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Hong Kong's 'significant growth' in March cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world's number one airfreight hub by throughput, recorded "significant growth" in cargo volumes during March 2017.Cargo traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 17.8% to 433,000 tonnes in March. Passenger volume dropped 2% to 5.9m, compared with the same month last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: ...
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AEI picks Flightstar to boost freighter conversion capacity
Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) has selected Flightstar Aircraft Services, based in Jacksonville, Florida, as an authorised conversion centre to meet market demand for passenger to freighter conversions.AEI’s passenger-to-freighter conversion products, which currently include the Boeing 737-400SF, MD80SF and CRJ200SF, and which will soon add the B737-800SF, "require that additional conversion ...
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Converted B747-400 freighter for Pacific Air Cargo
Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has introduced a newly-converted Boeing 747-400 freighter between Los Angeles and Honolulu.The former passenger aircraft, under an ACMI agreement with PAC’s long-time lessor partner Kalitta Air, will fly a six-times a week service previously operated by a B747-200F aircraft.PAC chief executive Beti Ward said: “All the ...
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South African Airways Cargo: A hard road to travel
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) general manager Tleli Makhetha is a man with an infectious laugh, but he also does not beat around the bush when it comes to outlining current market conditions.“2016 was probably one of the toughest years for airfreight and therefore for us,” he says.His thoughts ...
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IAG Cargo freighter flight caters for pharma demand
IAG Cargo has launched a new dedicated freighter service between its Madrid hub and Basel to cater for the pharma market.The cargo group, which offers space on British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus flights, said that the weekly scheduled service will be operated by Spanish airline Cygnus Air using one ...
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Video: Kiwi's Americas Cup racing yacht flies with Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo has transported New Zealand Aotearoa – Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat – from Auckland to Bermuda in advance of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup sailing competition which will begin in late May 2017.Emirates SkyCargo transported Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat and all associated support equipment including ...
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Asia Pacific Airlines expands fleet with B757 converted freighter
Asia Pacific Airlines has expanded its fleet with a new Boeing 757-200 conversion aircraft.The passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion was carried out by Precision Aircraft Solutions at its HAECO Americas Greensboro facility.Along with the cargo conversion, the aircraft received new winglets and flat-panel flight deck displays. It is the second B757-200 P2F ...
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UPS expands dangerous goods network
UPS has expanded its global dangerous goods shipping programme by adding more than 400 commodities that can be accepted in its global air network and more than 300 products across its ground network in Europe.The company also increased the allowable quantity of select dangerous goods accepted for shipment.A UPS spokesperson ...
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Alexa, where's my cargo?
CHAMP Cargosystems has developed a system that allows users to make air cargo track and trace requests using Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service.The new system enables voice interaction with CHAMP's Traxon track and trace application, allowing users to obtain air waybill statuses using simple voice commands on devices that offer ...
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NewsDelta records slight decline in cargo revenues and traffic
Delta Air Lines recorded a slight decline in cargo revenues and traffic in the first quarter of the year.The Atlanta-based airline saw first-quarter cargo revenues decline by 1.2% year on year to $160m, roughly in line with a 1.5% drop off in traffic to 470m cargo ton miles (CTM).Average revenues ...
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New chief executive for Cathay Pacific
Rupert Hogg has been appointed as new chief executive of Cathay Pacific after incumbent Ivan Chu was appointed as chairman of parent firm John Swire & Sons' China business.Hogg currently holds the role of of chief operating officer at Cathay and will be promoted to chief executive of Cathay Pacific ...
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Miami boosted by pharma traffic
Growth in pharma demand helped create a spike in the value of cargo transported through Miami International Airport last year.The Florida airport saw the total value of the cargo that it handled in 2016 increase by eight percent year on year to $57.3bn, with the value of pharma freight surging ...
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NewsThere she blows (almost): first 'white whale' BelugaXL sections in Toulouse
The first large sections of Airbus’ next generation new "white whale" transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft final assembly facility in Toulouse.Following a five-night road convoy from Aernnova’s factory in Berantevilla, north eastern Spain, the panels (two laterals, one central) will complete the rear section of the ...
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Frankfurt marches on with latest monthly cargo surge
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) posted a 9.8% increase in airfreight and airmail volumes in March to 205,443 tonnes, the highest monthly growth rate recorded over the previous six years.The March boost meant that the top German airport and Europe’s number one cargo hub recorded a 5.8% increase in airfreight and airmail ...
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DHL Express expedites Bahrain-Jeddah operation with new flight
DHL Express has added a new flight between Bahrain and Jeddah as it looks to speed up connection times between the two locations.The express operator said the flight will fly seven times a week utilising a B757 freighter, which is capable of carrying around 22 tonnes of cargo.The new flight ...
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ATSG bags double B737 freighter conversions for China's Okay Airways
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiaries have acquired two Boeing 737-400 aircraft for conversion into freighters and onward lease to China-based partner Okay Airways for its e-commerce business.ATSG West Leasing, based in Ireland and a wholly owned ATSG subsidiary, has acquired and will lease the aircraft to Okay in late ...
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K+N announces MoU with Alibaba.com to offer global logistics services
Global freight forwarder Kuehne + Nagel has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Alibaba.com, the B2B business arm of China's Alibaba Group, to offer global logistics services.Under the MoU, K+N’s global logistics network will combine with Alibaba’s expertise in B2B e-commerce, to offer China-based shippers e-commerce logistics solutions.In January ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo adds new Sydney account manager
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Amanda Matar as account manager – Sydney as the airline increases its long-haul cargo sales and management services for partner Virgin Australia.Matar reports to Pip Palmer, who was promoted to regional sales manager, Australia and New Zealand by Virgin Atlantic last year having previously worked ...
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Swiss WorldCargo appoints new marketing head
Swiss WorldCargo has announced the appointment of Alexandra Dahl-Augustin as the new senior manager head of marketing and communications.Dahl-Augustin joined Swiss WorldCargo in December 2014 and since then she has been responsible for key account management both in defining and building Swiss WorldCargo’s key account strategy.Ashwin Bhat, head of cargo, ...
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Carousel expands with larger aircraft and new destinations
Logistics firm Carousel has announced it will expand its line-haul air cargo operation with a new aircraft and a new destination.Carousel first launched its air cargo operation in September last year with a daily flight between Southend Airport in the UK and Baden Baden in Germany, utilising a Metro III ...