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Lufthansa pilots to go on strike again as talks break down
Lufthansa pilots will go on strike again this week as talks between unions and management broke down.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union has announced that on Tuesday (November 29) there will be strikes on short-haul flights from 00:01am until 23:59pm and on Wednesday (November 30) there will be action affecting all ...
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Dnata expands into Canada with Toronto deal
Dnata has purchased a 50% stake in GTA Aviation's cargo and ground handling operation at Toronto Pearson International Airport.This investment marks dnata’s first step into the Canadian market and is a significant development in the company’s expansion into the Americas, less than a year after announcing investments in the US ...
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Hactl to handle new SW Italia express freighter flight
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited won a contract to handle a new weekly Boeing 747-8F service for SW Italia.The new flight – which routes from Hong Kong to Prague – is for the exclusive use of Sto Express, one of the major Chinese express operators. The aircraft is operating ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Asian airlines enjoy peak boost
October was another strong month for Asian airline’s cargo divisions as the peak season got underway.The monthly cargo figures released by seven major airlines based in Asia show that all the carriers recorded demand improvements in October. The improvement in demand reflects the performance of US and European carriers.The region’s ...
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Cyber Freight receives IATA CEIV Pharma-certificate
Cyber Freight Amsterdam has received its IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators’ Pharma (CEIV Pharma) certificate.The Hoofddorp-based subsidiary of family-owned Cyber Freight International is a member of Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA) at Schiphol Airport.PGA, launched by the Netherlands airport, is a community-based cool chain logistics programme for the niche ...
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NewsIAG Cargo's better than expected peak fuelled by e-commerce
IAG Cargo has reported a “better than expected” peak season with traffic from the Asia Pacific region leading the charge.Speaking to Air Cargo News, IAG commercial director David Shepherd said that the improvements in demand were being fuelled by e-commerce growth.“Peak season is probably going a little bit better than ...
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Lufthansa pilot strike extended into Saturday
Lufthansa pilots will extend their strike action into the weekend, this time targeting only long-haul flights and with all-cargo flights again escaping the industrial action.The Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) union announced last night that the industrial action they first launched on Wednesday would be extended to run from 00.01 on Saturday ...
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Qantas freighter's milk run to China
Qantas Freight will use the belly of a Boeing 767-300 freighter to carry VAN Dairy’s fresh Tasmanian milk export to Ningbo in China.Subject to government and regulatory approvals, Qantas will carry more than 50,000 litres of fresh VAN milk in the first half of 2017.The B767-300 freighter will operate from ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to divide regions as part of management cull
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed more details on how it will divide up its regions in order to offload a layer of management in line with its cost cutting programme.The German airfreight giant will now operate with eight regions instead of the previous four to allow it to remove a management ...
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Chapman Freeborn reorganises senior management
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has made senior management level changes in a move that it says will “help deliver further growth across the group”.In one change, the air charter broker has appointed Pierre van der Stichele to a newly created role, that of group cargo operations director.During his 14 years with ...
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WCA builds dedicated e-commerce network
WCA, the independent freight forwarder alliance, is developing what it says is the world’s first dedicated e-commerce logistics network, open to all those involved in the cross-border e-commerce supply chain.The new network was created, WCA said, “in response to the changing global economy and a marked shift towards online consumerism”.David ...
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ABX pilots on strike
In the latest news regarding the ABX pilot strike taking place today (22 November), Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has said that its airline subsidiary, ABX Air, is taking “multiple steps to resolve and end an illegal work stoppage that began today”.Earlier, political public relations firm BerlinRosen, which represents the ...
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Impressive figures for Dubai International
Operator Dubai Airports has revealed cargo traffic figures for Dubai International Airport in October.The gateway handled 236,169 tonnes of cargo during the month, up by 9.5% compared to the same month of last year.Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports, observed: “Cargo numbers impressed during October with the biggest monthly increase ...
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Berlin airports enjoy airfreight traffic increases
Flughafen Brandenburg Berlin (FBB), which operates Berlin Schönefeld Airport and – through its subsidiary BFG – Berlin Tegel Airport, has released some healthy airfreight traffic statistics for October.A total of 4,561 tons of air cargo was handled at Schönefeld and Tegel, an increase of 25.3% over the same month of ...
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Aeroflot cargo results on the up
Russian flag-carrier Aeroflot’s airfreight volumes are looking up. In October, the Aeroflot Group (which includes smaller carriers such as Rossiya and Aurora as well as Aeroflot - Russian Airlines) carried a total of 21,754.9 tonnes of cargo and mail, up by 59.8% on the same month of 2015.International volumes rose ...
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Airbus’s new A350-1000 takes to the skies
Airbus’s newest XWB (extra Wide Body) option, the A350-1000, took off early this morning (24 November) on its maiden flight.The maiden test flight out of Toulouse Blagnac and over south-western France marked the launch of the aircraft type’s flight-test programme. Three developmental aircraft will prepare the A350-1000 model for certification.According ...
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ABX pilots ordered back to work after industrial action
Striking pilots flying ABX aircraft have been ordered back to work by a US district court judge after a day of industrial action.US District Court Judge Timothy Black ruled that the 250 striking pilots must resolve differences with ABX Air through arbitration and other provisions of their labour agreement.The industrial ...
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ACI reports on positive September freight figures
According to the latest statistics from Airports Council International (ACI), global air cargo volumes rose year on year by 5.9% in September.International freight traffic was up by 7% compared to the same month of 2015, domestic cargo volumes by 3.3%.ACI attributed the surge in international traffic in the main to ...
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Lufthansa pilots' strike set to go into Friday
Lufthansa pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) is extending its current walkout until tomorrow (Friday).The strike, in place since Wednesday of this week, will now extend to cover Friday between 00.01 and 23.59. According to Lufthansa, all its short-haul and medium-haul flights within Germany and Europe will be affected.Lufthansa Cargo is ...
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New hand on the tiller at the Kenya Airports Authority
The new managing director and chief executive of the Kenya Airports Authority (KAA), Jonny Andersen, has officially taken up his new position.Andersen was formerly director of national airports at Avinor, the operator of seven state-owned Norwegian gateways.He took over at the KAA from Nicholas Bodo, who had been heading the ...