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Denis Ilin steps down as AirBridgeCargo executive president
Denis Ilin, executive president of AirBridgeCargo Airlines, has resigned after three years in accordance with mutual agreements.Ilin started his management career in AirBridgeCargo Airlines as director of operations. From 2006 to 2008 he worked as general director of the airline and later rejoined AirBridgeCargo team in 2013 to hold the ...
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Antonov signs deal with China to build giant An-225 freighters
Ukrainian plane maker Antonov has signed a cooperation agreement with Aerospace Industry Corporation of China (AICC) to build a second An-225 giant 'Mriya' freighter — and prepare the way for a series of the 250 tonne cargo capacity aircraft to be built in China.In a short statement on its website, ...
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Liege to be Africa hub for NAS
Liege Airport has signed a new partnership with Network Airline Services (NAS) to make the Belgian gateway its hub for Africa and to increase flights to Angola.London-based NAS has, since setting up its operation in Liege in May 2014, transported over 90,000 tonnes of freight through Liege on its worldwide ...
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GECAS places first B737-800NG with ASL
GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) has placed its first Boeing 737-800NG passenger-to-freighter converted aircraft with Dublin-based ASL Aviation Group. The agreement covers the lease of two 737-800NG freighters.In May this year, ASL acquired the airline operations of TNT Express and entered a multi-year service agreement to operate flights for the ...
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AirBridgeCargo beats annual tonnage record
Fast growing AirBridgeCargo beat its annual tonnage record last month, its thirteenth consecutive year of growth, as it continues to expand fleet and network.The all-cargo airline recorded a 30% improvement in demand in October to 57,608 tonnes bringing its total for the first ten months of the year to 498,177 ...
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CEVA sees airfreight improvement but stays in the red
CEVA Logistics recorded double-digit airfreight growth during the third quarter of the year but revenues declined on currency effects and it reported another loss.The world’s twelfth largest airfreight forwarder recorded a 1.2% year-on-year decline in revenues during the period to $1.7bn and its net loss for the period stood at ...
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Frankfurt, Heathrow and Stansted see October cargo increases
Europe’s leading cargo airports recorded a rise in airfreight throughput during October.Frankfurt, the continent’s number one cargo hub in 2015, recorded a 4.8% rise in cargo volumes in October to just over 194,000 tonnes, the second largest October figure in the German airport’s history.Frankfurt’s bounce, while still only a 1.6% ...
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BDA Logistics adds new hub at Birmingham airport
BDA Logistics Innovation, which operates its own freighter flight, has moved into a new, larger base at Birmingham Airport in the UK from its previous base further away from the airport.The time critical logistics firm’s new facility will act as a base for its national through-the-night delivery service and its ...
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B747-400F service between Germany and South Carolina
Senator International has launched a Boeing 747-400 freighter that will serve the US South Carolina hub of Greenville Spartanburg (GSP) with flights out of Munich and Frankfurt-Hahn airports in Germany.The Germany-based logistics operator said that its “Atlantic Bridge” will use an Air Atlanta Icelandic freighter, with Globe Air Cargo responsible ...
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NewsDP DHL: More work to be done on airfreight despite volume improvement
Deutsche Post DHL (DP DHL) has said there is more work to be done for its airfreight business despite the segment recording its first improvement in demand since the first quarter of last year.Speaking on an investor call shortly after the company’s third quarter results were announced, DP DHL chief ...
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NewsDHL Global Forwarding sees first pick-up in airfreight demand since Q1 2015
DHL Global Forwarding has managed to record its first quarterly year on year improvement in airfreight volumes since the start of 2015 but revenues and earnings continued to come under pressure.The world’s leading airfreight forwarder recorded a 2% year-on-year increase in export tonnage during the third quarter of the year ...
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Leaping at Oslo: ABC the latest to launch services targeting salmon demand
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is the second airline within the last few weeks to launch a freighter services from Oslo that aims to capitalise on the seafood market.The scheduled all-cargo airline will offer two services a week between the Norwegian city and Moscow Sheremetyevo utilising a Boeing 747 freighter, which can ...
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Japan and China's taste for wine fuels seasonal Cargolux flights
Cargolux has arranged four freighter flights for one of the French wine industries biggest annual events - the yearly Beaujolais Nouveau launch - as demand for the product grows in Japan and China.As this year’s vintage is made available for tasting worldwide on the third Tuesday in November, Cargolux Airlines ...
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NewsAir France KLM completes freighter restructuring but operating losses deepen
Air France KLM saw its cargo division's operating performance worsen during the third quarter of the year, while its freighter fleet restructuring was completed.The Franco-Dutch airline group recorded an operating loss of €100m during the third quarter of the year, compared with a loss on €81m during the same period ...
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Cargolux launches strategic review
Cargolux’s new president and chief executive has commissioned a strategic review of the European all-cargo airline, to establish whether the current business model is sustainable and also to position the carrier for the twist and turns of a volatile industry.Richard Forson, who took on the role in August this year ...
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Cargolux adds Oslo call
Cargolux has added a weekly Boeing 747-8 freighter service from Oslo to Luxembourg on its flight C85022 from New York.The first flight will carry a load of salmon that is distributed to various destinations from the airline’s hub in Luxembourg.The Oslo service caters to the airfreight needs of Norwegian shippers ...
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West Atlantic lands Royal Mail contract
Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline has won a contract from Royal Mail Group to add additional aircraft to the UK postal operator's domestic air network in 2017.The contract, subject to a public procurement process, commences in January 2017 and will run for five years, consisting of nine Boeing 737s and ...
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Heathrow adds second freighter operation as ABC launches Moscow service
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added a new freighter service connecting Heathrow Airport with Moscow's Sheremetyevo using one of its Boeing 747 freighters.The service will fly every Thursday and Saturday and will offer a capacity of more than 100 tonnes of cargo per flight. It will utilise slots not popular with ...
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Airlines group BARIG wants Frankfurt charges to be cut
Frankfurt-based airlines are calling for a reduction in airport charges for all airlines after low cost carrier Ryanair announced that it would start flying into Germany’s largest hub next summer.The Board of Airline Representatives in Germany (BARIG) wants “the fully equal treatment for all airlines at Frankfurt – newcomers and ...
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So far so good for IAG’s new Critical service
IAG Cargo’s new Critical product is doing everything expected of it in service performance terms since its launch in early October, says the carrier’s global products manager, Daniel Johnson.The service had handled around 110 individual shipments by the start of November, ranging from oil rig and ship parts to Formula ...