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SAS signs agreement with the Norwegian Pilot Union
SAS has signed a new collective bargain agreement with the Norwegian pilot union NSF, after a strike that lasted for seven days and involved 17 pilots.The Scandinavian carrier has now reached agreement with all of its pilot unions on contracts that "create conditions for future expansion".The Norwegian pilot union NSF ...
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ASL to boost stake in India's Quikjet
Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group has received regulatory approval to increase its shareholding in India’s Quikjet Cargo Airlines to 72.6%.The Indian government’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has approved the application for ASL to increase its 51% holding through a subsidiary, Farnair Switzerland.The approval comes a few months before the planned ...
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Singapore Airlines has no plans to scrap freighter fleet
Singapore Airlines has no plans to increase or decrease its freighter fleet this year as it sees a future for both bellyhold and maindeck capacity.Speaking following the publication of its 2014 results, the southeast Asian airline said that it currently had a fleet of eight freighter aircraft, all of which ...
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AF-KLM-Martinair Cargo targets express market with new hub
AF-KLM-Martinair Cargo has opened its €22m Hub Express at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport that expects to ride the higher-yield e-commerce parcels wave from Asia to consumers worldwide.The eight-line sortation hub on a 7,600 sq m footprint is located just ten minutes from the bellyholds of the carrier’s 450 passenger ...
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Etihad and Emirates: no contact from Netherlands over Schiphol landing rights
UPDATE: Etihad Airways and Emirates have claimed they have yet to be informed of any changes related to operations in the Netherlands, as the Dutch government introduces a temporary ban on extra landing rights being issued to Gulf airlines calling at Schiphol.The Dutch government has blocked Gulf airlines from obtaining ...
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Kuala Lumpur link for IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo has opened its newest bellyhold route, operating on a B777-200ER passenger service between London Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur with up to 15 tonnes of cargo capacity per daily flight.The new route comes into service as Malaysia enjoys strong economic growth and growing trade. In 2014 the Malaysian economy ...
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Asian airlines' load factors decline in April
Asian airlines saw their load factor levels decline in April as capacity additions outstripped demand growth.The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said that the air cargo markets continued to grow in April despite the month being “seasonally subdued”.In total, in freight tonne kilometre terms, demand at Asian airlines increased ...
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IAG takeover of Aer Lingus moves forward
IAG’s latest takeover bid for Aer Lingus has been accepted by the Irish airline’s board, with both companies reaching agreement on a recommended offer that values the company at €1.4bn.The two companies recommended an offer of €2.55 per Aer Lingus share and the payment of a cash dividend of €0.5 ...
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Qatar freighters lead Nepal relief aid
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued its relief efforts to Nepal operating a total of 12 freighter services to deliver urgent aid to the capital Kathmandu following the earthquakes that hit the country.The Middle East carrier's freighter operations coordinated Qatar’s humanitarian response and helped transport international aid to Nepal. The cargo ...
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Air Canada plugs into Mercator's RAPID Cargo
Air Canada has signed an agreement with software provider Mercator to “manage and optimise" its revenue accounting system for cargo operations.The Canadian flag carrier will implement Mercator’s RAPID Cargo solution to help align its processes to “industry leading practices, standards and quality”. The carrier said that it was looking for ...
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DB Schenker to charter from Etihad for new US freighter service
DB Schenker has revealed it is chartering an aircraft from Etihad for its new weekly freighter service from China to the US.The forwarder, through its JetCargo division, this week announced it had launched a freighter service travelling between Hong Kong, Chicago and Houston.A company spokesperson told Air Cargo News it ...
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Jettainer opens JettHub at Frankfurt Airport
Jettainer has opened its new home at Frankfurt Airport, bringing together its repair shop and ULD hub.The new 17,000 sq m JettHub facility can handle around 750,000 ULDs per year, can host up to 9,000 containers and pallets at one time and is linked directly to the apron.Previously, its outsourced ...
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Alitalia: "The show goes on" says AF-KLM cargo boss
Air France-KLM’s cargo boss says that the “show goes on” with Alitalia, despite the Italian flag carrier’s intention to end a belly space marketing partnership agreement with the Franco-Dutch airline when it ends in early 2017.Bram Gräber, executive vice president of Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo, confirmed that Alitalia has notified AF-KLM ...
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China cargo signs of growth
AIR China reported a 2.2 per cent hike in cargo volumes last month.The figures released by the national carrier will giver cause for optimism in the worldwide industry as many look to the economic powerhouse to drive growth.The monthly result of 2.2 per cent over June last year is also ...
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Envirotainer appoints new COO
Envirotainer has appointed Johan Nordenberg, currently head of cold chain services, as its new chief operating officer.Nordenberg will succeed Gabriel Andersson, who has accepted the position as chief executive of supply chain IT provider Extend, from August.Envirotainer chief executive Simon Angeldorff said: “We regret that Gabriel is leaving Envirotainer but ...
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Ruslan and Chapman Freeborn complete TV equipment delivery
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Ruslan International have completed the delivery of heavy broadcasting equipment from Tianjin to Yerevan in Armenia.The 40-ton cargo was made up of three outside broadcast vehicles and associated equipment including a portable generator.The height of one of the vehicles made loading difficult, but Ruslan resolved with ...
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TIACA aims to drive the airfreight agenda
TIACA’s new leadership team have outlined their vision for the group to members at a meeting in Miami.Speaking at the association’s executive summit and annual general meeting in Miami, new chairman, Sanjiv Edward, and vice chairman, Sebastiaan Scholte, said TIACA should aim to drive the airfreight advocacy agenda, boost the ...
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Alitalia to scrap AF-KLM agreements from 2017
Alitalia will not renew its partnership agreement and ancillary joint ventures agreements with Air France-KLM when they come up for renewal in early 2017.The agreements govern passenger services operated by the three carriers between Italy and France and beyond, and between Italy and the Netherlands and beyond, as well as ...
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Freighters have a future
Lufthansa Cargo has insisted that freighters still have a future despite some in the industry suggesting that there is an increasing trend for the use of bellyhold.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe Conference, Lufthansa Cargo board member products & sales Alexis von Hoensbroech said that Lufthansa Cargo was perhaps the ...
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Network Aviation Group secures MD-11Fs
Network Aviation Group has secured freighter capacity under a new long term contract with Western Global, the freighter ACMI provider headquartered in Florida.Under the new contract, Network Airline Management will manage three MD-11Fs based at its European hub in Liege, Belgium, and which will replace the MD-11Fs previously leased from ...