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CAL Engines takes off
CAL Cargo Airlines has launched a dedicated product for the transport of aircraft engines.The new product, CAL Engines, is able to service non-purged units because the airline’s team is qualified to deal with dangerous goods.The launch of CAL Engines comes one month after the release of CAL VAL – a ...
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Yusen opens new Heathrow facility
Yusen Logistics UK has opened a new airfreight facility at Heathrow that offers greater capacity.The Japanese logistics firm said that the new facility is located just minutes away from the London airport and offers customers bonded storage and the ability to hold freight until Customs cleared.The operation is Authorised Economic ...
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CAAC denies Chinese cargo carrier merger remarks
The Civil Aviation Authority of China has denied remarks attributed to it that suggest the country’s leading air cargo carriers are set to merge.Yesterday, news agency Reuters carried reports suggesting that China's Civil Aviation Administration deputy director Zhou Laizhen had said that Air China Cargo, China Cargo Airlines and China ...
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Load factors slide in Asia as west coast effect eases
The improvement in US west coast port performance resulted in a growth slowdown for Asian airlines in May, while load factors remain below the average for the year so far and are also below last year’s level.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that Asian ...
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Atlas ramps up freighter fleet
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is to acquire a new B747-8 freighter from Boeing and is to operate two additional B747-400Fs after reporting “good demand for airfreight”.The US-based aircraft leasing company said that the new -8F is scheduled for delivery in November 2015. Prior to its expected placement in longer-term aircraft, ...
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E-AWB reach record levels but a long way to go to hit target
Electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration reached its highest ever level in May, but the current growth rate is not enough to see it hit the IATA target for 2015.The latest IATA figures show that in May e-AWB penetration reached 27.9% as 410,720 air waybills were processed electronically.This is the most ...
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Chinese cargo carriers set for merger?
Update: Three of China’s largest cargo airlines look set to merge in a move that would form Asia’s largest airfreight carrier.According to Reuters, China's Civil Aviation Administration deputy director Zhou Laizhen said on Wednesday night that Air China Cargo, China Cargo Airlines and China Southern Cargo were exploring merger options.No ...
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Shift from ocean to air, but for how long?
The air cargo industry has won marketshare from ocean rivals over the last year, but analysts have warned there will be a return to sea transport.In its weekly insight analysis, Drewry Maritime Research highlighted the modal shift that had taken place as US west coast port congestion caused by difficult ...
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Saudi launches Shanghai Delhi freighter link
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched a direct twice weekly B747-400F service between Shanghai and New Delhi as part of the airline’s continued expansion strategy.The Middle East carrier’s regional director Far East, Vikram Vohra, said that the direct service was specifically designed for customers in both cities in order to fulfill ...
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AA Cargo opens Philly pharma facility
American Airlines Cargo has officially opened its ExpediteTC cold storage pharmaceutical facility in Philadelphia, serving the US northeast pharma corridor.The carrier says that it is the only airline in the northeastern US with a “state-of-the-art facility that can handle temperature-sensitive, life science and healthcare cargo”.The facility and its specially trained ...
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Airfreight to be added to university curriculum
Brussels Airport and Belgium’s Thomas More University College have signed a co-operation that will see airfreight introduced into the college's logistics management training course, boosting students' chances of gaining employment in the sector.The agreement will see airfreight practical assignments and trainee placements at Brucargo added to the training course so ...
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Muilenburg to head Boeing
Boeing has elected Dennis Muilenburg as the US planemaker's 10th chief executive, succeeding Jim McNerney.Muilenburg, who has served as Boeing president and chief operating officer since 2013, becomes president and chief executive on July 1.McNerney, who joined Boeing's board of directors in 2001, continues as its chairman. To ensure a ...
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UK aid agency looking for air charter input
Britain’s lead humanitarian aid agency has invited the air cargo community to seek solutions for "timely, efficient and coordinated" air charters.The UK government’s Department for International Development’s (DFID) air charter team is holding an engagement day on July 17 in London at its Whitehall offices.David Quinn, DFID’s logistics movements officer, ...
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Ten more years for Hactl franchise
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has signed a 10-year extension of its handling franchise at the airport. The new agreement with Hong Kong’s Airport Authority runs from July 2018, when the current franchise expires.Hong Kong’s largest cargo handling agent said that the signing of the new agreement is ...
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Air Charter Service opens Geneva office
Air Charter Service has opened its seventh European operation, in Geneva.Justin Lancaster, the UK broker’s commercial director, commented: “We recognised the necessity for an office in Switzerland a few years ago and felt that now was the right time to make the move, having established an already strong Swiss client ...
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Etihad links Brazzaville to African freighter network
Etihad Cargo has increased its freighter links to Africa with the launch of a twice-weekly B777F from Abu Dhabi to Maya Maya Airport, Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo.The new service will fly to Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo’s capital, via Lagos airport in Nigeria. Brazzaville is a key political, ...
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UPS to add Dutch pharma hub
UPS is to build a new healthcare distribution centre in Roermond, the Netherlands, to accommodate growing pharma demand.The announcement comes a month after the US logistics giant opened a healthcare-dedicated airfreight forwarding facility at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.The 28,000 sq m facility at Roermond, located close to UPS’s European air hub ...
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Ashwin Bhat to replace Evans as head of Swiss cargo
Swiss has appointed Ashwin Bhat as its new head of cargo to succeed industry stalwart Oliver Evans, who has decided to step down from the post after 13 years.Bhat, who is currently head of global area management at Swiss WorldCargo, will assume his new duties on October 1.Bhat, who is ...
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GECAS launches Boeing 737-800NG conversion programme
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), the aviation leasing and financing arm of GE, has launched its 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter conversion programme.GECAS plans to convert up to 20 of its B737-800NG passenger aircraft to freighters. Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) will perform the conversions at its facilities in the US and China.The first ...
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Virgin Australia Cargo launch
Virgin Australia Cargo will launch in July, a move that will, the carrier said, “dramatically change the competitive dynamics of the air cargo market in Australia”.The carrier's existing exclusive arrangement with Toll Group will cease at the end of this month, but Virgin Australia will continue its partnership with Virgin ...