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DHL invests in Indian air hubs to cater for e-commerce growth
DHL and express airline Blue Dart Express are expanding their air hubs in Delhi and Mumbai as they look to capitalise on the country’s fast-growing e-commerce market.Through subsidiary Blue Dart Express, DHL’s eCommerce business has announced it will spend €70m on automating equipment at the Delhi and Mumbai hubs, which ...
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CHEP scoops SIA Cargo deal
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA) has awarded a five-year global maintenance and repair agreement to CHEP Aerospace Solutions for its fleet of ULDs.The deal will see CHEP will provide maintenance and repair services in Singapore, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Brussels, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Dallas, with additional stations ...
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Bridge of size for the An225 at Leipzig/Halle
An Antonov 225, the world’s largest commercial cargo aircraft, stopped off at Germany's Leipzig/Halle Airport en route to Chile via Iceland.It was the An225's 21st visit to the central German airport. A Leipzig/Halle spokesperson said: "Apart from its home base at Kiev Gostomel, there is no other European airport that ...
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AMI celebrates its 40th birthday
AMI is celebrating its 40th birthday this month after being launched in 1976 and growing to become the world's largest airfreight wholesaler.The company was originally launched as part of the Air Marketing International group in 1976 but two years later split away under founder and managing director Tony Realff.AMI’s trade-only ...
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DHL signs up for four A330 conversions
DHL Express has signed a contract to convert four Airbus A330-300 passenger aircraft into 61-tonne payload, 26-pallet, freighters with EFW – a joint venture between Airbus and engineering company ST Aerospace.EFW will carry out the work at its Dresden site from July, and the aircraft are scheduled to be delivered ...
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Boeing lands ten orders for freighter conversions
Boeing has unveiled ten new orders for its B737 and B767 passenger to freighter conversion programme.The order book includes two 737-800BCFs for Cargo Air of Bulgaria, and two others for Colombia-based Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS) Cargo. Air Algerie has also signed a commitment for two of the type while an ...
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Silk Way to acquire An-124
Ilyushin Finance (IFC) says it has inked terms of delivery with Azerbaijan-based Silk Way Airlines for delivery of an An-124-100 freighter, previously operated by Russia’s Polet airline.The aircraft will join Silk Way’s fleet of Ilyushin IL-76 and An-12 freighters. IFC said in a statement, “it will be a sound milestone ...
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Denis Ilin steps down as AirBridgeCargo executive president
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, has resigned after three years in accordance with mutual agreements.Ilin started his management career in AirBridgeCargo Airlines as director of operations. From 2006 to 2008 he worked as general director of the airline and later rejoined AirBridgeCargo team in 2013 to hold the ...
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Pemco celebrates 100th B737 conversion
Pemco World Air Services has redelivered its 100th Boeing 737-300 converted aircraft, which was modified for SF Airlines.The 100th B737-300 conversion marks the 16th -300/-400 PEMCO-converted aircraft for SF Express-owned SF Airlines with three more planned in 2016.SF Airlines vice president Liang Xi said: “Since inducting the first B737 Classic ...
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Atlas backs the B747 freighter as Boeing considers its future
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) has backed the long-term future of the Boeing 747 freighter after the aircraft manufacturer said it could axe production of the iconic aircraft.Speaking last week after the announcement of the aircraft operator's second-quarter results, AAWH chief executive Bill Flynn backed the B747 saying there were ...
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FedEx opts for long-term peak season freighter deal with Atlas
FedEx has moved to a long-term agreement with lessor Atlas Air to provide it with extra freighter aircraft to cover extra demand during the peak shipping season.Atlas Air revealed today that it had entered into a five-year agreement with FedEx Express that will see it provide the parcel giant with ...
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ABX Air to start new daily airfreight operation
ABX Air will start running a daily airfreight service from Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD) in September for a mystery customer.The airline will begin operations from the airport on September 8 using Boeing 767 freighters, with plans to expand flights to five times per day by the end of the ...
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Antonov signs deal with China to build giant An-225 freighters
Ukrainian plane maker Antonov has signed a cooperation agreement with Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) to build a second An-225 giant 'Mriya' freighter — and prepare the way for a series of the 250 tonne cargo capacity aircraft to be built in China.In a short statement on its website, ...
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Antonov will move to ground Volga-Dnepr's An-124s only if support functions are moved
Antonov has moved to clarify that it has not yet asked for a ban on Volga-Dnepr flying An-124 aircraft and will only do so if the Russian airline moves support functions for the aircraft to another company.In response to press reports that the Ukrainian company will attempt to gain a ...
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Ancra wins B737-800 loading system contract for converted freighters
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for the new Boeing 737-800BCF (Boeing conversion freighter) aircraft as a Boeing Supplier Furnished Equipment (SFE).Boeing Commercial Aviation Services made the appointment of Ancra, which has delivered 550 cargo loading systems for Boeing’s 737 and 757 airplanes. More than 900 freighters currently ...
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Liege to be Africa hub for NAS
Liege Airport has signed a new partnership with Network Airline Services (NAS) to make the Belgian gateway its hub for Africa and to increase flights to Angola.London-based NAS has, since setting up its operation in Liege in May 2014, transported over 90,000 tonnes of freight through Liege on its worldwide ...
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Intrepid orders B747-8Fs for long-term lease
Intrepid Aviation has switched an order for Boeing 777-300 aircraft to B747-800 freighters for lease on a long-term basis.The aircraft lessor said that it would switch two of six B777-300ER aircraft it has on order to two B747-8F aircraft to be delivered in 2017 and subject to long-term lease with ...
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Ancra gains AEI cargo loading order for converted B737-800s
Ancra International will provide the cargo loading system for Aeronautical Engineers Inc’s (AEI) new 737-800 passenger to freighter (P2F) converted aircraft.This new contract comes on top of similar deals with Boeing and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI).Ancra currently supplies the cargo loading systems for all of AEI’s 737-300, 737-400, MD80SF, and ...
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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The agreement covers the lease of two 737-800NG freighters.In May this year, ASL acquired the airline operations of TNT Express and entered a multi-year service agreement to operate flights for the ...
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Judge rules that ATSG dispute with pilots should go to arbitration
A judge has ruled that the dispute between US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) and its pilots should be resolved through a grievance and arbitration process.Judge Timothy Black of the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio said that the dispute is a minor dispute under ...