All Freighter Operator articles – Page 100
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NewsANA Cargo expands digital booking capabilities
ANA Cargo B777FAll Nippon Airways' (ANA) cargo capacity is now available on the cargo.one booking platform as the airline expands its digital booking capabilities.The Japanese airline said that from today it would be able to provide real-time quotes for all available air cargo capacity on the booking platform. The partnership ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo opens new pharma transit stations
LATAM Cargo has added four new transit stations in order to expand its pharma network.The Santiago-headquartered carrier has over the last three months open pharma transit stations in Miami, Santiago, Buenos Aires and a second entry point in Sao Paulo.This allows that carrier to expand the number of routes it ...
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ACE Belgium Freighters to change name to Challenge Airlines
All-cargo operator ACE Belgium Freighters is changing its name to Challenge Airlines.In files submitted to the US Department of Transportation (DOT), the carrier requested that its exemption authority be re-issued under the new name and that its foreign air carrier permit is issued at the earliest convenience.The carrier was last ...
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SIA Cargo notes reliance on cargo-only PAX flights for performance in May
Singapore-based SIA Cargo has reported in its results for May 2020 that cargo load factor (CLF) was 14.4 percentage points higher than last year, due to the capacity decline (61.9%) outpacing the decline (of 52.8%) in cargo traffic measured in freight tonne km."Capacity contraction would have been much greater, save ...
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AF KLM Cargo launches KickCharter platform to help fill chartered freighters
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has launched a collaborative online platform that can be used to book cargo capacity on its chartered freighter flights.The KickCharter solution ensures charter freighter flights are full, or as close to full as possible, before operating. It also enables cargo to be flown to ...
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Beijing Daxing handles first freighter service
Beijing's recently-opened $11bn mega airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, has handled its first cargo route last week.State-owned news agency Xinhua said that on June 11 the airport handled an SF Airlines flight carrying a shipment of waxberries from Hangzhou.The airport has 24 freighter stands and it can handle 2m tonnes ...
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Qatar Cargo boosted by bellyhold and freighter operations
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued to head the market in April as volumes hit 900m cargo tonne kilometres (CTK), according to IATA data, accounting for 7.2% of the global cargo market.This comes as the airline last year became the world's busiest cargo airline - excluding the express operators — as ...
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Cargo the highlight for Cathay Pacific in May
Cathay Pacific said that cargo was the highlight of its May performance despite a near 30% year on year drop in cargo carried.The Hong Kong-hubbed airline group, which this week look set to secure a HK$39bn government bailout, saw cargo and mail revenue tonne kms fall by 29.1% year on ...
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NewsHow coronavirus has turned the airfreight market on its head
One of the strangest sights of the coronavirus crisis has been airliners jetting into near-deserted airports, their cabins brimming with cardboard boxes secured with netting, either atop seats or stacked on the floor of a stripped out interior. While lockdowns and travel restrictions have starved the skies of passengers, air ...
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NewsOut of this world operation for Volga-Dnepr
A Volga-Dnepr An-124 transports the Atlas 5 rocketVolga-Dnepr has transported an Atlas 5 rocket booster to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a scheduled mission to Mars.The An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ flew the 32-meter long rocket booster from Huntsville, Alabama, to its final launch location on May 18.In addition to the over-length piece, Volga-Dnepr ...
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DHL Express to expand in the US as e-commerce booms
DHL Express is looking to add around 400 new jobs in the US due to a double-digit increase in volumes compared with last year.The express company said volumes had "significantly increased" in recent months due to a spike in online shopping as people were stuck at home due to the ...
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Volga-Dnepr upgrades second An-124 with a third to follow
Volga-Dnepr upgraded the capacity of a second An-124 aircraft by 20 tonnes.The upgrade means the aircraft will now be able to carry a maximum total cargo payload of 150 tonnes.Work carried out on the aircraft includes a new re-enforced floor and tyres.The carrier said that it planned to upgrade another ...
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AF KLM Cargo expands cargo network in response to market demand
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has increased its network "in sync with customer demand, data and intelligence", bringing the total number of destinations that 375 its weekly flights serve to 73.New destinations on the schedule include Sao Paulo, Bogotá, Cayenne, Los Angeles, Toronto and Seoul.Routes that have been re-opened ...
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UPS announces pharma network expansion
UPS Healthcare, the pharma and life sciences division of UPS, is expanding its warehouse and distribution network in key global markets, including a new facility in Shanghai and up to 1.5m sq ft of good manufacturing practices (GMP) distribution space for coronavirus-related shipments.The firm is also opening GDP-compliant pharma warehouses ...
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AirBridgeCargo becomes WebCargo's first all-cargo carrier
AirBridgeCargo has signed up to put its capacity on WebCargo, becoming the first pure freighter operator to offer space on the booking platform.The deal means that freight forwarders using the WebCargo platform can now price and book cargo digitally, with real-time capacity visibility, for almost 40 routes between North America, ...
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News‘Nothing off the table’ says Cathay chairman in business review
Cathay Pacific chairman Patrick Healy has warned that “tough decisions will need to be made” by the fourth quarter of the year as part of “right-sizing” efforts.He adds that “nothing is off the table” in the upcoming review of the Cathay Pacific group’s business model, but stopped short of saying ...
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Cathay Pacific set to receive big government bailout
The Hong Kong government has stepped in to provide beleaguered Cathay Pacific with a financial lifeline, as part of the airline’s group HK$39 billion ($5 billion) recapitalisation plan.Cathay, which has been hard hit by a collapse in travel demand from the coronavirus outbreak, states that the recapitalisation plan - if ...
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NewsUK's Southend Airport reduces night-time cargo flights
Southend Airport in the UK has reduced the number of cargo flights it handles each night following a campaign from the local community concerned about noise levels.Until now, the airport had been handling two freighter arrivals and one freighter departure each night, which were believed to be carried out on ...
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ATSG subsidiary delivers converted B767 for dry lease operations
Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM), a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group, has delivered a converted Boeing 767-200 to Malaysian carrier Raya Airways to be leased under a five-year contract.The aircraft is the second Boeing 767-200 freighter that Raya Airways has leased from CAM and put into service.ATSG said that though ...
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Qatar Cargo celebrates its continued growth
Qatar Airways is celebrating becoming the largest cargo airline in the world (excluding express operator FedEx) and its performance this year, despite disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing blockade placed on the country by some of its neighbours.According to IATA statistics, Qatar Cargo last year became the ...