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Emirates and Cargolux sign cooperation deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based Cargolux for a strategic operational partnership.Described as the first of its kind between a mainline airline and a specialised freighter operator, it will allow the two carriers to cooperate and offer their complementary strengths and shared values.The deal was signed ...
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Delta to add cargo VP role as it appoints new global sales head
Delta Cargo has appointed a new managing director of global cargo sales and also revealed it will introduce a new cargo vice president role.Cargo president Gareth Joyce said that the airline would introduce a new vice president of cargo role after he was given the extra responsibility of senior vice ...
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Frankfurt cargo tonnages up 5.1% in May
Frankfurt Airport saw a "significant increase" in cargo traffic during May 2017 to 186,547 tonnes, a 5.1% rise over same month 2016.Frankfurt's cargo throughput grew by 1.9% during April to 185,340 tonnes, tempered by a slowdown during the Easter period.Said a spokesperson for the German hub, Europe's second largest cargo ...
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Cargolux signs equity contract for launch of Henan Cargo Airlines
Cargolux has signed a joint venture equity contract to establish Henan Cargo Airlines, a freighter carrier which will operate under a Chinese air operator certificate (AOC), with the first revenue flight being planned for the fourth quarter of 2018.The Luxembourg-based cargo carrier said that 75% of the shares in Henan ...
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Brussels cargo rise in May
European cargo hub Brussels airport saw May 2017 freight volumes of 40,836 tons, up by 8.1%, in comparison with same month in 2015.The comparison with May last year, when aircraft operations were still affected by the March 2016 terrorist attack on the passenger terminal, shows 2017 freight volumes up by ...
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Lufthansa offers real-time tracking
Lufthansa Cargo is now offering a liveSensor tracking service that allows customers to keep an eye on their shipments in real time throughout the entire transport route. The system can not only show where a shipment is, round-the-clock through a web portal, but also whether agreed conditions such as temperature, ...
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New Hercules freighter takes to the skies
The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J 'Super Hercules' commercial freighter took to the skies for the first time at the end of May.The test flight took place on May 25 and the aircraft followed the same test flight route over North Georgia and Alabama that is used for all C-130J Super ...
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Exelsius and IAG announce sixth GDP workshop
IAG Cargo and Exelsius have announced that their sixth GDP Academy workshop will be held in London on October 2-3.The Good Distribution Practice Academy combines classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, with a ‘live’ visit to an airport airside area.Students will be able to witness ...
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ABC and Volga-Dnepr team-up on turbine flight
Volga-Dnepr Airlines used a combination of a Boeing 747 scheduled service and an IL-76TD-90VD charter flight to deliver a 12,660kg gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.Measuring 560 x 260 x 250 cm, the turbine started its journey onboard a 747 freighter from Chicago ...
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New Ethiopian hub to officially open in late June
Ethiopian Airlines will officially open its new air cargo terminal at home hub Addis Ababa later this month.Africa’s largest carrier said that it would open the terminal, which covers a total area of 150,000 sq m, during the three-day ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum, which starts on June 27.The ...
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Western Global secures scheduled cargo flying rights between the US and China
Washington’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved Florida-based Western Global Airlines’ (WGA) application to begin scheduled cargo flights between the US and China.US freighter lessor Atlas Air had argued that WGA’s proposed scheduled all-cargo service would constitute a substantial change in operations necessitating a DOT review.WGA, specialising in ACMI and ...
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Delta's new South Korea flight at full cargo capacity
Delta Air Lines' new flight between the US and South Korea is proving popular with its cargo customers as the airline reports that the first run was at "full cargo capacity".The Atlanta-headquartered carrier said the new flight from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to Seoul Incheon International Airport, which departed on ...
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EU and TSA agree air cargo security partnership
The European Commission and US Transportation Security Administration have announced an “unprecedented” air cargo security partnership between the TSA, the EU and Switzerland.The agreement, which took effect on 1 June, sees the TSA and EU mutually recognising each other’s air cargo security procedures as being of an equivalent high standard ...
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Emirates, Etihad flights axed to Doha as diplomatic row breaks out
Etihad Airways and Emirates have suspended flights into Qatar as a diplomatic row has broken out over accusations that the country is destabilising the Middle East region.Along with Etihad and Emirates, FlyDubai and Air Arabia have also cut flights to Doha while Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and ...
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Antonov's 39 minute freighter flight from Chile to Argentina
Antonov Airlines has transported two mining filtration units from Chile to Argentina in a freighter flight lasting just 39 minutes.The Ukrainian cargo carrier’s AN-124-100 flew the 24 tonne load from Santiago in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina on behalf of Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters. Dan Litten, aircraft charter broker, ...
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Bedek to open B767-300 freighter conversion centre in Mexico City
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group, “up to its neck in work” for passenger to freighter conversions, is to open a site in Mexico City.The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary said that the conversion centre for Boeing 767-300s will be run by Mexicana MRO Services as Bedek's sub-contractor.The first B767-300 set for ...
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Silk Way West to add more Maastricht flights
Silk Way West Airlines is increasing its presence at Maastricht airport with the addition of three new weekly freighter services.The Azerbaijan airline recently started to operate its first weekly flight from the Dutch airport to Baku, but it will gradually add another three services between the airport by the end ...
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Qatar adds weekly LHR freighter flights
On June 3, the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways’ new weekly Airbus A330 freighter service touched down at Heathrow.The new service, which returns to Doha via Basel, boosts the carrier’s weekly UK cargo capacity to over 1,500 tonnes – it also operates freighters to Stansted as well as transporting airfreight ...
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Ethiopian to host ICAO forum
Ethiopian Airlines will host the second ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa conference hall from June 27 to 29, 2017.The theme of the event, ‘Action for the Sustainable Development of Air Cargo in Africa’, is aimed at achieving progress towards the implementation ...
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Chapman Freeborn keeps Gabon port development on course
UK-headquartered broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has delivered 200 tons of urgent project cargo from Europe and India to Gabon, enabling construction of a new container and general seafreight terminal to remain on track for its scheduled opening in July.The cargo had to be repackaged for transportation by air rather than ...