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Ethiopian Cargo adds freighter operations to Thailand and Vietnam
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services is introducing a weekly B777 freighter service to Bangkok, Thailand and Hanoi, Vietnam.Tewolde GebreMariam, chief executive, Ethiopian Group, said: “Our new cargo service to Bangkok and Hanoi will supplement the daily bellyhold cargo capacity on passenger aircraft and will create better connectivity for cargo transport ...
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Ethiopian Cargo launches new China freighter service
Ethiopian Cargo has added a new weekly Boeing 777F service to Chongqing in Southwest China.The service will have a full rotation of: Shanghai - Chongqing - Delhi - Addis Ababa - Lagos - Sao Paulo - Quito - Miami.Ethiopian said the service connects "the main destinations of three continents which ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo scoops Cargo Airline of the Year Award
Turkish Cargo was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2019 as the airfreight industry gathered in the UK for a night of celebration at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 35th year.The Istanbul-hubbed airline secured the highest total number of votes cast by Air Cargo News readers to ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo set to expand further its Addis Ababa freight capacity
Ethiopian Airlines is planning the next expansion phase of its Addis Ababa Cargo Terminal-II facility, which opened in July 2018, to accommodate 1.2m tonnes per year.The new 38,000 sq m facility increased Ethiopian Airlines' previous throughput capacity at the earlier single terminal operation to nearly 1m tonnes per year from ...
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NewsEthiopian Cargo takes delivery of its first B737 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo B737-800 freighterAfrica's Ethiopian Cargo has taken delivery of its first B737-800 freighter, with a payload capacity of more than 23 tonnes.GECAS delivered Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI)’s inaugural passenger-to-freighter converted B737-800 to the national flag carrier of Ethiopia.Completing the conversion of the prototype aircraft in December, and AEI) has ...
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Ethiopian B777 freighter forced to land by Indonesian F-16 fighter jets
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that one of its Boeing 777 freighters was forced to land at an airport on Batam island after being followed by two Indonesian F-16 fighter jets.Reuters, citing an Indonesian airforce spokesman, reported that the Ethiopian freighter had flown into Indonesian airspace "without permission".In a statement, the ...
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Ethiopian Airlines Cargo celebrates Liege anniversary
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo and Logistics Services has celebrated 10 years of cooperation with Belgian airfreight hub Liege.The anniversary was celebrated at the recent 2nd Africa Aviation summit, which was held in Nairobi, Kenya, and hosted by long-term partners NAM, Astral Aviation and Liege Airport.The next summit, in 2020, is to ...
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Ethiopian takes delivery of eighth B777 freighter
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has taken delivery of its eighth Boeing 777 freighter aircraft after it arrived at the African carrier's Bole International Airport home base.Ethiopian Group chief executive Tewolde GebreMariam said: “The new aircraft will help us bolster our leading role in cargo operation in Africa and beyond, ...
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Ethiopian bellyhold to connect West Africa with Los Angeles
Ethiopian Airlines is to offer three-times-a-week direct passenger flights connecting Western Africa with the US West Coast when it alters the routeing on one of its services in December.The Addis Ababa-based carrier’s ultra-long haul Boeing 787 Dreamliner flights from its home base to Los Angeles will make a stop at ...
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Ethiopian launches Oslo–Guangzhou freighter service and ups Addis Ababa frequency
Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its presence in Oslo, having launched a dedicated B777 freighter service to Guangzhou in China, and increasing its Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner frequency between Addis Ababa and the Norwegian capital to six times a week in December.The twice-weekly freighter departure to Guangzhou was launched last week to ...
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Ethiopian and Western Global hope to partner on US mail to Africa
Ethiopian Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation to begin a code share agreement with all-cargo airline Western Global for the transportation of US mail to Africa.The African airline hopes to be able to display Western Global's KD designator code on its flights once the US cargo airline's ...
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Miami welcomes new scheduled Ethiopian freighter service
Ethiopian Airlines inaugurated its first-ever scheduled freighter service to Miami International Airport (MIA) on 29 August.The African carrier is to operate a twice-weekly freighter connection between the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa and Miami, creating the first-ever cargo-only route between the African continent and the Florida gateway.The scheduled service operates ...
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Ethiopian sees cargo volumes take off
Ethiopian Airlines saw cargo volumes rapidly improve during the fiscal year 2017/18 in line with its fleet expansion.Cargo volumes increased by 18% year on year during the last fiscal year to 400,339 tons. This improvement comes as the airline has added to its passenger fleet, enabling it to expand its ...
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Ethiopian to launch Oslo-Guangzhou freighter to net seafood traffic
Ethiopian Airlines will start a Boeing 777 freighter operation between Oslo Airport and Guagnzhou in September as it looks to capitalise on seafood volume growth between Norway and China.The airport said that Norway is expected to generate more than 230,000 tons of seafood airfreight in 2018."We are pleased that our ...
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DHL and Ethiopian Airlines confirm African joint venture
DHL Global Forwarding and Ethiopian Airlines are to form a joint venture company to “build the leading cargo logistics provider joint venture company in Africa”.DHL-Ethiopian Airlines Logistics Services will be based in Ethiopia but will conduct business on the entire African continent, said the two companies in a statement.Ethiopian Airlines, ...
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Reports link Ethiopian and DHL in joint venture
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Ethiopian Cargo, Africa’s largest cargo operator, is to sign a joint venture with parcels and logistics giant DHL.An Ethiopian newspaper, citing Ethiopian Airlines Group chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam, said that the partners would set up a new company, with Ethiopian owning 51% and Germany-headquartered DHL 49%.Sources ...
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Ethiopian to fly into Jakarta
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that it is to launch a three times a week service to Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 17.The route, to be flown by B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, will represent the first direction connection between Africa and Indonesia, and Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam observed: “Our new service ...
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Ethiopian to open Manchester to Addis connection
Ethiopian Airlines is to launch flights from its home hub of Addis Ababa Bole International Airport to Manchester Airport before the end of this year.The carrier will operate the route, which will initially at least transit via Brussels, with B787 ‘Dreamliner’ aircraft four times a week from December.According to the ...
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Ethiopian signs cool chain lease agreement with Envirotainer
Envirotainer has signed a global Master Lease Agreement (MLA) with Ethiopian Airlines, the first time that the cool chain ULD specialist has partnered with an airline based in Africa.Fitsum Abady, managing director of Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services, said: "In this highly lucrative market the application of active temperature controlled ...
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Ethiopian Cargo signs up for Opticooler ULDs
Ethiopian Airlines has signed up to use DoKaSch Temperature Solutions Opticooler pharma ULDs.The Opticooler is equipped with battery powered cooling compressors and heaters as well as a self-regulating temperature control, so that the temperature of sensitive goods, in particular pharmaceuticals such as insulin and vaccines, stay well within range at ...
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