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Japan lifts Thai ban temporarily
Japan’s civil aviation agency is to lift a ban on Thai-registered aircraft during April and May, mainly to reduce the effect on passenger traffic.South Korea and China have banned Thailand-registered airlines from operating any new charters or new scheduled flights, following safety concerns raised by ICAO.In January, Thailand’s transport minister, ...
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Cargojet completes Canada Post switch
Overnight airfreight operator Cargojet has completed the transfer of the Canada Post group business to its network.A new domestic air cargo network services contract for the Canada Post and Purolator brands across Canada came into full effect from April, initially for seven years but with options to extend for a ...
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Frankfurt gets Central Asia connection
Uzbekistan Airways has introduced a twice-weekly B767 freighter service between Navoi International Airport and Frankfurt.Operating on Wednesdays and Fridays, the carrier is also offering freighter connections to Mumbai, Delhi, Dubai, Shanghai and Tianjin via Navoi.Originally established by the Soviet Union in 1962, Navoi Airport in central Uzbekistan is now managed ...
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ECAir adds Dakar and Bamako
Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) has launched passenger flights from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, to Dakar in Senegal via Bamako in Mali.The route will be operated by a B757-200 until early June and then by a B737-700. It brings ECAir’s route network to 11 destinations, including Kinshasa, Libreville, ...
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AirBridge adds Vietnam freighter links
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is extending its global network to Vietnam with the launch of twice-weekly freighter services from Hanoi.The flights depart Hanoi every Wednesday and Saturday, bound for ABC’s hub at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport via Hong Kong. From Moscow, the flight connects to ABC destinations in Europe and the US.Robert ...
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Variant A330-300 takes off with 242 tonne weight limit
The latest variant of Airbus’ A330 – the 242 tonne take-off weight A330-300 – has achieved certification from the European airworthiness authorities (EASA) following a 100 hour flight-test.Certification from the US authorities (FAA) is also expected soon, and the smaller A330-200 model will follow the -300 by benefiting from the ...
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IAG Cargo spooked freighter market says Lufthansa Cargo boss
IAG Cargo’s decision to axe its remaining freighters has spooked the air cargo market, says Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber, writes Chris Lewis.The debate now going on in the industry, as to whether freighters were still necessary, “has been triggered by British Airways' [IAG Cargo] comments” in the wake ...
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Etihad launches service for cool customers
Etihad Cargo has unveiled a TempCheck solution for sensitive pharmaceutical and healthcare products, including blood plasma, pills, medicines and anaesthetics.The UAE-based carrier has already upgraded the temperature-controlled storage facilities at its Abu Dhabi hub, and refurbished its existing cool rooms to meet pharmaceutical-safe specifications, but new purpose-built facilities are scheduled ...
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The spectre of further rate wars...
AIR CARGO operators are warning against knee-jerk rates wars amid Eurozone stagnation in the second quarter impacted by deepening global political unrest, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“The main concern is that political instability, mainly between Russia and Europe/USA will escalate further and subsequently will affect the already fragile economic recovery,” ...
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Nothing sheepish about growth, says WorldACD
Asia Pacific single-handedly lifted air cargo growth in February 2015, says analyst WorldACD Market Data.While the region did well in all directions, as did intra-Asia, volumes from all other areas except Africa decreased.Asia Pacific chalked up a year-on-year improvement of 28 per cent in volume and three per cent in ...
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Business as usual for Thai Airways despite freighter suspension
Thai Airways says it will be “business as usual” for cargo despite the decision to suspend operations of the carrier’s remaining two freighter aircraft at the end of March.The Asian carrier points out that the axing of the freighters — which Thai describes as a “temporary suspension” — will happen ...
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Virgin to trial ‘try before you fly’ pets service
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is partnering Heathrow’s Animal Reception Centre (HARC) in a trial of a ‘check before you fly’ service for travelling pets.Until now, pets – and their owners – have had to endure the stress of not knowing if they meet the entry requirements of the UK Pet Travel ...
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Qatar Cargo freighter ready for Mexico
QATAR Airways Cargo begins its twice-weekly B777 freighter service to Mexico City this month, marking the start of operations in the continent.“This is a historic moment for us, as it heralds the beginning of our operations in Latin America,” says Ulrich Ogiermann, chief officer, cargo.“It demonstrates that we are well ...
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Second half surge boosts Cathay Cargo in 2014
Cargo's stronger second half in 2014 helped Cathay Pacific Group report a 20.2 per cent surge in attributable profit to HK$3.1bn for the full year.Group turnover in passenger and freight increased by 5.5 per cent to HK$106bn. Cargo revenues increased by 7.3 per cent to HK$25.4bn compared with 2013.Cathay, which ...
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Six pack bellyhold for Delta and Virgin
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways are expanding their trans-Atlantic partnership with six new daily passenger services. The two airlines begin their summer schedule this weekend and will offer up to 39 return trans-Atlantic flights a day between the UK and 15 destinations across North America.The joint schedule now ...
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Hefty jump in Asian air cargo demand
Latest monthly data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that international freight tonne km (FTK) surged 20.5 per cent last month, outpacing a 12.6 per cent increase in offered freight capacity.AAPA said that the result – based on preliminary data - was a 4.2 percentage points increase ...
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Finnair starts work on new cargo terminal
The Finnair board has approved a new €80m cargo terminal for Helsinki Airport.Construction work will start this month on a 35,000 sq m site near the Finnair technical operations area, with an opening scheduled for Spring 2017.The terminal is Finnair’s second largest investment after acquisition of new A350 wide-bodied aircraft ...
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East-west rates end two-month decline
Drewry Sea & Air Shipper Insight’s East-West Air Freight Price Index ended a two-month decline in February, gaining 2.2 points to reach 101.8.The index has lost over 21 points from November’s all-time high. February’s reading was actually 5.6 points above that for the same month last year which, says the ...
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Cargolux and DB Schenker, a decade of US pharma
Cargolux has celebrated a decade of healthcare shipment flights to Indianapolis in cooperation with German logistics operator DB Schenker.Cargolux and DB Schenker started the first Indianapolis service in 2005 with a weekly flight and added a second weekly flight the year after.Ten years on, the Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier has now ...
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AF-KLM: Neither pushed nor disgruntled
Was he pushed? Is he protesting at the direction that the company is taking? Erik Varwijk, who resigned as executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo with effect from March 1, insists that neither is the case.“It was a personal decision,” he says. “I decided that at the age of ...