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Who ate all the pies?
A pie-eating contest and a Christmas party outrageous suits competition were just two of the ploys used by London broker Air Charter Service and its employees to raise almost £50,000 for charity.ACS’s Charity Committee organised a whole series of events in 2014, including participation in the ‘Mini Nuts’ military assault ...
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NCA latest casualty in cartel chase
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) is the latest cargo carrier to admit defeat in the latest of a string of anti-cartel cases. It is one of 20 airlines currently on trial in New York, US, for allegedly participating in a conspiracy with other cargo carriers between 2000 and 2006. The US ...
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Lufthansa dodges impact from pilot strike
LUFTHANSA avoided having to cancel any freighter flights during its latest pilot strike. The airline shifted its flight times to allow all routes to be served as planned for the day. The only significant change it had to make was postponing two flights to depart outside the strike period, Lufthansa ...
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Cargolux takes on 11th 747-8F
Cargolux has taken delivery of its 11th 747-8 freighter. The aircraft was named ‘City of Zhengzhou’ in honour of Cargolux’s partnership with its Chinese shareholder HNCA and its recently established Chinese hub in the Chinese city.Cargolux plans to increase its 747-8F flights between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou to multiple daily connections.On ...
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ABC Airlines receives sixth 747-8 Freighter
Russia’s largest cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The addition takes the Volga-Dnepr Group subsidiary’s fleet to a total of 13 Boeing 747s, including six Boeing 747-8 Freighters, four Boeing 747-400ERFs and three Boeing 747-400 Freighters.The 747-8 Freighter is the latest iteration ...
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Asiana latest to cave in to anti-cartel case
ANOTHER airline has agreed to hand over millions of dollars to prevent further anti-cartel prosecution in the US. This time, following NCA’s turn a few weeks ago, it’s the turn of South Korea’s Asiana Airlines, which has agreed to pay US$55m. Price-fixing lawsuits were brought against it and a raft ...
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SF Airlines plans freighter fleet growth
CHINA’S all-cargo carrier ShunFeng (SF) Airlines is near to closing a deal for six 767-300P2F conversions. Once complete, the airline will complete negotiations to purchase up to 15 passenger 737-300s. Some of these are destined for conversion, while the remainder will be used for parts.The orders are part of the ...
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Cargo forecast good, says IATA
THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) five-year forecast confirms others’ predictions of reasonable future air cargo growth.IATA suggests international freight volumes are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.1 percent over the next five years. Emerging economies, particularly in the Middle East and Africa, will ...
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AirBridge can’t get enough -8Fs
AIRBRIDGE Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline, has taken delivery of an additional 747-8 from Boeing. This will take the carrier’s fleet of the model type to six.The sixth aircraft was just delivered in mid-October. Denis Ilin, executive president of ABC, said the company ...
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Kenyan start-up takes ATI DC-8F
KENYAN freight start-up, Ribway Cargo Airlines, based out of Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta, is a set to take delivery of its first aircraft, a DC-8-70F. The freighter was formerly with Air Transport International, Wilmington, Ohio, US awaiting delivery.Ribway has been licensed by the Kenyan Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA) to operate non-scheduled ...
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Unions confirm they live in dream land
LUFTHANSA’S unions have apparently started to believe the common yet false assumption that airlines are made of money.Despite the airline only just clawing its way out of the effects of the global recession, the union Vereinigung Cockpit had its members stop working from 1pm to 11.59pm local on 21 October ...
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IndiGo CarGo set for massive capacity growth
INDIA’S only profitable cargo-carrying airline, low-cost carrier IndiGo, has ordered 250 jets from Airbus for a list price of €20bn (US$25bn). It is Airbus’ biggest contract ever in terms of aircraft numbers.The new fleet would create a huge capacity for the airline’s airfreight arm, IndiGo CarGo.Higher disposable incomes, an expanding ...
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Libya’s Global restarts European flights
GLOBAL Aviation has resumed cargo flights between Europe and Libya using a wet-leased AHS Air International 747-200F. Fortnightly flights will operate from Ostend, Belgium to Tripoli Mitiga, Libya, as Tripoli International is still largely unserviceable owing to months of heavy warfare there.Global had originally intended to use a 747-300F on ...
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National Air Cargo files for bankruptcy protection
US cargo carrier National Air Cargo (NAC), a subsidiary of National Airlines, has filed for voluntary bankruptcy protection.The airline says it was forced to make the decision following a court judgement of October 2013. That case had been filed by start-up Global BTG in 2010, which alleged that NAC breached ...
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AA, US now have one AWB
AMERICAN Airlines and US Airways combine their cargo departments under a single air waybill. This is the first operations division at the airline to be fully integrated following the merger.“Today is the culmination of a lot of hard work by our cargo employees,” says Jim Butler, president of American Airlines ...
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New AA-US cargo ops connect the dots
US passenger airlines long since exited the main-deck market, but the new American Airlines Cargo expects to move 500,000 tonnes of cargo and mail per year, generate $800 million in revenue, following its merger with US Airways.Cargo became the first division to achieve full integration on 20 October, when “the ...
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Emirates confident of African future
EMIRATES increased its African operations by over 40 percent, says Tim Clark, president of the airline.“Today, Emirates fleet investment in Africa tops $7bn with operating costs of over $2bn. We will add around 10 destinations in the next decade and will continue our investment and commitment to introduce more frequencies ...
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Steder Group arranges airlifts for 300 tons power equipment to Gabon
Steder Group B.V, member of the Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC for The Netherlands, successfully secured urgent cargo charters on behalf of Aggreko International. The project was managed through the Steder Groups branch office in Dubai.Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control solutions was requested ...
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Fear of Ebola impacting aviation
EBOLA’S spread, especially to the US, is fuelling fears that aviation authorities will soon impose strict travel restrictions, creating a major crisis for aviation in Africa.DaMina Advisors, an African political risk advisory service company, warns that there is growing pressure on the Obama administration to restrict US airline travel to ...
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'Flat' first nine months for Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo’s transport figures remained flat in the first nine months of 2014, compared with a slight uptick in worldwide airfreight demand.Freight and mail volumes at the German carrier fell 3.2 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes for the period from January to September.The freight arm “did not meet the ...