All Airlines articles – Page 249
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ABC on song in September
Volga-Dnepr Group’s scheduled arm, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) saw a 28% rise in cargo in September, transporting 42,480 tonnes across its network and a 35% growth in freight tonne-kilometres. Load factors remained stable, it added.In the first nine months of 2015 tonnage grew 18% to 344,130 tonnes.During September, ABC added flights ...
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Slowdown for Asian airlines
Preliminary September traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed a continuing divergence between the cargo and passenger business. The latter remains strong but airfreight remains weak, says AAPA.Air cargo markets remained subdued, with demand in freight tonne kilometre (FTK) terms only matching the same month last ...
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China Southern adds another US route
The inaugural flight of a new China Southern freighter service to the US took off with 96 tons of cargo on its maiden flight on 22 October. The flight, operated by a 777-200F on a Guangzhou-Anchorage-Chicago-Tianjin-Guangzhou itinerary departs the Chinese city on Thursday and Sunday.China Southern now operates five cargo ...
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Air cargo demand stagnant while yields decline
Airline data continues to point towards difficult market conditions for air cargo carriers, but some regions are showing improvements.Figures released today by WorldACD show that volumes during August increased 0.9% against last year while yields fell by 1.2% compared with July.The analyst said demand and yield data for the year ...
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Lufthansa to add new cargo partner by year end
Lufthansa is set to add a new joint venture partner by the end of the year, following the model it adopted with ANA. It believes this type of partnership overcomes the issues faced by cargo alliances in the past.Speaking at the Air Cargo News Freighters and Belly Cargo Conference, Lufthansa ...
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Cash-strapped airlines call for IT investment
Speakers at an air cargo forum are expected to call for the entire air cargo industry to make investments in new IT and to switch over to new generation systems.Cargo airline representatives are due to assemble at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore on 21 October for software specialists IBS’ ...
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Air Canada offers online booking for AC Absolute
Booking requests for Air Canada Cargo’s AC Absolute temperature-controlled service can now be made online via a dedicated link on the carrier’s new e-Booking tool. Once logged in, users can enter their specific requirements for leasing active containers (for example, container type, size, quantity or set temperature) and the desired ...
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Lufthansa goes steady with Ho Chi Minh
Lufthansa Cargo is to make its Vietnam service permanent in its new winter schedule. Following a successful test phase over the summer, it will fly a Boeing 777F weekly to Ho Chi Minh City.The flight departs from Frankfurt is on Thursday, operating via Mumbai and terminating in Hong Kong.Vice president ...
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Two new Asian routes for Air China
Air China is to start two new passenger services in late October - Beijing-Kuala Lumpur nonstop on 25 October and Beijing-Islamabad-Karachi on 26 October.The Kuala Lumpur service will operate four times a week on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday with Airbus 330-300 aircraft.The Islamabad-Karachi flight, the first by a Chinese ...
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Third United chief in six weeks as Hart steps into the breach
United Airlines has appointed its third chief executive in little more than six weeks after it named current executive vice president and general counsel, Brett Hart, as acting CEO. He takes over from Oscar Munoz, who was reported on 19 October to have taken medical leave following a heart attack, ...
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Soft airfreight pulls down Panalpina profits
Panalpina’s air freight volumes decreased 2% from January to September in what it described as a “very soft” market that grew less than 1% during that period. The Swiss-based forwarder says it moved less oil and gas and automotive cargo, but more perishables.Gross profit per ton decreased 4% to CHF ...
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It’s back to the Seventies Down Under
Qantas is to paint a second Boeing 737-800 aircraft in a 1970s retro livery to mark its 95th anniversary. The Australian airline wants to build on the popularity of the first historical livery unveiled last year.Group executive for brand, marketing and corporate affairs, Olivia Wirth, said: “You can see from ...
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Brussels to offer year-year Belfast link
New services due to be launched by Brussels Airlines in summer 2016 include year-round services to Belfast City, the first link from the Belgian capital to Northern Ireland. The service will operate five times a week on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday.There will also be a new seasonal service ...
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Tiffany the trailblazer
She probably doesn’t know it, but Tiffany is a record-breaker - she has become the first live animal to be moved by American Airlines between the Netherlands and the US. Tiffany, an extremely rare Dutch Smoushond, travelled animal VIP class courtesy of specialist forwarder, Animals to Fly.AA Cargo’s GSA in ...
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Volga-Dnepr adds more Antonovs
Volga-Dnepr Group is to acquire two more An-124-100 Ruslan freighters following the signing of a lease agreement with JSC Sberbank.As the charter cargo arm of the Group, Volga-Dnepr Airlines will now operates a fleet of twelve AN-124-100 and five IL-76TD-90VD freighters, all of which comply with current and prospective ICAO ...
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Delta Air Lines records decline in Q3 cargo revenues
Delta Air Lines’ cargo division saw revenues, volumes and yields decline during the third quarter of the year, despite the overall airline recording an increase in profits.The US airline saw its cargo revenues decline for the second quarter in a row, dipping by 19.7% on a year earlier to $196m ...
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Qatar Cargo teams up with UK actress for Nepal aid flight
Qatar Airways Cargo stepped in to transport 5.3 tonnes of aid collected by several charities supported by British actress Joanna Lumley to earthquake victims in Nepal.The aid was collected by several of the Gurkha charities which Joanna Lumley supports in the UK, but they had no means of transporting the ...
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Mixed cargo results for American airlines in September
September was a mixed month for American air cargo carriers, with American Airlines and United Airlines recording demand increases while Delta and LATAM saw volumes slide.The airline that recorded the largest year-on-year increase in demand during the month was American which saw cargo volumes increase by 2.7% on last year ...
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World airfreight loses its bounce as China falters
The normal summer bounce in the world airfreight market failed to materialise this year, due largely to the faltering Chinese economy, said market data specialist WorldACD in its latest report.July was flat with only 0.7% volume growth, the lowest of any month this year, and revenue figures were also the ...
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Asia Pacific cargo demand weakened in July
Asia Pacific carriers saw air cargo demand weaken in July while international passenger numbers showed “further robust growth”.Preliminary traffic figures for July released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saw airfreight markets soften, “reflecting a slowdown in world trade activity and weakening demand for Asian exports”.Measured in freight ...