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Ray Jewell retires from Cathay Pacific Cargo
Cathay Pacific regional head of cargo Europe Ray Jewell has retired after 35 years working with the airline.Jewell has headed up the airline's cargo department in Europe for the last 18 years and will be replaced by Jansen Stafford, previously country manager Spain.Jewell, referred to as the godfather of cargo ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo sees 3% tonnage growth in 2018 first half
Virgin Atlantic Cargo saw a 3% year-on-year increase in tonnages for in the first half of 2018, driven by a growth in life science, express, valuable and automotive shipments.The UK-based airline carried 116,300 tonnes to the end of June 2018, building on its performance in 2017 when volumes reached a ...
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Air Cargo News Awards set for a new format
Air Cargo News is proud to announce a new format for its awards, the highly prized ‘Oscars’ of the global airfreight industry for the past 35 years.The 2019 Cargo Airline of the Year event, and a new same-day airfreight conference, will take place on April 26 at the Runnymede-on-Thames hotel ...
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NewsPacific Air Cargo: continuing the Beti Ward leadership style
When Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) founder Beti Ward passed away earlier this year, her legacy was a management team determined to continue her leadership style at the Honolulu-based freighter airline.Tanja Janfruechte, mentored by Beti for more than 20 years, is chief executive at the carrier which operates one Boeing 747-400F ...
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Gazpromneft-Aero: Looking to fuel more freighters
Russian energy giant Gazprom Neft is looking to expand its international aviation refuelling business, and freighter operators are an important part of that growth strategy.Gazprom Neft’s aviation fuel operator, Gazpromneft-Aero, already has Cargolux, Lufthansa Cargo and Turkish Cargo as key foreign customers using technical stops to top up their freighters ...
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NCA to resume first transpacific freighter service
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has resumed one of its transpacific services as its fleet continues to come back online following the grounding of aircraft earlier this year. The Narita-hubbed airline announced that its service between the Japanese airport and Chicago (via anchorage) would restart on September 28.This follows on from ...
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NCA considers freighter fleet reduction after safety investigation
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is considering no longer operating its three B747-400F aircraft in response to a business improvement order it was hit with last month over safety record concerns.The Japanese carrier received the business improvement order from Japan’s ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT) following a government ...
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Egyptair's newly-converted A330-200 freighter makes its debut call
Germany's Cologne-Bonn airport played host to Egyptair's newly converted Airbus A330-200P2F freighter which was making its first commercial flight.The freighter, the first of its type to be converted from a passenger aircraft, will operate three times per week between Cologne/Bonn and Cairo.From October, the airline will increase its weekly flights ...
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NewsWhat would a merger between Emirates and Etihad mean for cargo?
Rumours that Emirates could take over loss making Middle Eastern rival Etihad have been circulating for a while now but came to a head yesterday when Bloomberg reported that talks were underway, quoting four anonymous sources.The two airlines were quick to respond, issuing a firm rebuttal to news agencies: “There ...
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Animal transport specialist Devarez joins AirBridgeCargo
Juan Devarez, with extensive knowledge and sales experience of live animal transport worldwide, has joined the Russian-owned AirBridgeCargo from the cargo division of Middle East carrier Etihad Airways.Devarez has also worked for Air France/KLM Cargo in cargo revenue management and cargo operations officer where he specialised in live animal shipments, ...
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NewsTop 25 Cargo Airlines 2017: FedEx leads the pack while Qatar edges higher
FedEx extended its position as the world’s busiest freight-parcel carrier in 2017 (see table at end of article), while Emirates maintained its lead in terms of pure cargo despite Qatar Airways rapidly closing the gap on its Middle East rival.As expected, the latest figures from IATA’s World Air Transport Statistics ...
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Zoo wants to be a "billion-by-air"? Frankfurt animal lounge does
Lufthansa Cargo’s Frankfurt Animal Lounge opened ten years ago and since then has booked in more than a billion special guests at Europe’s largest animal station.Jörg Bodenröder, senior director of handling specials at Lufthansa Cargo, said: “Many exotic species have already flown with us. From giraffes and hippopotamuses through to ...
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RS National opens airside cargo terminal at Dubai World Central
RSA National, the joint venture between US-freighter operator National Air Cargo and UAE-based logistics provider RSA Global, has opened an airside multimodal cargo terminal at Dubai World Central (DWC).As an Authorized Economic Operator and with Dubai Police and Customs situated on-site, customers “will experience faster clearances and inspection prioritization for ...
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SF Express adds B747 freighter flight through Atlas Air deal
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings will operate a Boeing 747-400 freighter for fast-growing Chinese parcel airline SF Express on the transpacific.The aircraft lessor said that it would fly the B747F - through an ACMI deal - between China and the US, although it did not provide details on an exact route.The ...
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SIA launches Thrucool pharma product
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has launched a Thrucool product to transport high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharma and healthcare shipments.Thrucool offers dedicated cold chain services, said SIA in a statement, including "priority uplift and handling, quick ramp transfers at airports, cold room facilities, thermal blankets and covers for crucial insulation".SIA has partnered ...
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Finnair Cargo to end Brussels freighter partnership as it adds widebody flights
Finnair will discontinue its current freighter partnership from Helsinki to Brussels after introducing widebody Airbus 330 passenger aircraft twice a week on its daily schedule from October 31.The Helsinki-hubbed airline will end its three flights per week partnership with DHL due to the addition of extra belly capacity on the ...
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American Airlines Cargo names Tyler as VP, strategy and development
American Airlines (AA) Cargo has promoted Jessica Tyler to the position of vice president, strategy and development.In her new role, she will focus on long-term innovation, and particularly how the carrier “plans and invests in the right technology, products, partnerships and ways of doing business to best serve customers”.She will ...
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NewsQatar Airways takes delivery of two more B777Fs
Qatar Airways has taken delivery of two more Boeing 777 freighters, in what the airline has described as a “further sign of the airline’s continued investment in its fleet and commitment to securing its position as the world’s leading cargo carrier”.In July this year, the Middle East carrier finalised its ...
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Blockade sees rapid rise in revenues and volumes for Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways’ cargo revenue rose 34.4% in the 2017/18 fiscal year while airfreight volumes increased 17.8% to 1.36m tonnes as the carrier put on extra flights to provide Qatar with essential goods in response to an airspace and trade blockade by neighbouring Middle East countries.The additional freighter services, which also ...
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Oman Air to add Athens to expanding network
Oman Air is to fly to Athens from June next year when it will operate a Boeing 737 MAX passenger aircraft on the route.Abdul Aziz Al Raisi, Oman Air’s chief executive, said that the new flights to the Greek capital will be only “the first of several new routes to ...