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US East Coast still snowbound
Air services on the US east coast are only just beginning to resume after the recent snowstorm put all major airports out of action, along with most surface transport.United Airlines, which suspended services as a precautionary measure ahead of some of the worst winter weather of recent years, said it ...
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Green sky thinking in Scandinavia
SAS, KLM and Lufthansa are taking part in a biofuel trial at Oslo Gardermoen airport, the first international gateway where biofuel is regularly available on a regular basis, says airport operator Avinor.The three carriers have signed a purchase agreement with fuel supplier Air BP, in the hope that it will ...
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Iran poised to buy planes again
Iran is poised to begin the long process of rebuilding its civil aviation fleet, following the ending of UN sanctions this month.The country’s government is expected to sign a deal for about 114 Airbus aircraft in Paris this week, which would allow state carrier Iran Air and other operators to ...
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Airfreight prices down in December
Airfreight prices ended the year on a low note as underlying market weakness caused rates to sharply decline, but improvements are expected in January.The latest Drewry East-West Airfreight Price Index shows that airfreight rates slid to $2.96 in December from $3.22 in November. It is the second monthly decline in ...
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Cargo demand jumps by 8% at Turkish Airlines
Turkish Airlines saw its cargo volumes jump by more than 8% last year as it added several new freighter routes.The airline saw cargo tons carried increase by 8.1% year on year in 2015 to 704,570 tons.Cargo demand on flights to and from Africa recorded the largest percentage increase, jumping by ...
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Atlas Air to acquire Southern Air in $110m takeover
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Southern Air Holdings, a US provider of intercontinental and domestic air cargo services.The deal is "an immediately accretive, all-cash, debt-free transaction" valued at approximately $110m, said Atlas.The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and approval ...
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Etihad launches new green temperature controlled dolly system
Etihad Cargo has teamed up with the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology to launch a new design of temperature-controlled and energy-efficient air cargo container cool dolly system.The carrier says that the diesel-powered cooling systems on dollies used at many airports and ground-handling operations use too much energy, are expensive ...
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NewsBoeing cuts 747-8 production on weak cargo market
Boeing has announced it will cut the production rate of its 747-8 aircraft as a result of weak supply and demand fundamentals in the cargo industry.The Seattle-headquartered manufacturer announced that from September it would cut production of the aircraft from one per month to one every two months to match ...
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Airlines in US east coast snow storm warning
Airlines are warning of major disruption to US flights this weekend, with winter storm Jonas forecast to hit the eastern seaboard with the potential for heavy snow which could cause some airports to close.The US National Weather Service described the storm as "potentially crippling" for a large parts of the ...
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Cathay freighter showcases new livery
Cathay Pacific has revealed its first freighter showcasing the airline’s brand new livery.The freshly painted freighter, a Boeing 747-400ERF (Extended Range Freighter) arrived in Hong Kong from the HAECO facility in Xiamen.The new livery comprises three key design elements: the incorporation of the updated and streamlined brushwing; a simplification of ...
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War of words erupts between powerful new airline group and leading airports association
Five of Europe’s largest airlines have formed a new association to lobby against rising costs and have immediately taken aim at the continent’s airports.The new Airlines for Europe (AFE) group has been formed by IAG, Air France-KLM, Lufthansa, easyjet and Ryanair and hopes to attract more members over the coming ...
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Cargolux passes GDP audit
Cargolux has passed its GDP Surveillance Audit, validating its certification for another year.The completion of the audit attests that the company’s management system fulfills the requirements of the EU directive ‘Guidelines on Good Distribution Practice of Medicinal Products for Human Use’ and of WHO guidelines.Cargolux Director Global Logistics Services Franco ...
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NewsCargolux bucks the trend with a demand increase
All-cargo airline Cargolux recorded a demand increase in 2015 in contrast to European competitors, which recorded traffic declines.The Luxembourg-based airline recorded a 7.4% year-on-year increase in demand to 889,746 tonnes in 2015, the third year in a row it has registered growth.Meanwhile, it flew 114,792 block hours during the year, ...
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Romanian artefacts flown from Bucharest to Beijing
Air Partner, working on behalf of TNT Romania, helped deliver a cargo of 445 treasured Romanian artefacts to China.The shipment was flown from Bucharest Otopeni airport to Beijing on a B777 freighter operated by Emirates. Due to the nature of the cargo, all flight clearances had to be secured through ...
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Cargolux confirms $77m investment in new Chinese JV airline
Cargolux and a group of Asian investors have given the go-ahead for the creation of new Zhengzhou-based Cargolux China.Cargolux’s $77m investment will give the Luxembourg-based airline a 35% share in the new venture, with Henan Civil Aviation Development and Investment Co (HNCA) taking a 49% share, Xin Gang Investment & ...
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Southern comfort as Atlas swoops for ACMI rival
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has entered into a “definitive agreement” to acquire privately held Southern Air Holdings for $110m, a deal that brings together two US-based ACMI service providers with a combined fleet of more than 75 aircraft.The transaction, with Atlas Air using “available cash on hand” to complete the ...
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NewsCathay Pacific tops the list of Asia's busiest air cargo carriers in 2015
Cathay Pacific once again led the way as the largest air cargo carrier in Asia in 2015, while Air China finished the year as the fastest growing.The latest monthly cargo traffic figures from Asia airlines revealed that the Cathay Pacific Group, including Dragon Air, finished the year as the busiest ...
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LATAM expands IAG and American partnerships
The LATAM Group has announced it will expand its partnerships with oneworld alliance members IAG and American Airways as all the airlines look to expand the number of destinations they can offer.LATAM and IAG announced today that they had signed a joint business agreement to cooperate commercially on flights between ...
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Volga-Dnepr helps out on mission to mars
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has helped transport equipment and materials for the ExoMars space exploration programme.The charter airline operated three An-124-100 cargo flights for Bollore Logistics, carrying equipment for the Mars mission, which aims to discover whether life is present on the red planet.The flights, which operated on December 18, 20 and ...
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NewsVIDEO: Logistics industry says India shows greatest growth potential
India has overtaken China as the emerging economy to show the most growth potential, according to a survey of logistics professionals.The 7th annual Emerging Markets Logistics Index from logistics firm Agility and analyst Transport Intelligence shows that supply chain executives expect an uptick in emerging markets growth in 2016, despite ...