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Cargolux signs deal for high-tech containers
Cargolux Airlines has signed a global rental agreement to use va-Q-tec’s advanced passive containers for its temperature-sensitive pharma shipments. The system uses phase change material and vacuum insulation panels that absorb and store thermal energy during freezing or heating to maintain the required storage temperature during transport.One of the first ...
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Singapore signs Zodiac for airfreight container deal
Zodiac Aerospace is to supply more than 2,000 of its Herculight S AKE cargo containers to Singapore Airlines Cargo. The containers, constructed with a combination of composite and aluminium panels, come in two configurations to suit passenger or cargo operations.One of the airline’s key requirements was toughness and durability, said ...
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Air cargo forum told of better times ahead
The first 15 years of the century have not been kind to the air cargo industry – but there could be better times ahead, the Neutral Air Partners (NAP) forum in Abu Dhabi has heard.Airline and forwarder delegates to the first ever NAP gathering learned from Etihad Cargo Airlines commercial ...
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Load factors at historic lows, says IATA
Global freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) rose 3.9% year-on-year in August but available FTKs rose even faster, by 4.1%, leading to historically low load factors and keeping yields under pressure, said IATA in its latest report.Industry conditions have improved since the particularly soft patch at the start of the year said ...
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Belfast back to normal after damaged TNT freighter moved
The damaged TNT 737 freighter that disrupted operations at Belfast International Airport yesterday (Tuesday, 4 October) has been towed off the runway.The plane was stranded at the intersection of the main Northern Ireland gateway’s two runways after it burst a number of tyres on landing at 6am. All flights had ...
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Air cargo demand increases again in August
Air cargo demand improved again in August, which while "failing to impress", is better than growth in the first part of the year.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 2.3% year on year in August. This was an improvement on the 1.8% growth registered ...
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Qantas Freight wins Australia's biggest airfreight contract
Australia Post Group and Qantas Freight have signed the largest airfreight contract in Australia — a five-year deal worth A$500m.The deal is an extension of an existing contract that covers 12,000 tonnes of international mail and airfreight each year.As well as continuing to fly international letters, the international agreement includes ...
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Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic renew cargo partnership
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will continue to provide international long-haul cargo sales and management for Virgin Australia after the two companies signed a new long-term agreement.The two airlines have worked together since February 2009, with Virgin Atlantic taking responsibility for all cargo revenues on Virgin Australia’s long-haul flights to and from ...
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Volga-Dnepr turns the lights on in Zimbabwe
Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s logistics experts have helped generator firm Aggreko to move a power plant to a client in Zimbabwe. Most of the equipment for the project was shipped by sea and road from various hubs around the world, but time-critical switchgear equipment, consisting of nine pieces of up to 4 ...
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IAG woos high tech firms
International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched an accelerator programme for new high-tech companies in partnership with corporate innovation specialist and early-stage investor, L Marks.Start-ups are invited to pitch to join the new venture, Hangar 51, and work with the airline group to find solutions to business challenges through collaborative partnerships. ...
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Guggenheim sells aircraft arm to managers
Investment and advisory firm Guggenheim Partners is to sell its commercial aircraft investment and management business, Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP) to its management team.Founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Guggenheim and Steve Rimmer and Paul Newrick, GAP focuses on acquiring, leasing, converting and selling commercial aircraft.To date it ...
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LATAM starts South America-South Africa flights
South American carrier LATAM Airlines launched flights from to South Africa on 3 October, from São Paulo to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.Operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, the overnight service departs São Paulo on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Johannesburg on the afternoon of the next day (local ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Southern sees demand slide while rivals grow
Air cargo demand at the leading Asia-based carriers continued to improve in August, although China Southern suffered a dip in form.Of the seven carriers included in the Air Cargo News monthly round-up, six managed to recorded an improvement in air cargo traffic during August as demand continued to pick up ...
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Air Canada adds more freighter flights
Air Canada is adding a second weekly freighter to its Canada, US and South America schedule. The new rotation operates on Sundays between Toronto, Atlanta, Bogota, Lima and Toronto, in addition to the existing Friday service.The expansion follows a commercial agreement signed in April with Cargojet Airways to operate the ...
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Air Canada Cargo looks forward to raft of new destinations
Air Canada has announced that it is to add six new destinations to its network next year.The Air Canada summer 2017 schedule will include the following new long-haul connections: Toronto – Mumbai; Vancouver – Taipei (subject to government approvals); Toronto – Berlin; and Vancouver – Nagoya, as well as seasonal ...
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Cargolux takes early delivery of B747-8F to meet increased high season demand
Cargolux has taken early delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8 freighter to meet increased demand during the coming high season.The aircraft ─ LX-VCN, ‘Spirit of Schengen’ ─ was originally scheduled to be delivered in 2017. However, Boeing and Cargolux agreed to advance the delivery, with a handover ceremony at the ...
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UPS tests drone deliveries to remote places
UPS has begun testing drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker CyPhy Works.The two companies staged a mock delivery of an urgently needed asthma inhaler from Beverly, Massachusetts, to Children’s Island, three miles off the Atlantic coast.The drone flight is part ...
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Good news for Garuda
Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda enjoyed an impressive 22.5% year on year increase in its cargo volumes in August, reaching a figure of 34,350 tons.The cargo load factor increased by 7.85 percentage points compared to August 2015 to reach 51.8%.Over the course of the January – August period, Garuda carried a total ...
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Qatar Airways flies into Windhoek
Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, has become the latest city on the expanding network of Doha-based Qatar Airways.The carrier is going to fly the route to its first Namibian connection from its hub at Doha with a Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ four times a week.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al ...
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Lufthansa to acquire balance of Brussels Airlines
German flag-carrier Lufthansa has confirmed that it intends to exercise its call option to acquire the remaining 55% of shares in SN Airholding, parent company of Lufthansa Group member Brussels Airlines, that it doesn’t currently hold.SN Airholding is a Belgian holding consisting of over 30 shareholders concentrated on the air ...