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    AFKLMP creates vaccine shipment taskforce

    2020-08-27T14:15:24Z

    Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has formed a taskforce to define the steps needed to help ship Covid-19 vaccines.Working in close consultation with the pharma industry and related forwarders, the airline has assessed specific requirements for shipping Covid-19 vaccines when they become available.It has adapted its operation in terms ...

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    Air France KLM cargo revenues up despite volume decline

    2020-07-31T12:12:51Z

    Air France KLM saw its cargo revenues grow in the second quarter of the year despite a dramatic drop off in volumes.The French-Dutch airline group recorded a 44.4% year-on-year drop in cargo traffic during the second quarter to 1.2bn revenue tonne kms, but revenues increased by 5.2% on last year ...

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    AF KLM Cargo expands cargo network in response to market demand

    2020-06-10T15:44:27Z

    Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has increased its network "in sync with customer demand, data and intelligence", bringing the total number of destinations that 375 its weekly flights serve to 73.New destinations on the schedule include Sao Paulo, Bogotá, Cayenne, Los Angeles, Toronto and Seoul.Routes that have been re-opened ...

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    Air France KLM cargo revenues take a hit in 2019

    2020-02-20T11:00:33Z

    The Air France KLM group saw its cargo revenues drop last year as market overcapacity took its toll on performance.The Franco-Dutch airline group saw total cargo revenues for the year drop by 5.9% to €2.1bn on the back of a 2.3% drop in volumes to 1.1m tonnes.Its cargo load factor ...

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    A tough end to the year for cargo at Europe's major airlines

    2020-01-13T15:56:59Z

    The end of year traffic figures from European airlines sum up what a tough year 2019 was for the air cargo business.Figures just released by Lufthansa show that cargo carried by its various airline businesses in 2019 was down by 2.1% year on year to 10.7bn revenue cargo tonne kms ...

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    Air France KLM announces new head of cargo

    2019-12-09T12:52:38Z

    Adriaan den HeijerAir France KLM has revealed who will take over from current head of cargo Marcel de Nooijer when he leaves the top job in January.From January 1, 2020, Adriaan den Heijer will take the twin roles of executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo and managing director of ...

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    Air France KLM confirms it will no longer acquire Virgin Atlantic stake

    2019-12-05T13:30:44Z

    Air France-KLM has confirmed it has scrapped plans to acquire a 31% stake Virgin Atlantic following the US Department of Transportation's (DOT) approval of an alliance the carriers plan to launch.The two carrier's plan to team up with Delta Air Lines to form an alliance on the transatlantic trade and ...

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    Air France KLM reveals winter schedule

    2019-10-21T10:04:24Z

    Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has revealed its winter schedule with new services to Bangalore, Liberia (Costa Rica) and Miami.The airline group said its new schedule will run from from October 27 to March 29.Changes to the schedule include:New: Amsterdam Schiphol to Bangalore three-times-per week and Liberia (Costa Rica) four-times-per ...

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    De Nooijer to leave AF KLM Cargo

    2019-10-15T15:51:17Z

    Air France KLM's head of cargo, Marcel de Nooijer, will be leaving the position at the start of next year.De Nooijer will be joining KLM-owned Transavia where he will replace Mattijs ten Brink, who left the company at the end of September, as chief executive.Pieter Elbers, president and chief executive ...

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    KLM flight offloaded due to a leak from pharma packaging

    2019-10-04T17:04:11Z

    A KLM flight between Glasgow Airport and Amsterdam was evacuated earlier today when a pharma package in the cargo hold was found to be leaking.In a statement, the airline said that a shipment packed in dry ice and containing vaccines in glass tubes began to leak coolant.The leak affected the ...

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    Air France-KLM notes ‘challenging’ H1 market conditions

    2019-08-02T12:07:14Z

    The Air France-KLM Group’s cargo capacity and volumes rose during the first half of 2019, but market pressures brought revenues down.Cargo capacity was up by 2.1% and traffic by 0.9%, bringing the load factor down by 0.7 percentage points to 58.8%. Volumes, at 549,000 tons, were up by 0.7%.The group ...