All Airlines articles – Page 266
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DB Schenker seeks $2.5bn in cargo cartel compensation
German logistics giant DB Schenker is seeking estimated damages of $2.5bn after filing lawsuits in US and Germany against airlines involved in a global air cargo cartel between 1999 and 2006.It has warned that the total damages could add up to more than $3.3bn.The parent company, German rail operator Deutsche ...
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Top five sign roadmap to combat cybercrime
Five major international aviation organisations have agreed a “common roadmap” to combat attacks from hackers and other cyber criminals.The group is made up of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Airports Council International (ACI), the Civil Air Navigation Services Organisation (CANSO), the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International ...
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Qantas management reshuffle
A top level management reshuffle at Australian carrier Qantas has seen Gareth Evans appointed chief executive of Qantas International and Freight.Evans, currently chief financial officer for the Qantas Group, has been a senior executive at Qantas for 15 years and brings experience from previous roles that spanned network, pricing, scheduling ...
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Costly Cartels
Lawyers rarely go hungry and they may be about to feast on a billion dollar lawsuit relating to the airlines’ air cargo cartel, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News Editor.German rail and logistics giant Deutsche Bahn (DB) made a great media fanfare of its minimum $2.2bn claim in the US ...
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US port chaos boosts ex-Asia Pacific air cargo revenues
Inbound US west coast container port congestion provided a November boost for transpacific air cargo revenues out of Asia to North America, although ex-US revenues fell.WorldACD’s latest monthly market data found that the transpacific was the best of the large markets in November.The Netherlands-based research house posed the question: “Did ...
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French forwarders slam fuel surcharges
French freight forwarders have called on airlines to end separate fuel surcharges, which they argue are no longer relevant.TLF Overseas, the French freight forwarders organisation representing 95 per cent of general air cargo transactions, expressed its “incomprehension” of a situation that requires “more transparency and real positive economic signals from ...
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IAG’s Cargo Connector is going to San Francisco
IAG Cargo has extended its Cargo Connector service to San Francisco, the tenth city for the local pick-up service.It offers freight forwarders at or near the airport a free collection for consignments up to 300 kilos and IAG Cargo estimates that 95 per cent of its customers are based within ...
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Airlines respond to price-fixing charges
Three of the seven airlines named in a US price-fixing lawsuit by forwarder DB Schenker have filed motions to dismiss the action.At the Eastern District of New York court on January 16, All Nippon Airways and Cargolux argued that the German-based forwarder had been ‘forum shopping’ – choosing the jurisdiction ...
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German shippers join cartel claims lawsuit
German carmaker BMW and car supplier Bosch are joining German railway Deutsche Bahn in a $2.4bn claim for damages against airlines involved in a global air cargo cartel between 1999 and 2006.Spokespeople for BMW and Bosch told Reuters that the companies had joined the lawsuits, announced by Deutsche Bahn’s DB ...
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Ménage a trois for Delta
Delta Cargo is to co-locate with Air France-KLM at Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The move brings all three Skyteam Cargo alliance members under one roof and will improve efficiency, said the US carrier. It would also offer more frequent routing options with the benefits of a broader joint network.Delta ...
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CASS cashes in
The Cargo Account Settlement Systems (CASS) airfreight payment scheme hit a record number of transactions in 2014.CASS, operated by IATA, improved on its 2013 figure by 3.6 per cent to reach 18.2m transactions during the year, as against 17.6m in 2013. November also saw the highest ever single month with ...
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Vote for your Cargo Airline of the Year
Voting is now open for Air Cargo News’ 32nd annual Cargo Airline of the Year awards. You can vote for carriers to specific regions and your favourite all-cargo airline. The 2015 categories are:Best Cargo Airline to/from: Africa, Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe & Middle East, All-Cargo Airline and the Cargo Airline of ...
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Etihad: Expanding on all fronts
To talk to Etihad is to be taken back to the golden age of air cargo - a time of double digit growth, expanding freighter fleets and new belly cargo routes. Once, all air cargo was like this.Full year figures were not yet published at time of writing, but based ...
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Spotlight on African air cargo
Trade opportunities in Africa and its contribution to economic growth will again come under the spotlight at this year’s Air Cargo Africa conference and exhibition, co-hosted by South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo).The conference and exhibition will take place at Emperor’s Palace in Kempton Park from 25-27 February 2015. Air ...
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Aeroflot takes delivery of new B777-300ER
AEROFLOT has taken delivery of this new B777-300ER, named in honour of Ivan Bunin, the writer, poet and critic, who was the first Russian Nobel Prize winner for literature.It is the sixth aircraft of an order for sixteen B777s from the Russian flag carrier and will fly on routes to ...
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Pegasus appoints ABDA and Aviation Services as GSSAs
TURKEY’S Pegasus Cargo has appointed ABDA Cargo Services as cargo sales agent for its European operations and Aviation Services to cover the Balkans region.The freight division of the Turkish passenger carrier serves 78 destinations in 31 countries.ABDA becomes responsible for Austria, Denmark, France, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland, while Aviation Services ...
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Emirates opens Chicago route
EMIRATES is launching a daily B777-200LR service to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport in August.It will become the airline’s ninth US gateway, following the commencement of services to Boston, Massachusetts this month.Chicago has long been a US destination Emirates has wished to serve, admits Tim Clark, president of the airline.“Like Dubai, ...
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Cathay welcomes call for third runway
CATHAY Pacific Airways has welcomed a Hong Kong government budget strategy, set out by financial secretary John Tsang, which highlights the need to strengthen the region’s competitiveness as an international hub and improve the business environment to achieve continued economic growth.John Slosar, the airline’s chief executive, has expressed his support ...
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China Southern Airlines’ first B777-300ER
CHINA Southern Airlines has taken delivery of its first passenger B777-300ER. The new aircraft is the first of 10 -300ERs the Asian carrier has on order from Boeing.Zhang Zifang, chief operating officer of China Southern, enthuses: "The B777-300ER's long-haul capability is a perfect fit for our network expansion plans as ...
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Cathay’s new freighter service to Columbus
CATHAY Pacific is augmenting its freighter operations in the USA with a twice-weekly scheduled service to Columbus, Ohio, from March.The new Hong Kong-Anchorage-Columbus-New York (JFK)-Vancouver-Hong Kong route will be serviced with a B747-8F.Cathay Pacific currently operates cargo services to 11 destinations in North America and flies to 43 freighter destinations ...