All Airlines articles – Page 251
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Swiss WorldCargo to offer single process e-AWB to forwarders
Swiss WorldCargo has begun offering the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) single process, which it hopes will accelerate the adoption of the e-AWB throughout its network.The airline said that following a four month trial it now accepts single process e-AWB shipments in Zurich, Montreal, Los Angeles, New York JFK and Copenhagen.The ...
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AMI moves to new Sydney hub to cope with growth
Airfreight wholesaler AMI has moved to a larger building in Sydney in order to accommodate recent growth.AMI’s new hub is almost double the size of the existing facility and is located in Hale St Botany, which is a few minutes from the airport’s cargo terminal.The new facility will act as ...
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Air Cargo Americas expects 5,000 visitors
This year's Air & Sea Cargo Americas conference and exhibition, which is being partnered by Air Cargo News, is expected to attract more than 5,000 visitors.The show, which happens every two years, will be held at the Miami Airport & Convention Center between November 4 and 6.In 2013, the show ...
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ACS first-half revenues jump by 41%
Air Charter Service (ACS) has reported a "strong" set of result for the first half of the year, with revenues up by 41%.Although it didn't reveal exact figures, it is under no obligation to do so under its private ownership, the company said it had experienced an increase in revenue, ...
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CAL begins expansion through Liege with new US route
CAL Cargo Airlines has begun its expansion from its Liege hub with the creation of a new round-trip service to the US.The new service will launch on September 25 using the airline's nose loading Boeing 747-400s and includes two weekly rotations between Atlanta and Liege.The airline already provided services to ...
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Cargolux streamlines road feeder network
SPECIAL REPORT: All-cargo airline Cargolux has streamlined its European road feeder service (RFS) network, slashing the number of trucking providers from over 35 to just six.Unlike many rivals, which consolidated their RFS providers over the years, the European freighter airline has so far stressed the flexibility of using the best ...
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IAG hopes high-tech demand will fill new San Jose flight
IAG Cargo will offer a new transatlantic route between its Heathrow hub and San Jose in California from May next year as it hopes to capitalise on the continued growth of high-tech manufacturing in the region.The British Airways and Iberia cargo arm will utilise belly capacity on a BA Boeing ...
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Weakening air cargo demand and capacity additions continue to take their toll on Asian airlines
Air cargo load factors at major Asian airlines declined in August as capacity additions and in many cases falls in demand conspired against the carriers.The latest monthly statistics released by Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Southern, China Eastern, Eva Air, China Airlines and SIA Cargo showed that all seven airlines ...
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VIDEO: Air Charter Service celebrates 25 years in business
Air Charter Service (ACS) has commissioned a special film (see below) charting its history to celebrate 25 years since chairman Chris Leach and his wife Tina founded the company in the basement of their London home.Leach, who previously worked for Saturn Airways, Transamerica Airlines and freight forwarder Savino Del Bene, ...
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Lufthansa Cargo teams up with Red Cross for aid flight
Lufthansa Cargo has teamed up with the German Red Cross to fly more than 15,000 camp beds from North America to Germany to help with the refugee crisis.This morning (September 22) a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Washington landed at the airline’s Frankfurt hub carrying approximately 1,000 camp beds.The remaining ...
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Swiss WorldCargo's Oliver Evans looks to the future
As he prepares to let go of the helm at Swiss WorldCargo on September 30, Oliver Evans is preoccupied with the future. Not just his own, but that of air cargo.“My original idea was to divide my time between two or three lines in leadership development, new technology and change ...
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Another China-Europe rail service takes aim at airfreight
Another China-Europe rail service has been launched that aims to grab marketshare from the air cargo industry.In early August, German logistics company Militzer & Münch (M&M) began offering a door-to-door weekly groupage service for containers being transported 11,000km from Yiwu in China to Duisburg in addition to its full container ...
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JAL and LOT announce new cargo partnership
LOT Cargo and JAL Cargo have signed a new co-operation agreement covering the Polish airline's Japan-Poland operation.The general sales agreement starts in January and will see JAL Cargo selling cargo space on LOT’s Dreamliners operating between Warsaw and Tokyo.LOT’s service on the route flies three times a week with as ...
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Finnair Cargo expects no major disruption from nationwide strike
Nationwide industrial action in Finland on Friday is not expected to have a major impact on Finnair’s cargo operations despite the airline having to cancel flights.The Finnish airline today issued a statement saying that a total of 16 flights would be cancelled on Friday due to industrial action by Finnish ...
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Virgin Atlantic nets an environmental goal
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to use lightweight air cargo nets to contribute towards the airline’s target of a 30% reduction in aircraft CO2 emissions by 2020.The UK-based airline has initially ordered 600 of the nine kilo nets, made with strong but lightweight Dyneema fibres, each representing a four kilos saving ...
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AF KLM sign cargo partnership with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Southern Cargo have signed a freight partnership agreement.The new pairing will give customers access to “an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region – via China Southern Cargo – and in Europe, Africa and the transatlantic regions, where AF KLM Martinair Cargo ...
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Double-digit demand growth for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has recorded double-digit demand growth in the first eight months of the year as a result of its entry into new markets.The Volga-Dnepr Group-owned all-cargo carrier saw tonnage increase by 17% year-on-year to 300,000 tonnes during the first eight months.In August, tonnage increased by 14% compared with ...
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European airlines record August declines in air cargo demand and load factors
The tough times continued for the major European airfreight carriers in August as they recorded declines in demand and load factors.The latest monthly statistics from European airlines revealed that Lufthansa, IAG Cargo, Air France KLM and Finnair all recorded demand declines during August.Load factors were also down at Lufthansa, AF ...
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Green is the new brown
US parcels and logistics global giant UPS, or ‘Big Brown’ as it is affectionately known, is turning green.The great challenge for any global parcel carrier, with sizeable and international freighter fleets, is how to be a responsible, environmentally aware corporate citizen.Mike Mangeot, spokesman for UPS Airlines, says: "The definition of ...
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Shippers prepared to pay more for greener airfreight
Shippers and forwarders are prepared to pay higher freight rates for environmentally-friendly air cargo.That is the message from Lufthansa Cargo, which says that a number of shipper and freight forwarders have asked for a green rate quote for their airfreight shipments.As consumers demand that the goods they buy have been ...