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Cargolux takes on 11th 747-8F
Cargolux has taken delivery of its 11th 747-8 freighter. The aircraft was named ‘City of Zhengzhou’ in honour of Cargolux’s partnership with its Chinese shareholder HNCA and its recently established Chinese hub in the Chinese city.Cargolux plans to increase its 747-8F flights between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou to multiple daily connections.On ...
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Technology shaves off vital minutes for Dnata
Dnata has recorded 25 per cent growth in its UK cargo handling business this year, despite continuing softness in both inbound and outbound markets.The increase is thanks to existing clients’ improved volumes as well as “tremendous success” in picking up 14 new contracts over the last 18 months on the ...
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ABC Airlines receives sixth 747-8 Freighter
Russia’s largest cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines has taken delivery of its sixth new Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The addition takes the Volga-Dnepr Group subsidiary’s fleet to a total of 13 Boeing 747s, including six Boeing 747-8 Freighters, four Boeing 747-400ERFs and three Boeing 747-400 Freighters.The 747-8 Freighter is the latest iteration ...
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AirBridge can’t get enough -8Fs
AIRBRIDGE Cargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest cargo airline, has taken delivery of an additional 747-8 from Boeing. This will take the carrier’s fleet of the model type to six.The sixth aircraft was just delivered in mid-October. Denis Ilin, executive president of ABC, said the company ...
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Unions confirm they live in dream land
LUFTHANSA’S unions have apparently started to believe the common yet false assumption that airlines are made of money.Despite the airline only just clawing its way out of the effects of the global recession, the union Vereinigung Cockpit had its members stop working from 1pm to 11.59pm local on 21 October ...
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Libya’s Global restarts European flights
GLOBAL Aviation has resumed cargo flights between Europe and Libya using a wet-leased AHS Air International 747-200F. Fortnightly flights will operate from Ostend, Belgium to Tripoli Mitiga, Libya, as Tripoli International is still largely unserviceable owing to months of heavy warfare there.Global had originally intended to use a 747-300F on ...
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Steder Group arranges airlifts for 300 tons power equipment to Gabon
Steder Group B.V, member of the Worldwide Project Consortium WWPC for The Netherlands, successfully secured urgent cargo charters on behalf of Aggreko International. The project was managed through the Steder Groups branch office in Dubai.Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control solutions was requested ...
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Jettainer hits the big time with US expansion
JETTAINER, a ULD management company, has started operations in the US. Jettainer Americas, based in Delaware, has a strong start with a contract for the global management and maintenance of containers and pallets on behalf of American Airlines.The company intends to open other US branches on the near future, such ...
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'Flat' first nine months for Lufthansa Cargo
Lufthansa Cargo’s transport figures remained flat in the first nine months of 2014, compared with a slight uptick in worldwide airfreight demand.Freight and mail volumes at the German carrier fell 3.2 per cent to 1.2 million tonnes for the period from January to September.The freight arm “did not meet the ...
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LAN Cargo adds Basel to LatAm freighter network
LAN Cargo has launched a weekly B777 freighter between Switzerland and Latin America, aimed at the pharmaceuticals sector.The cargo division of LATAM Airlines Group said that the B777F will depart every Monday on an Amsterdam–Basel–Guarulhos (Sao Paulo)–Buenos Aires– Santiago de Chile routing, extending an existing freighter service out of Schiphol ...
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Emirates services Hungary's automotive sector
Emirates SkyCargo has strengthened its operations in central Europe with the launch of cargo services to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.Emirates’ daily passenger flight to the city is operated with a wide-body Airbus A330-200 and offers 168 tonnes of cargo capacity per week.The first flight into Budapest featured consolidated cargo ...
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Volga-Dnepr lands BACA award
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted Best Cargo Charter Airline in the annual awards presented by the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).It is the fifth time that the global organisation for the aircraft charter industry has honoured Volga-Dnepr Airlines with this award since 2009.Dmitry Grishin, sales director of Volga-Dnepr, was presented ...
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IAG's narrowbody option for European freight
IAG Cargo has launched EuroConnector – a time-definite option for freight into, around and out of Europe that uses narrowbody aircraft capacity.The freight arm of British Airways and Iberia of Spain said that the service will help optimise capacity on its short-haul network. The launch has been timed to coincide ...
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HAE wins 2Excel freighter contract
UK based-HAE has been appointed to represent 2Excel Aviation as it commences commercial freighter operations with a B727-2S2F fleet.Neville Karai, director at HAE Group, said: “Having Boeing 727F aircraft based at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster, offers the industry an opportunity to have reliable and cost effective charter and network solutions ...
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Etihad recruits Alitalia pilots
Etihad Airways is recruiting 40 fully-qualified pilots from Alitalia as part of a large-scale global campaign to hire between 500 to 600 captains and first officers over the next three years.In August this year, the UAE national airline sealed a €560m deal to acquire a 49 per cent equity stake ...
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TNT adds Hanover freighter
TNT is stepping up its services in Europe with the launch of B737-400 freighter services to Hanover in Germany, Europe’s largest express delivery market.The express parcel operator now offers five flights a week connecting Hanover to the company’s main international air hub in Liege (Belgium), Hanover to Billund (Denmark) and ...
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Superjet airframe ready to fly
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter has transported a Sukhoi Superjet 100 fuselage as well as the aircraft’s wings and tail section from Komsomolsk-na-Amure in Khabarovsk Krai to Zhukovsky, southeast of Moscow.The flight carried the detached airframe parts of an extended range and upgraded version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft. ...
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ABC reports global network growth
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reports across the globe network volume growth in the first nine months of 2014, led by North America-Europe routes with a 77 per cent tonnage boost.In a statement, ABC said: “In the first nine months, ABC saw an increase in tonnage carried on all of its routes ...
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Cargolux reports record month
Cargolux achieved its "best ever" October with a record performance in tonnage, revenues and block hours.Compared to the same month in 2013, the European all cargo airline saw actual tonnage grow by 6.7%, while commercial net revenues rose by 9.9%.The Luxembourg-based carrier stated: "It is a strong indication of an ...
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New Beluga to fly by 2019
Airbus is to expand its oversize air transport capability with the development of five new Beluga transport aircraft.The future “white whales” will be based on the A330 aircraft, with a large re-use of existing components and equipment.The current five-strong Beluga fleet – now up to 20 years old - is ...