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Emirates freighter move on track
EMIRATES SkyCargo is on track for the wholesale move of its home freighters base to the new Dubai World Central (DWC) airport.The first phase of the building is finished, the carrier reports. From May, all 12 freighters will operate from the new cargo terminal.“As of today, the cross-docks and perishables ...
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ABC steps up European network
RUSSIA’S AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its presence in Europe with new routes linking Moscow with Malmo in Sweden and Leipzig, Germany.From this month, the new Malmo service to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport will be in addition to the existing weekend B737 freighter operated by Atran Cargo Airlines, also part of ...
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Qatar freighter to Hyderabad
QATAR Airways Cargo celebrates the launch of its new twice-weekly A330 freighter service to Hyderabad, India with a traditional water cannon salute.“Hyderabad is a key destination for Qatar Airways Cargo, and we are delighted to start our scheduled freighter service this month,” says Ulrich Ogiermann, Qatar Airways’ chief officer, cargo.“We ...
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AF-KLM Martinair Cargo fly 100 horses to Amsterdam
MERGED European airline Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has carried almost 100 horses from the USA to Amsterdam Schiphol.In what is described as ‘a large-scale effort’, the horses were carried on the three different airlines of the group.From Miami, two Martinair freighters accommodated 29 in 11 stalls, and a specially-arranged Air France ...
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Pilot strike halves Lufthansa Cargo’s scheduled freighter flights
MORE than 50 per cent of Lufthansa Cargo’s scheduled freighter flights have been affected by the three-day pilot strike.“We were able to operate 15 of the scheduled 33 freighter flights during the strike time,” reveals Michael Göntgens, spokesperson for Lufthansa Cargo.All together some 4,500 tonnes of cargo have been affected ...
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Volga-Dnepr airlifts telecommunications satellite
A VOLGA-DNEPR Airlines An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ freighter has delivered the Luch-5V and KazSat-3 telecommunications satellites from Krasnoyarsk in Russia to Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome.The satellites, weighing a combined 21 tonens, were secured inside a 14 metres long, three metres wide and more than four metres high container.The container was placed carefully onto ...
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Saudia Cargo boosts Shanghai
SAUDI Airlines Cargo has upgraded its Shanghai service to a B747-8 freighter.The airline now operates three weekly B747-8F flights from Shanghai directly to Europe and on to Saudi Arabia (KSA), connecting customers to the entire Saudia Cargo Network.“We are are able to operate our B747-8F aircraft in the Shanghai market ...
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Lufthansa Cargo upgrades Shanghai to B777F
LUFTHANSA CARGO has upgraded its Shanghai service to a B777F.China’s largest city is to be served with daily flights of the new freighter.Christian Haug, regional director, north and central China, enthuses: “We are strengthening our position in China considerably through the use of the best freighter in its class.”Shanghai is ...
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One Question
Nabil Sultan, divisional senior vice-president, Emirates SkyCargo, answers: COMING primarily from the passenger side, where e-tickets and paperless transactions are the norm, I think this is one of the key areas that definitely surprised me (when taking over this air cargo role).This industry should be transacting through e-airwaybills by now.I ...
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Air Partner sees revenue slump
UK CHARTER broker Air Partner saw revenue slump by 26 per cent to £11.7m (2013: £15.9m), in the 18-month period ending January 31, 2014.Underlying profit before tax was level with the comparable 12-month period at £0.2m, due to early management of the cost base, the company reports.“The lower revenues reflect ...
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Recovery happening says Lufthansa Cargo
THE AIR cargo market continues to show signs of a recovery.Benefiting from this development, Lufthansa Cargo flew with more tonnage in its aircraft in the first three months of 2014.“Thanks to a disciplined capacity management, we saw an increase in capacity sales to nearly 72 per cent – an exceptional ...
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Cargolux utilisation up in April
CARGOLUX recorded an all-time high average daily aircraft utilisation of its B747-400 freighter fleet in the first week of April 2014.The all-cargo carrier’s B747-400 freighters operated a block-hour average of 17 hours and 23 minutes per day, the highest utilisation that the airline’s B747-400F fleet ever achieved.During the same week, ...
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Why we have won Cargo Airline of the Year
THE VOTING is over and the counting is set to begin to discover who is Cargo Airline of the Year 2014.Quality, innovation, efficiency, speed, reliability and vision are the hallmarks of a winner of the annual Air Cargo News awards scheme, now 31 years old.Both Lufthansa Cargo and Virgin Atlantic ...
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AEI delivers B737-400SF conversion to Southern Air
AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc (AEI) has delivered the first of five converted B737-400SF freighters to Southern Air, which will operate them for DHL Express in the Americas.The aircraft is a standard gross weight B737-400SF built in 1999, and was converted at Commercial Jet’s Dothan facility, one of five authorised AEI conversion ...
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Cargolux to start Zhengzhou service
CARGOLUX is to inaugurate regular scheduled services later this month between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou, the capital of Chinese province Henan.The decision marks the beginning of a partnership between Cargolux and its new shareholder Henan Civil Aviation and Investment (HNCA) that will own a 35 per cent stake in Europe’s leading ...
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March air cargo boost for Cathay
MARCH saw double-digit good news for Cathay Pacific Cargo and its sister company Dragonair.Between them, the Hong Kong-based carriers lifted a total of 155,352 tonnes of cargo and mail in the month, an increase of 13.8 per cent on the same month last year.The cargo and mail load factor rose ...
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Etihad in first quarter cargo surge
ETIHAD AIRWAYS saw a 26 per cent year on year increase in cargo volumes in the first quarter of 2014, handling 128,000 tonnes of freight and mail.The United Arab Emirates based passenger airline’s cargo revenue increased by the same percentage to US$243m, placing the Etihad Cargo division on track to ...
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Silk Way confirms 747-8F order
Silk Way West has confirmed its order for three B747-8 freighters.The Azerbaijan-based carrier said the new planes were valued at over $1.1bn at current list prices. They join a fleet of two other B747-8Fs, two B767-300Fs and three B747-400Fs.The B747-8 freighter, said the carrier, offers the lowest operating costs and ...
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Cargo leads the way at Avianca
Colombian airline Avianca said that a 46 per cent surge in cargo revenue was the main contributor to a 3.1 per cent overall rise in operating revenue in its 2014 fourth quarter results.Cargo and other revenues reached $256.8m during the final three months of 2014, reaching 20.7 per cent of ...
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IATA warns of "tough year" for cargo
The New Year got off to a slow start for air cargo says IATA in its latest statistical bulletin.While freight tonne kilometres grew 3.2 per cent in January 2015 compared to the same month last year, it was slower than the 2014’s 4.5 per cent average.IATA director general and chief ...