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Chinese express airlines looking to continue e-commerce fuelled expansion
Fast expanding Chinese express carriers YTO Express Airlines and SF Airlines have applied to add extra routes from the country’s capital as they look to capitalise on the growing domestic e-commerce market.Recently launched YTO has applied to the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate a cargo service between its ...
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Air France KLM Cargo picks up CEIV certification
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has been awarded IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification for its hub operations in Amsterdam and Paris.The airline group said it had decided to meet the standards of the IATA CEIV Pharma programme, rather than the European Union’s Good Distribution Practice ...
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FAA urges airlines to assess lithium battery risks
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a safety alert to US and foreign commercial passenger and cargo airlines, “urging them to conduct a safety risk assessment to manage the risks” associated with transporting lithium batteries as cargo.The US aviation regulator has also issued guidance to its own inspectors “to ...
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US safety agency NTSB adds to warnings on lithium batteries in freighters
Washington’s two top safety agencies have issued fresh warnings about lithium batteries on board cargo aircraft.The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in the US issued two safety recommendations to “physically separate lithium batteries from other flammable hazardous materials stowed on cargo aircraft” and to establish “maximum loading density requirements” that ...
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NewsEuropean cargo carriers monthly: mixed start to the year for airlines
The start of 2016 has seen a divergence in the air cargo performance of European airlines, with Finnair and IAG both recording demand increases, while Lufthansa and Air France KLM saw demand drop.Possibly the most surprising performance of the four carriers in January came from Finnair, which recorded a double-digit ...
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Freighter lessor ATSG upbeat on 2015 results
US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) said that its financial results for 2015 are “likely to exceed management’s earlier guidance” due primarily to better-than-expected results from its airline operations in the fourth quarter.ATSG now projects that its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) will likely be ...
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American Airlines Cargo releases enhanced air waybill tracking on website
American Airlines Cargo has introducedredesigned tracking functionalities on its website.Developed to "increase visibility into the entire shipping process", the customised tracking capabilities will improve shipment visibility from booking to delivery.The features include: Live “at-a-glance” status updates via color-coded progress bars Detailed flight, AWB and Customs information Simple access and navigation ...
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CargoLogicAir set to offer scheduled service to Africa from February
Valentine’s Day (February 14) looks set to be the day CargoLogicAir (CLA) begins to offer its first scheduled flight.AirBridgeCargo said that its “partner airline” CargoLogicAir will offer a scheduled service from Stansted to Frankfurt, Libreville (Gabon) and to Johannesburg with further routing to Nairobi.Earlier this week, CLA revealed that it ...
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Aircraft CO2 emissions standard edges closer
The introduction of an aircraft carbon dioxide CO2 emissions standard has come a step further at the UN’s International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).A new environmental measure was unanimously recommended by the 170 international experts on ICAO’s Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection (CAEP), paving the way for its ultimate adoption by ...
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New guidelines ensure four-legged friends are fit to travel
Freight interests, veterinary organisations and animal welfare groups, together with the European Commission, have published new guidelines on transporting equidae - horses, ponies, donkeys or hybrids.As well as general advice on journey length and the design of accommodation, they set out clear and simple methods of assessing the fitness of ...
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Air China agrees to $50m payout in US air cargo cartel lawsuit
Air China has reached a $50m settlement with plaintiffs in the ongoing air cargo cartel class action lawsuit in the US.Law firm Robins Kaplan LLP said that Air China Limited and Air China Cargo Company Limited had agreed to the payout.It said only Air India and Air New Zealand were ...
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ASL swoops on TNT fleet
ASL Aviation has agreed to purchase TNT Airways and Pan Air Líneas Aéreas, which the express firm has agreed to sell as part of its takeover by FedEx, for an undisclosed sum.The deal will see Dublin-headquartered ASL, which was the expected destination of the fleet, take over the flights operated ...
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Vote for your Cargo Airline of the Year
Voting is now open for Air Cargo News’ 32nd annual Cargo Airline of the Year awards. You can vote for carriers to specific regions and your favourite all-cargo airline. The 2015 categories are:Best Cargo Airline to/from: Africa, Americas, Asia/Pacific, Europe & Middle East, All-Cargo Airline and the Cargo Airline of ...
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CargoLogicAir reveals fleet plans
New UK-based all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir (CLA) has revealed it hopes to operate a fleet of five Boeing 747 freighters in 2018.The much speculated-upon airline today confirmed it had been awarded an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) by the UK Civil Aviation Authority.CLA has taken delivery of its first Boeing 747-400 freighter ...
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Finnair Cargo signs up Mercator's SkyChain
Finnair Cargo has signed up to use software provider Mercator’s SkyChain air cargo management system as the airline expands hub and air capacity.SkyChain will be implemented by October 2016, six months ahead of the opening of Finnair's new cargo terminal in spring 2017.The new terminal is being developed in line ...
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SIA Cargo Q3 profits down despite demand jump
Singapore Airlines Cargo saw operating profits decline in its fiscal third quarter despite an increase in demand.SIA Cargo recorded an operating profit of S$2m during the October-December period compared with a S$17m profit during the same period in 2014.It said the decline was down to yields declining by 13.5% as ...
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Difficult end of year for Latin American carriers
Latin American airlines saw cargo demand slip by 425m freight tonne km in 2015 as weakening economic conditions continued to affect airline performance.The end-of-year figures from the Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) show that cargo demand for its 11 member airlines ended the year 8.2% down on ...
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NewsAir China records highest cargo growth rate for 2015 as others falter
Air China ended 2015 as the major combination airline (see table at end of article) with the fastest growing cargo demand and was one of five that didn’t record a growth slowdown compared with 2014.Of the carriers that report monthly cargo demand, the Chinese flag carrier saw traffic jump by ...
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A milestone for the e-AWB, says Descartes
From March 1, fifteen air carriers (see below) will switch to the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) as the preferred process for shipping airfreight.This is a significant milestone in the air cargo industry and creates a new level of urgency for forwarders to move toward the eAWB.On the carrier side, the ...
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So near and yet so far: airfreight industry misses e-AWB target
As expected, the air cargo industry fell short of meeting IATA’s end of year target for e-air waybill (e-AWB) market penetration, but the organisation remains optimistic about prospects for 2016.IATA today announced that the airfreight industry managed to achieve an e-AWB penetration of 36.4%, short of its 45% target for ...