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Etihad-airberlin codeshare ban overturned
Etihad Airways has welcomed a ruling by Germany’s higher administrative court reversing an earlier judgment that had called a halt to codeshares with airberlin.Etihad said that the Luneburg court today ruled that the Middle Easter airline could continue operating 26 out of the 31 codeshare flights it has with airberlin ...
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NewsAmerican air cargo carriers record 2015 demand declines
The majority of America’s major combination airlines recorded declines in cargo demand last year, with United being the only carrier to buck the trend.Of the four major North and South American airlines that report monthly cargo statistics, American, Delta and LATAM all recorded declines in cargo demand last year.Source: companies. ...
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Aeroflot to merge three airlines
Aeroflot is set to merge three of its subsidiaries to create a new airline as it looks to fill the void left by the bankruptcy of rival Transaero.Russian media reports suggest that Aeroflot will merge Rossiya Airlines, Donavia and Oren Air under the Rossiya brand.The move will leave the group ...
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‘Abandoned’ freighters claimed
Malaysian-based freighter airline Swift Air Cargo says it is the owner of three apparently abandoned 747-200Fs at Kuala Lumpur airport, saying it had been “stunned” to read press reports that the planes had been abandoned and that it had been unable to trace their owners.In early December, the airport authority ...
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NewsLufthansa tops the cargo pile in Europe for 2015 despite demand declines
Europe’s major combination carriers saw cargo volumes decline in 2015, with Lufthansa maintaining its position as the busiest of the airlines.The German carrier group was the busiest of the airlines that report monthly statistics for the third year in a row.However, it was not all good news for Lufthansa as ...
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Lufthansa Cargo gains environmental certification
Lufthansa Cargo has achieved ISO certification for its environmental processes.The German cargo airline first achieved the ISO 14001 environmental certification process in Frankfurt and has since then rolled this out to facilities worldwide.Lufthansa Cargo board member operations Karl-Rudolf Rupprecht said: “As an airline, we have a special responsibility to our ...
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American takes $592m hit on trapped Venezuelan revenues
American Airlines has written off $592m as a 2015 fourth quarter special charge relating to revenues trapped in Venezuela.The US carrier stated: “In connection with the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for the fourth quarter of 2015, management has concluded that due to continued lack of repatriations and deterioration ...
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Hollywood bowled over by Qatar's extra LA freighter
Qatar Airways will serve Los Angeles with a fourth weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from January 19, after launching the US west coast maindeck route with a twice weekly frequency to its Doha hub in April 2015.Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker announced the Middle East carrier's additional freighter frequency ...
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Freight volumes down at Lufthansa Cargo as tough conditions take their toll
Lufthansa Cargo saw freight volumes decline last year as strikes, turbulence in the Chinese market and a stronger US dollar all weighed heavily on the German carrier’s results.Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.6m tonnes of freight and mail last year, which represents a 2.4% decline on 2014 levels. In freight tonne km ...
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NewsFreighter orders soar in 2015
Despite pessimism in the airfreight market in 2015, the year proved to be a busy period for orders of freighter aircraft.Aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus have now revealed their order and delivery figures for 2015 and there was a notable increase in the number of freighters ordered for both companies.In ...
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Etihad cargo volumes up by 4% in 2015
Etihad Airways reported strong cargo volumes for 2015, with 592,090 tonnes of freight and mail flown in total, a four percent increase year-on-year.The national airline of the United Arab Emirates accounted for 88% of cargo imports, exports and transfers at Abu Dhabi International Airport last year.The airline's Etihad Cargo division ...
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United opens temperature control facility at Newark
United Cargo has opened a TempControl centre at its Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) hub.It will serve TempControl, the US carrier's product for commodities requiring temperature-controlled transport.The new facility includes the features and innovations “most requested” by United’s TempControl customers, including +15C to +25C controlled room temperature, the capacity to ...
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NewsAir cargo demand declines "bottom out" after November slide
Global airfreight volume declines may have “bottomed out” after another slide was recorded in November.The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand in tonne km (FTK) terms declined by 1.2% in November compared with a year earlier, although November 2014 was a particularly strong month.Volumes were higher than ...
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West Atlantic cargo plane crashes in Swedish mountains
A West Atlantic Sweden aircraft crashed last night (January 7) in Sweden whilst flying from Oslo to Tromsö.West Atlantic said the Bombardier CRJ200 PF aircraft, which was carrying post for Posten Norge, declared mayday at 23:31 at which point Swedish and Norwegian search and rescue teams were notified.The crash site ...
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NewsDifficult year for cargo demand on Latin American routes
The full impact of economic weakness in Latin American and Caribbean countries has been laid bare in the latest industry statistics.Figures from the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA), whose members represent 90% of the region’s commercial air traffic, show than demand for the first 11 months of ...
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Polar Air Cargo agrees to payout $100m in US cartel lawsuit
Polar Air Cargo has reached a $100m settlement with plaintiffs in the ongoing air cargo cartel class action lawsuit in the US.In a statement, the airline said that it, along with Polar Air Cargo Worldwide and parent Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, will pay out $35m by January 15 this year, ...
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Saudi Arabia-Iran flights suspended as tensions rise
Saudi Arabia and Bahrain have halted all flights to and from Iran amid rising tension in the region following the Saudis’ execution on January 2 of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and other prominent Shi'ite clerics and consequent severing of diplomatic relations.Saudia and Gulf Air have halted all flights, as has Iran ...
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Emirates' new LA flight takes aim at fruit and vegetable exports
Emirates hopes an increase in frequencies between Los Angeles and Dubai will cater for fruit and vegetable exports from the US city.The extra flight, which will be operated by an Airbus 380-800ULR, increases the airline’s daily frequencies between the airports to two per day.Emirates said it hoped the flight's cargo ...
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Qatar Airways takes delivery of two new freighters
Qatar Airways Cargo has taken delivery of two new freighter aircraft as it continues to expand its all-cargo fleet.The Doha-based airline has taken delivery of its seventh Airbus 330-200F and its first nose loading Boeing 747-8F.The aircraft will be used to increase frequencies to Bahrain, Brussels, Chennai, Hyderabad, London Stansted ...
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LAN Cargo gains environmental certification
LAN Cargo has become the first cargo airline operating at Miami International Airport to obtain ISO 14001:2004 certification for its Environmental Management System.The system consists of a series of processes and practices that allow the airline to identify, control, manage and reduce the environmental impact of all its ground operations, ...