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Rio joins Delta Cargo’s Pharma 4 club
Rio de Janeiro became Delta Cargo’s newest Pharma 4 station on June 13, able to handle goods in the 15-25 degrees Celsius temperature range.Previously certified to handle Pharma 1-3 products only, Rio de Janeiro is the first station in Latin America with Pharma 4 certification and forms part of the ...
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India the bright spot as Cathay cargo stands still
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 145,102 tonnes of cargo and mail in May, a decrease of 1.3% compared to the same month last year. However, load factor rose by 0.1 percentage points to 62.2% as capacity fell by 4.8% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) fell by only ...
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Qatar plans push into new air cargo markets
Qatar Airways cargo chief Ulrich Ogiermann said that the airline plans to become a major player in three new markets - the transpacific, Australia and South America - in the next nine months.The chief officer cargo at the world’s third largest international carrier told a press conference on the opening ...
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Cargolux’s Zhengzhou route hits 100,000 tonnes
Traffic on Cargolux’s Luxembourg-Zhengzhou route has hit the 100,000-tonne mark two years after the service started, the all-cargo carrier told the Air Cargo China 2016 event in Shanghai on 15 June.The new total came only eight months after the route passed the 50,000-tonne milestone last October, added Cargolux president and ...
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Emirates fills hole in Swiss network
Emirates SkyCargo has added a second daily passenger Boeing 777 flight between Dubai and Geneva, Switzerland, offering cargo opportunities for the pharma industry.The new service – departing Dubai at 14.55 local time and returning from Geneva at 21.45 - offers nearly 140 tonnes of additional bellyhold cargo capacity a week ...
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Qantas completes share buy-back
The Qantas Group has completed the $500m share buy-back announced at its half year results in February 2016.Combined with the $505m capital return and associated share consolidation completed on 6 November 2015, Qantas Airways ordinary shares on issue have decreased by 12.6% since 30 June 2015 and the group has ...
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Kalitta pilots threaten strike action
Unions representing pilots and flight engineers at cargo airline Kalitta Air say that they have reached an impasse in the five year long negotiations and are preparing for a strike.Kalitta Air operates a fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft and is the backbone of the DHL Express global network.Crew members, represented ...
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NewsAmazon faces $350,000 fine from FAA for alleged air cargo hazmat infringement
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $350,000 civil penalty against Amazon.com for allegedly violating hazardous materials regulations.In its website posting, the FAA alleges that on October 15, 2014, Amazon offered to United Parcel Service (UPS) a package containing a one-gallon container of 'Amazing! LIQUID FIRE,' which the ...
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US names first Cuba carriers
The US Department of Transportation has named six carriers that will be allowed to operate services from the US to destinations in Cuba for the first time in over half a century.The airlines - American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country - will fly up to 155 round-trip ...
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Cargolux switches flower flights to Schiphol
Cargolux Airlines has switched its flower flights from South America from Maastricht Airport to Amsterdam Schiphol.The all-cargo carrier said the move would enhance service levels for the flights, 90% of whose traffic is destined for the Netherlands.Flying directly to Amsterdam reduces transit times to the nearby Aalsmeer flower auctions – ...
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New carriers emerge from Transaero collapse
Two new Russian start-up freighter airlines have emerged in the wake of the collapse of the country’s second largest carrier, Transaero, which went out of business in October last year.Direct-Avia has reportedly acquired two leased Tu204-100Cs, formerly in the Transaero fleet, from Ilyushin Finance while SkyGate Airlines has revealed plans ...
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Canadian cargo duo launch South American freighter link
Air Canada Cargo and Canada-based aircraft lessor and operator Cargojet have operated their first freighter flight to Bogota, Colombia and Lima, Peru, with a Cargojet B767-300F aircraft.The new Air Canada Cargo flights will provide 52 tonnes of net cargo capacity and will also include flights to Mexico City.Under the arrangement, ...
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Flying start for Formula 1 cars
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) got off to a racing start to ensure that all the cars were on the grid for the Russian Grand Prix in Sochi on 29 April.The Russian airline operated six Boeing 747 charter flights from Shanghai following the Chinese Grand Prix on 17 April to move the ...
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Drone test to deliver humanitarian aid
Independent drone delivery service Flirtey has teamed up with Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in the US to demonstrate the use of unmanned aircraft in delivering humanitarian aid to a disaster area.Flirtey and Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University, will conduct the first ship-to-shore drone ...
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NewsCurtis to retire from Delta Cargo, while new boss outlines vision for the future
Ray Curtis, vice president – Delta Cargo, is set to retire from the company after leading the sales team for eight years, while new cargo president Gareth Joyce has revealed his priorities for developing the cargo business.It is understood Curtis will retire from his role at Delta from August 1 ...
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Europe looks for expanded air transport agreements with ASEAN, UAE, Qatar and Turkey
The European Commission has been authorised by the Transport Council of the European Union to negotiate comprehensive air transport agreements with key aviation partners.The council, made up of ministers from EU member states, said that an agreement with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to become the ...
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Venezuela blocking $3.8bn in airline funds says IATA
Venezuela and Nigeria top an IATA list of five countries blocking the repatriation of airline funds, a global problem which exceeds $5bn in total.IATA has called on governments to respect international agreements obliging them to ensure airlines are able to repatriate their revenues.According to statistics issued by IATA, Venezuela is ...
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NAM launches weekly B747F to Luanda from Liege
Network Airline Management (NAM) has signed a long term contract with TAAG Angola Airlines to provide a weekly Boeing 747-400F flight from Liege, Belgium, to the capital of Angola, Luanda.The factory-built nose-loader freighter will carry up to 120 tonnes of oil related and general cargo and will also provide export ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to open facility at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport
Lufthansa Cargo will open a new facility at Paderborn-Lippstadt Airport in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia to cater for standard freight, express freight and hazardous cargo.Lufthansa said cargo arriving at the regional airport will be handled and sealed by the station and then transported in regularly scheduled trucks under a ...
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CHEP to provide ULDs to support CargoLogicAir's "ambitious growth plans"
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the new British-registered cargo airline, has signed a ULD management agreement with CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the global provider of outsourced ULD pooling and repair.A joint statement said: “In view of CargoLogicAir's ambitious growth plans, the new agreement caters for a significant increase in the number of ULDs provided ...