All Bellyhold Airline articles – Page 44
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Cathay updates cargo handling software
Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Cargospot software from Luxembourg-based IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems SA as the backbone of the airline’s new cargo IT platform, the company announced on October 8.To be known as CSS, the new platform will replace Cathay’s existing cargo management system which was developed in-house. Director Cargo ...
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Qantas freight arm bounces back
Qantas Freight reported underlying pre-tax and interest earnings of A$54m, an improvement of A$43m and the division's best first-half result since 2006.The company stated: “International cargo markets continued to recover, accounting for A$44 million of underlying EBIT, with the China-US and US-Australia markets performing well.“The domestic market was more challenging, ...
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American starts to serve Memphis
American Airlines Cargo announced on October 6 that it has started operating cargo services to and from Memphis, Tennessee, including its Priority Parcel Service, ConfirmedFS and ExpediteFS offerings.In its current timetable which came into effect on October 2, AAC is operating five flights a day from Memphis to Dallas-Fort Worth ...
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Turkish Cargo revenues surge in 2014
Turkish Cargo bellyhold and freighter revenues for the calendar year 2014 reached $973m, an 11.7 per cent increase on 2013, according to year end group figures released by Turkish Airlines.The cargo arm of the Turkish flag carrier saw passenger aircraft freight revenues of $555m in 2014, a rise of 13.7 ...
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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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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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'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 ...
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Emirates services Hungary's automotive sector
Emirates SkyCargo has strengthened its operations in central Europe with the launch of cargo services to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.Emirates’ daily passenger flight to the city is operated with a wide-body Airbus A330-200 and offers 168 tonnes of cargo capacity per week.The first flight into Budapest featured consolidated cargo ...
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IAG's narrowbody option for European freight
IAG Cargo has launched EuroConnector – a time-definite option for freight into, around and out of Europe that uses narrowbody aircraft capacity.The freight arm of British Airways and Iberia of Spain said that the service will help optimise capacity on its short-haul network. The launch has been timed to coincide ...
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Third B777F for Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a third B777-200LR freighter, part of a strategic fleet expansion to support African exports of perishable cargo.Ethiopian, still the only African operator of B777 freighters, said that the aircraft’s uplift, range, fuel efficiency and temperature control capabilities make it “perfectly suited for the transport ...
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Etihad recruits Alitalia pilots
Etihad Airways is recruiting 40 fully-qualified pilots from Alitalia as part of a large-scale global campaign to hire between 500 to 600 captains and first officers over the next three years.In August this year, the UAE national airline sealed a €560m deal to acquire a 49 per cent equity stake ...
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Korean cargo yields rise
Korean Air registered a 5.7 per cent increase in cargo yield in the 2014 third quarter as its load factor rose 2.5 percentage points to 79.1 per cent.The South Korean flag carrier’s cargo arm, accounting for 22.1 per cent of total airline revenues in Q3, saw a 10 per cent ...
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Emirates restarts Erbil flights
Emirates will restart passenger flights to Erbil in Iraq from November 16, with twice a week passenger flights served by an A330-200 aircraft.The UAE-based global airline said that the frequency will increase to four weekly flights from December 4.Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates divisional senior vice president commercial operations, centre ...
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Buoyant October for Cathay and Dragonair
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for October show an increase in both passenger and cargo numbers compared with the same month last year.The two Hong Kong-based airlines carried a combined 156,590 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 14.0% compared to October last year. The cargo ...
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Equine business class
A total of 67 world-class showjumping horses were transported on Qatar Airways Cargo freighters from Liège, Belgium, to Doha, Qatar, for the final round of the 2014 Longines Global Champions Tour season.The horses, along with approximately 20 tonnes of cargo and equestrian equipment per freighter, were transported via two B777F ...
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VietJet to expand cargo offer
Vietnamese passenger carrier VietJet is expanding its cargo offer – including freighter services longer term - with the launch of Vietjet Air Cargo.The “new age” airline, launched three years ago, plans to operate 28 routes this year and will look to increase this by 39 in 2015 as cargo demand ...
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LATAM to lease out B767-300F trio
LATAM Airlines Group is to lease out three Boeing 767-300 freighters as a strategy to maximise belly capacity in the passenger fleet begins to bite.The three 767-300Fs – the group has nine such freighters - are bound for “another company operating in a different market for a period of three ...
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ANA working on Transpacific JV with United
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is seeking permission to form a transpacific cargo joint venture (JV) with its Star Alliance partner United Airlines.ANA filed its antitrust application to the Japanese transport ministry MLIT on Friday, beginning a regulatory process both in Japan and the US that, should it receive clearance, would ...
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Etihad/Alitalia codeshare adds Italy–Abu Dhabi belly capacity
A new codeshare agreement between Etihad Airways and Alitalia, Italy’s leading carrier, will see more flights between Abu Dhabi and three of Italy’s biggest cities next year, with combined double-daily flights to Milan and Rome, and a new daily service to Venice.The major codeshare will see, subject to government approval, ...