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Turkish Cargo adds new African freighter destination
Turkish Airlines’ cargo division has added a tenth African destination to its freighter network.Turkish Cargo announced that it had today launched a dedicated A330 freighter service to Dakar.The service heads from Istanbul to Los Angeles then onto Dakar before returning to Turkey.“These all-cargo flights will supplement the already substantial cargo ...
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Finnish aviation strike cancelled
The Finnish Aviation Union has withdrawn a strike threat that was set to bring disruption to cargo operations in the country later this week.The union had warned that its members would be taking part in a strike on May 19 and 20 in connection with a dispute over a collective ...
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Chicago supply chains hit by congestion
Trucks picking up and dropping off cargo at Chicago-O’Hare International airport face waits of up to nine hours as a demand surge and road works cause major congestion.US Airforwarders Association executive director Brandon Fried told Air Cargo News that construction on the main access road to the freight area and ...
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NGA to cease operations at the end of May
Main-deck cargo airline Nordic Global Airlines will cease operations at the end of the month after overcapacity in the market took its toll on the operator.NGA, which operates a fleet of four MD-11F freighters for customers, was launched in 2011 but faced continued pressure on pricing.Finnair Cargo, which owned a ...
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Nepal relief effort continues
Continuing earthquakes in Nepal are affecting relief efforts as logistics teams ramp-up their efforts to ensure aid reaches the most vulnerable areas.In an update on the situation in Nepal, the DHL disaster response team outlined the difficulties the relief effort has faced since a 7.8 magnitude quake struck the country ...
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SIA Cargo operating loss narrows to S$22m
SIA Cargo made a S$22m operating loss in the 2014-15 financial year, compared with a S$100m loss in prior year as it benefited from a “moderate recovery” in air cargo demand and “diligent capacity management”.The Singapore carrier's cargo load factor - it operates eight B747-400s - improved 0.8 percentage points ...
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Volga-Dnepr delivers 45 tons of humanitarian cargo to Nepal
Volga-Dnepr has delivered 45 tons of humanitarian cargo on behalf of the Norwegian Red Cross to help earthquake victims in Nepal.A Rapid Deployment Emergency Hospital with surgical capacity and 60 beds was transported from Oslo to Kathmandu over two flights in the first week of May using Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighter ...
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Urgent charter keeps Brazilian oil plant working
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Volga-Dnepr Airlines have delivered a time-critical outsize part for the oil industry in Brazil, flying a 28-ton rotor from Zurich to Salvador on an IL-76TD-90VD freighter.With the plant facing closure until the replacement part could be delivered, specialists at Chapman Freeborn’s São Paulo office coordinated the ...
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ABC open for talks with legacy carriers
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), has an open door for partnership talks with “legacy carriers” looking to outsource their current pure freighter services.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe show in Munich, Ilin also confirmed that ABC hopes to take delivery of two more B747-8 freighters in September ...
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Air cargo must embrace digital revolution or lose share
The air cargo industry must “move into the next century” and speed up the process of digitisation or risk losing marketshare to integrators and start-ups.Speaking during a debate on the use of digital technology at Air Cargo Europe, a panel of industry participants agreed that air cargo could do more ...
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IAG Cargo to offer space on Vueling's German services
IAG will begin offering the cargo capacity of Spanish low-cost airline Vueling between Barcelona and Germany following on from its 2013 purchase of a large stake in the carrier.IAG Cargo has revealed that by the end of the year, it will be able to offer extra capacity from Düsseldorf, Hannover, ...
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Turkish Airlines back to black, but cargo revenues falter
Turkish Airlines returned to the black in the first quarter of 2015, but its cargo division recorded declines in revenues.The Turkish flag carrier recorded overall profits of $153m during the first quarter of the year, compared with a loss of $102m during the same period last year.Meanwhile, revenues declined by ...
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Cargojet sees Q1 losses deepen
Overnight airfreight operator, Canada's Cargojet, saw its losses deepen during the first quarter, despite revenues recording a double-digit increase over last year.The Toronto Stock Exchange-listed company saw first-quarter revenues increase by 23.8% year on year to C$54.1m ($44.8m), but it recorded a net loss of C$8.3m compared with a C$1.6m ...
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CAL targets high value artwork
CAL Cargo Airlines has launched Cal Val for artwork and valuable cargo, aimed at private art collectors, museum curators and auction houses, plus specialist freight divisions dealing with valuable cargo.Israeli-owned CAL, with a European hub at Liege airport, provides a dedicated escort to monitor valuable cargo around the clock, and ...
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April puts spring in IAG Cargo’s step
International Airlines Group (IAG)’s April cargo tonne kilometres rose by 1.9 per cent – from 432 million to 440m - compared with the same month in 2014. A 1.1 per cent fall in the British Airways figure (353m tonne-km in 2015 compared with 353m in 2014) was offset by a ...
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SkyCargo shines bright for Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo was one of the star performers in the airline group’s performance in the 2014-15 financial year, contributing to an AED 5.5 billion (US$ 1.5 billion) profit, up 34 per cent from last year.Emirates Group said on 7 May that it had achieved its 27th consecutive year of profit, ...
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Cargo blunts Finnair growth
Lower cargo income helped mute overall revenue growth at Finnair, which ended the first quarter of 2015 roughly on a par with last year, at EUR 540.4 million. Chief executive Pekka Vauramo said however that Finnair’s profitability had improved substantially thanks to a cost-cutting programme and lower fuel prices, although ...
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Air Charter Service launches onboard courier operation
Air Charter Service has officially launched an onboard courier service as it looks to win a share of a market estimated to be worth around £30m per year.ACS has been offering the service for the last few years on an ad-hoc basis but it has now grown to the level ...
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Thomas Cook to carry less weight, thanks to Jettainer
Lufthansa’s outsourced ULD company, Jettainer, is taking over the management and servicing of all the air-freight containers for Thomas Cook Group Airlines. A new ultra-light container, typical of those that will be used in the contract, was symbolically handed over at the Air Cargo Europe exhibition in Munich on 5 ...
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Saudi adds Paris freighter
Saudi Airlines Cargo will operate a new dedicated freighter service to Paris Charles de Gaulle from 22 May. The B747-400 freighter flights will operate twice a week and will supplement the existing 12 weekly passenger flights.Commercial vice-president, Rainer Mueller (pictured), said: “We are committed to the French market which has ...