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Air Charter Service lands sweet flight
Charter company Air Charter Service landed a pretty sweet deal last week when it arranged to fly 100 tonnes of confectionery to re-stock a warehouse in Peru.The urgent shipment from Mexico took place when a warehouse storing sweets was burnt down, with most of the company’s stock damaged in the ...
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Volga-Dnepr in the fast lane for Nippon Express' urgent automotive machinery
Volga-Dnepr Airlines' load planners responded to an urgent request from Nippon Express to transport 197 tonnes of sensitive automotive machinery from Japan to the US.The airline’s Hanoi-based load planning experts were on hand to assess quickly the cargo and prepare the most efficient plan for its delivery from Toyko to ...
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Qatar and StarBroker join forces for energy charter
Qatar Airways Cargo has transported more than 80 tonnes of oil and energy equipment from Zhengzhou in China to Cabo Frio in Brazil for DHL Global Forwarding.The Qatar Airways Boeing 777 freighter saw the Middle East carrier's first charter flight into Cabo Frio, an airport located close to the most ...
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NAM and Astral join forces for Red Cross aid flights to Somaliland
Network Airline Management (NAM) has transported over 57 tonnes of urgent relief goods on behalf of the Canadian Red Cross to a field hospital in Hargeisa, Somaliland.The cargo, mainly IV fluid, was flown from Liege in Belgium to Nairobi on a wet-leased B747-400F operated by Kenya-based carrier Astral Aviation and ...
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ATSG keen to extend mystery express network contract
US-based lessor of mid-size freighters Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) would like to extend its short term express network contract with a mystery US-based company “for a longer period of time”.In BB&T Transportation Services Conference, the Boeing 757 and 767 freighter specialist said that it was now operating five 767 ...
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Amazon not looking to replace the likes of UPS and FedEx
E-commerce giant Amazon has provided clarity on its moves into airfreight and other cargo transport modes, saying it is not looking to take on existing logistics operators.Over the Christmas period Air Cargo News reported that Amazon had chartered aircraft in the US and Europe in order to move cargo across ...
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Reports suggest Amazon has European air cargo operation
E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly set up an air cargo operation in Europe as it looks to avoid shipment bottlenecks during the peak season, following on from its rumoured set-up in the US.The UK’s Evening Standard newspaper reports that Amazon has been chartering flights between Poland, Germany and the UK ...
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Video: Amazon One, ready for take-off
Amazon has unveiled ‘Amazon One’ its first ever branded freighter, a Boeing 767-300F operated by US-based lessor Atlas Air. (Click on video below).The converted freighter, bearing the Prime Air livery, will take flight this weekend at Seafair's Air Show, an annual community celebration taking place in Amazon's hometown of Seattle.Dave ...
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Flower freighter win for Yorkshire's Doncaster Sheffield Airport
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has won a weekly MD-11 freighter service bringing flowers and vegetables into the UK for some of the country’s largest retailers.The northern UK gateway has secured a deal with Network Airline Management which will operate the flight from Nairobi to Yorkshire. It will be the airport’s first ...
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Air charterer to the stars
Air Charter Service has moved its Los Angeles operations to new, larger premises on Santa Monica Boulevard.Director of ACS California, Thomas Howe, said it followed a record year for both the company and the LA office, with impressive growth in both the number of charters and revenue in 2015.He ...
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A charter operation with a real porpoise
Air Charter Service (ACS) has arranged a charter to help rehome two dolphins from Harderwijk Dolphinarium, just outside Amsterdam, to their new home in the Canary Islands .ACS said the animals were carefully transported on an AN-74 aircraft with qualified vets in attendance at Maastricht Airport and then on board ...
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Liege's LACHS 'inn' the saddle for the Olympic Games
Liege Air Cargo Handling Services (LACHS) has been awarded a three-year contract to manage the Horse Inn at Liege Airport.The Horse Inn is intended for horses being transported by air and to accommodate them during transit by road. It represents a total investment of €2.6m.The new infrastructure is designed to ...
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Video: Record Irish bloodstock charter to China
A record airlift of 76 Irish thoroughbreds is being described as a “major leap” in developing the lucrative Chinese market for Ireland.All of the horses were purchased for Chinese businessman Zhang Yuesheng by Kildare-based bloodstock agency BBA Ireland at sales in Goffs last autumn, all from Irish breeders.The horses, mostly ...
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Evolution Time Critical launches service for large scale projects
Evolution Time Critical has launched its Critical Projects service, focused on the movement of large scale resources such as vehicle tooling or live production for the automotive and other industry sectors.The UK-based emergency logistics specialist said that Critical Projects provides capability for the “strategic shift” of automotive production with “reduced ...
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EAS in top gear for emergency auto spares charter
EAS International a member of the X2 Critical forwarder alliance has organised an Airbus A310 freighter full charter flight to transport automotive parts from Romania to Turkey.Marco Muggianu, development director for EAS (the alliance member responsible for France and Romania) said: “The operation was very difficult due to the very ...
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Ready for lift-off thanks to Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the third stage of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle from Samara in Russia to Europe’s Spaceport in Cayenne in French Guiana.The move is in readiness for the launch of a satellite in early April for SES, one of the world’s leading communications companies.Progress Space Rocket Centre, which ...
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Antonov targets US cargo charters
Specialist freighter operator Antonov Airlines wants to expand transatlantic all-cargo charter services as it leverages a bilateral air services agreement between Ukraine and the US.The Kiev-based operator, with a fleet of Antonov An-124-100Fs and the sole Antonov An-225 mega freighter, will target the oil and gas energy market and the ...
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Asia leads the way for ACS in first quarter
Air Charter Service has reported a "very strong" first three months of its fiscal year, with a 24% increase in revenue compared with the previous year.The broker said its cargo business in the Asia Pacific region had led the improvement during its its first quarter, running to the end of ...
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Antonov's 39 minute freighter flight from Chile to Argentina
Antonov Airlines has transported two mining filtration units from Chile to Argentina in a freighter flight lasting just 39 minutes.The Ukrainian cargo carrier’s AN-124-100 flew the 24 tonne load from Santiago in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina on behalf of Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters. Dan Litten, aircraft charter broker, ...
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Chapman Freeborn keeps Gabon port development on course
UK-headquartered broker Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has delivered 200 tons of urgent project cargo from Europe and India to Gabon, enabling construction of a new container and general seafreight terminal to remain on track for its scheduled opening in July.The cargo had to be repackaged for transportation by air rather than ...