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CAPA: retired B747s could help solve cargo capacity crunch
A report from CAPA – Centre for Aviation – published earlier this month indicates that with airfreight demand on the up, the conversion of retired Boeing B747-400 passenger aircraft could help solve a potential capacity crunch – if the trend continues.CAPA said that the pool of available freighters is small, ...
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LATAM Cargo leaps forward with CROAMIS
Chile-based LATAM Cargo Group is implementing a new end-to-end cargo management system, CROAMIS, developed by global IT, consulting and business process services company Wipro.The next-generation system is expected to be completely deployed by 2020 and will replace several existing systems, thereby increasing efficiency.Covering all business functionalities, from planning to money ...
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Emirates adds Luanda belly capacity
Dubai-based Emirates Airline is to reinstate two weekly Boeing B777-300ER services between its home hub and Luanda, taking the number of flights per week on the route to five as of July 1 and upping the frequency to daily in its Winter schedule later this year.Each of the new flights ...
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Emirates and Cainiao to collaborate in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo and Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, the logistics arm of the Alibaba Group, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to leverage each other’s strengths in cross-border e-commerce trade and airline cargo operation through Dubai.The city is one of several that the Hangzhou-headquartered company has identified as key locations ...
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IATA: April sees fuel prices pick up and load factors decline
The latest Airlines Financial Monitor from IATA indicates that cargo load factors have dropped back to levels last seen at the start of 2017.Across the air cargo industry, the freight load factor fell 0.5% in April compared to the same month of 2017.Capacity (available freight tonne-km, AFTK) increased 5.1% year ...
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Hactl and ABC overcome outsize challenge
First published in June 2018:Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has handled two Boeing 747-8 Freighter charter flights operated by Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), each carrying nearly 19 tonnes of 20m-long machinery components from Schiphol to Hong Kong.Hactl chief operating officer Chee Hong Tan noted: “These were ...
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China Airlines steadfast on maindeck fleet
In this day and age there are not many carriers — particularly combination carriers — outside of the Middle East with substantial freighter fleets.High oil prices plus the peaks and extended troughs over the past decade have taken their toll on the appetites of carriers for any large exposure to ...
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Brussels Airlines' cargo load factor rises
In May, Brussels Airlines achieved a year-on-year increase of 4.3 percentage points in its cargo load factor, which averaged 69.7%.Capacity totalled 219,77 available ton-km, up 1.7% year on year, while revenue ton-km reached 174,203, a rise of 7.5% over May 2017.The carrier transported 4,446 tons of freight during the month.The ...
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Solar Arctic boat flies with Cargolux
All-cargo carrier Cargolux is moving a prototype solar-powered boat from Luxembourg to Calgary ahead of an Arctic expedition on behalf of non-profit environmental awareness organisation DreamTime.French navigator Anne Quéméré will undertake a solo journey in the boat, aiming to make the 3,500 km trip from Tuktoyaktuk in northwestern Canada, through ...
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LATAM Cargo joins BARIG
South American freight carrier LATAM Cargo has joined BARIG, the Board of Airlines Representatives in Germany, which voices the interests of around 100 airlines.Noting that cargo is gaining importance within the association, BARIG secretary general Michael Hoppe said: “Air cargo infrastructure and process optimisation at airports are essential topics regarding ...
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More speakers added to the Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) 2018 has added more speakers to its two-day conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the event.According to the latest update, Turkish Cargo chief cargo officer Turhan Ozen will join a panel discussion on express and e-commerce growth; Qatar Airways vice president cargo ...
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Swiss WorldCargo's ULD pharma network grows
Swiss WorldCargo now has 36 Qualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) accredited stations, says the pharmaceutical cold chain solutions provider.The carrier’s network consists of QEP Basic, Advanced and Expert levels, with 31 stations receiving the QEP Advanced accreditation, the highest such number in the industry.Its Zurich hub has also recently been recognized ...
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Brazilian trucker strike resulted in lost cargo volumes for LATAM
LATAM Airlines Groups has outlined the effect the Brazilian truckers’ strike had on cargo operations and also the financial implications for the overall company.Although the action did not directly involve the carrier, blockades by truckers led to a shortage of aviation fuel at most of the country’s airports, while trucking ...
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Emirates SkyCargo adds two new UK destinations
Emirates SkyCargo is adding London Stansted and Edinburgh to its network – its seventh and eighth destinations in the UK.The Dubai-based airline will operate a daily service to both destinations using the bellyhold capacity of its Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft with a cargo capacity of up to 20 tonnes per ...
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US hits back in Russian overflight spat with new requirements for cargo carriers
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has told Russia's all-cargo carriers and combination carriers to file detailed information about any services operating in the country after accusing Russia of placing operational restrictions affecting US cargo carriers.In a filing last Wednesday, the DoT said that AirBridgeCargo, Aeroflot and Yakutia had seven ...
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Lindsey Jalil joins Delta Cargo team
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Lindsey Jalil as managing director – commercial. She replaces Kristin Colvile, who was recently promoted to chief executive officer and managing director, SkyTeam.Joining Delta in 2005, for the past eight years, Jalil has been part of the operations analysis and performance team where, as ...
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Rising costs the main talking point at IATA's AGM
This week saw the great and good of the aviation industry gather in Sydney Australia for IATA’s Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit, with concerns over profitability being the main talking point.Rising costs have eaten into expected airline profits, said IATA in its latest market analysis revealed at ...
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Cargolux bans hunting trophies
Cargolux has banned the transport of game hunting trophies on board its aircraft.The Luxembourg all-cargo carrier joins a growing list of airlines that refuse to carry such shipments, saying that it “does not align with the company’s ethical engagements and policies”.President and chief executive Richard Forson said: “Cargolux is committed ...
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Indonesia’s Cardig Air adds to its freighter fleet
Indonesian all-cargo operator Cardig Air has leased a Boeing 737-400F from leasing and specialist MRO organisation Vallair.Following conversion in the US, final compliance checks were carried out at Vallair’s facility in Montpellier, France before the aircraft was delivered to Jakarta mid-May.Head of Vallair’s cargo conversions business unit, Peter Koster, said ...
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American to start first US Cuba belly cargo service
American Airlines says it has become the first US passenger carrier to offer a cargo product in Cuba with the launch of a mail service, including letters, parcels and express to and from Havana’s José Martí International.American currently operates four daily flights from Miami - scheduled to increase to five ...