relocated 10 lions, seven of which were ...
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Cherry-picking Turkish Cargo harvests supply chain time savings
Turkish Cargo will fly 600 tonnes of Salihli cherries (Bing Cherry) to Oslo in 10 dedicated Airbus A330 charter flights for last mile delivery to more than 1,600 stores throughout Norway.The cherries grow in Turkish cities such as Izmir, Manisa, Isparta, Adana, Konya and Kahramanmaras at elevations between 500 and ...
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Turkish Cargo broadens its QEP accreditation
Turkish Cargo has received Qualified Envirotrainer Providers (QEP) accreditation for 14 new stations within its network.The stations added are Basel, Paris, London, Milan, Berlin, Zurich, Dubai, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, New York, Miami, Toronto and Johannesburg.The accreditation from specialist pharma-chain ULD provider Envirotrainer brings the total number of Turkish Cargo’s ...
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Turkish Cargo flying fish
Turkish Cargo recently netted a vast transport contract – moving 1.5m live fish to Oman from Izmir.The 1.5m baby Gilt-head breams weighed in at around 100 tonnes and were accompanied by aquaculture engineers who checked the pH balance, oxygen and water temperature levels of the fish every hour.The transport was ...
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NewsLights on for first runway at Istanbul New Airport: VIDEO
The lights have been switched on for the number one runway at the new Istanbul airport in Turkey which is scheduled to open at the end of October this year (Scroll down for video).The first runway at Istanbul New Airport, claimed to be the world’s largest airport project built from ...
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Turkish Cargo adds new Liege freighter call
Turkish Airlines Cargo is the latest cargo carrier to launch a freighter service to Liege Airport.The new weekly service utilises an Airbus A330-200F and operates between Istanbul and Liege. It landed in the Belgian airport for the first time on February 13.Turkish Airlines Cargo will primarily transport perishable goods for ...