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HAECO Americas gains B757 conversion approval from China's CAAC
HAECO Americas has gained approval from Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to perform passenger-to-freighter conversions on Boeing 757 aircraft.This certification complements the existing FAA and EASA certificates held by HAECO Americas Airframe Services. It permits HAECO Americas to pursue additional ratings in the future through coordination with the CAAC.Jim ...
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Explosions at Brussels Airport, 11 feared dead
Brussels Airport has been closed to operations after two explosions in the Belgian hub's passenger terminal left at least 11 people dead and many more injured.On its social media site, the airport authority said: "All airport operations have been suspended until further notice. Follow the information on our website. Don't ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's gambit for growth
Lufthansa Cargo boss Peter Gerber, a keen chess player, has presented his next moves after a chequered 2015 saw the carrier’s reputation for reliability among the freight forwarders damaged by a series of cabin crew strikes in peak season.Lufthansa Cargo is still a profitable business, and remains Europe's market leader ...
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UPS expands at Ontario Airport
UPS has built a new sorting facility and begun work on expanding its existing building at Ontario International Airport.The new 416,000 sq ft building processes urgent, time-definite packages and will feature automated sorting capabilities.Meanwhile, work is underway at the expanded ground sorting facility, which will be retrofitted with automated sorting ...
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Saudia Cargo expects yield pressure to continue in 2016
Saudia Cargo believes further yield pressure and belly cargo capacity additions will be the main challenges faced by the air cargo industry in 2016.Speaking to Air Cargo News, Saudia Cargo vice president commercial Rainer Mueller said: “For us as a true air cargo operator and running 16 freighters, the main ...
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B767F joins Raya Airways fleet
Malaysian cargo airline Raya Airways has taken delivery a B767-200 freighter, the first of the type aircraft under Malaysian registration.The twinjet brings the Raya Airways fleet up to four freighters, joining two B727-200Fs and one B757-200F, and is part of an ambitious expansion plan by the carrier to serve Shanghai, ...
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Redline wins Bangladeshi aviation security services contract
UK-based Redline Assured Security has signed a two-year contract with the Bangladesh government to provide aviation security services at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka.The appointment comes shortly after the UK's Department for Transport on March 9 placed an interim ban on cargo out of Dhaka's international airport to the ...
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NewsOz court upholds cartel fines on Garuda and Air New Zealand
Australia’s Federal Court has upheld an appeal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over air cargo cartel allegations against Garuda Indonesia and Air New Zealand.A majority ruling by the full court found that price fixing conduct engaged in by Garuda and Air New Zealand relating to agreed surcharges ...
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MAB and Silk Way West launch new freighter block-space deal
MAB Kargo, formerly MASKargo, and Silk Way West Airlines cargo have launched a new block space deal that will open up Southeast Asia and Europe to the respective airlines.The block-space deal sees Malaysia Airlines cargo business and Silk Way West’s cargo division offer a twice weekly flight to and from ...
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Lufthansa Cargo confirms future strategy
Following closely on the heels of the publication of Lufthansa’s 2015 annual results earlier this week, the German carrier has now gone public with some details on its strategies for future expansion of its airfreight operation.According to a statement from Lufthansa Cargo, product innovations and an ambitious savings programme will ...
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Kenya Airways adds its thoughts on the wildlife preservation issue
Kenya Airways was one of the cargo carriers that put their name to the United for Wildlife declaration signed at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.The Nairobi-based airline was represented by group managing director and chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze, who signed the document along with 40 other representatives from transport, conservation ...
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MIQ Logistics warns of summer supply chain disruption as Chinese factories close for G20 summit
Freight forwarder MIQ Logistics has warned of potential supply chain disruption this summer as Shanghai factories are closed ahead of the G20 Summit in Hangzhou.The forwarder said that its Shanghai office was receiving reports that factories in Shanghai and Hangzhou were being instructed by officials to prepare for slowdowns and ...
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Airbus points to the potential of the Indian aviation market
By pretty much any measure, the Indian aviation market is going to be huge in the decades to come, and the airfreight industry will be looking to take its share of the pie.European aviation giant Airbus points out, for example, that driven by a rapidly expanding population and particularly its ...
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Eurogate to launch forwarding services in Iran
Freight forwarder Eurogate Logistics is launching services in Iran, including airfreight, as it looks to take advantage of the lifting of sanctions in the country.Eurogate said that in response to the easing of sanctions earlier this year, had established a local network in Iran, which is able to offer freight ...
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Shanghai Pudong has strong February
Shanghai Pudong International airport handled 194,300 tonnes of air cargo in February, down by 12.6% on the same month of 2015.Nearly 144,000 tonnes of this total was carried on international services.The result was disappointing, particularly in the light of the strong start that had been made to the year.In January, ...
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Cargo Composites launches new Flyweight AKH container
Charleston, South Carolina-headquartered ULD and pallet manufacturer Cargo Composites announced during this week’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Berlin (held between 15-17 March) that it is beginning series production on an entirely new lightweight container for narrowbody aircraft.The company says that the Flyweight AKH container weighs just 53kg, yet ...
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Düsseldorf Airport gains CEIV Pharma certification
Düsseldorf Airport Cargo GmbH (FDCG) has been granted Center of Excellence of Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma validation by IATA. The airport operator becomes the first company in Germany to gain the trade association’s approval for its safe and stringent handling of these highly sensitive products.Gerton Hulsman, CEO of the airport’s ...
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Lufthansa Cargo names new area managers
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed new area managers for its Europe & Africa and the Americas regions, as well as a new head of global handling management.On June 1 this year, Achim Martinka will take charge of sales and handling in the Europe & Africa region, succeeding Carsten Wirths.Since October 2010, ...
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SIA struggles in tough times
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) had another difficult month in February, if its recently released traffic figures are anything to go by.Capacity, as measured in available tonne-km, rose 4.9% year on year to 804.6m, while flown cargo as measured in freight tonne-km was down 2.3% year on year to 474.7m. ...
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FedEx reports strong third-quarter results, but FedEx Freight suffers
FedEx has released its financial results for the third quarter of its fiscal year, the three months covering the December 1-February 29 period.Adjusted operating income rose 19% year over year to reach $1.16bn, primarily due to improved yield management and the continued positive impacts from profit improvement programme initiatives at ...