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Turkish Cargo’s new Hyderabad freighter services
FROM September, Turkish Cargo is to begin a twice-weekly A330-200 dedicated freighter service to Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, India, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The new route will connect the city and its catchment area to 260 destinations in Europe, the Americas, Africa, as well as the CIS countries ...
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WFS awarded Malpensa cargo contract
WORLD Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded the handling contract for a new 5,000 sq m cargo terminal at Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), part of a major investment programme to increase the airport’s cargo capacity to one million tonnes a year by 2020, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.WFS says it ...
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Silk Way takes delivery of B747-8Fs
AZERBAIJAN-based cargo airline Silk Way has taken delivery of its two new B747-8 freighters, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The aircraft will strengthen the position of the Baku trade hub by improving levels of efficiency, says a company statement.Zaur Akhundov, president of SW Holding, the parent company of Silk Way, reveals: ...
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WFS to acquire Swissport's Copenhagen handling business
WORLD Flight Services (WFS) is to acquire Swissport’s cargo business at Copenhagen Airport, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Under the terms of the agreement, Swissport will transfer all its business activities currently carried out by Swissport Cargo Services Denmark ApS, as well as its 4,200m² cargo terminal which handles 18,000 tonnes ...
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Brussels aims for pharma first
Brussels airport has launched its pharmaceutical certification process to assess the BRUcargo air freight community against the checklist of sector standards developed by IATA.The European hub aims to become the world’s first certificated community in IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Handling programme (CEIV Pharma), serving as ...
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Lufthansa and ANA confirm Japan-Europe cargo JV
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo will launch a strategic air cargo joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe.The cooperation between Japan’s largest airline and Lufthansa Cargo, one of the world’s largest air freight operators, has obtained antitrust immunity. On the passenger side, ANA and Lufthansa are ...
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Martinair Cargo MD-11 freighters axed
CONSISTENTLY poor demand following the global financial economic crisis six years ago has forced Air France-KLM to phase out its five MD-11 freighters by the summer of 2016, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The decision taken by the group’s board of directors following a strategic review, which began in March this ...
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Emirates’ Brussels belly service gets under way
EMIRATES is celebrating the inauguration of its daily B777-200LR service to Brussels, Belgium, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The capital city is the 145th route in the Middle East carrier’s network.Emirates will play a key role in further developing natural business links between Belgium and key markets in the Far East, ...
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New weekly freighter to Entebbe
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo will launch a weekly B747-400ERF service to Entebbe in Uganda from Amsterdam on September 16.The freighter service to the African city will be in addition to the existing daily A332 passenger flight to Entebbe from Amsterdam-Schiphol.Did you find this article of interest, if so why not register ...
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Pharma workshop for good distribution practices
IAG Cargo and Exelsius have teamed up to provide a certificated training academy workshop in good distribution practices (GDP) for the healthcare and life science industry.Exelsius, the international cold chain management consultancy, and IAG Cargo Constant Climate will combine classroom training in the correct handling of temperature sensitive pharmaceutical products, ...
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Qatar adds Brussels and Shanghai freighters
Qatar Airways Cargo is launching two extra freighter destinations, Brussels in Belgium and Shanghai in China.Brussels will be served four times a week by an A330F from October 1. It will fly via Entebbe to Brussels on Wednesdays and Sundays and via Nairobi to Brussels on Mondays and Fridays.A three-times ...
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One Question
Milla Nyholm, manager, marketing and sustainability, Finnair Cargo, answers:"ABOUT a year-and-a-half ago we started receiving more enquiries from customers about our carbon emissions. We thought we should have something automated that is updated on a regular basis, so we created a tool that was based on our own initiatives, which ...
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Fraport’s airfreight rises
FRANKFURT AIRPORT is celebrating a cargo uptick after its throughput (airfreight and airmail) rose by 3.2 per cent to 179,555 tonnes in August – up 3.2 per cent compared with the same month last year, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Aircraft movements also climbed by 0.6 per cent to 42,684 takeoffs ...
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ABC Basel service targets pharma
AIRBRIDGECARGO Airlines (ABC), Russia’s largest air cargo carrier, is launching a weekly Basel-Moscow Sheremetyevo B747 freighter service to capiltalise on the Swiss city’s thriving healthcare industry, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.Basel has one of the highest concentrations of successful life-sciences businesses in the world, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical technology ...
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Is Cargolux’s unique culture strong enough?
HOW do you measure the value of esprit de corps within a company? Since it is an intangible by-product of work satisfaction and team commitment, and its existence cannot be measured on a spreadsheet, it therefore cannot be proven to have any direct correlation with an entity’s overall performance.Or can ...
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A joint vision
LUFTHANSA CARGO'S joint venture with ANA brings together an impressive fleet of freighters and a formidable array of global bellyhold capacity, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News editor.The joint venture was not a surprise - it has been the subject of debate for many months - but the business rationale ...
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Swiftair orders B737 pax to freighter conversions
Spanish carrier Swiftair has placed firm orders for four B737-400SF passenger to freighter conversions with Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) and has options on a further four aircraft.The first B737-400, built in 1991, is currently being modified at Commercial Jet Inc (CJI) in Miami, an authorised AEI conversion centre.The second aircraft ...
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Beluga birthday
The Airbus Beluga freighter is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first flight.The “white whale” freighter replaced the ageing Super Guppy transporters from 1995 in order to supply plane maker Airbus’ final assembly lines in Toulouse and Hamburg.Today, more than sixty flights are performed each week between eleven sites, carrying ...
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AF-KLM cargo return to breakeven by 2017
Air France-KLM has unveiled a group-wide Perform 2020 strategic plan that includes a slimmed down cargo business returning to operating breakeven by 2017.The Franco-Dutch carrier has already announced the phase out of five MD-11 freighters belonging to Dutch subsidiary Martinair by the summer of 2016.AF-KLM Martinair’s freighter fleet will be ...
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Volvo renews TNT international delivery contract
Swedish truck and bus maker Volvo has renewed a three-year contract with express operator TNT for ‘inbound to production’ and aftermarket delivery services in Europe.TNT will continue to handle Volvo’s European emergency production movements.TNT collects automotive components and parts from more than 800 different suppliers in Europe and delivers them ...