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Southern Air doubles 777Fs
SOUTHERN Air has doubled the number of its leased 777Fs in two weeks.In mid-October the carrier leased two 777Fs from Aircastle and now it has leased a further two to be delivered in March and April 2012.Southern Air will remain the only ACMI [aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance] provider to ...
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UK exports may be grounded
NEW airfreight safety rules to be implemented next month could put UK exporters out of business.The UK’s Department for Transport is to abolish the account consignor scheme system, which allows logistics groups to accept goods for freight from self-certified businesses.Instead, from 10 December, companies will either have all of their ...
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Cathay collects first 747-8 freighter
CATHAY Pacific has joined the ‘at last’ club alongside Cargolux following the receipt of its delayed first 747-8F.“The 747-8F will help us further strengthen Hong Kong's position as the world's leading international air cargo hub,” Cathay Pacific chief executive officer John Slosar said.The 747-8 Freighter provides 16 per cent more ...
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Chapman expands in Australia
CHAPMAN Freeborn Airchartering has acquired Alltrans International in Australia.The new venture – Chapman Freeborn Airchartering – will improve access to freight links in the country, as well as surrounding markets including New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, from its Melbourne (Australia) office.Mike Grant has been appointed as general manager, having ...
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ACS up 20 per cent
UK-based Air Charter Service has seen revenue shoot up 20 per cent to £134 million (US$215 million) from £112 million ($179 million) in the first half of 2011 thanks largely to expansion of the commercial jets division.The company arranged almost 3,000 charter contracts in the first six months of the ...
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The Neo kid on the block
ADNAN Duran has set up Neo Air Charter, which pledges to deal with freight forwarders only. The company is based in Frankfurt (Germany), and plans to open offices at other strategic charter gateways around the world. The company also has established service partners in Singapore and the US and will ...
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Cargoitalia’s charter comeback
FOLLOWING a review of its sales and customer functions in September Cargoitalia has established a new division to cater for its growing ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) and charter business.A long-term contract with Lufthansa Cargo to operate twice-weekly from Frankfurt (Germany) to New York and Chicago (both US) has ...
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BA’s Kenya freighter foray
BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA) looks as though it will beat Kenya Airways to operate the first freighter in the Kenyan market.BA will start a 747-8F service in November from Nairobi (Kenya) to London (UK) and Spain. The freighter will operate once a week and will see the airline’s cargo capacity for ...
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Korean Air Cargo’s unlucky 13
KOREAN Air’s outbound cargo shipments plummeted 13 per cent during the third quarter because of falling IT markets.Sluggish demand from Europe and the US combined with fluctuating currency accelerated the decline.South Korea’s flagship carrier reported a net loss of KRW524.3 billion (US$458 million) for the three months ending 30 September, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to lose “tens of millions of euros”
KARL Ulrich Garnadt, chairman of Lufthansa Cargo, has told Air Cargo News that the surprise blanket ban on night flights at Frankfurt (Germany) will cost the carrier tens of millions of euros.Lufthansa is depending on Cologne/Bonn to be a “short-term fix”, Garnadt said, to fly freighters to China. However, aircraft ...
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SIA up in the air
SINGAPORE Airline’s (SIA) cargo may be up, but an ongoing pilot dispute is dragging it down.SIA Cargo recorded a four per cent boost in September against the year before, registering 99,600 metric tonnes. Cargo load factor was 63.7 per cent, up 0.2 per cent. Noticeable regions were Europe, up 5.2 ...
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NZ court to take on Kuehne and Nagel
NEW Zealand’s anti-monopoly commission has defeated Kuehne + Nagel’s appeal against cargo price-fixing cartel charges being tried against it.The Switzerland-based logistics provider had argued that the commission did not have jurisdiction over it as K+N was a holding company with no involvement in freight-forwarding operations or management.The New Zealand Commerce ...
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Air France axes CEO
ITS shares have dropped 60 per cent, cargo is down and questions prevail over pilot training – now Air France-KLM’s chief executive officer (CEO) Pierre-Henri Gourgeon has been ousted.Gourgeon joined in 2009 on a four-year contract but quit after a board meeting on Monday. His departure came after recording the ...
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Shenzhen’s cargo vision
SHENZHEN Airport (China) officials have confirmed expansion plans, which include boosting airfreight capacity to two million tonnes per year in the short-term.“In the long term, the existing freight area will be integrated and a new freight area will be built in the north side of Terminal 4,” Huang Min, director-general ...
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US puts Bout on trial
VIKTOR Bout, the alleged global air cargo arms dealer, has gone on trial in the US. His prosecutor launched the trial by claiming that the weapons Bout thought he was selling to the Colombian terrorist organisation FARC, but which was actually US intelligence agents, would be used to “kill Americans”, ...
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Frankfurt slammed with surprise night-flight ban
LUFTHANSA and Fraport were hit with a surprise ban on all night flights at Frankfurt airport this week.Germany’s regional administrative court decreed the temporary ban until a ruling has been made on a court case with local residents, complaining about noise.The ban will come into effect on 30 October, the ...
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Qatar’s North American trio
QATAR Airways’ cargo division will link Doha (Qatar) to North America via Luxembourg on three new 777F services.Atlanta and Houston (both US) will be served with twice-weekly flights from 2 November, while the Toronto (Canada) services will begin on 7 November. In North America, Qatar Airways currently operates dedicated freighters ...
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TSA turns back on screening target
THE US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has bowed down to industry pressure and postponed its 31 December deadline for 100 per cent screening on cargo bound for the US.The TSA has not released the information publicly but informed TIACA and The US Airforwarders Association.Following an April feud when Neel Shah ...
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Ethiopian’s 777 quartet
ETHIOPIAN has become the first African carrier to order four 777Fs.The order is valued at approximately US$1.1 billion.“As the largest African cargo carrier operating in some of the fastest growing trade lanes of the world – between Africa and Europe, Middle East and Asia – the new 777 freighter fleet ...
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DHL immune to Asian drop
AT a time when rivals FedEx and UPS are seeing demand wane it is business as usual at DHL Express.The company does not plan to cut capacity, Larry Rosen, chief financial officer of DHL parent Deutsche Post, said. In fact the company is expanding its network, half of which starts ...