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Airfreight rates climb in March
Global average airfreight rates increased in March against a year ago as aircraft cargo utilisation has improved.The latest figures from Drewry's Sea and Air Shipper Insight report show that average ‘all-in’ airfreight rates across 21 major east-west trade lanes increased by 7.9% year on year in March to reach $2.84 ...
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Brussels Airlines Cargo to use cool dollies as standard for pharma at home hub
Brussels Airlines Cargo will use temperature controlled dollies as standard at its home hub for all pharma shipments requiring temperature control.The airline said it has made the decision to standardise the use of the cool dollies for temperature controlled shipments at Brussels in response to customer demand.Brussels Airlines business development ...
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VIDEO: Everyone's a winner at the Cargo Airline of the Year Awards 2017
American Airlines was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 as airfreight’s shining stars took centre stage at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 34th year. Click here for a full list of winners.American Airlines, doubly successful on the night with a regional Americas garland, secured the highest ...
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China Postal continues fleet expansion
China Postal has taken delivery of its latest aircraft, a Boeing 757-200 converted freighter.The conversion was carried out by Precision Aircraft Solutions at the Ameco facility in Chengdu, China. The aircraft, MSN 25888, is the fourth conversion Precision has carried out for the Chinese airline.Late last year China Postal was ...
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American Airlines voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017
American Airlines was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 as airfreight’s shining stars took centre stage at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 34th year.American Airlines, doubly successful on the night with a regional Americas garland, secured the highest total number of votes cast by Air Cargo ...
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NewsHall of Fame 2017 award: Lise-Marie Turpin, vice president, Air Canada Cargo
The Air Cargo News Hall of Fame 2017 award has gone to Lise-Marie Turpin, vice president, Air Canada Cargo, who retires from the industry at the end of this month.Lise-Marie received her trophy by video link at the Air Cargo News' Cargo Airline of the Year awards, held in London.Lise-Marie ...
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Air China set for cargo reform
Air China has signalled its intent to push forward with mixed-ownership reforms to its airfreight business.In a stock-exchange announcement, the airline said that the National Development and Reform Commission had given it the green light to carry out the reforms.Air China said its parent company, China National Aviation Holding Company, ...
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NewsVoyager completes first Dash 8-100 conversion
Voyageur Aviation Corp has completed the world’s first Bombardier Dash 8-100 package freighter (PF) conversion.The first-of-its-kind Dash 8-100 PF conversion was carried out on behalf of Canada-based Wasaya Airways. In total, the airline will take delivery of two of the aircraft.The conversion firm said the aircraft offered “excellent operating costs”, ...
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Go mango go, AF-KLM and Fermac launch a fruit freighter airlift
Fermac Cargo España and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have started the great mango airlift out of Africa to Europe.The first Boeing 777-300 freighter has already transported 105 tons of Kent variety mango from the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to Madrid, Spain.It is the second year running ...
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NewsEmirates SkyCargo explains move away from all-in rates
Emirates SkyCargo has said that customer demand is behind its decision to scrap all-in rates after just two years.The Dubai-headquartered airline told Air Cargo News that it was increasingly hearing from customers that the transparency it had hoped to deliver through the ‘all-in’ mechanism "hasn’t worked as it was intended" ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and United finally firm up transatlantic partnership
Lufthansa Cargo and United Airlines have come to an agreement on their transatlantic partnership first announced in 2015.The two carriers today announced that they had signed a deal on a new partnership covering services between the US and Europe.They said the partnership would offer customers a comprehensive combined network, co-ordinated ...
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IAG Cargo's Critical product passes the 1,000 mark
IAG Cargo’s premium Critical product has handled its 1,000th shipment since launching in October 2016, sending urgently needed automotive parts from Europe to South America.Critical is focused on urgent and emergency shipments, providing guaranteed capacity and enhanced shipment monitoring for “must-fly” goods.David Shepherd, commercial director at IAG Cargo, the freight ...
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NewsAmericas Cargo Monthly: Demand flies at US carriers
March was a bumper month for US carriers as the big three all registered a surge in air cargo demand.United, American and Delta all saw cargo demand increase during March compared with a year ago, with Delta registering its first year on year improvement since February 2015.IATA has reported that ...
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Cathay carriers show March cargo boost
Asia Pacific cargo volumes continue to trend upwards, with Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon's combined traffic figures for March showing a 15.4% increase in cargo and mail compared to the same month in 2016.The two Hong Kong-based airlines carried 181,189 tonnes of cargo and mail in March 2017. The cargo ...
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Qatar switches to B777F on Brussels flight
Qatar Airways Cargo will switch one of its A330F aircraft that fly to Brussels for a larger capacity B777F.The Middle Eastern carrier currently offers seven all-cargo flights per week into Brussels using A330F aircraft but this month is upgrading one of those aircraft to a B777F flying on a rotation ...
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Atlas dispatchers vote in favour of new agreement
Flight dispatchers working at Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have ratified changes to their existing contract.The agreement, which was set to expire in November, has been extended for another four years and becomes amendable on November 12, 2021.The new provisions of the tentative agreement include a 30% wage increase ...
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NewsUnited records double-digit cargo revenue improvement in Q1
United Airlines recorded double-digit improvements in cargo revenues and traffic during the first quarter of the year.The busiest US cargo carrier saw first-quarter cargo traffic increase by 20.3% year on year to 748m cargo ton miles.Revenues also improved during the period but by the lower amount of 13.4% against a ...
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Converted B747-400 freighter for Pacific Air Cargo
Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has introduced a newly-converted Boeing 747-400 freighter between Los Angeles and Honolulu.The former passenger aircraft, under an ACMI agreement with PAC’s long-time lessor partner Kalitta Air, will fly a six-times a week service previously operated by a B747-200F aircraft.PAC chief executive Beti Ward said: “All the ...
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IAG Cargo freighter flight caters for pharma demand
IAG Cargo has launched a new dedicated freighter service between its Madrid hub and Basel to cater for the pharma market.The cargo group, which offers space on British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus flights, said that the weekly scheduled service will be operated by Spanish airline Cygnus Air using one ...
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Video: Kiwi's Americas Cup racing yacht flies with Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo has transported New Zealand Aotearoa – Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat – from Auckland to Bermuda in advance of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup sailing competition which will begin in late May 2017.Emirates SkyCargo transported Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat and all associated support equipment including ...