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Silk Way West launches B747F to Liege
Baku-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has launched a new regular Boeing 747F link between Belgium’s Liege Airport and its cargo hub in the capital of Azerbaijan.Twice-weekly flights into Liege were launched at the end of April.Silk Way West Airlines president and chief executive Wolfgang Meier commented: “The aim ...
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Air Italy takes delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max
Air Italy, the carrier formerly known as Meridiana, has taken delivery of its first Boeing 737 Max aircraft.Akbar Al Baker, group chief executive of Qatar Airways, which holds a 49% stake in Air Italy’s parent company, AQA Holding, was at Boeing’s Everett Delivery Centre in Seattle in the US to ...
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TIACA: will Belt and Road be a game-changer for airfreight?
In the lead up to this week’s Air Cargo China exhibition in Shanghai, the latest Friday Flyer from The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) saw the industry body’s secretary general Vladimir Zubkov offer his thoughts on China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and its potential impact on the global airfreight ...
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Ethiopian to open Manchester to Addis connection
Ethiopian Airlines is to launch flights from its home hub of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Manchester Airport before the end of this year.The carrier will operate the route, which will initially at least transit via Brussels, with B787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft four times a week from December.According to the ...
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AAPA reports on Asia Pacific airlines’ 2017 performance
According to the latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), thanks to major manufacturing economies located in the region benefiting from increased trade, Asia Pacific airlines enjoyed a 9.6% improvement in international air cargo traffic – as measured in freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs) – over 2017 compared to ...
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NewsEuropean cargo monthly: April is a better month
IAG and Finnair saw cargo volumes return to growth in April, while Air France KLM and Lufthansa suffered from the effects of strike action.The IAG Group, which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, saw cargo demand increase by 3% year on year in April to 480m cargo ton kms.The ...
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Lufthansa orders two B777 freighters
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa has approved the order of two Boeing 777F for Lufthansa Cargo.Delivery is already on the way: in both February and March 2019, a newly-built aircraft each will take off from the Boeing plant in Seattle headed for Germany. The carrier currently has a cargo ...
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ATSG abandons Chinese JV cargo airline plan
ATSG has decided to abandon its plans to launch a joint venture airline in China following a review of its China strategy.The US-based aircraft lessor had initially planned to launch United Star Express in partnership with Chinese carrier Okay Airline and online discount retailer Vipshop Holdings in mid-2016.However, the project ...
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Network Airline Management and TAAG renew freighter contract
Network Airline Management (NAM) and TAAG Angola Airlines — the national airline of Angola — have renewed their long-term freighter aircraft contract for a factory-built Boeing 747-400F with nose door.The freighter — operated by NAM — carries up to 120,000 kilos of oil-related and general cargo and continues its weekly ...
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IAG to offer cargo space on new Heathrow-Durban link
IAG Cargo will begin offering cargo capacity on a new direct service between London Heathrow and Durban from October 29.The airline group's cargo business said the new three-times-per-week service will cater for the demands of South Africa’s manufacturing sector, which now accounts for 8% of the country's exports.Customers will have ...
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Hactl handles Western Global's freighter flights for Flexport
Florida-based freighter operator Western Global Airlines (WGA) has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) to handle its first scheduled service into Hong Kong.The new twice-weekly Boeing 747-400F service between Hong Kong and Los Angeles is being operated as part of WGA's three-year contract with US forwarder Flexport.The airline ...
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Emirates cargo revenues soar 17% in 2017-18 financial year
Dubai-based airline Emirates carried just over 2.6m tonnes in the 2017-18 financial year, a 1.8% increase over prior year, while sister company, ground handler dnata, registered an 8.4% rise in global volumes to around 3.1m tonnes.The airline's airfreight division, Emirates SkyCargo, achieved revenues of AED12.4bn, an increase of 17% over ...
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LATAM Q1 cargo revenues boosted by salmon and electronics demand
LATAM Cargo recorded an improvement in revenues and volumes during the first quarter of the year, boosted by demand for salmon, electronics and capital goods.The airline reported a 16.6% increase in first-quarter cargo revenues to $295.8m, while volumes were up 5.6% to 225,000 tons and its load factor stood at ...
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Saudia Cargo wrestles with special cargo
Saudia Cargo had to grapple with a special cargo operation recently when it was tasked with transporting equipment for wrestling organisation WWE's Royal Rumble event.The airline used one of its widebody Boeing 747Fs to haul in tons of production equipment, including the wrestling ring, from New York to Jeddah on ...
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ATSG profits on the up in Q1
Aircraft lessor ATSG saw first-quarter net earnings increase on the back of demand at its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) business and lower federal taxes.The company saw revenues for the period decline by 14.6% year on year to $203m, although this reflected the adoption of a new revenue standard and $54.4m ...
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Air Incheon welcomed to Hanoi
Air Incheon (KJ) has launched a six times a week B767-300 freighter service from Incheon to Hanoi.Terminal operator Air Cargo Services of Vietnam (ACSV) is Air Incheon's cargo handling partner at Hanoi.ACSV is providing a one-stop-shop ramp- and terminal handling service for all KJ flights through Hanoi.Air Transport Services Group ...
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Cargojet reports increased revenues and profits in Q1
Aircraft lessor Cargojet saw first-quarter revenues increase by 13.9% year on year, driven by its overnight and charter business.The Canadian company reported total revenues for the first three months of the year of C$99.2m, while earnings before income taxes improved by 71.1% year on year to C$6.5m and net earnings ...
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Norwegian rebuffs IAG takeover bids
Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS), the fast-growing low cost carrier, has rejected a takeover proposal from IAG Group, the owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Vueling and Level.A short statement from the Norwegian carrier said: "The Board of Norwegian Air Shuttle confirms that it has received two separate conditional proposals ...
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United and Lufthansa cargo joint venture takes off
United Airlines of the US and Germany's Lufthansa Cargo have now launched their long-awaited air cargo joint venture, a transatlantic partnership first mooted in 2015.Effective May 3, the two carriers will jointly manage sales and booking of standard and express shipments on routes between Europe and the US using their ...
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Turkish lands at Brussels
Turkish Cargo has added Brussels in Belgium as a destination for direct scheduled cargo flights.The opening of the new cargo destination was celebrated with an event attended by all the agencies operating at Brussels airport.In the first stage, as previously reported by Air Cargo News, the weekly frequencies with A310F ...