All Freighter Operator articles – Page 146
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Tailor-made charter: Qatar Airways' fashion freighter from Dhaka to New York
Qatar Airways Cargo is providing Expo Freight Logistics (EFL) with a dedicated weekly Boeing 777 freighter service from Dhaka in Bangladesh to New York.The flights, arranged through the Middle East carrier's QR Charter services, can transport more than 100 tonnes of garments on each flight. The new freighter service commenced ...
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CargoLogicAir gets on its bike for Giro d’Italia
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the British all-cargo airline based at London Stansted, has supported the 101st Giro d’Italia bike race, which started recently in Israel.It was the first time that the race had begun outside Italy, with individual time trials taking place in Jerusalem.CLA flew a total of 1,263 individual pieces of ...
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Silk Way West launches B747F to Liege
Baku-headquartered freighter operator Silk Way West Airlines has launched a new regular Boeing 747F link between Belgium’s Liege Airport and its cargo hub in the capital of Azerbaijan.Twice-weekly flights into Liege were launched at the end of April.Silk Way West Airlines president and chief executive Wolfgang Meier commented: “The aim ...
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Lufthansa orders two B777 freighters
The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa has approved the order of two Boeing 777F for Lufthansa Cargo.Delivery is already on the way: in both February and March 2019, a newly-built aircraft each will take off from the Boeing plant in Seattle headed for Germany. The carrier currently has a cargo ...
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ATSG abandons Chinese JV cargo airline plan
ATSG has decided to abandon its plans to launch a joint venture airline in China following a review of its China strategy.The US-based aircraft lessor had initially planned to launch United Star Express in partnership with Chinese carrier Okay Airline and online discount retailer Vipshop Holdings in mid-2016.However, the project ...
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Network Airline Management and TAAG renew freighter contract
Network Airline Management (NAM) and TAAG Angola Airlines — the national airline of Angola — have renewed their long-term freighter aircraft contract for a factory-built Boeing 747-400F with nose door.The freighter — operated by NAM — carries up to 120,000 kilos of oil-related and general cargo and continues its weekly ...
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Hactl handles Western Global's freighter flights for Flexport
Florida-based freighter operator Western Global Airlines (WGA) has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl) to handle its first scheduled service into Hong Kong.The new twice-weekly Boeing 747-400F service between Hong Kong and Los Angeles is being operated as part of WGA's three-year contract with US forwarder Flexport.The airline ...
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Emirates cargo revenues soar 17% in 2017-18 financial year
Dubai-based airline Emirates carried just over 2.6m tonnes in the 2017-18 financial year, a 1.8% increase over prior year, while sister company, ground handler dnata, registered an 8.4% rise in global volumes to around 3.1m tonnes.The airline's airfreight division, Emirates SkyCargo, achieved revenues of AED12.4bn, an increase of 17% over ...
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Saudia Cargo wrestles with special cargo
Saudia Cargo had to grapple with a special cargo operation recently when it was tasked with transporting equipment for wrestling organisation WWE's Royal Rumble event.The airline used one of its widebody Boeing 747Fs to haul in tons of production equipment, including the wrestling ring, from New York to Jeddah on ...
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ATSG profits on the up in Q1
Aircraft lessor ATSG saw first-quarter net earnings increase on the back of demand at its Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) business and lower federal taxes.The company saw revenues for the period decline by 14.6% year on year to $203m, although this reflected the adoption of a new revenue standard and $54.4m ...
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Air Incheon welcomed to Hanoi
Air Incheon (KJ) has launched a six times a week B767-300 freighter service from Incheon to Hanoi.Terminal operator Air Cargo Services of Vietnam (ACSV) is Air Incheon's cargo handling partner at Hanoi.ACSV is providing a one-stop-shop ramp- and terminal handling service for all KJ flights through Hanoi.Air Transport Services Group ...
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Cargojet reports increased revenues and profits in Q1
Aircraft lessor Cargojet saw first-quarter revenues increase by 13.9% year on year, driven by its overnight and charter business.The Canadian company reported total revenues for the first three months of the year of C$99.2m, while earnings before income taxes improved by 71.1% year on year to C$6.5m and net earnings ...
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Turkish lands at Brussels
Turkish Cargo has added Brussels in Belgium as a destination for direct scheduled cargo flights.The opening of the new cargo destination was celebrated with an event attended by all the agencies operating at Brussels airport.In the first stage, as previously reported by Air Cargo News, the weekly frequencies with A310F ...
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Atlas Air upgrades outlook after improvement in Q1 revenues and profits
Aircraft lessor Atlas Air Worldwide has increased its outlook for the year as revenues and net profits rose during the first quarter of 2018.During the quarter, the company registered a 24.1% year-on-year improvement in revenues to $590m, operating income increased 68.8% to $40.6m and net income reached $9.6m compared with ...
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Cargolux continues drive to reduce environmental impact
Last year Luxembourg-based airline Cargolux managed to reduce its carbon footprint by 2.2% following the implementation of several initiatives.The freighter operator said its environmental improvement was ahead of IATA's recommendation of 1.5% per year until 2020.In order to reduce its carbon dioxide output and noise pollution the airline reviewed flight ...
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DHL expands airfreight operation in response to Asian demand
DHL Global Forwarding is expanding its round-the-world freighter operation to meet demand growth on Asian and transpacific trades.The forwarding giant said that it would a deploy a second dedicated Boeing 747-400F — ACMI-leased through Atlas Air — to connect the US, Europe and Asia, following on from the launch of ...
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Volga-Dnepr appoints Paul Nolan to shape fleet development
Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Paul Nolan as fleet development director.Nolan has worked in aviation commerce for more than 30 years, most recently spending more than 15 years as senior vice president, aircraft asset management, for DVB Bank SE, covering clients in the EMEA region, Japan, India, Russia and the CIS.He ...
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Longhao Airlines looks to add international cargo routes
Domestic Chinese cargo carrier Longhao Airlines is planning to launch two international cargo services from Nanchang Airport by June of this year.Details on where the service will operate to are thin on the ground, but the airline operates a fleet of three short-to-medium range B737-300 freighters meaning, unless it adds ...
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US pilots welcome FAA Reauthorization but reiterate concerns over single-pilot cargo aircraft
The Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA) has commended the US House of Representatives for its "strong, bipartisan passage" of a five-year Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization but expressed its disappointment regarding the inclusion of a study into single pilot cargo aircraft.The union said the Reauthorization would not only advance ...
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ANA international cargo revenues soar in 2017
Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways (ANA) saw domestic cargo dip in the 2017/18 financial year, ended in March, as international revenues soared.ANA, which has 12 Boeing 767 freighters alongside its passenger aircraft fleet, recorded a 26.5% in international airfreight to ¥118bn, while domestic revenues were down 0.5% to ¥30.7bn. International ...