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Centurion Air Cargo bid for Arrow
AIR Cargo News has learned from sources within Centurion that owner and chairman Alfonso Rey has firmed up a bid to buy US-based freighter specialist airline Arrow Cargo.The move, if successful, would see Centurion absorb the airline’s fleet of MD-11Fs, DC-10Fs and B757 freighters and create a powerful American all-cargo ...
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Evergreen sues Boeing over Atlas ‘conspiracy’
EVERGREEN is suing Boeing over the abrupt cancellation of its contract to operate the Dreamlifter.“Boeing committed bad faith and breached its contractual promises to conduct its business fairly, impartially and in an ethical and proper manner,” Evergreen claims. “Boeing’s bad faith and breach of contract have caused lost profits to ...
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China Southern joins SkyTeam Cargo
WHEN China Southern Airlines joins SkyTeam Cargo in November it will become the first Chinese airline to join an international cargo alliance.Luo Laijun, senior vice-president cargo, China Southern Airlines, said: “This move into SkyTeam Cargo exemplifies the vitality of China’s air cargo industry, following its passenger transportation business and marks ...
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BA closes JFK cargo operations
BRITISH Airways (BA) is to close its cargo operation at John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York this summer.According to a BA spokesperson, the move is part of the airline’s cost-cutting campaign and the 74 cargo employees, affected by the subsequent job cuts, were notified last November.“Everyone knows that airlines ...
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New Dubai airport set to open in June
A COUPLE of short years ago the industry was inundated with press releases announcing the latest grand scheme for Dubai World Central – the name itself giving away the confidence and hugely ambitious plans for a giant complex and six-runway airport.However, since the financial maelstrom hit the Emirate last year ...
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Airfreight must embrace dirigibles, says IATA
IN a move that has caused uproar at Airbus and Boeing, IATA has called for the airfreight industry to use airships rather than conventional freighters as a way to meet targets on greenhouse gases emissions.“Lighter-than-air airships have a much higher fuel efficiency than heavier-than-air aircraft,” said an IATA spokesman, Jean ...
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Africa’s haven of stability
THE downturn of 2009 encouraged some unexpected newcomers to African airports, not least of all some 747-400 freighters from Asia. In search of markets that had escaped the savage yield decline of Asia in the early months of last year, they had identified Africa as a relative haven of stability.Shenzhen-based ...
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February continues cargo recovery
GLOBAL airfreight continued to grow in February adding weight to the forecasts of an earlier than expected recovery.Cargo demand grew 26.5 per cent in February year-on-year. However, airfreight hit bottom in December 2008, with little improvement by February 2009. Cargo traffic has a further three per cent to recover in ...
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Australia bans noisy freighters
AUSTRALIA is planning on banning older models of freighters because they are too noisy.“Marginally compliant aircraft are predominantly used in the airfreight industry and have been an ongoing source of concern for residents around Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports,” said federal transport minister, Anthony Albanese.“These aircraft were certified to ...
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JAL abandons freighters
JAPAN Airlines (JAL) will stop all freighter flights by the end of October and instead only rely on bellyhold capacity. Its freighter fleet of six 747 and three 767 freighters will be sold.Freighter flights make up about 25 per cent of JAL’s international freight transport.The move is part of JAL’s ...
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Qatar Airways looks to A330-200 conversions
QATAR Airways is considering whether or not to convert its A330-200 passenger aircraft into freighters.The Middle Eastern carrier met with Airbus to discuss the proposal. Qatar’s chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, said that if the company goes ahead then it will create a conversion centre at the carrier's Doha base.Qatar ...
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Agility to lay off 1,000s
TROUBLED logistics firm Agility has started widespread layoffs of its staff. Nearly 600 have already been laid off this week and according to an anonymous official thousands more are in danger of having the same happen to them over the next few months.The official said that the reasons for the ...
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Atlas Air promotes Jason Grant
ATLAS Air Worldwide Holdings has promoted Jason Grant (right) to senior vice-president, network planning and business development. Grant was previously the vice-president of continuous improvement.Grant, who will report to William Flynn, president and chief executive officer of Atlas, will work on identifying and implementing initiatives to drive earnings through network ...
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DHL and AA Cargo give pharma training
DHL and American Airlines Cargo are providing training for shippers of pharmaceuticals in the run up to the US 100 per cent cargo screening deadline in August.The training includes discussion on how to become a certified cargo-screening facility (CCSF). Facilities that volunteer to participate in the certified cargo-screening programme (CCSP) ...
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UAE toughens up flying regulations
CARGO airlines in the UAE have until the end of the month to comply with new regulations or they will be banned from flying into or out of any UAE airport from 1 July.Following the recent ban of An-12s and as part of an ongoing clean up of the aviation ...
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NIIT and SATS market Cosys to the world
INDIA’S NIIT Technologies and Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) are to jointly market their Cargo Operations Systems (Cosys) IT system to other airports in the region.Yacoob Piperdi, senior vice-president of cargo services at SATS, said: “We first developed Cosys to manage our cargo customers’ handling requirements, as well as our ...
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China Eastern buys into Great Wall Airlines
ALL-cargo carrier Great Wall Airlines (GWL) is assuring customers that a recent change in majority ownership will not affect the company’s operations.China Eastern Air Holding Company, the parent of China Eastern Airlines, has acquired a 51 per cent stake in GWL, which was previously held by Beijing Aerospace Satellite Applications ...
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2010 loss forecast cut in half
PREDICTED losses for the aviation industry in 2010 have dropped to US$2.8 billion compared to the $5.6 billion loss forecast in December last year. Loss estimates for 2009 have also dropped, to $9.4 billion from the previously forecast $11 billion.IATA claims that the improvement is largely driven by a much ...
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No chance for August screening deadline, says TSA
THE US has admitted that it will miss the August deadline to screen 100 per cent of bellyhold cargo on international flights.Gale Rossides, acting director of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), told the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee that, at best, 65 per cent would be fully screened and that ...
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Suspicious arrest at Shenzhen Airlines
CHINA’S security officials have removed Shenzhen Airline’s president – Li Kun – from his position while they investigate him for ‘economic crimes’. This follows the similarly suspicious arrest of Li Zeyuan, Shenzhen Airlines’ majority shareholder.Fan Cheng, the airline’s Communist Party secretary and coincidentally Air China’s vice-president, will replace Li Kun. ...