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WFS scoops Japan Airlines JFK handling contract
Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won its first-ever contract with Japan Airlines.WFS has been awarded a cargo handling contract by the airline at New York’s JFK International Airport to manage Japan Airlines’ twice-daily Boeing 777 and 787 services to Tokyo.WFS expect to handle over 15m kilos of cargo ...
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NewsIATA tells air cargo to adjust to "new normal" of lower growth
IATA has told the air cargo industry it needs to adjust to the “new normal” of lower demand growth after end of year figures revealed that airfreight growth slowed to just over 2% last year.The airline association reported that air cargo demand increased by 2.2% year on year in 2015, ...
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Air China Cargo to launch cold chain product this year
Air China Cargo has revealed plans to launch a cold chain product this year and is leasing ULDs from Envirotainer to support its expansion in the temperature controlled market.The fast-growing Asian airline plans to roll out a cold chain product this spring with further network expansion planned in 2016 based ...
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News2015: a year of marginal growth for air cargo
Last year can be summarised as a period of marginal growth for air cargo demand, despite the strong first quarter, according to one analyst.In its monthly market update, analyst WorldACD said that volume increased by a “meagre” 2% during the full year despite starting the year strongly because of strike ...
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Fiji Airways renews ULD contract with CHEP
Fiji Airways has renewed its ULD management contract with CHEP Aerospace Solutions as it looks to increase its use of lightweight containers.As part of the new contract, CHEP will introduce new lightweight containers from its 80,000 pool of assets to support Fiji Airways in reducing fuel costs and lowering their ...
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NewsUS airlines see cargo revenues slide
The three major US airlines saw cargo revenues decline last year as volumes slid and lower fuel prices had an effect on takings.The busiest of the airlines in cargo terms was United, which was the only one that managed to record an increase in cargo volumes compared with 2014 levels, ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Iran Air and Gulf Air with busy start to the year
Agreements for 118 new aircraft for Iran AirIran Air has signed an agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of the full range of new Airbus airliners (73 widebodies and 45 single aisle).This includes pilot and maintenance training and support services to help the entry into service and efficient operations of ...
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Next steps for Cargolux China
European all-cargo carrier Cargolux has moved on to the next stage of launching Cargolux China, a Zhengzhou-based freighter airline which looks set for take-off by the first quarter of 2017.The Luxembourg-based carrier’s president and chief executive, Dirk Reich, said that the next few weeks will involve garnering approval from the ...
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Dragonair rebrands, while Cathay alters expansion plans and suffers delivery delays
The Cathay Pacific Group has announced it will rebrand its Dragonair airline, while reports circulate that the delivery of its new A350s will be delayed and it is scaling back expansion plans.This morning, the Hong Kong-headquartered company announced that it would rebrand Dragonair as Cathay Dragon.“By more closely aligning the ...
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JAL temperature controlled services boost Q3 air cargo demand
Japanese airline JAL saw an increase in air cargo volumes during the first three quarters of its fiscal year, but this was not enough to stop revenues declining.JAL recorded a 4.3% year-on-year drop in cargo revenues during the April-December period to ¥60.4bn with the Japanese company blaming declines in fuel ...
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Moves for temporary lithium batteries ban welcomed by pilots
A US pilot association has welcomed moves to introduce a temporary ban on the transport of lithium batteries on passenger aircraft but said this won’t resolve risks for air cargo freighters.The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) has welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Air Navigation Commission’s work in ...
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Iran Air steps up to the world stage with order for 118 aircraft
Iran Air confirmed an agreement with Airbus for the acquisition of 118 new airliners (73 widebodies and 45 single aisle).The agreement for 118 new aircraft, signed by Farhad Parvaresh, Iran Air chairman and chief executive, includes 21 A320ceo family, 24 A320neo family, 27 A330ceo family, 18 A330neo (-900), 16 A350-1000 ...
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Antonov denies liquidation reports
Antonov has denied reports that the company has been liquidated, pointing out that the manufacturer has actually been transferred to a different state concern.Several media reports have carried stories on the demise on the iconic aircraft manufacturer over the last few days.In response, the company said it had transferred the ...
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Qatar Marches on with freighter routes to Budapest, Prague and Ho Chi Minh
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch A330F freighter routes to Budapest, Prague and Ho Chi Minh in March, filling a “definite gap in the market” and increasing the Middle East airline’s freighter destinations in Europe to 14 and in Asia/Pacific to six.An Airbus freighter will fly twice a week from Qatar ...
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Air cargo industry set to benefit from easing of Iranian sanctions
The logistics industry stands to benefit from the removal of Iranian sanctions but uncertainties remain “substantial”, according to one logistics consultant.In a research note, Transport Intelligence practice leader Thomas Cullen said that the removal of certain aspects of the Iranian sanction regime had “triggered a flood of business, much of ...
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Air Partner teams up with TALA for urgent flights for aerospace industry
The Aerospace Logistics Alliance (TALA) and air charter service provider Air Partner have co-operated in providing a number of flights for aerospace industry over the past few months.On one flight, a small King Air turboprop was chartered out of London Southend Airport to Zurich on behalf of TALA UK carrying ...
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NewsGlobal economic weakness is air cargo's biggest concern in 2016
The Air Cargo News annual reader survey has revealed that the current state of the global economy is the single biggest challenge to the industry, while the pharmaceutical sector offers the best potential for growth.This year’s survey asked freight forwarders, airports, handlers and air cargo carriers their opinions on a ...
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'Marginal' 2015 cargo growth for Asia Pacific airlines
Asian Pacific airlines saw a “marginal increase” in cargo markets during 2015, while passenger traffic recorded “robust growth”.Preliminary full year 2015 traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saw international air cargo demand, measured in freight tonne km (FTK), register a 1.6% increase for the year, ...
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From lamb cargo to LAN Cargo, 2,000 Magellan sheep flown to Ecuador
LAN Cargo has begun transporting more than 2,000 sheep from the Magallanes region, destined for the sheep-farming and wool-weaving indigenous communities that inhabit Ecuador’s central mountains.Following an agreement between the governments of Chile and Ecuador, the Marin Magellan Meat Merino specimens — 1,500 females and 507 males — will be ...
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Qatar adds east Europe options
Qatar Airways has announced a clutch of service improvements from its Doha hub to eastern Europe in 2016.They include increases in the current daily service to Zagreb and Budapest to ten times a week and to Baku from daily currently to 11 services a week.One of the airline’s double-daily services ...