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Qatar Airways takes 5% stake in China Southern
Qatar Airways Group has acquired a 5% share stake in China Southern Airlines.The Middle East carrier said that the purchase of China Southern A and H shares continues a strategy to invest in “the strongest airlines around the world and continue enhancing operations and network connectivity”.Latest available fleet data indicates ...
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Air Cargo News' most read in 2018
With 2019 already underway, the Air Cargo News editorial team decided that now would be an opportune moment to review which stories had proved to be most popular with our readers over the last 12 months.It has been a record year for the Air Cargo News website, with page views ...
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Tariff war takes its toll in November as air cargo volumes decline
Air cargo volumes for November bucked normal seasonal trends and declined compared with October levels.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that there was a 1.4% year-on-year (YoY) decline in cargo volumes in November, but more surprisingly there was a slip of 2% compared with October.Usually air cargo demand increases ...
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Saudia Cargo transports equipment for cultural event
Saudi Airlines Cargo contributed to the 33rd National Festival for Heritage and Culture (Janadriyah - 33) by transporting equipment for the inauguration ceremony on December 20, organised by the Ministry of National Guard.Saudia Cargo shipped 60 tons of equipment, tools, screens, and cables from Châlons Vatry International Airport, France, to ...
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SF Airlines adds freighter 50 and launches Bangkok route
On December 21 Chinese express carrier SF Airlines added its fiftieth freighter, shortly after adding number 49.The airline said that the delivery of a Boeing 757-200 converted freighter marked an important milestone as it officially becomes a medium-sized airline.In recent years, SF Airlines, which only started operations in 2009, has ...
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Air cargo faces these four logistics challenges in 2019
Air Cargo Faces These Four Logistics Challenges in 2019By Jos Nuijten, Vice President, Network Integration Strategy, DescartesMany factors have combined to create an optimistic yet challenging climate for the air cargo industry. One of these is the continued growth of e-commerce globally, which has had a profound impact on the ...
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Etihad's Abdulla Mohamed Shadid on the carrier's transformation
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid, managing director cargo and logistics at Etihad Aviation Group, provides an analysis of 2018 events and a foretaste of 2019 at the the Middle East carrier.The last 12 months have witnessed record yields not seen in our industry in over a decade, combined with volume growth on ...
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Air France KLM Cargo expands myCargo platform
Air France KLM Cargo has expanded its myCargo customer platform with the ability to make instant 24/7 bookings of up to four tonnes and also it can now also handle pharma shipments.The airline said it had also launched an API (Application Programming Interface) capability to enable customers to directly connect ...
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Saudi Cargo's Cirque du soleil freighter flights
Saudi Airlines Cargo recently transported 400 tons of equipment and supplies for the international event Cirque du soleil on four B747-400 freighter flights.The equipment was flown from Zagreb, Croatia, to the Saudi capital, Riyadh, where the circus show is taking place from December 17-29.Saudia Cargo’s chief executive, Omar Talal Hariri, ...
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European Cargo Monthly: Peak season starts to tail off in November
European airlines saw air cargo demand tail off in November as the peak season started to wind down.November’s monthly statistics show that Lufthansa, Air France KLM, IAG and Finnair all saw cargo traffic in November decline compared with a month earlier, although this reflects usual seasonal trends for carriers in ...
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American Airlines gets its teeth into beef from Argentina
American Airlines Cargo continued to move an increasingly wide range of seasonal foods by air as worldwide Christmas and New Year celebrations begin.This month, the carrier brought nearly 14,000 lbs (6.4 tonnes) of one of the most sought-after entrees, Argentine beef, from Argentina to Miami, after restrictions on its transport ...
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Saudia Cargo hopes to capitalise on new India passenger flight
Saudi Airlines Cargo is offering 60 tons of cargo capacity per week to Calicut International Airport (CCJ) in the Indian state of Kerala following the launch of daily passenger flights to the hub.Saudia Cargo chief executive Omar Hariri said the cargo business is doing its best to support the agricultural ...
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UK airlines won't be able to expand in EU under no-deal contingency
UK airlines will not be able to add any new routes to European Union countries under contingency plans tabled by the European Commission in the event of a no-deal Brexit.While most have welcomed the publication of the contingency plans, Airports Council International (ACI) Europe noted that the regulation made it ...
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Emirates eyes Irish cargo
Emirates SkyCargo carried close to 10,000 tonnes of Irish exports, from Dublin, during 2018.The Dubai-based carrier offers up to 25 tonnes of cargo capacity on each of its Boeing 777 passenger aircraft that operate the Dublin route.Around 35% of Emirates SkyCargo’s Irish export cargo for 2018 comprised food items such ...
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ATSG swoops for 20 B767 passenger aircraft as feedstock for freighter conversion
US-based freighter operator Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) is to acquire 20 Boeing 767-300 extended-range passenger aircraft from lessor Jetran as potential feedstock for freighter conversion over the next three years.ATSG, which operates B767Fs for Amazon Air, currently expects to begin freighter modification of six of the twenty 767-300s during ...
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Aeroflot sniffer dogs to take a lead role in aircraft security
Aeroflot has registered its own Shalaika breed of sniffer dogs with the Russian Cynological Federation.The official presentation of the dogs took place at Sheremetyevo International Airport’s Terminal B and was attended by the breeder of the Shalaika dogs, Klim Sulimov, and members of the cynology community.The dogs were presented by ...
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Panalpina's airfreight business is in fashion as volumes hit 1m tonnes
Panalpina has handled more than 1m tonnes of airfreight in a year for the first time, with three charter flights to New York on behalf of a fashion customer helping to set the new record.The forwarder completed three charter flights with fashion garments from Italy and Switzerland to New York ...
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The reel thing: U-Freight transports power cables to Chad
U-Freight Holland has arranged the multimodal shipment of 16 rolls of transmission cables from Europe to Africa.The cables were required urgently in Chad, where the National Electricity Company (SNE) is rehabilitating power generating assets.The Dutch subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based logistics company was contracted by Dutch transport group Van der ...
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IAG Cargo hopes textiles and technology will feed its return to Pakistan
IAG yesterday announced that subsidiary British Airways would resume flights to Pakistan after an absence of more than ten years - and the cargo team is hoping to capitalise on the development.The service will operate between Heathrow and Islamabad three-times-per-week utilising a Boeing 787-8 aircraft, which can take 15 tonnes ...
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Big bytes: AirBridge and Unilode extend Bluetooth tracking for ULDs
Freighter operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and ULD management provider Unilode Aviation Solutions have extended their partnership for the extensive usage of Transmitting Portable Electronic Devices (TPEDs) for ULDs, pallets and containers.Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE v.5.0) tracking and sensing devices will be mounted to ULDs supplied and managed by Unilode and ...