All Freighter Operator articles – Page 212
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Emirates services Hungary's automotive sector
Emirates SkyCargo has strengthened its operations in central Europe with the launch of cargo services to Budapest, the capital of Hungary.Emirates’ daily passenger flight to the city is operated with a wide-body Airbus A330-200 and offers 168 tonnes of cargo capacity per week.The first flight into Budapest featured consolidated cargo ...
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Cathay adds Phnom Penh to freighter network
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a twice-weekly B747 freighter service to Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia, from 23 November.The scheduled service will operate on a Hong Kong-Singapore-Penang-Phnom Penh-Hong Kong routing.Cathay Pacific’s director cargo, James Woodrow, said: “We are delighted to strengthen our already extensive network in Asia ...
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Volga-Dnepr lands BACA award
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has been voted Best Cargo Charter Airline in the annual awards presented by the Baltic Air Charter Association (BACA).It is the fifth time that the global organisation for the aircraft charter industry has honoured Volga-Dnepr Airlines with this award since 2009.Dmitry Grishin, sales director of Volga-Dnepr, was presented ...
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IAG's narrowbody option for European freight
IAG Cargo has launched EuroConnector – a time-definite option for freight into, around and out of Europe that uses narrowbody aircraft capacity.The freight arm of British Airways and Iberia of Spain said that the service will help optimise capacity on its short-haul network. The launch has been timed to coincide ...
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HAE wins 2Excel freighter contract
UK based-HAE has been appointed to represent 2Excel Aviation as it commences commercial freighter operations with a B727-2S2F fleet.Neville Karai, director at HAE Group, said: “Having Boeing 727F aircraft based at Robin Hood Airport, Doncaster, offers the industry an opportunity to have reliable and cost effective charter and network solutions ...
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Third B777F for Ethiopian Airlines
Ethiopian Airlines has taken delivery of a third B777-200LR freighter, part of a strategic fleet expansion to support African exports of perishable cargo.Ethiopian, still the only African operator of B777 freighters, said that the aircraft’s uplift, range, fuel efficiency and temperature control capabilities make it “perfectly suited for the transport ...
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Earnings rise and DHL deal extension for freighter lessor ATSG
Freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group recorded a 25 per cent jump in pre-tax earnings in the 2014 third quarter to $15.6m and announced an agreement in principle to extend a B767F contract with DHL.Joe Hete, president and chief executive of the US-based provider of medium wide-body aircraft leasing and ...
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Third B747F for Etihad
Etihad Cargo has added a third Boeing 747 freighter from Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings as part of a multi-year aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) agreement.The B747-400 freighter – with a payload capacity of 115 tonnes and a range of more than 8,000 km - joins two B747Fs operated by ...
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Etihad recruits Alitalia pilots
Etihad Airways is recruiting 40 fully-qualified pilots from Alitalia as part of a large-scale global campaign to hire between 500 to 600 captains and first officers over the next three years.In August this year, the UAE national airline sealed a €560m deal to acquire a 49 per cent equity stake ...
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Volga-Dnepr aid flights to African states hit by Ebola virus
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines An-124-100 freighter has operated to five cities in Congo, Ghana, Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast to deliver equipment being used to help fight the outbreak of the Ebola virus in the region.The flights to Kinshasa, Accra, Bamako, Bissau and Abidjan carried five 20-ton containers, part of the ...
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Atlas sees increased demand
Atlas Air reports increased demand across all regions, with the greatest growth in the transpacific market, adding that online shopping and peak season high-tech product launches “continue to favour airfreight”.The US-based aircraft leasing company was commenting as it released its 2014 third quarter financial results which saw adjusted net income ...
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Korean cargo yields rise
Korean Air registered a 5.7 per cent increase in cargo yield in the 2014 third quarter as its load factor rose 2.5 percentage points to 79.1 per cent.The South Korean flag carrier’s cargo arm, accounting for 22.1 per cent of total airline revenues in Q3, saw a 10 per cent ...
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TNT adds Hanover freighter
TNT is stepping up its services in Europe with the launch of B737-400 freighter services to Hanover in Germany, Europe’s largest express delivery market.The express parcel operator now offers five flights a week connecting Hanover to the company’s main international air hub in Liege (Belgium), Hanover to Billund (Denmark) and ...
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Superjet airframe ready to fly
A Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ An-124-100 freighter has transported a Sukhoi Superjet 100 fuselage as well as the aircraft’s wings and tail section from Komsomolsk-na-Amure in Khabarovsk Krai to Zhukovsky, southeast of Moscow.The flight carried the detached airframe parts of an extended range and upgraded version of the Sukhoi Superjet 100 aircraft. ...
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Cargojet in "robust" outlook
Cargojet expects “a very robust peak period to end the year” after reporting a strong set of Q3 results helped by an uptick in E-commerce volumes.The Canada-based airline, operating overnight air cargo services across North America plus global charters, saw revenues rise 8.8 per cent to C$47.2m in the third ...
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ABC reports global network growth
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) reports across the globe network volume growth in the first nine months of 2014, led by North America-Europe routes with a 77 per cent tonnage boost.In a statement, ABC said: “In the first nine months, ABC saw an increase in tonnage carried on all of its routes ...
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Emirates restarts Erbil flights
Emirates will restart passenger flights to Erbil in Iraq from November 16, with twice a week passenger flights served by an A330-200 aircraft.The UAE-based global airline said that the frequency will increase to four weekly flights from December 4.Sheikh Majid Al Mualla, Emirates divisional senior vice president commercial operations, centre ...
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Buoyant October for Cathay and Dragonair
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for October show an increase in both passenger and cargo numbers compared with the same month last year.The two Hong Kong-based airlines carried a combined 156,590 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 14.0% compared to October last year. The cargo ...
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Cargolux reports record month
Cargolux achieved its "best ever" October with a record performance in tonnage, revenues and block hours.Compared to the same month in 2013, the European all cargo airline saw actual tonnage grow by 6.7%, while commercial net revenues rose by 9.9%.The Luxembourg-based carrier stated: "It is a strong indication of an ...
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New Beluga to fly by 2019
Airbus is to expand its oversize air transport capability with the development of five new Beluga transport aircraft.The future “white whales” will be based on the A330 aircraft, with a large re-use of existing components and equipment.The current five-strong Beluga fleet – now up to 20 years old - is ...