All Airlines articles – Page 281
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Kenyan start-up takes ATI DC-8F
KENYAN freight start-up, Ribway Cargo Airlines, based out of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, is a set to take delivery of its first aircraft, a DC-8-70F. The freighter was formerly with Air Transport International, Wilmington, Ohio, US awaiting delivery.Ribway has been licensed by the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) to operate non-scheduled ...
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Unions confirm they live in dream land
LUFTHANSA’S unions have apparently started to believe the common yet false assumption that airlines are made of money.Despite the airline only just clawing its way out of the effects of the global recession, the union Vereinigung Cockpit had its members stop working from 1pm to 11.59pm local on 21 October ...
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IndiGo CarGo set for massive capacity growth
INDIA’S only profitable cargo-carrying airline, low-cost carrier IndiGo, has ordered 250 jets from Airbus for a list price of €20bn (US$25bn). It is Airbus’ biggest contract ever in terms of aircraft numbers.The new fleet would create a huge capacity for the airline’s airfreight arm, IndiGo CarGo.Higher disposable incomes, an expanding ...
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Libya’s Global restarts European flights
GLOBAL Aviation has resumed cargo flights between Europe and Libya using a wet-leased AHS Air International 747-200F. Fortnightly flights will operate from Ostend, Belgium to Tripoli Mitiga, Libya, as Tripoli International is still largely unserviceable owing to months of heavy warfare there.Global had originally intended to use a 747-300F on ...
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National Air Cargo files for bankruptcy protection
US cargo carrier National Air Cargo (NAC), a subsidiary of National Airlines, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection.The airline says it was forced to make the decision following a court judgement of October 2013. That case had been filed by start-up Global BTG in 2010, which alleged that NAC breached ...
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AA, US now have one AWB
AMERICAN Airlines and US Airways combine their cargo departments under a single air waybill. This is the first operations division at the airline to be fully integrated following the merger.“Today is the culmination of a lot of hard work by our cargo employees,” says Jim Butler, president of American Airlines ...
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New AA-US cargo ops connect the dots
US passenger airlines long since exited the main-deck market, but the new American Airlines Cargo expects to move 500,000 tonnes of cargo and mail per year, generate $800 million in revenue, following its merger with US Airways.Cargo became the first division to achieve full integration on 20 October, when “the ...
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Fear of Ebola impacting aviation
EBOLA’S spread, especially to the US, is fuelling fears that aviation authorities will soon impose strict travel restrictions, creating a major crisis for aviation in Africa.DaMina Advisors, an African political risk advisory service company, warns that there is growing pressure on the Obama administration to restrict US airline travel to ...
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IAG Cargo reports "positive" third quarter
IAG Cargo has reported a “positive third quarter”, with "good load factor improvements" across markets despite an increase in capacity.The cargo arm of British Airways and Spanish carrier Iberia saw third quarter 2014 unadjusted commercial revenue (flown revenue plus fuel surcharges) fall 7.8 per cent to €236m versus €256m for ...
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ANZ and Garuda cleared in Australian cargo cartel case
Australia’s federal court has dismissed air cargo cartel proceedings against Air New Zealand (ANZ) and Garuda Indonesia.The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission alleged that ÁNZ and Garuda were involved in "arrangements or understandings" with other international air cargo carriers to fix fuel, security and insurance surcharges on air cargo services ...
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LAN Cargo adds Basel to LatAm freighter network
LAN Cargo has launched a weekly B777 freighter between Switzerland and Latin America, aimed at the pharmaceuticals sector.The cargo division of LATAM Airlines Group said that the B777F will depart every Monday on an Amsterdam–Basel–Guarulhos (Sao Paulo)–Buenos Aires– Santiago de Chile routing, extending an existing freighter service out of Schiphol ...
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SIA halves cargo operating loss
SIA Cargo more than halved its operating loss to S$34m in the first half of the current financial year, versus S$71m of red ink in the comparable period 2013.The Singapore flag carrier parent group stated: “Airfreight demand has seen a moderate recovery in recent months, with demand projected to be ...
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Cairo pharma hub revamp
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has invested in revamping the cool chain facilities at Cairo airport in Egypt.The pharmaceutical industry in Egypt has been growing steadily for the past five years, with an estimated value forecast at $8bn by 2015.The airline has made the investment to cope with both pharma sector growth ...
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New e-bookings choice for Virgin Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has launched an e-bookings service based on Unisys' Cargo Portal Services (CPS) technology, providing another option for booking shipments online.Customers can now use CPS to make bookings and track shipments on a 24/7 basis regardless of geography or time zone, including for transit legs and ...
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Jettainer lands first African contract
ULD logistics management company Jettainer has secured a supervision and maintenance contract with Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir), its first client on the African continent.The Brazzaville-headquartered airline has decided to outsource the management and maintenance of ULDs and pallets to Jettainer as soon as the Congolese carrier starts operating wide-body aircraft.“We ...
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ASL Aviation buys Farnair of Switzerland
ASL Aviation Group (ASL) has completed the acquisition of Farnair Group in Switzerland. Financial details were not disclosed.Located in Basel, Farnair Switzerland was established 30 years ago and now operates a fleet of 20 cargo and passenger aircraft.In addition to its Swiss Air Operators Certificates (AOCs), Farnair Group has a ...
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Thai Airways set to present restructure plans to government
Loss-making Thai Airways International is to seek Thai government approval for its revised restructuring plan in January 2015.There is no news yet on whether the planned restructure will impact Thai’s cargo division. The carrier has two B747 freighters in its current fleet.The airline posted a third-quarter net profit of baht ...
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IAG Cargo gains pharma certificate
IAG Cargo has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for pharmaceutical transport.The carrier, bringing together the cargo divisions of British Airways and Iberia, says that it is the first airline to be awarded GDP certification by a national government health agency in meeting the premier standard for pharma transport.IAG Cargo ...
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Cathay signs up DoKaSch pharma containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has signed a master agreement to rent DoKaSch Temperature Solutions' RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers.The containers, to be rolled out across the Hong Kong-based airline’s network in the first quarter of 2015, are aimed at the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods and pharmaceutical products,.“Cathay Pacific Cargo is ...
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ICAO confirms air freight market recovery in 2014
Provisional figures from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) indicate that 2014 saw global scheduled air freight traffic up by 4.6 per cent.That is a sharp increase on the year on year rate seen in 2013 (0.4 per cent), as the air cargo industry shadowed the trend in improving conditions ...