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Second B747-8F arrives in Qatar
Qatar Cargo has announced that it has taken delivery of its second B747-8 freighter aircraft.The airline made the announcement in a short update on its cargo website. Qatar received the first of two B747-8Fs in September, with group chief executive Akbar Al Baker hinting that it could order more of ...
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SF Express continues to develop China cargo hub plan
SF Express has confirmed its plans to set up a huge new air cargo airport in central China.According to reports, the express firm on Wednesday signed an agreement with the provincial government and an investment company to invest a total of Yuan5bn in a joint venture that will build the ...
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Cargolux buoyed by windfarm cargo
Cargolux has flown two shipments of outsized and highly sensitive German-made measuring buoys from Luxembourg to Xiamen in China.The flights were made in conjunction with Globaltrans Internationale Logistik and saw the two high-tech buoys with a length of 8.10 meters, a diameter of 2.55 meters and a weight of around ...
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Wolfgang Meier to become president of Silk Way West Airlines in 2018
Wolfgang Meier will be appointed as the new president of Silk Way West Airlines from January 1, 2018, the Azerbaijani all-cargo carrier has confirmed.The current president, Kamran Gasimov, will remain in the top management team of Silk Way West Airlines as chief operation officer (first vice-president).Meier, formerly with Volga-Dnepr and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds transatlantic charter flights to cover e-commerce demand
Lufthansa Cargo will carry out six charter flights between Frankfurt and New York on behalf of Deutsche Post as the postal operator looks to meet e-commerce demand.The Frankfurt-hubbed airline began the MD-11 flights in mid-November and they will continue until shortly before Christmas Eve, flying each Monday.Lufthansa Cargo chief product ...
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va-Q-tec and Japan Airlines cooperate in cold chain logistics
Airfreight cold chain container company va-Q-tec has announced a global cooperation with Japan Airlines.The collaboration offers an extended availability of passive thermal containers in one of the largest pharmaceutical markets in Asia.Takehiro Takasaki, country manager at va-Q-tec Japan, said that the cooperation "increases the network in Japan tremendously.”In Sook Yoo, ...
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ABC and DHL complete a multi-modal RKN vaccine shipment to Miami
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed a successful multi-modal pharma trial shipment for DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) to deliver healthcare products from Moscow to Miami.The shipment, which replaced real vaccines with service water for test purposes, used an RKN active cargo container in accordance with Good Distribution Practice (GDP) cool chain ...
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Delta Cargo adds Dusseldorf to CEIV network
Delta Cargo is now offering CEIV approved facilities at seven locations across Europe, with the recent addition of Dusseldorf airport to the network.The facilities are operated in conjunction with Delta's joint venture partners Air France-KLM.Delta said that it now has access to 50 approved stations around the globe with seven ...
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Another online retailer looks at entering air cargo market
Reports from China suggest that online retailer JD.com is could follow the lead of Amazon and establish its own air cargo fleet and even build its own airports.The South Morning China Post reports that JD.com head of logistics planning and development Bill Fu Bing told reporters that buying its own ...
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ITC report calls on the UK Government to prioritise aviation industry post Brexit
Think tank the Independent Transport Commission (ITC) has called for the UK's aviation industry to be a priority for Government thinking in regards to any post-Brexit world.The ITC-commissioned report – ‘The Strategic Challenges Facing UK Aviation: Assessing the future of UK air connectivity’ – was written by a former Bank ...
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American Airlines Cargo ensures the band plays on
American Airlines Cargo has handled a particularly interesting shipment: flying the musical instruments of the French Orchestre Nationale du Capitole to and from Latin America.The Toulouse-based Orchestre Nationale du Capitole was on a three-city tour of Latin America, taking in Buenos Aires in Argentina, Quito in Ecuador and Sao Paulo ...
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Uptick in Latin American cargo traffic
The Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) has reported that its member airlines flew 439.6m freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs) in October, up by 0.7% over the same month of 2016.At 130.9m FTKs, intra-Latin American cargo traffic was down by 2.2% year-on-year, but at 308.8m FTKs extra-Latin American freight traffic ...
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UK – China accord to boost flight connectivity
UK transport secretary Chris Grayling has revealed the details of a new deal between the UK and China that allows for a 50% boost in the number of passenger flights between the two nations.It builds on successful discussions held in October 2016 that saw limits on passenger flights between the ...
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Air Canada steps up freight capacity to Central and Southern America
Air Canada Cargo is increasing its freight capacity to and from key destinations in Mexico and South America as a result of changes in parent carrier Air Canada’s operations to the region.On December 7, its Bogota connection increased in frequency from four to five flights a week.Meanwhile, its So Paulo ...
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KLM launches Shipping Blue global package delivery product for SMEs
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has launched a small package delivery service for its BlueBiz customers.Shipping Blue is described by the carrier as a new worldwide package delivery service developed specifically for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).All members of the Air France KLM’s BlueBiz loyalty programme are now able to ship ...
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United Cargo still on the up
United Cargo has continued to report some very positive airfreight volume figures in its latest monthly report, which covers operational performance in November.The US carrier flew more than 300m cargo ton-miles in November, up by 16.8% on the same month of 2016.That year-on-year increase was only slightly down on the ...
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VIDEO: Turkish Airlines' first B777 freighter enters the fleet
Turkish Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter, with another on order.“The delivery of our first 777 freighter is a milestone event in our cargo business,” said M. İlker Aycı, chairman of the board and the executive committee of Turkish Airlines.He continued: “Turkish Cargo increased its freighter ...
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IATA reveals plans for CEIV Live Animals and Fresh
IATA has revealed plans to launch CEIV certification for live animal transport and will also begin to investigate the possibility of a scheme for perishables.Speaking at an IATA Cargo media day, Andrea Gruber, head of special cargo at the airline association, said that following the success of its security and ...
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Researchers see $130bn air cargo market by 2025
The global air cargo market could be worth over $130bn by 2025, according to New York-based market intelligence firm, Transparency Market Research (TMR).In its new report, TMR predicted that the global market will show steady growth of 4.9% a year, with the pharmaceuticals and healthcare segment expected to be particularly ...
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African carriers poised for new era, says Astral chief
A much-awaited Single African Air Transport Market will come into force in January 2018 and provide the opportunity for closer cooperation between African and foreign carriers.The new agreement will include 23 of the 54 African countries and create a single unified market in Africa, together with liberalisation of civil aviation ...