Airlines – Page 307
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Emirates' focus on Vietnamese perishables bears fruit
Emirates SkyCargo has seen a near five-fold increase in the volumes of exports of fruits between Vietnam and Dubai over the last year.Collaborative efforts between Middle East carrier’s cargo arm and Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency Vietrade saw perishables exports to Dubai, including rambutans and lychees, touch a record close to ...
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Volga-Dnepr flies 11 generators in 14 days
Volga-Dnepr has transported eleven generators onboard a series of six An-124-100 freighter flights to the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo, in a 14-day period.The delivery of the 57 tonne generators from the island of Mauritius on behalf of forwarder customer Kupa Proje Tasimacilik Ve Lojistik will boost the capacity of the existing ...
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NewsAmerican cargo monthly: US carriers see demand fly as rates improve
The three major US carriers continued to record rapid increases in cargo demand in April and sources have indicated that rates are also now starting to pick up.The latest figures from United, American and Delta show that all three carriers registered an improvement in demand during the month.The largest of ...
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Kalitta Air takes delivery of first GECAS-leased B747-400F
US freighter operator Kalitta Air has taken delivery of the first of two leased 747-400F factory freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), an Ireland-based aviation leasing and financing company.GECAS said that the aircraft delivery marked “a new milestone in the decade-long relationship of the two companies”.While GECAS has previously ...
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SIA Cargo to be "re-integrated" into the parent group
SIA Cargo is to be "re-integrated" into the parent airline, in a “business as usual” move intended “to improve efficiency through greater synergy with the wider SIA Group".The wholly-owned cargo subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA) will become the cargo division within the parent group and the transition is expected to ...
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National Airlines and Navitrans in weekly Round-the-World 747-400F Service
US-based freighter operator National Airlines and charter company Navitrans USA are to launch a weekly scheduled Round-the-World (RTW) B747-400 freighter service, set to begin on June 1.The RTW service and will operate year-round connecting several key global airports: Chicago (ORD), Liege (LGG), Heydar Aliyev International in Azerbaijan (GYD), Hong Kong ...
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EgyptAir Cargo to add pharma product
EgyptAir Cargo has revealed it will launch a pharma product this summer after signing a deal for passive containers with va-Q-tec.The airline said that va-Q-tec's passive container rental service will enable deviation-free transportation of temperature-sensitive pharmaceuticals around the world to over 70 EgyptAir Cargo destinations.The two companies finalised the deal ...
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Brum, Brum, Emirates freighter for Jaguar Land Rover cars
Emirates SkyCargo has operated an ad hoc Boeing 777 freighter aircraft from Birmingham airport as part of a new bespoke service for the transportation of exclusive Jaguar Land Rover cars to Chicago.Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9923 departed Birmingham Airport to deliver cars for further testing. Metro Shipping, the logistics service provider ...
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European Commission updates Air Safety list of restricted carriers
The European Commission has updated the European Union (EU) Air Safety List, the list of non-European airlines that do not meet international safety standards, and are subject to an operating ban or operational restrictions within the European Union.Following the update, all airlines certified in Benin and Mozambique are cleared from ...
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Qantas Freight scoops new China-US mail contract
Qantas Freight has won a new contract to fly airmail between China and the US on behalf of China Post.The airmail, which is managed by China Post and Australia Post joint venture Sai Cheng Logistics, will be airlifted from the mail giant’s hubs of Shanghai and Hong Kong to various ...
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Atlas looks to raise funds through note sale
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is looking to raise $250m through the sale of convertible senior notes to repay borrowings and support future growth.In a stock exchange announcement, the company said the bond sale would see it offer senior notes due on June 1 2024 in an underwritten public offering.The company ...
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Oman Air appoints GAC as it looks to expand in Europe
Oman Air Cargo has selected ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo (GAC) as its sales partner in the Benelux region of Europe.The contract came into effect on April 1 and will provide the carrier with overnight transit cargo volume to its gateways in Paris (CDG), London (LON) and Frankfurt (FRA).According ...
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Coming up roses for Western Global
Florida-based Western Global Airlines is flying 100m flowers to Miami. The leading carrier of Mother’s Day flowers to the US is operating 76 dedicated flights between Miami and South America to carry exotic varieties of roses and carnations that do not grow in the US, primarily from Ecuador and Colombia.Packed ...
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LEVEL is IAG’s new Barca signing
IAG’s new long-haul low cost airline LEVEL is to join British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus and Vueling in offering a cargo service from June. The carrier, launched in March will offer wide-body cargo services from Barcelona, to Los Angeles, Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and Buenos Aires with A330-200 aircraft.IAG Cargo ...
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Emirates SkyCargo widens container offer for pharma customers
Emirates SkyCargo has entered into agreements for global container rental services with SkyCell and va-Q-tec, in addition to its existing co-operation with Envirotainer.The agreements allow the Middle East carrier to offer a variety of specialised temperature controlled containers for pharmaceutical or life sciences products.Emirates SkyCargo’s customers can have such temperature ...
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Industry-wide data platform an inevitability
The air cargo industry should develop a sector-wide data system if it is to meet shipper to demand for end-to-end supply chain visibility.Speakers at the innovation in air cargo session at Air Cargo Europe agreed that creating supply chain efficiencies through digital solutions would be a key demand from shippers ...
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Cargojet sees revenues improve on Air Canada deal
Freighter airline Cargojet saw revenues increase during the first quarter of the year but income was down.The Canadian airline saw first-quarter revenues improve by 13.3% year on year to C$87.1m, but earnings before taxes for the period declined by 35.6% on a year earlier to C$3.8m and net earnings dropped ...
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Tough market sends Emirates profits into tailspin
A turbulent year in aviation did not prevent Emirates from posting its 29th consecutive year of profits on 11 May, but it was sharply down on the previous 12 months.The Group reported an AED 2.5 billion (US$ 670 million) profit for the financial year ending 31 March, 70% lower than ...
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IATA's STB Cargo to push on industry transformation
IATA’s recently created Simplifying The Business (STB) Cargo project will aim to push industry transformation in the areas of visibility, processes and booking.Speaking at an Air Cargo Europe conference session, Celine Hourcade, head of cargo transformation at IATA, said STB Cargo had been developed out of the flagship IATA STB ...
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China ponders airline sale and merger
The Chinese government is considering merging and privatising two of its largest state-owned airlines, Air China and China Southern, according to reports by Bloomberg. The news agency adds that potential investors could include Chinese freight forwarder Sinotrans, Cathay Pacific Airways and Chines delivery firm YTO Express.The report also speculates that ...