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Delta adds Boston to urgent freight network
Delta Cargo has added Boston — its 15th US location — to its DASH Critical & Medical service, introduced earlier this year. Further expansion is planned next year, says the carrier.Delta describes DASH as “the first fully GPS-enabled, same-day product offered by a US freight and passenger carrier.”It offers real-time ...
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AirBridge maintains its momentum
Russian-owned all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continued its solid growth with an increase of 15% in cargo carried in the first ten months of 2017, to 575,000 tonnes.It reported an upsurge in all major markets and a positive outlook through to the end of the year. The load factor rose ...
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Bali airport stays shut but Lombok reopens
Bali’s international airport remains shut for a second day due to the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.The Indonesian authorities have extended the shutdown to at least 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 29 November.However, the airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok has been re-opened.Carriers including Cathay ...
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Aeroflot enjoys freight surge
Aeroflot Group recorded a 65.3% increase in international cargo and mail carried in the first ten months of the year, to 218,718 tonnes, according to the Russian carrier’s October figures. Revenue cargo tonne kilometres were also up sharply, by 72.2%.Domestic cargo performance was more muted, up 12.7% in terms of ...
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Asia Pacific carriers see healthy growth, says AAPA
There was “healthy growth” in international air cargo, said the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) in its preliminary traffic figures for October.Reflecting the sustained upturn in global trade for consumer and intermediate goods, Asia Pacific airlines saw international air cargo demand, in freight tonne kilometres (FTK), increase by 5.8% ...
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IAG Cargo reveals new look executive structure
IAG Cargo has made a number of changes to its executive management team to “align with its business priorities”.The new look executive team is charged with driving performance across premium products, digital transformation, customer service and global operations, the airline group said.The shake-up sees David Shepherd, currently commercial director, move ...
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Carr to head up Etihad Cargo after Kerr's departure
Etihad Cargo has announced that Justin Carr, who recently joined the carrier, will head up the cargo business to replace David Kerr.The airline said that Carr will take over the position of vice president cargo as Kerr heads over to UK-based freighter airline CargoLogicAir.Carr joined the company as vice president ...
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Astral flies into Yemen as blockade is lifted
Kenya-based Astral Aviation has operated a humanitarian flight from Nairobi to Sanaa in Yemen - the first aircraft to land at the airport after the Saudi led coalition lifted a three-week blockade.The Boeing 727-200 freighter landed on Saturday 25 November with 15 tons of vaccines for over 600,000 children on ...
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Airlines cancel Bali flights as Mt. Agung threatens to erupt
Airlines have cancelled all flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali due to volcanic activity.However, the threatened eruption of Mount Agung has so far had only a localised effect, with no sign yet of the wider disruption to global air travel on the scale of Eyjafjallajökull incident in ...
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Safair and Airlink plan to unite
Dublin-based aircraft owner ASL Aviation Holdings is seeking approval from the South African Competition Commission to unite its Safair subsidiary with South Africa’s Airlink.The deal will see ASL take a minority shareholder within the merged Airlink group of companies and the Airlink and Safair brands will continue to operate separately, ...
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Air Canada Cargo freighter operation to end
Air Canada Cargo has confirmed that after a year and a half it's freighter operation to the US, Mexico, Europe and South America will come to an end.The Canadian airline confirmed that after discussions with partner Cargojet they had mutually decided to end their "positive" B767-300F freighter tie-up at the ...
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Black Friday boosts airfreight peak season
The annual post-Thanksgiving Day tradition of Black Friday ushers in the ‘official’ start of Christmas shopping. Having originated in the US, it is fast becoming a global phenomenon with far-reaching effects on the supply chain, with online sales complementing high street spending.According to the BBC, this year’s Black Friday sales ...
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Ethiopian Airlines fleet keeps growing
Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of its second Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on November 21, less than a month after it received its first aircraft of the same type.The new aircraft brings the carrier’s total fleet to 95. Ethiopian recently confirmed an order for four B777 Freighters – a new order for ...
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British Airways cargo cartel appeal rejected
The European Court of Justice has turned down British Airways attempts to have its fine for its alleged role in the air cargo cartel overturned.In a complex ruling, which can be found here, Europe's highest court dismissed the airline's appeal to fine the carrier €104m for operating a price-fixing cargo ...
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Cargolux staff pocket €2,500 airfreight boom bonus
Airfreight's 2017 demand boom will see Cargolux staff each receive a €2,500 profit share bonus, with the prospect of a further €2,500 in May next year.Some 1,400 staff at the Luxembourg freighter operator will receive their pay-out due to an expected higher 2017 company profit over the €4.6m recorded in ...
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Guillaume Halleux named as acting chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways Cargo has named Guillaume Halleux as acting chief officer cargo, following the decision by former cargo boss Ulrich Ogiermann to leave the Middle East airline and return to Europe.Halleux's previous role was as vice president cargo Asia Pacific at Qatar Airways, based in Singapore.Halleux was quoted in the ...
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MAB Kargo flies third relief mission for Rohingya refugees
MAB Kargo has flown its third relief mission to Bangladesh for Rohingya refugees, with almost 50 tonnes of goods to set up the Malaysian Field Hospital.The consignment to Chittagong, on an Airbus A330-200 freighter from Malaysia Airlines’ cargo arm, included a wide range of medical equipment. Also in the packing ...
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West Atlantic relocates UK operations to East Midlands Airport
The UK division of Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline has relocated its operation from Coventry Airport to East Midlands Airport.The express freight company has leased 43,000 sq ft of hanger space close to its key customers DHL and the Royal Mail.A statement said that the move is driven by a ...
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TIACA to work more closely with African airlines
TIACA and the African Airlines Association (AFRAA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work closely on issues affecting air cargo.The MoU, signed at the 49th AFRAA Annual General Assembly (AGA) in Kigali, will see TIACA collaborate with AFRAA’s 40 members to improve air cargo safety and security, as ...
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Setback for Airlander 10 as it breaks free of mooring
The Airlander 10 airship suffered a new setback over the weekend when it broke free of its mooring and a safety system ripped open the hull.Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said its airship, which is the world's longest aircraft, was not flying at the time of the incident and initial assessments ...