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Asian airlines see cargo demand rise but focus remains on profitability
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region enjoyed "robust growth" in air cargo volumes in May, according to the latest statistics from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA).Figures from the association show air cargo demand in freight tonne km terms increased by 12.2% year on year in May, reflecting ...
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CEVA adds Myanmar office as part of regional expansion
CEVA Logistics has opened its office in Myanmar's capital, Yangon, as part of its strategic expansion in the emerging Mekong markets.For the last five years, CEVA has been operational in the country through a network partner, providing freight management services to a number of multinational and local customers.But earlier this ...
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NewsAirport cargo demand continues to grow in April
Airfreight volumes at airports continued to increase during April, following a more “subdued period of growth” in 2016.The latest figures from industry body Airports Council International (ACI) show that cargo demand improved by 6% year on year during April (see chart at end of article).The fastest growing region in April ...
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Bedek and Haite to develop B737NG freighter conversions
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group has signed a partnership agreement to co-develop a conversion programme for Boeing 737NG passenger aircraft into freighters.The collaboration, announced at 2017 Paris Air Show, sees the subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) partner with China’s Haite Group, through the latter's Tianjin Aircraft Engineering Co arm.Bedek and ...
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Turkish Cargo launches freighter flights to Paris
Turkish Cargo has launched weekly scheduled Airbus A310 freighter flight between Istanbul and French hub Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport. The flight schedule may be revised, based on permits.Automobile, aircraft and aircraft engines, as well as pharmaceutical products and plastic raw materials are the top-ranking items in the exports from ...
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GECAS plans to convert a further 30 B737-800s into freighters
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) is planning to convert a further 30 Boeing 737-800s into freighters.GECAS launched the 737-800 freighter programme with Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) in 2015 and Boeing in 2016. Since then GECAS has provided each programme with a prototype aircraft for modification at separate conversion facilities in Miami ...
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David Geer appointed managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo
David Geer has been appointed the new managing director of Virgin Atlantic Cargo.Geer succeeds John Lloyd who officially steps down in August after announcing in May this year his decision to leave the airline after 30 years. Lloyd has headed Virgin Atlantic’s cargo division since 2000.Geer joined Virgin Atlantic in ...
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Menen joins EFL as independent director
Logistics firm Expofreight (EFL) has announced the appointment of three supply chain and airfreight veterans as independent directors as part of efforts to add international expertise to its management. The company said that Ram Menen, Stephen Dearnley and Mike Sherman have joined as independent directors to the board, led by ...
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FedEx reports record Q4 performance
FedEx has reported record fiscal fourth quarter results thanks to its acquisition of TNT, higher base rates and increased package volume.The express giant saw fiscal fourth-quarter revenues increase by 20.7% year on year to $15.7bn, its operating income for the period was up 4.6% to $1.5bn and net income increased ...
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Leadership changes at Pilot Freight Services
Logistics firm Pilot Freight Services has appointed Gordon Branov as its new chief executive while current incumbent Richard Phillips moves up to the role of chairman.Branov is currently chief operating officer and has worked for the company for 20 years. Meanwhile, John Hill, who is currently chief commercial officer and ...
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West Atlantic to lease four B737-800 converted freighters from GECAS
Swedish mail and express cargo carrier West Atlantic Airlines is to lease four Boeing 737-800 freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), making it the first operator to take delivery of the Boeing standard-body converted freighter.GECAS launched the programme and provided the prototype aircraft to Boeing in 2016.The first aircraft ...
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Boeing forecasts 920 new freighters by 2036
Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new aircraft over the next 20 years, of which 920 will be freighters.The US airframer's annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) for 2017-2036 was released today at the Paris Air Show, with total airplane demand rising 3.6% ...
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DHL signs up for four more A330-300P2Fs
DHL Express has signed up for four more A330-300 passenger-to-freighter conversions from ST Aerospace subsidiary Elbe Flugzeugwerke.The express operator, which in July last year became the launch customer for the conversion programme with an order for two of the aircraft, said the deal also includes options for a further 10 ...
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Hybrid Air Freighters to buy up to 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships
Hybrid Air Freighters (HAF) signed a Letter of Intent to purchase up to 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships, at a total value of approximately $500m.HAF is working with Hybrid Enterprises, the exclusive re-seller of Lockheed Martin's Hybrid Airships, to finalise the purchase agreement.Paris-based HAF was established specifically to act as ...
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CEA Holding sells part stake in Eastern Air Logistics
China Eastern Air Holding (CEA Holding) has pushed forward with mixed-ownership reforms to its airfreight business by selling a part stake in Eastern Air Logistics.CEA Holding said today that it had sold a 50% majority shareholding in its Eastern Air Logistics arm, which in turn owns 83% of freighter operator ...
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time:matters to enter US market as founder departs
Time-critical logistics firm time:matters is set to expand operations to the US later this year, while the company founder has revealed he is leaving for new opportunities.Time:matters founder and chief executive FJ Miller told Air Cargo News that the company was currently setting up a presence in the US in ...
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Siemens' rotor to Kuwait is project managed by Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed the urgent delivery of a 57-tonne generator rotor to Kuwait on behalf of energy shipper Siemens.Siemens asked Volga-Dnepr to project manage the shipment using one of the Russian airline’s An-124-100 freighters to ensure that the 11-metre long cargo reached its destination on-time from the manufacturing site ...
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Jim Butler: A bigger, better American
Jim Butler took over as president of American Airlines Cargo on December 9, 2013, the day that the merger of the US giant with US Airways was legally finalised. So a lot of his first year or so in post was spent integrating the two carriers’ cargo businesses.That was completed ...
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Ariaen Zimmerman: Cargo 2000, eighteen years later
At next year’s World Cargo Symposium, Cargo 2000 is to get a new name and brand.It has become a bit of a tired joke for those who work for the organisation when they are asked how come it is now 2015 and it still hasn’t achieved its goals.“We have done ...
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Chris Leach: Air Charter Service - the first 25 years
Re-energised by a diet of salad, fish and regular morning workouts in the company multigym, Chris Leach is in robust health. And so is Air Charter Service, the company he founded in the basement of his London home 25 years ago.The story is a familiar one. Leach found himself out ...