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Cargolux hails “breakthrough” but unions remain "very cautious"
Cargolux has announced a “major breakthrough” in its negotiations with the OGBL and LCGB ground staff and pilot unions on a new collective work agreement (CWA).However, the pilots body Association Luxembourgeoise des Pilotes de Ligne (ALPL) spoke of a "slightly too enthusiastic press release” published by the European all-cargo and ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Eva Air, EasyJet and IAG place orders in November
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature analysing the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.EasyJet orders an additional 36 A320 Family aircraftEasyJet has signed a firm order for a further 36 A320 Family aircraft taking its cumulative order for the type to 451.The agreement for six A320ceo ...
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Lufthansa-ANA cargo joint venture to serve Fukuoka and Sapporo
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways Cargo (ANA) are expanding their year-long network joint venture between Europe and Japan by adding destinations in Japan.Fukuoka on the main island Kyushu in south Japan will be the first destination to be added, later to be followed by Sapporo on the north island.Starting ...
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ECS scoops Meridiana GSSA contract
ECS Group has won a contract to provide global general sales and service agent services to Italian leisure airline Meridiana.Under the three year contract, ECS will provide its total cargo management services to Meridiana, mainly focussing on its prime cargo routes to and from Mexico, the US and the Dominican ...
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Finnair to sell decommissioned Helsinki cargo facility
Finnair is to sell its current Helsinki Airport cargo terminal site, set to be decommissioned in 2017, to Finnish airports group Finavia.Finnair’s cargo operations will continue in the terminal until they are relocated to a new facility in 2017, the airline confirmed.It stated: “Finnair’s strategic objective is to double its ...
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Air cargo yield declines not as bad for industry as you may think
This year’s air cargo yield declines may not have had as much of a negative impact on airlines as many have suggested, according to analyst WorldACD.The latest market review from the Netherlands-based analyst shows that dollar air cargo yields including surcharges for the first nine months are down by 14% ...
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Cargolux union makes last minute plea ahead of crunch talks
One of Cargolux’s pilot union has issued a final plea to the airline’s management ahead of today’s crunch talks over a new collective working agreement.The existing working agreements covering pilot and ground staff is due to expire on December 1 and the LCGB union has urged Cargolux management and chief ...
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Air Partner and Air Cargo Integrators launch new partnership
Air Partner’s freight division and UAE-based Air Cargo Integrators (ACI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop both their freight charter and global airfreight products.Under the terms of the MoU, UK-based Air Partner Freight has appointed ACI as its official freight sales and marketing representative in the UAE ...
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Asia Pacific airlines report demand weakness
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region saw demand decline in October as weaker activity in major economies continued to take its toll.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines showed that October’s air cargo shipments slipped by 0.7% in freight tonne km terms compared with the same ...
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CargoLogicAir goes live with website as footage emerges of aircraft
Video footage has emerged of an aircraft in the livery of rumoured new UK cargo airline CargoLogicAir, while a website is also now online.You Tube account AirlinerVideos has posted footage of a Boeing 747-400 freighter taking off from Cambridge Airport (see below) with a CargoLogicAir livery.Industry speculation suggest the new ...
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ABC adds new Atlanta flights
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added two new services to its North American route network with the launch of twice-weekly flights to Atlanta.The new Boeing 747 freighter services, which commenced November 20, operate on Fridays and Sundays and will connect ABC's global route network to Atlanta.ABC senior vice president sales & ...
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Swissport owner HNA takes stake in Azul of Brazil
Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which owns ground handler Swissport, is to take a 23.7% strategic stake worth $450m in Azul Brazilian Airlines.HNA Group now becomes the single largest shareholder of Brazil’s third largest airline and will appoint new members to the board of directors.HNA, owner of China’s fourth-largest airline, Hainan ...
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Shake on it: Lufthansa and CSafe sign ULD lease deal
Temperature-controlled container supplier CSafe Global will provide Lufthansa Cargo with a dedicated fleet of specialist ULDs for the German carrier’s Cool/td-Active product.The fleet of CSafe RKN containers are being made available to the carrier for lease via Cool/td-Active which allows an unbroken cool chain for temperature-sensitive goods from their place ...
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Lufthansa cabin crew union calls off further strikes
Germany's Independent Flight Attendant’s Organisation (UFO) has agreed immediately to call off the strikes at Lufthansa announced for Thursday, Friday and next Monday after progress was made in talks with the airline's management.Lufthansa said that UFO has agreed to forgo strikes "until at least the 2nd of December", when an ...
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Aviation: don't tax us to fund non-aviation related environmental programmes
The International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) governing council has urged regulators not to use taxes raised from the aviation industry for non-aviation related environmental schemes.At a recent meeting, the 36-state governing council adopted a formal declaration calling on the overall ICAO group and member states to express a serious concern, ...
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Airfreight rates continued to climb in October
Air cargo rates reached their highest level of the year in October but continue to lag behind the year-ago level.The latest figures from the Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight show that the weighted average airfreight rate on 21 key east-west trades climbed to $3.31 per kg in October.It is ...
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IAG adds US imports delivery to Cargo Connector
IAG Cargo has added an import delivery service to its Cargo Connector product in the US.Customers in the US now benefit from an import delivery service that takes freight directly from the aircraft, delivering it to the freight forwarders' handling facilities.Originally, Cargo Connector was offered as an export collection service, ...
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Cargolux set to continue working agreement talks with unions
Cargolux is set to meet with union bosses tomorrow as the two groups attempt to thrash out a new collective working agreement for ground staff and pilots and avoid industrial action.Ahead of the talks, the LCGB union, which claims to represent 95% of Cargolux pilots, issued a statement appealing to ...
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Asian carriers record peak season cargo boost in October
Asian carriers began to see air cargo traffic pick up in October as the industry enters the peak season, but fast growing Air China recorded its first year-on-year demand decline since 2013.The latest monthly statistics from Asian airlines shows all but one of the carriers saw demand pick up in ...
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Six Volga-Dnepr air crew killed in Bamako terrorist attack
Six Russian air crew working for Volga-Dnepr Airlines were among 19 people killed during the terrorist attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital of Mali in western Africa, on Friday.Malian and international troops stormed the Radisson Blu hotel to free guests and staff being held hostage. Two ...