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Indian airlines have fines for alleged cargo cartel set aside
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and IndiGo have been given the opportunity to have fines levied against them by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for an alleged air cargo cartel overturned.Late last year, Jet Airways was fined R1.5bn, IndiGo received a R637.4m penalty and SpiceJet was hit with a R424.8m fine ...
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Blue Dart benefits from rise of business to consumer demand in India
Indian express air cargo carrier Blue Dart posted a double-digit increase in profits for the quarter ended March 31.The airline, which is 70% owned by Deutsche Post, recorded a 17% year on year increase in profit after tax for the quarter ended March 31 to R404.9m. Profits for the full ...
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Call for stricter drone regulations after incident near Heathrow
Experts are calling for stricter drone regulations after one of the devices is believed to have hit an aircraft approaching Heathrow airport.On Sunday afternoon the front of a British Airways Airbus-320 passenger aircraft approaching Heathrow is believed to have hit by a drone, sparking a police investigation.The incident was immediately ...
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Saudia to add bellyhold links
Saudia will add bellyhold cargo services to new destinations Munich and Maldives in the coming weeks, with services to Ankara starting in the last quarter of 2016.Passenger bellyhold space of up to 30 tonnes will be available on Boeing 777 and Airbus A320/A330 passenger aircraft serving the new routes, said ...
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Microchip machines on the move via Moscow
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) moved some microchip production machines from Amsterdam to Dalian in China for forwarder, DB Schenker. They travelled on two ABC Boeing 747 freighter flights via the airline's hub in Moscow.The main machine systems were packed in specially-designed containers with internal climate control; additional parts were crated with ...
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NewsDelta sees first quarter air cargo revenues slide
Delta Air Lines continued to see cargo volumes and revenues decline during the first quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 25.3% year-on-year decline in cargo revenues to $162m on the back of a 13.3% drop in volumes to 475m cargo ton miles.Although Delta does not provide commentary on ...
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Airfreight rates slide for the fourth month in a row
Airfreight prices declined for the fourth month in a row in February and the tough market conditions are expected to remain this year.The latest figures from Drewry’s Sea & Air Shipper Insight shows that in February airfreight prices slipped to their $2.57 per kg − the lowest level since the ...
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Cargolux adds frequency to Ho Chi Minh service
Cargolux has added a third weekly frequency to its Ho Chi Minh operation in response to growing demand from the country.The extra frequency started today (April 14), with the outbound flight routed via Doha and the return leg via Singapore and Luxembourg.The airline said it had served the city since ...
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First freighter for Canada-Latin America route
Air Canada and Cargojet Airways are finalising a commercial arrangement to operate the only direct scheduled freighter service between Canada and Latin America. A Cargojet Boeing 767-300ER freighter will fly from Canada to Latin America, offering 52 tonnes of net cargo capacity from June 9, subject to regulatory approvals.Initial service ...
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NewsEuropean cargo carriers monthly: cargo declines at Lufthansa and Air France
IAG Cargo and Finnair both managed to record air cargo demand increases during the first quarter of the year while Air France-KLM and Lufthansa suffered declines.While all four carriers recorded a spike in demand during March, compared with February, the level of increase was weaker than in previous years, although ...
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Qatar adds express option
Qatar Airways Cargo has added a time-critical airport-to-airport product to its portfolio. QR Express offers high boarding priority and rapid handling, along with short and flexible close-outs, dedicated ramp transfer and priority unloading at final destination with a 90-minute retrieval time.Chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann said the new service was ...
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Etihad's new freighter begins operations on Malpensa-Bogota service
Etihad Cargo has transferred its recently delivered Boeing freighter onto its service between Milan Malpensa and Bogotá.The service has been running since November 2014 with a wet lease Boeing 747, but Etihad has now transferred one of its own B777 freighters onto the route.The new aircraft joined the fleet at ...
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Boeing holds Tehran talks
US plane-maker Boeing says it has launched preliminary discussions with Iranian airlines about possible aircraft sales. It followed the as yet unconfonfirmed agreement announced by rival builder Airbus in January that it had agreed to sell 118 aircraft worth $27 billion to Iran.Boeing said no firm deal had been made ...
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US and Azerbaijan sign open skies deal
The US and Azerbaijan have signed an open skies agreement in Baku, capital city of the southwest Asian country.Jahangir Asgarov, president of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL), and Robert Cekuta, the US ambassador in Baku, signed the open skies agreement on April 6 for the liberalisation of air transport market between ...
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LATAM Cargo introduced as single, united brand
LATAM Airlines Group has announced the creation of a unified, single brand for its various airfreight affiliates.The LATAM Cargo brand will unite LAN Cargo, TAM Cargo, LAN Cargo Colombia and Mas Air – in so doing becoming the largest cargo airline group in Latin America.The move forms part of LATAM ...
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Atlas Air Worldwide completes Southern Air acquisition
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has completed its acquisition of Southern Air Holdings in a deal worth $110m.The deal, which was funded with cash on hand, was first announced in January this year but was finally completed today.Atlas said the deal would provide it entry into the Boeing 777 and B737 ...
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NewsAirfreight demand and load factors take a tumble in February
Air cargo demand and load factors slipped in February but figures are skewed by strikes at US seaports last year and the date of the Chinese New Year.The latest IATA figures show that freight tonne kms (FTKs) slipped by 5.6% year on year in February while capacity was up by ...
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CargoLogicAir to fly Beirut freighter for ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is furthering its partnership with UK-registered CargoLogicAir (CLA) by launching a weekly Boeing 747 Middle East freighter link to Beirut out of London-Stansted via Amsterdam.The Beirut service is due to begin on April 17 and extends the operational contacts between Stansted-hubbed CLA and Russian-owned ABC.CLA conducted its ...
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Emirates launches MD-11 freighter to Phnom Penh
Emirates Skycargo has launched a weekly freighter service to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, becoming the Middle East carrier’s thirteenth all-cargo destination in the Far East.The Dubai-hubbed operator will start the service with a leased MD-11 freighter aircraft, providing dedicated outsourced capacity for 80 tonnes of cargo. The aircraft’s ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Pegasus and Air India place orders in March
Each month Air Cargo News analyses the latest aircraft orders, both passenger and freighter.Pegasus Airlines orders five 737sTurkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines and Boeing have finalised an order for five Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s in a deal valued at approximately $505m based on expected list prices at delivery.Pegasus Airlines and its ...