All Freighter Operator articles – Page 155
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West Atlantic relocates UK operations to East Midlands Airport
The UK division of Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline has relocated its operation from Coventry Airport to East Midlands Airport.The express freight company has leased 43,000 sq ft of hanger space close to its key customers DHL and the Royal Mail.A statement said that the move is driven by a ...
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Setback for Airlander 10 as it breaks free of mooring
The Airlander 10 airship suffered a new setback over the weekend when it broke free of its mooring and a safety system ripped open the hull.Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) said its airship, which is the world's longest aircraft, was not flying at the time of the incident and initial assessments ...
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Emirates SkyCargo targets e-commerce with CommerCity deal
Emirates SkyCargo will target e-commerce traffic through a new deal it has signed with free zone Dubai CommerCity.The two partners said they will work together to develop new solutions for the global e-commerce sector to help retailers save time and money, although details on what form these solutions will take ...
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Emirates SkyCargo signs space centre logistics deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) to become the preferred logistics partner.The deal, signed at the Dubai Airshow, means that Emirates SkyCargo will be MBRSC’s preferred partner to provide air transport services for satellites and related equipment relating to the organisation’s ...
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Air Hong Kong and DHL confirm freighter sale and leaseback deal
Air Hong Kong (AHK) and DHL have entered into a sale and leaseback transaction for eight Airbus A300-600F freighter aircraft and associated equipment.AHK is selling the aircraft to DHL for HK$2.2bn (subject to adjustment), which will be leased back by DHL to AHK.The sale and leaseback was first announced in ...
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Ethiopian Airlines orders four Boeing 777 freighters
Ethiopian Airlines is expanding its extensive freighter fleet with an order for four Boeing 777 freighters in a deal valued at more than $1.3bn at list prices.The deal includes a new order for two freighters. It also includes two freighters the major African airline announced as a commitment in June, ...
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Amerijet extends NAS and ANA contracts to cover Malta and Dubai
Amerijet International has extended its GSA contract with Network Airline Services (NAS) to include Malta, while sister firm ANA Aviation Services has won the deal to cover Dubai.Florent Turlier, business development director of Network Aviation Group, of which NAS and ANA are GSA branches, said: “Our global network of offices ...
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Profits on the up at Cargojet
Cargojet continued to report improving financial figures in the third quarter of the year thanks to the start of flights between the US and Canada in April.The aircraft lessor and operator saw revenues for the period increase by 10.8% year on year to C$89.4m, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and ...
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EVA receives first new B777F
Taiwan’s EVA Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing B777 freighter.The carrier intends to deploy the new freighter on routes linking its Asia network (which includes Shanghai Pudong, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Osaka, Singapore, Bangkok, Penang and Hanoi) with destinations that it serves in North America (Los Angeles, San ...
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Emirates SkyCargo's half year volumes up 5%
Emirates SkyCargo saw a 5% rise in cargo volumes to 1.3m tonnes for the financial half year while yields improved by 8%.Dubai parent Emirates Group, announcing the six month results to end of September 2017, said of the airfreight arm: "This solid performance speaks to Emirates SkyCargo’s recent investments in ...
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Hats the way to do it: CargoLogicAir satisfies oil and gas demand
British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir has had a busy time since it launched its first scheduled services in mid-August, due to strong demand from the oil and gas industry for capacity from the US to the Middle East.The twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter flights between London Stansted and Mexico City operate via ...
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Turkish Airlines third-quarter cargo results rocket up
Turkish Airlines moved 810,489 tons of cargo between January and September this year – an increase of 26.8% over the same nine months of 2016.The Far East, Europe and North America led the way in terms of rising volumes of cargo and mail carried, each with around 30% more than ...
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ABC in top gear for Maserati Gran Turismo charter
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered twenty-eight new Maserati Gran Turismo vehicles on a Boeing 747 freighter.The charter flight from Milan to Tokyo on behalf of Agility Logistics was operated from the largest airport in Milan, Malpensa, to Narita Airport with a stop at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.The Maserati cars were handled ...
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FedEx Express orders up to 50 ATR 72-600 production line freighters
FedEx Express has signed a firm purchase contract for 30 ATR72-600s plus 20 options.These eight tonnes cargo capacity aircraft will be the first new ATRs to be directly delivered from the factory in a freighter configuration.Deliveries of the ATR72-600Fs to FedEx Express will begin in 2020.“This new aircraft version, designated ...
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Network Airline Management and Astral add B747-400F
Network Airline Management (NAM) and Astral Aviation have signed a long-term wet lease with Air Atlanta Icelandic adding a factory-built, nose-loader B747-400F to their existing managed fleet of three MD11Fs.This will enable NAM to develop their presence in Africa, and especially the Kenyan perishables market, adding capacity for flowers and ...
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Atlas expects strong fourth quarter and solid peak season
US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) is looking to “a strong fourth quarter,” and anticipates “solid peak-season yields and volumes” in year-end 2017.AAWH, which leases B767 freighters to Amazon’s Prime Air overnight parcel airline, announced a loss from continuing operations, net of taxes, of $24.2m, including an unrealised ...
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Two more Turkish Cargo stations achieve pharma standard
Turkish Cargo has gained QEP Accreditation from Envirotainer for its Brussels and Atlanta stations for the quality of its pharmaceutical services.The carrier, which also delivers temperature-controlled medical products via QEP accredited stations in Bombay, Frankfurt, Hyderabad, Seoul, Istanbul and Tel Aviv, has been widening its services to over 300 points ...
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SIA Cargo achieves massive turnaround
SIA Cargo, the freight arm of Singapore Airlines, has successfully turned the tables on its 2016-17 first-half loss of S$45m, posting an operating profit of S$32m for the same period of the 2017-18 financial year.The carrier attributed the result to higher volumes (up 6.1% year on year) as well as ...
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Freighter lessor ATSG: outlook is bright
US-based aircraft lessor ATSG, provider of Boeing 767 freighters for Amazon's Prime Air cargo airline, saw its revenue increase by 31% to $254.1m year-on-year in the third quarter of 2017.Joe Hete, president and chief executive, said the results “reflect growth in our operating fleet and strong double-digit growth in associated ...
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CLA adds Tel Aviv to expanding route network
CargoLogicAir (CLA), the UK-registered freighter operator, is to begin weekly scheduled services to Tel Aviv in Israel.The London Stansted-based airline will use a Boeing 747-400F for the new service to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt. In December, the outbound departure out of Europe will move from Frankfurt (Main) to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.Dmitry ...