All Airlines articles – Page 219
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Alitalia faces 24-hour strike this week
Alitalia, the Italian flag-carrier, has announced that a 24-hour strike on Thursday of this week (23rd) will hit some of its domestic and international operations.Alitalia has been forced to cancel 60% of its flights on the day due to the planned industrial action which comes after the Alitalia board of ...
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UK office handles Antonov Airlines charter
Antonov Airlines has carried out the first charter operation from its new UK headquarters at London Stansted Airport: the shipment of a British-manufactured helicopter.The outsize load, almost 4.4 m high, was flown from the UK to Southeast Asia on one of the airline’s seven Antonov AN-124-100 freighters.Specially designed machinery was ...
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Cathay Pacific reveals ‘solid start’ to the year
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon (formerly known as Dragonair) flew a total of 151,133 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 2.3% compared to January 2016.The combined cargo and mail load factor rose by 0.3 percentage points to reach 61.9%.Capacity, as measured in available cargo/mail tonne-km, was ...
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Volga-Dnepr's supermarket offering supports LNG pipeline logistics
This year has seen continuation of flights flown by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and sister freighter operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) under the Volga-Dnepr Group’s Cargo Supermarket offering.One ongoing project involves Volga-Dnepr Airlines operating a series of Antonov AN-124-100 and Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter flights in addition to using capacity on the scheduled Boeing ...
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Air Canada reports results for 2016
Air Canada has reported record EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortisation and aircraft rent), excluding special items, of C$2.77bn for 2016.The previous record was last year’s figure of C$2.54bn. The 2016 result represents an increase of 8.9% over that.Operating revenue reached C$14.68, compared to C$13.87 in 2015.A C$30m recovery ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo celebrates Miami freighter launch
Qatar Airways Cargo inaugurated a Boeing 777 freighter connection with Miami International Airport (MIA) from its Doha hub on February 2, the route also taking in South American stops at Sao Paulo in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina and Quito in Ecuador, as well as in Luxembourg.The inaugural was celebrated ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Mixed bag for European airlines in January
January was a mixed month for Europe’s combination carriers on the cargo front, with Lufthansa and IAG reporting increases in traffic while demand was down at Air France KLM and Finnair.Lufthansa, the largest of the four carriers in cargo terms, saw January cargo traffic increase by 4.9% year on year ...
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Alitalia business plan takes a step forward
The board of directors of Italian airline Alitalia have agreed that a final adjusted business plan will be presented by the end of the month (March 2017).The board met yesterday (Thursday) to hear a review from independent advisors Roland Berger on the airline’s proposed business plan.The board was also presented ...
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Air France KLM's cargo business records 2016 operating loss
The Air France KLM Group saw its cargo division record another operating loss last year, although there was a slight improvement as headcount was reduced and freighters were taken out of action.The Franco-Dutch airline recorded a full-year operating loss of €244m, compared with a €245m loss in 2015.Cargo revenues for ...
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Lufthansa and pilots' union agree to mediator's recommendation
The dispute over pay between Lufthansa and its pilots looks to be coming to an end as both groups have agreed to mediator recommendations.The two groups said they agreed to the mediator’s recommendation of an annual pay rise of 2% backdated to January 2016, another rise of 2.3% from January ...
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Jordanian launches e-AWB booking system
Royal Jordanian (RJ) has launched a system that enables cargo agents to create electronic-air waybills (e-AWB) when making bookings.The system was developed in cooperation with the Middle East airline’s information technology department and air cargo IT provider CHAMP Cargosystems.Royal Jordanian president and chief executive Captain Suleiman Obeidat said that the ...
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Delta looks to ramp up stake in Aeromexico
Delta Air Lines is hoping to increase its shareholding in Aeromexico as it looks to continue to strengthen its presence in the Mexican market.The US airline intends to acquire an additional 32% of the Mexican carrier in order to bring its shareholding up to 49% through a cash tender offer ...
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Etihad celebrates another year of expansion, but cargo volumes remain flat
Etihad Airways has reported on what it describes as “another year of sustained growth” in 2016, expansion achieved off the back of new aircraft deliveries, additional frequencies on various services and the introduction of further product offerings.During the year, Etihad Cargo carried 592,700 tonnes of freight, a figure not dissimilar ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: Strong start to 2017 for United and American
US airlines American and United have got off to a flying start on the cargo front in 2017 with double-digit increases in demand, while Delta continues to see its performance diverge from its two main rivals.The largest of the airlines in cargo terms, United, recorded a 16.1% year-on-year traffic increase ...
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Trump outlines priorities for US aviation
New US president Donald Trump has met with the chief executives of a large number of big US carriers, as well as senior executives of airport authorities and representatives of aviation trade bodies.The meeting took place at The White House, during which he outlined some of his thoughts on the ...
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UK and India to ease flight restrictions
The UK and India have today (February 9) agreed a deal to ease restrictions on the number of scheduled flights between the two countries.The move came on the back of what are described as “successful talks” in India this week, where UK aviation minister Lord Ahmad has been visiting. India’s ...
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IATA looks back at encouraging end to 2016
IATA has produced its latest quarterly Cargo Chartbook, which looks back at the final quarter of last year and, indeed, 2016 as a whole. It also looks ahead to what we can expect this year.Highlights of the report include the fact that global cargo traffic, as measured in freight tonne ...
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Solid year for cargo at Alaska Air
Alaska Air Group’s 2016 results show that it was a solid year in terms of cargo performance for the carrier.The airline’s cargo and mail operations made an operating revenue of $108m over the year, exactly the same as had been the case in 2015.The final quarter’s performance did reflect a ...
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US carrier group backs Open Skies in Middle East subsidy row
As reported in Air Cargo News at the start of this month (February), a number of US legacy passenger airlines have resurrected their complaints to the US Government that they are suffering as a result of Middle Eastern carriers being unfairly subsidised by their state authorities.American Airlines, United and American ...
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NewsJanuary sees airfreight rates continue ahead of 2016 levels
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes continued to track ahead of last year's levels in January, but prices did decline compared with the levels registered in December.The latest figures from TAC Index show that airfreight rates on transpacific services from Hong Kong to the US declined in January to $3.24 ...