All Freighter Operator articles – Page 157
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NewsAsia Cargo Monthly: Record week for Cathay Pacific
Asian airlines continued to report strong cargo figures in September, with Cathay Pacific breaking a cargo record and reporting improving yields.The latest figures from airlines in the regions show that there was some slowdown in growth in September at certain airlines but overall cargo continued to improve.The region’s largest cargo ...
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Alaska Airlines adds freight to its loyalty programme
Alaska Airlines has added a new freight benefit for members of its Club 49 loyalty programme that will give members a discount when shipping cargo.The new perk, dubbed "Freight for Less," enables members to save up to 90% when shipping cargo intra-state.When travelling within the state of Alaska, Club 49 ...
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ANTONOV Airlines in AN-124-100 compressor move
ANTONOV Airlines has transported four compressor skids on behalf of Bolloré Logistics China from Calgary, Canada to Mary, Turkmenistan on one of its seven AN-124-100 aircraft.The compressor skids were recently transported for a Chinese Oil & Gas Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) company on four separate flights for a gas ...
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Qatar Airways' first freighter arrives in Pittsburgh
A Qatar Airways Cargo Boeing 777 freighter arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport to a grand water salute to mark the launch of the Middle East carrier's twice weekly service and the thirteenth freighter destination in the Americas.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker, said: “It is a proud moment ...
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China Southern and Air France-KLM intensify their cargo cooperation
China Southern Airlines Cargo (CZ Cargo) and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) are to intensify their strategic cooperation that could ultimately lead to an integrated commercial and operational cargo joint venture between Europe and China.The cargo arms of two major passenger carriers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ...
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GECAS buys B747-8F and extends relationship with AirBridgeCargo
Aircraft lessor GECAS has acquired a Boeing 747-8 freighter from Boeing Capital Corp and will continue the existing aircraft lease with AirBridgeCargo (ABC) which has the jet in its fleet.This transaction expands lessor's decade-long relationship with the airline, which operates an all-747 fleet including two 747-400ERFs from GECAS.“We are pleased ...
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Medical emergency drone deliveries to start in US
Drone delivery service Flirtey and community-integrated emergency medical service provider REMSA are to launch the first automated external defibrillator drone delivery service in the US.The service aims to assist first responders treating victims of cardiac arrest. The drones will be dispatched at the same time as ambulances when REMSA receives ...
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Lufthansa Cargo: load factor increase in September
German flag-carrier Lufthansa recorded an improvement of 2.7 percentage points in its cargo load factor during September, compared to the same month of last year. Freight capacity was up 1.9% while revenue tonne-km (RTK) increased by 6% over September 2016.Looking at the year to date, with capacity up 2.7% and ...
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AirBridge adds Liege as a European freighter hub
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has introduced new freighter calls at Liege airport, flights that are understood to be shifting from slot-constrained Amsterdam Schiphol airport, as earlier reported by Air Cargo News.Starting with its winter schedule, ABC will "gradually increase its cargo capacity up to 12 flights per week," said the Russian ...
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A night of the freighter stars in Chicago
Cargolux has won the Best Freighter Operator category in a new set of awards launched in Chicago by Freighters World, a quarterly magazine produced by the UK publishers of Air Cargo News.The Luxembourg-based cargo airline won the Liege Airport-sponsored award in a hotly contested category, with four finalists submitting evidence ...
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Forwarders' network demands drive new opportunities for all-cargo carriers
Freight forwarder and e-commerce companies’ need to control their transport network is driving demand at all-cargo carriers.Speaking at the Freighters World conference, a panel of all-cargo airline executives discussed future opportunites for freighter operators.One area of opportunity identified by panelists was customers - forwarders and e-commerce companies - wanting freighter ...
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Emirates signs codeshare with Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo have signed a codeshare partnership for cargo.The carriers said the new codeshare would allow both carriers to procure cargo capacity on each other’s flights and then offer it to their customers under their own airway bills and flight numbers. The codeshare agreement will be applicable ...
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Hactl wins Aviastar handling
Moscow-based carrier Aviastar-Tu has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from eastern Russia.Aviastar-Tu has started weekly operations from Tolmachevo to Hong Kong, using a Tupolev Tu-204C freighter aircraft with 28.5 tonne payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to ...
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New chief for Estonia’s Airest
Estonian cargo airline Airest has appointed Aleksei Lupitski as its new chief executive, taking over from Jaanus Ojamets, who has stepped down for personal reasons.Lupitski has held senior management positions at various airlines for the last 20 years and, for the past eight was the president and chief executive of ...
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Atlas Air donates Puerto Rico aid flight
Atlas Air has donated a Boeing 747 freighter flight to get 110 tons of urgently needed supplies to San Juan in Puerto Rico, following an unprecedented response to an appeal from New York airline JetBlue.The carrier said that the response to its 100x35JetBlue commitment to launch 35 initiatives over 100 ...
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Zodiac unveils its maindeck container
Zodiac AirCargo Equipment will launch its first Herculight S main deck containers at the Inter Airport Europe Expo in Munich, following the earlier introduction of a lower deck version.French-based Zodiac lists the advantages of the new container as lighter weight, more durability and lower total cost of ownership, along with ...
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Freighter 13 for Qatar all-cargo fleet
Qatar Airways Cargo has expanded its freighter fleet to 22 aircraft following the delivery of a 13th Boeing 777F at its home base, Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).The world’s third largest international cargo fleet now comprises eight Airbus A330Fs, 13 Boeing 777Fs and one Boeing 747-8F. A second B747-8F is ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr freighters fly hijacked B737 aircraft home
Volga-Dnepr Airlines carried out the return of the B737-200 aircraft to Germany that was hijacked by terrorists in 1977.An-124-100 and IL-76TD90-VD freighters flew the aircraft named Landshut from northeastern Brazil's Fortaleza Airport to Friederichshafen.The fuselage and wings of the Boeing 737 were transported in a special frame for its An-124-100 ...
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Air Partner in aid flights for hurricane relief effort
Air Partner has carried out a number of urgent freight charters across the Caribbean in recent weeks to support the relief effort in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria.The flights were operated on behalf of governments, NGOs, charities and commercial entities to a number of islands in the region, ...
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ATSG appoints Raymond Johns to board of directors
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced the election of Raymond Johns to its board of directors.Johns, 62, led the US Air Force Air Mobility Command at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois until his retirement with the rank of General in January 2013, capping a 36-year military career.He is ...