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Cargolux analysis: China airline waiting in the wings
Cargolux boss Dirk Reich had a spring in his step when he arrived back at home hub Luxembourg aboard the European carrier’s new Boeing 747 freighter – the 13th ─ a plane dazzlingly bedecked with colourful images to celebrate the airline’s 45th anniversary.Reich, fresh and surprisingly un-jetlagged from the first ...
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New Chinese cargo airline set for 2016 launch
A new express cargo airline is being launched next year that will initially provide services for the growing e-commerce industry within China but has global ambitions.The new airline, United Star Express, is a joint venture between Chinese carrier Okay Airline, US-based lessor and transport provider ATSG West Limited and online ...
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Maiden flight for YTO Express Airlines
New Chinese carrier YTO Express Airlines has made its maiden flight and been confirmed as the launch customer for Boeing 737-800 freighter conversion programme.Hangzhou-based airline, which is 90% owned by YTO Express, is one of a number of airlines hoping to capitalise on the growth of e-commerce and express delivery ...
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Cargolux reveals details of its new Chinese cargo airline
Cargolux has outlined the details of its new cargo airline based in China, which will launch with three Boeing 747 aircraft on transpacific and intra-Asia routes, but then expand to five freighters within three years.Cargolux president and chief executive Dirk Reich, speaking in Luxembourg at the welcoming ceremony for the ...
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AF KLM looks for deeper links with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo is already looking beyond the first phase of its new freight network and ground handling partnership agreement with China Southern Cargo.Bram Gräber, executive vice president of the European carrier’s cargo division, said: “We are pragmatic cargo people, so let’s call this agreement phase one. It ...
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AMI moves to new Sydney hub to cope with growth
Airfreight wholesaler AMI has moved to a larger building in Sydney in order to accommodate recent growth.AMI’s new hub is almost double the size of the existing facility and is located in Hale St Botany, which is a few minutes from the airport’s cargo terminal.The new facility will act as ...
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PEMCO delivers tenth B737 freighter convert for SF Airlines
PEMCO World Air Services has redelivered a converted Boeing 737-300F to SF Airlines, the air cargo division of Shenzhen-based logistics specialist SF Express.The US-based conversion specialist has now completed a total of ten B737-300/400F passenger to freighter reconfigurations for the Chinese parcel carrier.The original contract, signed in July 2013, was ...
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Weakening air cargo demand and capacity additions continue to take their toll on Asian airlines
Air cargo load factors at major Asian airlines declined in August as capacity additions and in many cases falls in demand conspired against the carriers.The latest monthly statistics released by Air China, Cathay Pacific, China Southern, China Eastern, Eva Air, China Airlines and SIA Cargo showed that all seven airlines ...
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Another China-Europe rail service takes aim at airfreight
Another China-Europe rail service has been launched that aims to grab marketshare from the air cargo industry.In early August, German logistics company Militzer & Münch (M&M) began offering a door-to-door weekly groupage service for containers being transported 11,000km from Yiwu in China to Duisburg in addition to its full container ...
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Hong Kong terminal gets new cargo x-ray machine
Hong Kong’s Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has installed a new x-ray detection machine to improve its cargo screening process.AAT said the new Smith’s Detection X-ACT x-ray machine offers an automated procedure for recognising any suspicious objects including weapons, explosives and narcotics in cargo shipments.It assists x-ray machine operators by localising ...
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AF KLM sign cargo partnership with China Southern
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo and China Southern Cargo have signed a freight partnership agreement.The new pairing will give customers access to “an extensive cargo network in the Asia Pacific region – via China Southern Cargo – and in Europe, Africa and the transatlantic regions, where AF KLM Martinair Cargo ...
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Hong Kong cargo dip in August
A decline in transhipment traffic during August saw Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s monthly cargo volume drop by 1.2% to 361,000 tonnes compared with the same month last year.It is the sixth month in a row for 2015 that the world’s number one cargo hub, handling 4.4m tonnes in 2014, ...
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CAAC 'fully supports' Hong Kong's third runway
Beijing’s Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) “fully supports” Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)'s plan to expand into a three-runway system.The CAAC will also “proactively implement various initiatives” concerning airspace management in the Pearl River Delta region around Hong Kong, which is home to the world’s number one air cargo ...
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Freighter to door delivery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-ton oil and gas pump right to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan.The oil production unit was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands on behalf of the airline’s customer, Agility Projects Rotterdam.The pump was packed inside a two-ton wooden ...
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More cash for online freight network
Hong Kong-based Freightos says it has gained a further US$14m worth of funding for its automated global freight network.Existing investors Aleph, Annox Capital, ICV and OurCrowd have been joined by MSR Capital and Sadara Ventures in a Series B funding round, bringing the total raised to $23.3m.Freightos says it has ...
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DHL goes greener in Asia Pacific
DHL Express has improved its carbon efficiency by 12% year on year in the Asia Pacific region despite a growth in volume of about 10%.In 2014, the global parcel and freight giant saw its CO2 efficiency over 2013 improve across the region, with savings of 21% in Malaysia, 15% in ...
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NCA says changed market conditions behind B747F order cancellation
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has given a few more details on the reasons behind its decision to cancel a $1.5bn order for four Boeing 747-8Fs.In a statement to Air Cargo News the Japanese all-cargo carrier said: “Market conditions have really changed since 2007 when we went ahead with firm orders ...
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Nippon Cargo axes $1.5bn order for B747-8F quartet
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has cancelled an order with Boeing for four B747-8 freighters, worth $1.5bn, but still has two more set for delivery, the US plane maker has confirmed.NCA, one of the launch customers for the 747-8 freighter in 2005, currently operates five Boeing 747-400Fs and eight 747-8Fs, according ...
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IATA warns of 'rough ride' for cargo
Airfreight volumes fell 0.6% during July versus same month 2014, "in line with weaker global economic growth" said IATA, which also warned of a "rough ride" for cargo in the coming months.The decline in freight tonne km (FTK) was broad-based across all regions with the exception of Africa and the ...
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ABC's Singapore debut
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has started its twice-weekly direct Boeing 747 freighter service to Singapore from Moscow. The Thursday and Sunday flights offer onward connections to Hong Kong and the rest of ABC’s global route network.With the addition of Singapore, ABC’s ninth online station in Asia, the airline now provides over ...