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Virgin expands lightweight container fleet
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has taken delivery of its first 802 lightweight air cargo containers and will add a further 250 new units in the coming weeks.The investment is part of the carrier’s sustainability programme to save fuel and reduce its carbon footprintThe airline will ultimately replace all 3,200 of its ...
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IAG Cargo results reflect capacity switch
IAG Cargo's revenue fell 9.8% in the first half of 2014 to €488 million as volumes edged down 3.3 per cent to 441,000 tonnes, figures which reflect the ending of a long haul freighter leasing programme in April.The freight arm of British Airways and Iberia terminated its agreement with Global ...
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Air cargo dips in June
GLOBAL airfreight volumes were up 4.1 per cent in the first six months of this year in comparison with 2013, buoyed by improving global trade and stronger business activity over the past year, according to IATA.June’s figures show reduced demand though, slowing to 2.3 per cent – down on the ...
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IAG Cargo: open to opportunities
FRESH from signing its block space programme on Qatar Airways freighters, IAG Cargo is prepared to “explore other opportunities” in terms of carrier partnerships.Steve Gunning, chief executive of the British Airways and Iberia cargo arm, says that the deal with Qatar Airways - sharing five-weekly B777F flights from Hong Kong ...
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Air Partner and Ruslan fly mobile hospital
AIR charter broker Air Partner and Ruslan International have successfully transported a portable health centre from Turkey to Tangiers, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The 44-tonne clinic comprising 10 individual units – including a radiology room, operating theatre, intensive care unit, pharmacy and twin generators – was flown on an AN-124 ...
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Etihad will bring Alitalia back to profitability by 2017
JAMES HOGAN, president and chief executive of Etihad Airways, has announced that the carrier has spent €560m to acquire its 49 per cent equity stake in Alitalia, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Under the deal, which will result in €1,758m of investment and includes restructuring the Italian carrier’s debt, the Middle ...
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UK aviation strategy in the spotlight
UK logistics professionals have called on the government to focus on long-term aviation strategy.The Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) has produced its own report, The Future of Aviation, which outlines long-term strategic prospects for the growth of UK air transport.This publication is one of a series of strategy ...
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One Question
Steve Gunning, chief executive of IAG Cargo, answers: "THIS big influx of cargo capacity is creating an excess supply and the only relief valve that the air cargo industry has is freighter capacity, because that is the only one it is fully in control of.“As a result you will see ...
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Etihad Cargo beefs up Russia freighter services
ETIHAD CARGO, the freight arm of UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways, is launching twice-weekly, rotating freighter services linking Abu Dhabi and Moscow’s Domodedovo airport from tomorrow, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The route will operate every Wednesday and Friday using an A330-200F, with a capacity of 64 tonnes.“Russia is a key ...
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Virgin appoints Globe Air Cargo in Dubai
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Globe Air Cargo as its general sales and service agent in Dubai.The move is intended to simplify Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s freight and courier express sales for customers in the UAE and “take advantage of the Dubai market’s strong growth forecast”.The airline carries around 5,000 tonnes ...
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IAG Cargo releases 2014 "strong results"
A change in freighter capacity saw IAG Cargo record a 7.5 per cent fall in commercial revenue to €992m for full year 2014, but a like for like rise of 2.4 per cent.The decrease in flown revenue plus fuel surcharges reflects IAG Cargo’s decision in May last year to switch ...
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IAG's Chennai pharma boost
IAG Cargo’s pharmaceutical traffic is set to gain from the introduction of B787 passenger aircraft between London-Heathrow and the Indian city of Chennai.The new aircraft, which will operate daily each way, replaces the B777-200 currently serving the route from October.The B787 has advanced temperature control capability, which includes air conditioning ...
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Russia mulls new air cargo security rules
Russian news agency reports suggest that Moscow is considering new air cargo security legislation aimed at European Union member states.ITAR TASS quoted a document posted on Russia’s Air Transport Agency website as saying: “We plan to develop and adopt a regulatory legal act similar to EU Regulations 185/2010 regarding cargo ...
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Emirates to add Basel freighter service
EMIRATES SkyCargo is strengthening trade lanes between Switzerland and its worldwide network by launching a weekly B777 freighter service between Basel and Dubai from September, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The new freighter route will supplement the existing belly-hold cargo capacity in the Swiss market provided on the carrier’s double-daily passenger ...
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CAL Cargo signs Canada GSA
FREIGHTER airline CAL Cargo has appointed Exp-Air Cargo as its general sales agent in Canada, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Eyal Zagagi, CAL’s chief executive, says a key element in the Israeli carrier’s stratagem is strengthening its transAtlantic east operations – following the introduction of a weekly service from Greater Moncton ...
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CAL Cargo buys another freighter
FREIGHTER airline CAL Cargo has acquired an additional B747-400ERF to support its plan to fly non-stop from its Liége, Belgium hub to Latin American and Asia, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The purchase of the 2007 model takes the number of freighters it operates to three, completing the Israeli carrier’s fleet ...
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Lufthansa Cargo strengthens its presence in West Africa
LUFTHANSA CARGO is integrating Lagos, Nigeria, into its network by launching twice-weekly MD-11 freighter flights from September, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The new services, which will take off from Frankfurt for the Nigerian city every Monday and Thursday, will also fly on to Johannesburg, South Africa.The return leg will include ...
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Russian tit-for-tat security plan sparks cost fears
THE COST of transporting goods by air to Russia will rise, if that nation introduces its own security rules for airfreight shipments from Europe, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The European Shippers Council (ESC) has branded the Russian move as tit-for-tat and says it will not only threaten the air cargo ...
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Ruslan An-124 delivers mill head
RUSLAN international – the joint venture which manages and markets the 17-strong fleet of An-124-100 aircraft belonging to its shareholders Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Airlines – delivered this large and heavyweight replacement ball mill head so that a Chilean mining company could be resume production, writes Thelma Etim, deputy ...
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Virgin Cargo chief’s warning over yields
OVERCAPACITY in the global air cargo industry on major routes continues to suppress yields, warns Virgin Atlantic Cargo, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Despite a three per cent reduction in the airline’s cargo capacity in the first half of this year, the carrier saw its tonnage rise one per cent to ...