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FAA expects US all-cargo carriers to grab marketshare from belly rivals
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) expects US air cargo carriers will record 3.5% per year demand increases over the next 20 years and that the country’s all-cargo carriers will continue to win marketshare.In its annual market review and forecast, the FAA said air cargo demand at US carriers increased ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints new US sales manager
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed John Giannitelli as its US regional sales manager.Giannitelli joins Virgin Atlantic from Aer Lingus, where he ran the airline’s sales and reservations operation for the US and will be based at New York JFK.As Regional Sales Manager US he will be responsible for developing and ...
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NewsCargolux sees 2015 profits soar but revenues slide
All-cargo airline Cargolux saw profits and airfreight volumes surge in 2015 but revenues and load factors declined.The Luxembourg-based airline saw profits increase to $49m in 2015 compared with $3m in 2014, while demand jumped by 8.7% year on year to an estimated 6.9bn freight tonne km.It is the third year ...
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Air Cargo Community Frankfurt adds new members
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt has added three new members to its ranks.The airport community announced today that cargo handler Frankfurt Cargo Services, LATAM Airlines and Frankfurt Road Cargo had all joined the community, bringing its total number of members to 38.Air Cargo Community Frankfurt executive director Joachim von Winning ...
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Specialist guide to lithium-ion batteries as airfreight
UK battery specialist Accutronics has released a new one-page guide about the safe transport of lithium-ion batteries as air cargo, which face tough new regulations from April 1.United Nations aviation regulator ICAO has placed a ban on lithium-ion batteries as standalone bellyhold shipments on passenger aircraft from April, although batteries ...
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CSafe centre opens at growing pharma hub Atlanta
Temperature-controlled air cargo container supplier CSafe Global has opened a new service centre at Atlanta’s Hartsfield–Jackson airport (ATL), serving inbound and outbound traffic.The Atlanta facility is the second of what will be seven additional service centres across the CSafe network in 2016.Brian Kohr, president and chief executive of CSafe, said: ...
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Swiss WorldCargo to focus on developing services after a flat start to the year
Swiss WorldCargo hopes to further enhance its services for the pharmaceutical and e-commerce industries as it faces up to another year of flat growth for the air cargo industry in 2016.Head of cargo at Swiss Ashwin Bhat said 2015 was not a good year for the airline’s cargo division in ...
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DRB-Hicom Asia Cargo Express set for expansion
Malaysian airline DRB-Hicom Asia Cargo Express has revealed plans to add to its fleet and expand airfreight operations into Southeast Asia.The express airline, which is owned by Malaysian conglomerate DRB-Hicom, told a press conference that it aimed to expand its fleet to six aircraft from its current two Boeing 737-400 ...
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Volga-Dnepr transports 14-tonne trailer using Ilyushin freighter
Volga-Dnepr Airlines recently transported a 14-tonne multi-wheel trailer and 30 tonnes of specialist equipment that was needed to repair Russia’s only natural gas liquefaction plant, Sakhalin-2.The transportation project required operations using Antonov-124-100 and Ilyushin-76TD-90VD freighters from the airline’s fleet to move equipment from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Moscow to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk ...
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ABC reports double-digit air cargo demand growth for February
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has again reported above market growth in its monthly airfreight volumes, with strong demand increases recorded on its transatlantic services.The Russian airline recorded a 15% year-on-year increase in air cargo demand in February to 37,000 tonnes.While the weight of cargo carried increased at double-digit levels, the distance ...
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US patent award for cargo airship design
Airship manufacturer Aeroscraft Corp (Aeros) has been granted a US patent for an important sub-system in its Aeroscraft cargo airship programme.The utility patent covers the multi-functional “aerostructure for rigid body airship” (Aeroshell) which defines the outer shape of the lighter-than-air vehicle, while serving structural and operational functions as an internal ...
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IAG hopes perishable growth will fill South Africa winter service
IAG Cargo hopes a new UK-South Africa Boeing 777-200 winter service will be boosted by the African country's growing perishables market.The service between Gatwick and Cape Town will operate three times each week and supplements an Airbus 330-300 Madrid-Johannesburg service, due to start August 1, and the existing London Heathrow-Cape ...
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Cargo flights resume at Brussels Airport but passenger operations remain suspended
Brussels Airport has said cargo operations will resume today (March 23) following yesterday's terrorist attacks that left 11 people dead.The airport said in a statement issued at 18:30 local time: "Partial aerial activities will resume tonight. Cargo flights and private flights handled by General Aviation can resume as of now. ...
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Astra Aviation opens new location in Harare
African flight support company Astra Aviation has opened a new location at Harare International Airport in Zimbabwe.The new location is being managed by Zimbabwe-born aviator Corrina Pickard. The facility currently employs three staff and marks Astra Aviation’s 9th location in its network.Said a spokesperson: “To date, Astra Aviation has attracted ...
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Brussels Airport update on cargo and passenger services
Brussels Airport, which suffered a terrorist attack yesterday in which 12 people died, has issued the following statement: "There will be no passenger flights tomorrow. Brussels Airport and airlines are in narrow contact to find suitable solutions for all passengers."Brussels Airport is looking at the possibilities to start cargo flights ...
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Schiphol launches pharma gateway
European cargo hub Schiphol has launched Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA), a community-based cool chain logistics programme for the niche high value airfreight product.All participants in PGA will be IATA CEIV Pharma-certified and the programme is the initiative of Schiphol’s Pharma Task Force, launched in July 2015 by Air Cargo Netherlands, ...
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The value of safety at IATA's World Cargo Symposium
While the value of air cargo was the leitmotif of IATA’s World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin, safety was also to the fore, focused on the lithium-ion battery debate and on how to prevent damage to ULD containers.At the end of the four day event, Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head ...
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Middle East airfreight hub volumes outpace Asia Pacific in January
Airfreight traffic grew 7.4% in the Middle East during January, more than double the growth in the Asia-Pacific at 3.3%, according to latest regional statistics from Airports Council International (ACI).Said ACI Asia Pacific: “The improvement in freight volumes in Asia-Pacific may be positively impacted by the push leading up to ...
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Emirates Cargo's Nabil Sultan joins TIACA board of directors
Emirates' divisional senior vice president, cargo, Nabil Sultan, has been appointed to air cargo organisation TIACA's board of directors.Sultan has over 20 years’ experience in senior management roles at the airline and was promoted to his current role in 2013.“Air cargo is one of the primary drivers of the global ...