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UK production company to make airfreight TV show
A UK production company is making an eight part TV show about air cargo for channel UKTV.Production company Back2Back Productions, which made the MegaShippers programme about cargo shipping, said the TV show, provisionally called MegaAir, will "showcase the incredible logistics involved in air cargo".The company is looking to talk to ...
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Marken gains Brazilian approval for UPS airline pharma shipments
Marken, the UPS pharma supply chain arm, has gained approval from Brazil's health regulator ANVISA to ship biological samples from Sao Paulo's Viracopos airport to the US, using the parent group's airline.The pilot programme approved by the Brazilian authorities will permit biologic samples to depart from a second Sao Paulo ...
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Cargolux in Jakarta race horse charter flight
Cargolux has flown race horses from Luxembourg to Jakarta, Indonesia, where they participated in the Asian games.The part-charter was operated in conjunction with horse transport specialist forwarder JIT-EX.This ad hoc shipment was routed directly from Luxembourg to Jakarta, which required additional preparation from the Cargolux Charter team because Jakarta is ...
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SIA and Cainiao linking up for cargo services
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba Group, will work closely to "enhance international air cargo services".The link-up, part of a wider passenger-led "comprehensive strategic collaboration" will see SIA joining Cainiao Network’s broader efforts in building "a global smart logistics network that delivers ...
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LATAM cargo revenues rise 16.8% in the second quarter
LATAM Airlines saw 2018 second quarter cargo revenues increase 16.8%, driven by a recovery in both imports and exports in the region.The Chilean-based carrier saw cargo revenues for the three months ended June reach $299.7m, helped by a 6.7% increase in cargo yields, mainly due to a better demand environment ...
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ABC transports 500th aircraft engine in 2018
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has transported its 500th aircraft engine in 2018, a 50% increase year on year.ABC said that fact it has already transported 500 engines in 2018 is a testament to its abcXL product.ABC global director, heavy & outsized cargo Vasily Zhukov said: “We have strengthened our position in the ...
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DHL confirms purchase of Etihad A330Fs for replacements and upgrades
DHL has confirmed it has purchased Etihad Cargo's five unwanted A330-200 freighters, which the Middle East-based airline took out of action at the start of the year.In a short statement in response to Air Cargo News questions, the express company said: "The purchase of these aircraft are part of our ...
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Aloha freighters: Hawaiian launches all-cargo turboprop operation
Hawaiian Airlines has launched its freighter operation with flights between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Līhu‘e Airport (LIH) and Hilo International Airport utilising two ATR-72 aircraft.The operation, which it was hoped would have been underway by March, started on August 13 with a flight carrying humanitarian shipments to ...
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Delta Air Lines Cargo appoints Aeromexico's Figueroa to customer role
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Rafael Figueroa as managing director – cargo operations and customer experience.Figueroa joins Delta from Aeromexico Cargo and replaces Julian Soell. The appointment is part of an international talent exchange programme between Delta and Aeromexico.He will lead a team of over 1,600 employees, managing Delta’s ...
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Emirates SkyCargo continues product expansion with pet service
Emirates SkyCargo has again expanded its product portfolio with the launch of Emirates Pets - a two-level transport service for domestic pets.With Emirates Pets, the entry level solution, the airline will offer airport-to-airport transportation for pets across the carrier’s network of over 160 destinations.The owner of the pet will be ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Growth continues to stagnate in July
Air cargo volumes at European airlines in July continued to grow at a lower rate than earlier in the year.The region’s largest combination airline group in terms of cargo, Lufthansa, saw freight traffic for the period decline by 2.9% year on year to 904m revenue cargo tonne kms.This is the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo expands Africa presence with start of Brussels Airlines deal
Lufthansa Cargo has started selling Brussels Airlines’ belly capacity, expanding its presence in Africa.The first Brussels aircraft carrying cargo sold by Lufthansa will takeoff on September 1, but can be pre-booked 30 days in advance.The deal means Lufthansa Cargo's route network will be supplemented by a further 15 destinations - ...
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Turkish Cargo completes rhino transport
Turkish Cargo has transported five endangered white rhinos from Johannesburg to Shanghai.The rhinos, which each weighed one ton at the time, were transported on July 25 on board one of the carrier's Airbus A330F aircraft."Turkish Cargo carried these five white rhinos to Shanghai as accompanied by specialist teams and keepers," ...
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Emirates transports 25 tonnes of vaccines to Brazil
Emirates SkyCargo has transported over 25 tonnes of vaccines — some 1.8m doses — from Milan to Bello Horizonte airport in Brazil, the largest vaccine shipment by the Middle East carrier on a single flight.Given the extreme sensitivity of the vaccines to temperature fluctuations, the entire shipment on board the ...
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Ethiopian sees cargo volumes take off
Ethiopian Airlines saw cargo volumes rapidly improve during the fiscal year 2017/18 in line with its fleet expansion.Cargo volumes increased by 18% year on year during the last fiscal year to 400,339 tons. This improvement comes as the airline has added to its passenger fleet, enabling it to expand its ...
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Southern Air pilots agree to interim agreement but demand further improvements
Southern Air pilots have ratified an agreement for interim enhancements to the collective bargaining agreement covering pilots, but union representatives are demanding further improvements.The interim agreement increases pay rates for Southern Air pilots to the same wage scales as provided to pilots of sister airline Atlas Air.It also provides for ...
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Air Canada Cargo becomes the first to achieve CEIV Live Animals
Air Canada Cargo has become the first airline to receive IATA’s new CEIV Live Animals certification.The Montreal-based airline received the certificate today after successfully completing the pilot programme, which was launched in April.“This certification reinforces that Air Canada Cargo is operating to the highest standards in the transport of live ...
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SF Airlines continues expansion with Chennai route
SF Airlines has expanded its international cargo operations with the launch of a flight between Shenzhen and Chennai.The new route will operate using a Boeing 767-300F and follows on from the launch of international services to Dhaka and Hanoi.It is the longest route currently offered by the airline.“The line from ...
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Ethiopian to launch Oslo-Guangzhou freighter to net seafood traffic
Ethiopian Airlines will start a Boeing 777 freighter operation between Oslo Airport and Guagnzhou in September as it looks to capitalise on seafood volume growth between Norway and China.The airport said that Norway is expected to generate more than 230,000 tons of seafood airfreight in 2018."We are pleased that our ...
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Bumper cargo quarter for American Airlines Cargo
Increased e-commerce, flowers and blood products helped American Airlines Cargo achieve "record-setting growth" in the 2018 second quarter, handling 158,000 tonnes of freight, a 9.7% increase on the same period last year, while also posting a record month in June.The US carrier saw a 19.4% rise in cargo revenue in ...