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UK and Canada conclude open skies agreement
Canada is the latest country to reach an open skies agreement with the UK as it prepares to leave the European Union.The latest agreement is one of a number already agreed by the UK's Department for Transport (DfT) with countries around the world. The United Kingdom is Canada's third largest ...
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LATAM finalises Mas Air Cargo sale
LATAM airlines has finalised the sale of its stake in Aerotransportes Mas de Carga (Mas Air), also known as LATAM Cargo Mexico, for an undisclosed sum.The stake has been purchased by a group led by current shareholders of Mas Air, with the deal completed on December 1.According to Flight Radar, ...
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cargo-partner fine-tunes orchestra shipments
Logistics company cargo-partner ensured that all the instruments and equipment were delivered on-time and in prime condition for an Austrian symphonic orchestra’s tour of Japan.This was especially challenging since the return transport had to be prepared before the final concert tour route was fully decided and there was a very ...
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Cathay Pacific Group cargo increased in October
Cathay Pacific Group saw cargo increase 6.5% in October compared to the same month last year. Together Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 192,522 tonnes of cargo and mail, a load factor increase of 1.1% percentage points to 70.4%.Capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (ATFKs), was increased by 3.8% ...
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UK and US agree new open skies arrangements after Brexit
The UK and the US governments have agreed an 'open skies' air services arrangement that will safeguard flights between the two countries after Brexit, when the UK leaves the European Union (EU) in March 2019.It is one of nine such arrangements already agreed by the UK's Department for Transport (DfT) ...
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Lufthansa selects WFS to handle cargo at Schiphol
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won the contract to handle both trucked and flown cargo for Lufthansa Cargo at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport from 1 February 2019.This will add about 30,000 tonnes a year to the 220,000 tones which WFS, the world’s largest air cargo handler, already handles at Schiphol for ...
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Turkish Airlines brings Gypsy Girl Mosaic back home
Mosaics dating from the second century BC are so precious that Turkish Airlines banned all other cargo on the aircraft when it transported them from Chicago to Istanbul on 27 November.The missing pieces of the Gypsy Girl Mosaic were retrieved from a museum in Ohio in the US after six ...
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Asian carriers positive on cargo despite international trade tensions
International air cargo volumes remain “firm, notwithstanding tensions around global trade policies,” according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) in its preliminary traffic figures for October.Asian airlines saw international air cargo demand increase by 5.6% as measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) compared to last October, supported by ...
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Sales binges provide opportunities for airfreight
This past extended weekend’s numerous sales events appear to have been the biggest ever, if reports from retail giant Amazon are anything to go by.The likes of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, which represent a spike in business for an e-tail giant such as Amazon, also represent significant opportunities for ...
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Qatar Airways boosts Iranian connections
Qatar Airways is to boost its existing links with Iran by adding a new twice-weekly direct service to Isfahan International Airport on February 4 next year, as well as by increasing its frequency of service to Shiraz and Tehran from early January.Isfahan will become the airline’s fourth Iranian connection, joining ...
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Turkish Cargo on the up
Istanbul-based Turkish Cargo has revelled in some healthy operating results covering the first nine months of this year.It points to data from analyst WorldACD that shows Turkish Cargo achieved a 29% year-on-year increase in revenue over the January to September period, alongside a 25% year-on-year improvement in cargo volumes over ...
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Intradco and Turkish Cargo team up to help on lion rescue
Animal transport company Intradco Global and Turkish Cargo have helped to transport four lions from Ukraine to a game reserve in South Africa on behalf of a non-profit environmental organisation.Intradco Global co-ordinated the project to move the four lions with the help of Turkish Cargo.Travelling in the lower deck hold ...
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Chestnuts taken on a transatlantic flyer
For the last six weeks American Airlines Cargo has been carrying more than 10 tonnes of sweet chestnuts a day between Rome's Fiumicino Airport and New York JFK to ensure customers in the US can enjoy the traditional treats during the festive season.After harvesting, the sacks of chestnuts are fixed ...
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Asia Cargo Monthly: Demand ramps up at Asian airlines as peak season gets underway
Airlines in the Asia region have seen cargo volumes reach their highest level of the year so far in October as the air cargo peak season kicks off.Cathay Pacific recorded a 5.4% year-on-year increase in cargo traffic during the month to 1.1bn revenue tonne kms.It was the busiest October on ...
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Call for German air cargo sector to invest in digitisation to combat lower cost locations
The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (Barig) has called on the country's air cargo sector to invest in technology to help combat the threat of lower cost rivals and bottlenecks.In a newsletter, Barig secretary general Michael Hoppe said there had been some initial successes in the process of digitising ...
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AF KLM on a digital journey
In just four years Air France KLM Cargo has ‘rightsized’ its freighter fleet from 15 aircraft to six, and reduced its unit costs by more than 40%, so now comes the easy part: digitisation of the air cargo supply chain.After a tough few years of internal restructuring, the Franco-Dutch carrier ...
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US cargo pilots reveal dissatisfaction in latest union survey
A survey carried out by a pilot union shows that more than 60% of respondents working for Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) and Air Transport Service Group airlines are seeking work at other companies.The Teamsters Local 122 survey also showed that 80% of respondents strongly disagree when asked if they ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Growth stagnates but underlying strength remains
European airlines continued to see airfreight growth stagnate in October, but volumes for the month remain strong compared with the last five years.The October figures from major European carriers again show that cargo growth has flat lined in 2019, but this masks the underlying strength in the market when compared ...
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Emirates' H1 cargo volumes down slightly, while profits under pressure
Emirates SkyCargo recorded a slight dip in freight traffic during the first half of the year, while the overall group saw profits slide compared with a year ago.Figures released today by the Emirates Group show that cargo volumes for the first half of 2019 declined by 1% year on year ...
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Delta Cargo to offer CSafe pharma ULDs
Delta Cargo has introduced the CSafe RAP container to its cold-chain pharma programme.The CSafe RAP container utilises heating and compressor-driven cooling technologies, along with insulation, to maintain constant temperatures even at extreme ambient temperatures ranging from -30°C to +54°C.It can accommodate up to four standard US pallets or five standard ...