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They're off: Emirates races ahead for premium horse transport
Emirates SkyCargo flew in some of the world’s most highly rated racehorses to Dubai for the Dubai World Cup Championship.Some of the leading contenders for the Dubai World Cup such as West Coast, Mubtaahij, and Talismanic journeyed to Dubai on Emirates SkyCargo’s fleet of freighters.For the third year in a ...
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Cargolux renews GDP certification for pharma logistics
European freighter operator Cargolux Airlines has renewed its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) qualification for transporting pharmaceuticals after passing the its surveillance audit.Cargolux became the world’s first GDP certified airline in January 2014, confirming its compliance with European Union (EU) GDP and World Health Organisation (WHO) requirements for a consistent quality ...
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Volga-Dnepr in LNG project flights
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has performed two flights from Novy Urengoy to Sabetta in Russia delivering 130 tonnes of industrial equipment for ‘Yamal-LNG’, one of the world’s largest gas recovery projects.Volga-Dnepr transported a 30-tonne high pressure pump and other gas recovery cargo weighing a total of approximately 130 tonnes onboard two An-124-100 ...
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Airfreight rate boost in February
Airfreight rates increased in February compared with January for only the second time in the last six years.The latest figures from analyst Drewry's Sea and Air Shipper Insight report show that average rates on 28 major east-west routes increased to $2.84 per kg in February compared with $2.76 per kg ...
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Southern Air to launch Miami-Hong Kong service
Southern Air will begin a weekly all-cargo service between Miami International Airport (MIA) and Hong Kong via Anchorage from April.The new scheduled freighter flights will be served by Boeing B777F aircraft.MIA said that Hong Kong is its fourth largest market in Asia, responsible for more than $500m in freight annually.In ...
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West Atlantic sells two ATP freighters
West Atlantic has announced the sale of two BAE ATP freighters to Nairobi-based EnComm Ltd as part of its strategy to move the aircraft outside of Europe.The agreement also includes commitments for spares, engineering and training support to assist the assigned operator in setting up its operation."This transaction marks the ...
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Delta and AF KLM co-locate cargo in Seattle as part of one-roof strategy
Delta Cargo and joint venture partner Air France/KLM cargo have co-located their warehouse facilities in Seattle to create a more efficient operation.Air France KLM will also join Virgin Atlantic Cargo at the warehouse, which moved there last year as part of a 'one-roof' strategy between the airlines.During this period this ...
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American names GSAs in Croatia, Slovenia and Kuwait
American Airlines Cargo has appointed general sales agents (GSAs) in three additional destinations outside of its network — Croatia, Slovenia and Kuwait — bringing the US carrier's European reach to 18 cities in 12 countries.R-BAG, the Central Eastern Europe and Balkans specialist, will represent American from Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in ...
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Silk Way West relaunches Budapest freighters
Silk Way West Airlines has re-introduced scheduled Boeing 747-8 freighter services into Budapest, returning to the Hungarian airport in central Europe after an absence of nearly two years.The first flight landed at Liszt Ferenc International Airport on March 18, connecting Budapest twice a week with the Azerbaijani all-cargo carrier's hub ...
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Lufthansa Cargo sets out a strategy for growth
Lufthansa Cargo boss Peter Gerber admits that the airline’s management did not foresee the air cargo boom of 2017: “We were wrong”.To be fair to the chief executive and chairman of the executive board of Lufthansa Cargo, he was not alone in failing to appreciate that surge of cargo volumes ...
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Cargolux's new Narita flights get underway
Cargolux's new Luxembourg-Narita (NRT) weekly service got underway today as part of its code-share deal with Nippon Cargo Airlines.Cargolux’s Boeing 747-8 freighter, registered LX-VCM, was welcomed with the traditional water cannon salute upon arrival on Wednesday, followed by celebration events at Narita airport.Richard Forson, Chief Executive Office of Cargolux, emphasized ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo adds new Belfast-Orlando route
Virgin Atlantic Cargo today launched a new cargo route from Belfast to Orlando as it looks to continue to expand US operations.The new flight departs from Northern Ireland every Monday throughout the summer. From June, a weekly Friday service will also be added.The flight will mainly carry general cargo, spare ...
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Beti Ward: Navigating the Pacific
Entrepreneur Beti Ward built her Hawaiian freighter operation from scratch in the 1990s and came out of retirement due to customer demand.Ward’s chance meeting at a Phoenix women in business event in 1990 led to the creation of a freighter operation that has evolved into today’s Hawaii based Pacific Air ...
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Timber! cardboard cuts out weighty wooden pallets
Germany-based Trilatec has introduced a lightweight, 100% recycled cardboard alternative to traditional heavy timber pallets.“This is a revolution in the airfreight sector“, said Andreas Langemann from Trilatec, inventor and manufacturer of the novel transport system, adding that "initial experiences" with airlines have shown that 1,200 tons can be saved annually.Trilatec ...
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WFS gains Cathay Pacific Cargo handling in Brussels and Copenhagen
Cathay Pacific Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) new cargo handling contracts at Brussels and Copenhagen airports.Hong Kong’s home airline has signed a three-year contract for WFS to provide cargo handling for its new Brussels-Hong Kong direct service, which commenced this week.Cathay Pacific will begin four flights a week ...
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ANA to introduce two B777 freighters
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) is acquiring two Boeing 777 freighters in response to the "expanding market in Asia, China, and North America".In a short statement with few hard details, parent group ANA Holdings said: "The delivery is scheduled for 2019, and ANA Holdings is looking forward to actively acquiring ...
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Lufthansa Cargo posts strong results
A strong recovery in the 2017 global air cargo market and a focus on cost management helped Lufthansa Cargo’s sales rise by 21.1% last year over 2016 to €2.5bn, as average revenues, especially in express business, “went up considerably”.Total operating income increased by 21.2% to €2.6bn. Adjusted EBIT in 2017 ...
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SkyTeam Cargo rebrands core products
Cargo alliance SkyTeam Cargo has announced that its four core products have undergone a rebrand.Operationally the services will remain the same, but effective from today they will operate under a new look and names that better reflect each of the offerings.The refresh sees Equation change to Express, Dimension renamed to ...
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ATI pilots ratify new deal
Aircraft lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) confirmed this week that pilot employees of its Air Transport International (ATI) subsidiary have ratified an amendment to the collective bargaining agreement between ATI and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA).ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents more ...
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Virgin Atlantic sees disappointing 2017 results – but cargo news is good
Virgin Atlantic has reported its financial results for the 2017 calendar year.The carrier made a pre-tax loss of £28.4m in what it said had been a “challenging macro-economic environment”.The news was better in the Virgin Atlantic Cargo business. Its revenues grew by 9.3% over 2016 to reach £199.3m, thanks in ...