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IAG hopes perishable growth will fill South Africa winter service
IAG Cargo hopes a new UK-South Africa Boeing 777-200 winter service will be boosted by the African country's growing perishables market.The service between Gatwick and Cape Town will operate three times each week and supplements an Airbus 330-300 Madrid-Johannesburg service, due to start August 1, and the existing London Heathrow-Cape ...
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Lufthansa Cargo names new area managers
Lufthansa Cargo has appointed new area managers for its Europe & Africa and the Americas regions, as well as a new head of global handling management.On June 1 this year, Achim Martinka will take charge of sales and handling in the Europe & Africa region, succeeding Carsten Wirths.Since October 2010, ...
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NewsAmerican cargo carriers monthly: Tough times for US carriers
America-based airlines’ monthly airfreight statistics for February made for difficult reading as American, Delta and United all recorded year-on-year demand declines for the first time in years.While demand declines are not good news for the airlines, the comparisons with a year ago are affected by the west coast US port ...
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US forwarders urge DoT to think freight when awarding Cuba licenses
The US Airforwarders Association (AFA) has urged the country’s Department of Transportation (DoT) to assign routes for Cuba to US passenger airlines that also offer air cargo service.The AFA said a total of eight US carriers had applied to operate routes from between the US and Cuba, but only five ...
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NewsEuropean cargo carriers monthly: Another mixed month for airlines
The latest airline statistics have revealed another mixed month for Europe’s leading combination carriers’ cargo volumes.While Lufthansa and Air France KLM both recorded another year-on-year decline in cargo demand in February, IAG and Finnair saw demand increase.The IAG Group, which owns British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, saw its cargo ...
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NewsAir cargo demand continues to grow but yields to remain under pressure
Airfreight demand continued to show an improvement in January, but is wasn’t enough to stop load factors declining and therefore yields are likely to remain under pressure.The latest figures from IATA show that demand in January increased by 2.7% year on year, which continues the improvements witnessed towards the end ...
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Air France KLM to roll out new temp-controlled transporters in Mexico and LA
Air France KLM will roll out its new airside temperature-controlled transporters in Los Angeles and Mexico.The Franco-Dutch airline has developed the new Kold Kart transporters to try and solve the issue of temperature fluctuations during ramp handling operations.Forwarders and shippers have long complained that their sensitive pharmaceutical shipments face temperature ...
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Air Europa renews ULD deal with CHEP
Spanish airline Air Europa has renewed its contract with ULD service provider CHEP Aerospace Solutions.This deal will see CHEP continue to provide ULD pooling to Air Europa, while also converting 770 containers to CHEP's lightweight units.Air Europa Handling contract manager Mauro Rodriguez said: "We have built a strong relationship with ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to sell capacity on Eurowings' new long-haul operations
Lufthansa Cargo will begin to sell the belly space of sister company Eurowings’ recently launched long-haul flights.Lufthansa Cargo said it would begin selling the space on Eurowings’ flights from Cologne/Bonn to the Caribbean (Varadero, Cancun, Dominican Republic) and Thailand (Phuket, Bangkok) from March 27.Eurowings is in the process of expanding ...
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Queuing for Cuba: US carriers submit applications for services to Cuba
The three major US airlines have all now submitted their applications to start scheduled services to Cuba.Late last night, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines and American Airlines confirmed they had submitted their applications to the Department of Transport.Delta hopes to offer flights from Atlanta and JFK with the Boeing 757-200, ...
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Aircraft orders monthly: Okay Airways and Philippine Airlines tie up deals
Okay Airways announces commitment for 12 B737sOkay Airways has announced a commitment for 12 737s, including eight MAX 8s, three 737 MAX 9s and one Next-Generation 737-900ER (Extended Range) airplane.The agreement, valued at $1.3bn at current list prices, is subject to the approval of the Chinese government and will be ...
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ICAO clarifies on new lithium-ion battery restrictions
ICAO has issued “additional clarifications” on new lithium-ion battery shipment restrictions as cargo on passenger aircraft, which the UN aviation agency announced last week.The 36-state ICAO Governing Council adopted a new aviation safety measure which prohibits, on an interim basis from April 2016, all shipments of Lithium-ion batteries as cargo ...
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ICAO places interim ban from April on lithium-ion cargo shipments on passenger aircraft
The 36-State ICAO Governing Council has adopted a new aviation safety measure which prohibits, on an interim basis from April 2016, all shipments of Lithium-ion batteries as cargo on passenger aircraft.“Safety is always our most fundamental priority in international civil aviation,” stressed Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, ICAO Council President. “This interim ...
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Winter jackets for refugees delivered by China Southern
China Southern Airlines has transported thousands of winter jackets to Europe for Syrian refugees in Germany, part of a donation by Chinese-Australian businessman Henry Ngai.The 1.5 tonnes load spurred a major logistical effort involving China Southern Airlines, the German government and the German Red Cross.The A$1.15m donation for 100,000 jackets ...
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Future pharma boost for Tel Aviv-London
IAG Cargo pharma traffic between the UK and Israel will benefit from an aircraft upgrade on the carrier’s London Heathrow-Tel Aviv route from March 2016.The carrier is replacing its remaining Airbus A321 with wide-body Boeing 777-200s, which will operate twice daily.The cargo arm of British Airways and Iberia of Spain ...
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Vueling fueling IAG Cargo growth
IAG has added 26 new stations from its low-cost carrier arm Vueling to the group's cargo network, bringing its total to 128 stations in Europe and increasing the number of point to point options.The new stations will open up smaller, provincial airports as well as bigger European hubs for IAG ...
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Australia passes known consignor rules
Australia’s Parliament has passed amendments to existing regulations in order to meet US air cargo security requirements for US-bound exports at piece-level by July 2017.Changes to Australia’s Aviation Transport Security Act (2004) will create a 'known consignor' scheme for exporters, which will permit them to secure their products to US ...
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Norwegian Cargo signs airmail agreement with Royal Mail
Norwegian Cargo, the freight arm of low-cost airline Norwegian, has signed a two year framework agreement with Royal Mail’s Gatwick Air Mail Unit (GAMU) to support international airmail shipments between the UK, Scandinavia and the USBjørn Erik Barman-Jenssen, head of cargo at Norwegian, said: “Norwegian’s huge expansion in the UK ...
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IAG Cargo taps into Accenture software
IAG Cargo has upgraded its cargo reservation technology with software from Accenture to deliver more flexible reservation processes for all commercial cargo operations worldwide.Accenture Air Cargo Reservation software, part of the Accenture Air Cargo Suite, offers IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia, "improvements both in functionality ...
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Alban François appointed as new VP Cargo Brussels Airlines
Alban François has been appointed vice president of global cargo at European carrier Brussels Airlines.From January 2016 he will roll out the new commercial strategy of the growing Brussels Airlines Cargo department, together with commercial partner Air Logistics Group.“Cargo is a key growth pillar for Brussels Airlines”, says Brussels Airlines ...