Airlines – Page 389
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Antonov legend celebrates 80th birthday
Volga-Dnepr Group is celebrating the 80th birthday of Victor Tolmachev, the legendary chief designer of the An-124 ‘Ruslan’ and An-225 ‘Mriya’ transport aircraft, to mark his ‘outstanding contribution’ to the world of aviation.Tolmachev continues to serve the industry as technical director of Volga-Dnepr and as an advisor to the group’s ...
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New president at United Airlines Cargo
UNITED AIRLINES has appointed former KLM man Jan Krems as president of United Cargo and vice-president of the US carrier.He will be responsible for all aspects of the freight division, including sales, revenue management, customer service, product quality, marketing and technological solutions.Krems, who reports to Greg Hart, United's executive vice-president ...
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Kenya Airways appoints new CEO
MBUVI NGUNZE has been appointed group managing director and chief executive of East African flag-carrier Kenya Airways.From December, he takes over from Dr Titus Naikuni who is retiring at the end of November, having been at the helm for 11 years.“In January this year, the board of directors engaged the ...
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K+N: 'There will always be a need for freighters'
LOGISTICS giant Kuehne + Nagel believes that freighter aircraft will continue to play an important role global supply chains, despite the rise in wide-body belly capacity.Thomas Lehmann, K+N’s senior vice president airfreight, South Asia Pacific, says that shippers still prefer freighters in areas like Asia, while main-deck capacity will retain ...
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Management changes at Turkish Cargo
TURKISH CARGO has appointed Tarik Parlak as its new regional cargo manager for central and southern Europe.Parlak formerly served as the carrier’s regional cargo manager for Africa.Mehmet Gürkan, whose previous position was cargo marketing and sales supervisor at Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, will succeed him.“We are certain that Mr Parlak ...
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MASKargo boss resigns
MASKARGO boss Mohd Yunus Idris has resigned as the company’s chief executive officer.Unconfirmed local press reports suggest that poor ground handling standards and complaints from forwarders may have triggered the resignation, but a spokesperson for MASKargo said: "His decision to leave has nothing to do with what was reported".The country’s ...
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John Batten leaves Coyne Airways
COYNE AIRWAYS has appointed Liana Coyne as chief operating officer as part of a restructure that sees managing director John Batten leave the charter airline after seven months in the role.Batten, a former Swissport Cargo executive vice-president, joined the all-cargo carrier in September 2013 with the intention of launching services ...
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Lee leaves SIA Cargo to join Tiger Airways
SINGAPORE AIRLINES CARGO president Lee Lik Hsin is to be the new group chief executive of Singapore-based budget passenger airline Tiger Airways, in which the SIA group has a 40% stake.A public affairs spokesman for Singapore Airlines said that a statement on Lee’s successor at the cargo division would be ...
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New boss for SIA Cargo
SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo has appointed Chin Yau Seng as its new president.Chin takes over from Lee Lik Hsin, who has taken a leave of absence to join Tiger Airways Holdings as chief executive.Chin is currently Singapore Airlines’ senior vice-president, sales and marketing.Between July 2011 and September 2012, he was also ...
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Emirates to launch Boston service
EMIRATES Airline is expanding its transatlantic belly cargo offering with services to Boston in the USA.Daily flights from the carrier’s Dubai hub to Boston Logan International Airport will be serviced by a passenger B777-200LR.It is the airline’s eighth route into the United States, its ninth into North America and twelfth ...
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United Cargo orders portable explosives detectors
UNITED Airlines Cargo has ordered 54 portable explosives trace detectors (ETDs) to screen airfreight shipments at US domestic and international locations.They are replacements for old legacy systems and comply with latest US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) cargo screening mandates, says Angel Ramirez, managing director of United Cargo’s global operations.The lightweight ...
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Aer Lingus starts Boston service
AER LINGUS has inaugurated daily B757 services from Shannon Airport to Boston.The new service marks the start of the Irish carrier’s major transatlantic expansion in 2014, which includes new routes from Dublin to San Francisco and Toronto, as well as increasing frequency on services from Shannon Airport to Logan International ...
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Volga-Dnepr completes 1,100th flight for oil and gas industry
VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines has completed its 1,100th flight for customers in the oil and gas industry with this delivery of 45 tonnes of equipment from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Prestwick, Scotland.The cargo consisted of specialist equipment for a water-driven excavation system and auxiliary equipment for use in drilling operations ...
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One Question
James Woodrow, cargo director, Cathay Pacific. answers:‘AIR cargo is moving into an era of fewer freighter operators. Those that remain will have to invest in modern, fuel-efficient aircraft, and that is a difficult decision. Most carriers could provide a better business case for a new passenger ‘plane than for a ...
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Fast cargo connections for Emirates’ Dubai switch
EMIRATES SkyCargo’s plan to complete the transfer of its freighter base to Al Maktoum Airport (DWC) by May has gathered momentum with the signing of a five-year trucking contract.Under the deal, Dubai-based Allied Transport will provide road feeder services between the congested old Dubai International (DXB) airport and the new ...
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Freighters are here to stay, says ABC
THE passenger B777, with its market-changing belly capacity, has had a significant impact on the air cargo industry – but there will always be a need for professional widebodied freighter operators who do their job well, says Russia’s AirBridgeCargo (ABC).Denis Ilin, executive president, believes that in the future more legacy ...
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IAG Cargo boosts capacity to Singapore with A380 super jumbo service
CARGO customers in Singapore will benefit from additional capacity on IAG Cargo’s new A380 super jumbo service which is planned to operate to and from Changi International Airport later this year.IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, believes the new aircraft will prove particularly beneficial to ...
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Saudia Cargo boosts belly capacity this summer
SAUDI Airlines Cargo is increasing its belly cargo capacity on new B777 international routes to Manchester in the UK and Los Angeles, USA from April.The direct services offer new cargo opportunities – up to a maximum of between six and 12 tonnes – to the destinations, both of which will ...
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Qantas Freight awards Heathrow ground handling to dnata
GROUND handler dnata and Australian airline Qantas Freight have agreed a partnership that will see dnata’s UK business provide handling at London’s Heathrow airport.Under the agreement, Qantas Freight will relocate its UK office and all operations to dnata City – a purpose-built cargo logistics centre at the heart of the ...
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AEI delivers B737-400SF to FarnAir Europe
AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc (AEI) has delivered the first of four B737-400SF freighters to Switzerland-based integrator support airline FarnAir Europe.The aircraft, a high gross weight version, was built in 1996, and converted at Commercial Jet’s Miami facility, which is one of five authorised AEI Conversion Centers worldwide.It is AEI’s second delivery ...