All Freighter Operator articles – Page 165
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Yangtze River adds Atlas B747-400 freighter
Yangtze River Airlines will lease a Boeing 747-400F from Atlas Air Worldwide to use on China-US flights.The aircraft will be leased on an ACMI basis for use on a new service due to start this month flying between China and the US.The airline is part of the HNA Modern Logistics ...
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AirBridgeCargo records 17% volume growth in Q1
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) recorded a volume improvement of 17% during the first quarter of the year as the carrier continued to expand its network and benefited from market growth.The carrier saw volumes for the three month period reach 158,000 tonnes, while its load factor touched 70%.ABC has been busy expanding ...
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We’re staying in Singapore, says Cargolux
Cargolux has denied that it is to move one of its key Asian hubs from Singapore’s Changi airport to Batam Hang Nadim in Indonesia.Reports in the local press had suggested that a move to Batam, which lies just across the Straits of Singapore, was imminent, after the finalising of a ...
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Volga-Dnepr keeps Baffinland iron ore production on track
Russia-based all-cargo carrier Voga-Dnepr Airlines carried out 20 Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD freighter flights over four weeks beginning at the start of April, moving heavy-duty trucks and trailers from North Bay to Mary River in North Baffin, Nunavut, Canada on behalf of Baffinland Iron Mines.Baffinland had ordered extra trucks and trailers in ...
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ABC moves eROSITA telescope
Russian all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported the eROSITA X-ray telescope from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics near Munich to the premises of the Russian aerospace company, Lavochkin Association, in Moscow.The movement of the highly sensitive cargo was carried out in partnership with integrator DHL. Ensuring the ...
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TAAG Angola renews freighter lease deal
Angola national airline TAAG Angola Airlines has renewed its long-term freighter lease deal with Network Airline Management.Operating a weekly scheduled service from Liege, Belgium, to Luanda, the capital of Angola, Network Airline Management provides a Boeing 747-400F factory-built freighter with nose door which carries up to 120,000 kilos of oil-related ...
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Emirates' focus on Vietnamese perishables bears fruit
Emirates SkyCargo has seen a near five-fold increase in the volumes of exports of fruits between Vietnam and Dubai over the last year.Collaborative efforts between Middle East carrier’s cargo arm and Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency Vietrade saw perishables exports to Dubai, including rambutans and lychees, touch a record close to ...
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Volga-Dnepr flies 11 generators in 14 days
Volga-Dnepr has transported eleven generators onboard a series of six An-124-100 freighter flights to the Madagascan capital, Antananarivo, in a 14-day period.The delivery of the 57 tonne generators from the island of Mauritius on behalf of forwarder customer Kupa Proje Tasimacilik Ve Lojistik will boost the capacity of the existing ...
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Kalitta Air takes delivery of first GECAS-leased B747-400F
US freighter operator Kalitta Air has taken delivery of the first of two leased 747-400F factory freighters from GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS), an Ireland-based aviation leasing and financing company.GECAS said that the aircraft delivery marked “a new milestone in the decade-long relationship of the two companies”.While GECAS has previously ...
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National Airlines and Navitrans in weekly Round-the-World 747-400F Service
US-based freighter operator National Airlines and charter company Navitrans USA are to launch a weekly scheduled Round-the-World (RTW) B747-400 freighter service, set to begin on June 1.The RTW service and will operate year-round connecting several key global airports: Chicago (ORD), Liege (LGG), Heydar Aliyev International in Azerbaijan (GYD), Hong Kong ...
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Brum, Brum, Emirates freighter for Jaguar Land Rover cars
Emirates SkyCargo has operated an ad hoc Boeing 777 freighter aircraft from Birmingham airport as part of a new bespoke service for the transportation of exclusive Jaguar Land Rover cars to Chicago.Emirates SkyCargo flight EK9923 departed Birmingham Airport to deliver cars for further testing. Metro Shipping, the logistics service provider ...
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Qantas Freight scoops new China-US mail contract
Qantas Freight has won a new contract to fly airmail between China and the US on behalf of China Post.The airmail, which is managed by China Post and Australia Post joint venture Sai Cheng Logistics, will be airlifted from the mail giant’s hubs of Shanghai and Hong Kong to various ...
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Atlas looks to raise funds through note sale
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings is looking to raise $250m through the sale of convertible senior notes to repay borrowings and support future growth.In a stock exchange announcement, the company said the bond sale would see it offer senior notes due on June 1 2024 in an underwritten public offering.The company ...
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Coming up roses for Western Global
Florida-based Western Global Airlines is flying 100m flowers to Miami. The leading carrier of Mother’s Day flowers to the US is operating 76 dedicated flights between Miami and South America to carry exotic varieties of roses and carnations that do not grow in the US, primarily from Ecuador and Colombia.Packed ...
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Emirates SkyCargo widens container offer for pharma customers
Emirates SkyCargo has entered into agreements for global container rental services with SkyCell and va-Q-tec, in addition to its existing co-operation with Envirotainer.The agreements allow the Middle East carrier to offer a variety of specialised temperature controlled containers for pharmaceutical or life sciences products.Emirates SkyCargo’s customers can have such temperature ...
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China ponders airline sale and merger
The Chinese government is considering merging and privatising two of its largest state-owned airlines, Air China and China Southern, according to reports by Bloomberg. The news agency adds that potential investors could include Chinese freight forwarder Sinotrans, Cathay Pacific Airways and Chines delivery firm YTO Express.The report also speculates that ...
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Qatar poised to open Doha chill hub
Qatar Airways is to open a transit hub for temperature-controlled shipments at its Doha hub at Hamad International Airport.The carrier, which also announced a new freighter service to London Heathrow at the Air Cargo Europe event in Munich (see story) said the new Climate Control Centre in Doha would be ...
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Etihad steps up service to Ohio hub
Etihad is to start a second weekly 777F freighter service to Rickenbacker on May 12 following a new $40m agreement with transport firm Trinity Logistics and the Ohio airport.According to Etihad Cargo senior vice president, David Kerr two new major customers have been secured for the second frequency and their ...
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Antonov sets its sights on US and Hong Kong
Heavylift carrier Antonov Airlines is to establish a presence in the US and Hong Kong as part of its expansion plans.Kyiv, Ukraine-headquartered Antonov has already established an office at London Stansted Airport in the UK, and has appointed a general sales agent for Japan and Australia.It operates a fleet of ...
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Qatar to launch Heathrow freighter
Qatar Airways Cargo is launching a weekly A330 freighter flight to London’s Heathrow Airport from its Doha hub on June 3.The freighter will be in addition to the Middle East carrier’s existing London-Stansted all-cargo services which started in May 2014.Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Ulrich Ogiermann said that the carrier ...