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NewsTurkish Cargo steps in to transport exhausted griffon vulture
Turkish Cargo stepped in to transport from Turkey to Serbia an endangered griffon vulture which became unwell during its annual migration.The one-and-a-half year old vulture, named Dobrila, left its home in Serbia but became exhausted after flying 1,600 km east and was found in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa.After having ...
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NewsCargolux Italia adds new B747F service to South Korea
Cargolux Italia B747F on its Malpensa-Incheon serviceCargolux Italia has launched a brand new routing between Milan-Malpensa and Incheon in South Korea as it targets Italy's top export destinations.The new frequency, which debuted on July 16, includes two weekly connections between Milan and Incheon departing the Italian city on Tuesday and ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo: Taking it personally
The last time Air Cargo News spoke to Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux, the airfreight market was in a very different place to where it finds itself today.Volumes were booming, rates were rising and the airlines’ biggest concern was whether they could find the capacity to meet the ...
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NewsUS airline heads once again point to Gulf airlines’ subsidisation
In an opinion piece published on July 12 in USA Today, the three heads of big American airlines – Doug Parker, chief executive of American Airlines; Ed Bastian, chief executive of Delta Air Lines; and Oscar Munoz, chief executive of United Airlines – came together to complain at certain Middle ...
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NewsPilots supporting strikes less than ‘Prime’ for Amazon
Credit Teamsters Local 1224Pilots flying for carriers on behalf of Amazon Air have shown their solidarity for striking Amazon workers this week during the giant e-tailer’s Amazon Prime Day.Amazon Prime Day actually extends over two days this year: yesterday (15 July) and today (16 July). It is an important time ...
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NewsQatar Airways Cargo adds Changi to its transpacific connections
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Singapore Changi as a new destination to its transpacific freighter connections.The Doha-based cargo carrier now operates a Boeing 777F twice a week into Singapore from Chicago. From Singapore, the freighter leaves for Macau on Tuesdays and Saturdays and then flies onward to Los Angeles, Mexico ...
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NewsSIA Cargo has disappointing June
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) saw its freight traffic fall in June compared with the same month of 2018.Cargo traffic, as measured in freight tonne-km, fell by 2.4% year on year to 537.9m (in volume terms, cargo carried was down by 0.9% year on year to 99,800 tonnes).Meanwhile, capacity rose ...
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NewsTeleport invests in e-commerce provider
From left to right: managing director Malaysia of Gobi Partners Jamaludin Bujang; chief executive of AirAsia Group Tony Fernandes; founder and CEO of EasyParcel Clarence Leong; and chief executive of Teleport Pete Chareonwongsak. They are flanked by AirAsia cabin crewTeleport, the cargo and logistics wing of AirAsia that was formerly ...
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NewsTop 25 cargo airlines 2018: FedEx at the top as Qatar closes in on Emirates
FedEx retained its position as the world’s busiest cargo airline in 2018, but the passenger and freighter fleet of Qatar Airways continued to close in on number two Emirates (see chart at end of article).The latest IATA World Air Transport Statistics report shows that express operator FedEx was again the ...
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Virgin selects WTA and Swissport for Israeli cargo services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded contracts to cargo sales agent WTA Aviation and cargo handler Swissport in Israel to support the launch of the airline’s daily flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.WTA will be responsible for selling the 20 tonnes of daily cargo capacity offered onboard Virgin Atlantic’s Airbus ...
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NewsDelta Air Lines records double-digit drop in cargo revenues
Delta Air Lines saw cargo revenues drop for the second quarter in a row on the back of traffic declines.The Atlanta-headquartered airline registered a 17% year-on-year decline in second-quarter cargo revenues to $186m.Revenues were also down in the first quarter of the year.Meanwhile, cargo traffic for the Q2 period was ...
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Sichuan Airlines takes delivery of its first freighter
BOC Aviation Limited has delivered the first of three Airbus A330 freighter aircraft to passenger carrier Sichuan Airlines.The remaining two aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Sichuan Airlines in the second half of 2019.“We congratulate Sichuan Airlines on the occasion of its 31st anniversary and we are very pleased to ...
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Air cargo rates take a hit in June
The slowdown in global trade is increasingly taking its toll on air cargo freight rates.According to data provider Tac Index, average rates on transpacific services recorded their biggest decline of the year in June.Prices on the Asia-Europe trade for the month failed to record an increase for the first time ...
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Turkish Cargo on the up in May
Turkish Cargo has reported another month of strong cargo growth in May.The Istanbul-hubbed airline saw sold tonnage increase by 7.1% year on year during the month, according to World ACD data.This compares with an industry wide decline of 5.1% during the same period.The airline said that growth was particularly strong ...
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NewsACS utilises An-124 flights for component move
Broker Air Charter Service was recently called into action to move almost 400 tons of components to complete a new power plant in Niger.In total, four flights were needed to complete the operation.Alex Busila, Cargo Director of ACS’s France office said: “Our client needed to get ten 40 foot containers, ...
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UK Aviation 2050: Airfreight must play a defining role
Alex Veitch, head of multimodal policy at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), explains why the cargo sector should be a central part of the UK's aviation strategy, currently under discussion.Airfreight currently represents around 40% by value of the UK’s imports and exports, and as the UK seeks to supplement European ...
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Save the date: Air Cargo News Awards and Conference
Air Cargo News is delighted to announced that the Cargo Airline of the Year awards and Air Cargo Conference will take place on April 24, 2020.The one-day conference and awards ceremony will once again be held at the Runnymede on Thames Hotel near Heathrow Airport.This year's event saw more than ...
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NewsTrump attends Qatar Cargo B777F signing ceremony
Qatar Airways orders five B777F in the presence of Donald Trump and Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-ThaniUS President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, attended the signing ceremony for Qatar Airways' order of five Boeing 777 freighters.The order, worth $1.8bn at current ...
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Air cargo must invest to prepare for personalised medicines
A new report from DHL Global Forwarding and American Airlines Cargo has outlined the investments the logistics industry needs to make to prepare for the growth of personalised medicines in Latin America.The report “Patients, Processes and Partnerships: The Path to Personalized Medicine in Latin America” looks at the future of ...
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NewsFedEx adds its first B767F to its European network
FedEx B767FFedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter - the first of the aircraft type to fly in Europe for FedEx.The express operator said the new aircraft can carry 41 tonnes, which is around 16% more than the A300F that it ...