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Saudia Cargo expects yield pressure to continue in 2016
Saudia Cargo believes further yield pressure and belly cargo capacity additions will be the main challenges faced by the air cargo industry in 2016.Speaking to Air Cargo News, Saudia Cargo vice president commercial Rainer Mueller said: “For us as a true air cargo operator and running 16 freighters, the main ...
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B767F joins Raya Airways fleet
Malaysian cargo airline Raya Airways has taken delivery a B767-200 freighter, the first of the type aircraft under Malaysian registration.The twinjet brings the Raya Airways fleet up to four freighters, joining two B727-200Fs and one B757-200F, and is part of an ambitious expansion plan by the carrier to serve Shanghai, ...
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NewsOz court upholds cartel fines on Garuda and Air New Zealand
Australia’s Federal Court has upheld an appeal by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) over air cargo cartel allegations against Garuda Indonesia and Air New Zealand.A majority ruling by the full court found that price fixing conduct engaged in by Garuda and Air New Zealand relating to agreed surcharges ...
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MAB and Silk Way West launch new freighter block-space deal
MAB Kargo, formerly MASKargo, and Silk Way West Airlines cargo have launched a new block space deal that will open up Southeast Asia and Europe to the respective airlines.The block-space deal sees Malaysia Airlines cargo business and Silk Way West’s cargo division offer a twice weekly flight to and from ...
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Lufthansa Cargo confirms future strategy
Following closely on the heels of the publication of Lufthansa’s 2015 annual results earlier this week, the German carrier has now gone public with some details on its strategies for future expansion of its airfreight operation.According to a statement from Lufthansa Cargo, product innovations and an ambitious savings programme will ...
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Kenya Airways adds its thoughts on the wildlife preservation issue
Kenya Airways was one of the cargo carriers that put their name to the United for Wildlife declaration signed at Buckingham Palace earlier this week.The Nairobi-based airline was represented by group managing director and chief executive Mbuvi Ngunze, who signed the document along with 40 other representatives from transport, conservation ...
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Airbus points to the potential of the Indian aviation market
By pretty much any measure, the Indian aviation market is going to be huge in the decades to come, and the airfreight industry will be looking to take its share of the pie.European aviation giant Airbus points out, for example, that driven by a rapidly expanding population and particularly its ...
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Lufthansa Cargo names new area managers
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed new area managers for its Europe & Africa and the Americas regions, as well as a new head of global handling management.On June 1 this year, Achim Martinka will take charge of sales and handling in the Europe & Africa region, succeeding Carsten Wirths.Since October 2010, ...
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SIA struggles in tough times
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) had another difficult month in February, if its recently released traffic figures are anything to go by.Capacity, as measured in available tonne-km, rose 4.9% year on year to 804.6m, while flown cargo as measured in freight tonne-km was down 2.3% year on year to 474.7m. ...
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Turkish Cargo makes promising start to 2016
Turkish Cargo carried a total of 111,691 tons of cargo in the first two months of this year, up 14.6% on the same period of 2015. Of that, 103,309 tons of cargo was carried on international services, 8,382 tons on domestic routes.Considering regional performance, volumes carried within the Middle East ...
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Brussels Airlines: “dynamic and competitive”
Brussels Airlines has published financial results for 2015 that show turnover rose by 6.9% compared to 2014 to reach €1.27bn, while net profit totalled €41.3m.Due to what is perceived to have been a successful repositioning in the market and ongoing cost control measures, “Our efforts to make Brussels Airlines a ...
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CHEP and Cargolux extend their collaboration up to 2020
Luxembourg-headquartered Boeing 747 freight operator Cargolux and CHEP Aerospace Solutions , a provider of outsourced ULD pooling and repair services, have signed a new agreement to extend their existing collaborative deal out to 2020.Cargolux has been a CHEP client since 2009; in fact, it is one of CHEP’s biggest customers. ...
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Lufthansa Cargo’s earnings fall 40% in 2015
Lufthansa Cargo’s earnings contribution to the parent group airline declined 40% to €74m in full year 2015 as seasonal “sizeable overcapacities” in the airfreight market hit load factors and yields.In addition to the excess capacity from the beginning of the summer onwards, cargo earnings were also depressed by the strike ...
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Aircargo Club Deutschland plans new innovation forum
Germany’s air cargo industry is hoping to push forward innovation in the sector through the creation of a new forum.The Aircargo Club Deutschland (ACD) has announced plans to create a new forum named The Future of Air Cargo Supply Chains in an attempt to restore international competitiveness in a “sustainable ...
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NewsAmerican cargo carriers monthly: Tough times for US carriers
America-based airlines’ monthly airfreight statistics for February made for difficult reading as American, Delta and United all recorded year-on-year demand declines for the first time in years.While demand declines are not good news for the airlines, the comparisons with a year ago are affected by the west coast US port ...
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RJ revels in positive 2015 results
Amman-headquartered Royal Jordanian (RJ) has revealed that the carrier made a net profit before tax of JD21 million (US$30 million) last year, while in 2014 it had registered a net loss before tax of JD49.5 million (US$70 million). The net profit after tax for 2015 was JD16 million (US$22.6 million), ...
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Cathay announces fall in February cargo volumes
Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair moved a total of 117,299 tonnes of cargo and mail in February, a 10.1% fall on the same month of last year. With capacity, as measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, rising by 1.1%, and the cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres (RTKs) figure ...
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Remaining elements of ASL join ERA trade body
ASL Aviation Group, plus ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Hungary and ACLAS Technics of the UK have joined the other elements of the ASL Aviation Group (namely, ASL Airlines Ireland, ASL Airlines Switzerland and its associated entities as well as ACLAS Global of the UK) as members of the European ...
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Silk Way West opts for Descartes’ Global Air Messaging Gateway
Silk Way West Airlines, part of the Baku, Azerbaijan-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way Group, has begun using Descartes’ cloud-based Global Air Messaging Gateway. The system will help the carrier achieve “higher standards of service and minimise costs by expanding and automating air cargo communication processes such as the electronic airway ...
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IAG Cargo handles ‘The Man’
IAG Cargo, the freight wing of the Anglo-Spanish carrier concern, has flown a collection of 18 portraits of David Beckham for a Hong Kong-based, VIP auction preview of ‘David Beckham: the Man’, in support of 7: The David Beckham UNICEF Fund and Positive View Foundation.The event forms part of a ...