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Launch customer for CRJ200 special freighter
Bombardier and Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) have secured the first passenger to freighter conversion order for the CRJ200 SF (Special Freighter) aircraft.Canada-based plane maker Bombardier Commercial Aircraft said that an entity owned by the IFL Group of Waterford, Michigan, has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire the first CRJ200 ...
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Pharma defection to ocean is ‘wake-up call’ to airfreight
Airlines are targeting premium products to claw back lost revenue from the recession. Foremost of those is the cool chain for fresh produce and pharmaceuticals.But, according to Steef Van Amersfoort, chairman of the air transport at the Dutch Shippers Council and veteran pharmaceutical-logistics executive, there is a massive difference between ...
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Oman Air appoints Air Cargo Logistics in France
Oman Air has appointed Air Cargo Logistics as its exclusive general sales and service agent (GSSA) in France.With effect from January 2015, Air Cargo Logistics will provide the Omani national carrier with full cargo sales, marketing and customer service activities across France.Oman Air currently operates four A330 flights a week ...
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IAG Cargo exits freighter business
INCREASED belly capacity has forced IAG Cargo out of the freighter business.The all-cargo arm of British Airways and Iberia has terminated its deal with Global Supply Systems (GSS), under which it has three leased B747-8Fs.The decision, says Steve Gunning, chief executive of IAG Cargo, comes after the merged company reviewed ...
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CAL fleet upgrade
Cargo Air Lines (CAL) has taken delivery of its second 747-400-ERF, completing the upgrade of the Israel-based carrier’s fleet to two nose loader, open door freighters.Offer Gilboa, owner and chairman of the CAL Group, said: “We have concluded our fleet enhancement and are proud to announce that both our new ...
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AF-KLM adds combi flights to Dubai
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will this month add three B747 Combi frequencies from Amsterdam Airport-Schiphol (AMS) to and from Dubai International Airport (DXB).Starting 10 January, the European carrier says that the upgrade offers “increased flexibility to carry main deck commodities to our hubs, Dubai International Airport (DXB), and to ...
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Sodexi opens Paris airport warehouse
Aéroports de Paris and Sodexi have opened a 7,600 sq m express freight warehouse at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The warehouse, with a €22m investment, will be used to manage and process flows of air freight and mail for express specialist Sodexi, which is 65 per cent owned by Air ...
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Qatar finalises B777F fleet order
Qatar Airways has finalised an order for four Boeing 777 freighters valued at $1.24bn, with purchase options on another four.Qatar Airways first announced its intention to order four B777Fs at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow. The total order for all eight freighters has a potential combined value of $2.46bn, at current ...
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Silk Way nears deal on B747-8F trio
Plane maker Boeing and Azerbaijan-based cargo airline Silk Way West are finalising terms on a purchase agreement for three B747-8 freighters.When completed, the contract will be valued at more than $1.1bn, at current list prices.“Silk Way Group is a longstanding customer and operator of Boeing’s products and services,” said Marty ...
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IAG Cargo joins Airforwarders Association
IAG Cargo has become the first international (non-US) carrier to gain platinum membership of the Washington-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).As a platinum member, IAG Cargo – the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia - said that it will help shape AfA policy and engage in advocacy on key legislation that ...
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Saudia Cargo to operate direct freighters to Malpensa
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched a three times a week B747-400 freighter schedule between Riyadh and the Italian hub of Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP).“By operating direct freighter flights into Malpensa we are offering first class connections from our entire network including Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh and India right to the ...
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Security standard first for Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal has become the first Hong Kong air freight facility to achieve ISO 28000 certification, a global standard for security management systems in the logistics industry.Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL) chief executive Kelvin Ko said: “Customers paying premiums for airfreight expect their goods to arrive at the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's cautious optimism for 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.7m tonnes of freight and mail in 2014, a year-on-year decline of 2.7 per cent, although the leading German carrier maintained its capacity utilisation with a cargo load factor of 69.7 per cent.Faced by “tough competition,” the cargo airline focused on “a flexible and demand-driven management of ...
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Ethiopian freighter damaged after runway skid
An Ethiopian Airlines freighter has been seriously damaged after skidding off the runway at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana on January 10.The B737-400F, which was operating a flight from Lome for Togo-based carrier ASKY, reportedly skidded off the runway with burst tyres. The aircraft suffered damage and its starboard engine ...
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Middle East leads world airfreight growth
The Middle East set the pace for a four per cent global surge in air freight in November, and 4.7 per cent for the past 12 months, according to the latest Airports Council International (ACI) figures.The region achieved the highest growth in freight volume, 12.8 per cent, year on year ...
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More Airbuses than ever
Airbus hit a new record of 629 aircraft deliveries for 89 customers, including eight new ones. The Toulouse-based plane-maker said that the new planes included 490 A320 family aircraft, 108 A330s, 30 A380s and its first A350 XWB, to Qatar Airways.Aircraft deliveries in 2014 beat the previous record set in ...
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Swiss signs quality deal with handlers
Swiss WorldCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with ground handlers Cargologic and SATS to boost service standards and information flow between Singapore and Switzerland.The airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines wants to intensify collaboration in areas such as quality, e-initiatives, temperature-controlled transport and specialised handling.The MoU, signed in ...
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TNT helps customers cut the carbon
TNT is offering CO2-neutral delivery of all express domestic consignments in Germany at no additional charge.The carrier measures how much CO2 is produced in transporting consignments and then ‘neutralises’ them with an equivalent amount of CO2 credits.TNT uses CO2 credits only from renewable energy projects that meet Gold Standard requirements. ...
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Qatar to apply all-in freight rates from April
Qatar Airways Cargo is changing its pricing structure to a “one-rate basis”, saying that the current surcharge conventions "expose the supply chain to significant price volatility”.The Doha-based carrier will “abolish” both its fuel (MYC) and security (MOC) surcharges. All other ancillary charges will remain in place.The move follows a decision ...
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TIACA calls for risk-based approach to security
TIACA members have been advised that recently released updates to security programmes for all-cargo aircraft in the US must be implemented by February 16, 2015.The updated security programmes, issued by the US Transport Security Administration (TSA) on December 29, 2014, affect all US and non US-based freighter aircraft operators within, ...