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A new book on ULD handling and safety
ULD CARE, a not-for-profit Canadian corporation, has published a new book, ULD Explained, aimed at promoting the correct handling of unit load device (ULD) containers.The book, available in eBook and hard copy formats, will promote greater awareness of the flight safety contribution of ULDs, the need for correct handling of ...
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NewsEuropean air cargo monthly: Fidget spinners help IAG to double-digit growth
Air cargo demand at some of Europe’s major airlines continued to grow at a high level in June, with double-digit percentage improvements at IAG Cargo, helped by the fidget spinner craze.The latest monthly traffic statistics released by airlines show that in June IAG Cargo, which includes British Airways, Iberia and ...
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UPS supersizes in Salt Lake City
UPS is to build one of its largest packaging processing hubs to date at Salt Lake City as part of an ongoing expansion programme. When completed in late 2018, the new 840,000 sq ft facility will process 69,000 packages per hour, adding to the existing 200,000 sq ft operations in ...
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WCS17: How air cargo can fight back to profitability
Air cargo can improve profitability levels by encouraging adherence to contracts, offering transparent pricing, developing joint global solutions, moving to a modern commerce business model and creating carrier partnerships.Speakers at an IATA World Cargo Symposium session on air cargo profitability largely agreed that capacity was set to continue to grow ...
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New tax could hit Indian airfreight exports
An Indian trade organisation has warned that a proposed tax on airfreight exports will stifle growth in the country’s air cargo sector, while it has also called for investment in the sector.At its annual Air Cargo Summit, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry warned that moves to include airfreight exports ...
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Delta Cargo appoints Eric Anderson as Asia Pacific sales director
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed Eric Anderson as director, cargo sales for the Asia-Pacific region, effective August 1.Anderson, who will be based in Tokyo, assumes the role previously held by Eric Wilson, recently promoted to managing director, global cargo sales.Anderson will lead the cargo sales team across Asia-Pacific, said ...
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Join the exclusive cargo club at Farnborough International Airshow 2018
The organisers of the world famous Farnborough International Airshow 2018 have announced record monthly bookings for next year's event, which takes place on July 16-22.Air Cargo News will be in attendance and we are exclusively selling exhibition packages for the dedicated Cargo Village, which will feature some of the biggest ...
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NewsUnited Airlines registers improvement in air cargo revenues and traffic
United Airlines saw air cargo revenues increase by more than 20% in the second quarter of the year as a result of improving freight traffic.The airline saw cargo revenues increase by 22.1% year on year during the second quarter of the year, while traffic was up 21.9% to 828m cargo ...
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Qatar Cargo confirms cattle charters
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed it will transport more than 4,000 cattle as part of a project to set up a dairy farm in Qatar and bypass the blockade set up by some of the state’s neighbours.In a statement sent out today, the airline confirmed it had won the deal ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to launch specialist pharma flights
Airline Emirates SkyCargo has revealed that next month it will begin offering “dedicated” pharma flights from London and Frankfurt.Speaking at an event organised by the airline and new partner SkyCell, Emirates SkyCargo manager global sales pharma Julian Sutch said that where applicable it would begin to group pharma shipments on ...
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SF Airlines opts for Boeing Shanghai for maintenance contract
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services has signed a maintenance agreement with Chinese-based SF Airlines for its Boeing Classic 737 and 767-300 freighters.The first airplane is already undergoing a C-check in Boeing Shanghai’s facilities at Shanghai Pudong International Airport and more airplanes will follow on a nose-to-tail basis."With this contract, Boeing Shanghai ...
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Qatar Airways sees cargo demand surge past 1m tonnes
Qatar Airways saw cargo demand surpass the 1m tonne mark for the first time during the last fiscal year, while revenues were also up.In its annual report, the airline group revealed that in the 2017 fiscal year it saw cargo demand increase by 20.9% year on year to 1.15m tonnes. ...
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NewsTop 25 cargo airlines 2016: FedEx maintains top spot but ABC and Qatar on the up
FedEx was once again the busiest freight airline in the world, while Qatar Airways, AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and All Nippon Airways were among the fastest growers in 2016 (see end of article for full table).The annual World Air Transport Statistics report from Iata showed that in freight tonne km (FTK) terms, ...
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Speculation over B747-8F order by Qatar Airways
Online news reports suggest that Qatar Airways has ordered two Boeing 747-8 freighters from the US planemaker.News website SeekingAlpha cited comments by Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker suggesting that the Middle East Gulf carrier has ordered two B747-8Fs.SeekingAlpha added: "While the order is only firm when it is ...
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Antonov appoints Flywell Aviation as GSA for India
Ukrainian heavylift freighter operator Antonov Airlines has appointed Flywell Aviation as its general sales agent (GSA) in India.New Delhi-headquartered Flywell Aviation has offices in Mumbai and Bangalore, and provides services to the defence, aerospace, oil and gas, rail and construction sectors.Four senior members of staff, with a combined logistics industry ...
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Emirates and flydubai join forces
Emirates and low cost sibling carrier flydubai have unveiled an "extensive partnership" which will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces.Both airlines, fully owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), will "continue to be managed independently," a joint statement said, but added that they will "leverage each other’s network ...
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Qatar Cargo mooooves cattle as diplomatic row continues
Freighter operator Qatar Cargo has begun flying cows into Doha for a project that aims to establish a dairy farm and bypass a blockade by its neighbours.The first 165 Holstein dairy cows were flown out from Budapest Airport last week onboard one of Qatar’s Boeing 777Fs operating on charter.The airport ...
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NewsAmerican Air Cargo Monthly: Boom times continue in June
June was another bumper month for US cargo airlines as the three major bellyhold players all registered double-digit percentage improvements in freight traffic.The largest US bellyhold airline, United, recorded a 22.3% year-on-year improvement in traffic in June to 280m cargo revenue ton miles.This is the airline’s tenth double-digit percentage improvement ...
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New air cargo vice president for SkyTeam
Airline alliance SkyTeam has announced the appointment of Nico Van der Linden as vice president of its air cargo partnership.Van der Linden, who took over the role on July 1, has more than 30 years of air cargo experience. Previous positions include management posts at both KLM Cargo and Air ...
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NewsDelta records first increase in quarterly cargo demand since 2015
Delta Air Lines has registered an improvement in quarterly airfreight traffic for the first time since the start of 2015.The Atlanta-based airline saw second-quarter cargo demand improve by 11.7% year on year to reach 554m cargo ton miles (CTM).It is the first time the airline has seen cargo traffic increase ...