All Freighter Operator articles – Page 214
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Lufthansa strike strife hits cargo
Lufthansa’s industrial relations problems hit services for a tenth time in 2014 with pilots again taking action over early retirement plans.German pilots' union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) called for strike action yesterday (Thursday) beginning at 3 am local time and lasting until midnight on the same day.The strike affected long-haul and ...
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WFS lands Singapore Airlines contract in the UK
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide full cargo handling services for Singapore Airlines Cargo at London Heathrow and at all of its UK regional locations from January 2015.WFS is set to handle some 46,000 tonnes of cargo a year for the airline via two B747F ...
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Transaero launches cargo service to Beijing
Russia’s leading carrier, Transaero Airlines, has launched a freighter service to China.Transaero delivered 22.4 tonnes of mail on the first flight between Beijing and Novosibirsk using one of the airline’s pair of new Tupolev Tu-204C aircraft. The year old aircraft will be regular performers on the route.The airline is seeking ...
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TNT adds Venice freighter call
Parcels carrier TNT is launching a five-times a week B737-400 freighter service between Venice and its Liege air hub in Belgium, aimed at exporters and importers trading with north-east Italy.The morning flight from Liege arrives at Venice Airport Marco Polo (VCE) at 6:00 am and continues onto Ljubljana (Slovenia) before ...
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EFW lands Egyptair as launch customer for A330-200P2F conversion
Airbus subsidiary EFW has signed a launch contract for its A330-200P2F passenger to freighter conversion programme with Egyptair Cargo.The deal comprises the conversion of two passenger aircraft currently owned and operated by Egyptair, plus two further options.The conversion of the first two A330-200s from passenger-to-freighter configuration comes as Egypt’s flag ...
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Qatar adds trio of freighter routes
Qatar Airways Cargo has started A330 freighter operations to three new destinations: Lagos, Accra and Guangzhou.The Lagos and Accra freighters commenced on December 6. The twice weekly freighter service operates from Doha to Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and then on to Accra’s Kotoka International Airport, with a scheduled ...
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Cargo records tumble for Etihad
Etihad Cargo is set for a record 2014 after posting a seven per cent rise in freight volumes during November.The freight division of United Arab Emirates flag carrier Etihad Airways carried 53,292 tonnes across its global network last month, beating the previous monthly record of 51,688 tonnes set in October ...
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Dubai drives October's cargo surge
A Dubai cargo surge helped global air freight traffic maintain an upward trend in volumes with a year-over-year growth rate of five per cent for October, reports Airports Council International (ACI).Overall worldwide accumulated volumes for the last twelve months rose by 4.6 per cent. International freight volumes jumped up by ...
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Cargolux has a record November
European freighter airline Cargolux achieved an all-time record performance in block hours, cycles and tonnage during November 2014.Block hours exceeded 10,000 hours a month for the first time in the company’s history and reached 10,224 hours, 8.7% higher than in November 2013.The Cargolux fleet of 22 747-8F and 747-400F flew ...
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Cathay Cargo boosted by Beaujolais
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair cargo and mail traffic has continued to show strong year-on-year growth according to the carrier’s latest results with the carrier getting a big boost with shipments of Beaujolais wine to the Far East.The two airlines carried 165,102 tonnes of cargo and mail in November 2014, up ...
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Volga-Dnepr signs B737-400 conversion deal
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services (Boeing Shanghai) has signed a B737-400 freighter conversion agreement with Russia-based Volga-Dnepr Group.The airplane is scheduled for redelivery to Volga-Dnepr Group in the first quarter of 2015. The agreement makes Volga-Dnepr Group the first Boeing Shanghai customer for this type of service from the Russia/Central Asia ...
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Milwaukee freighter link from DHL
DHL Express has added a B767-200F flight to Milwaukee, a growing commercial and industrial hub for the Great Lakes region.International shippers in the Milwaukee metro area and surrounding cities will now enjoy later pick-up cutoff times –1.25 hours on average.The new flight departs the DHL ramp at Milwaukee Mitchell airport ...
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Africa: sprinting ahead of the pack
Africa has some of the strongest economic growth in the world, with six countries from the continent among the world’s ten fastest growing, according to the all-cargo carrier Cargolux.The Luxembourg-based airline's remarks come ahead of the Air Cargo Africa 2015 exhibition and conference in Ekurhuleni, South Africa.In 2013, trade in ...
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Finnair joins IAG Cargo's partner programme
Finnair Cargo is to join IAG Cargo’s Partner Plus enhanced interline cooperation programme.Partners in the scheme enjoy confirmed bookings and higher priority for loading with IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia.Other members of the scheme are Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, the Avianca group and American Airlines.Customers ...
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Paperless cockpit for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has adopted Lufthansa Systems' Lido/iRouteManual, Lido/Enroute and Lido/DocView IT solutions to move to paperless cockpit systems.The new IT systems are designed to ease the workload of ABC pilots with flight deck crew iPads continually updated with documents and data, and with up to date charts, downloadable directly from ...
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Cargo pallets go on a diet
Air France-KLM is introducing new aluminum pallets that are 17kg lighter than standard pallets but just as strong.The new 83kg pallets will gradually replace all the current standard stock - each weighing 100kg - in the airline’s fleet.Said a spokesperson: “Air France-KLM is fully committed to reducing the company’s CO2 ...
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Bertling plugs into Antonov for power station logistics
Germany’s Bertling Logistics has transported three power substations from Portugal to Argentina using Antonov Airlines freighters.The logistics operation required three An-124-100 flights to airlift nine outsize transformers from Porto, Portugal, to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.The sub-stations had to travel from the manufacturer’s facility (Efacec) to the end user ...
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Launch customer for CRJ200 special freighter
Bombardier and Aeronautical Engineers Inc (AEI) have secured the first passenger to freighter conversion order for the CRJ200 SF (Special Freighter) aircraft.Canada-based plane maker Bombardier Commercial Aircraft said that an entity owned by the IFL Group of Waterford, Michigan, has signed a firm purchase agreement to acquire the first CRJ200 ...
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CAL fleet upgrade
Cargo Air Lines (CAL) has taken delivery of its second 747-400-ERF, completing the upgrade of the Israel-based carrier’s fleet to two nose loader, open door freighters.Offer Gilboa, owner and chairman of the CAL Group, said: “We have concluded our fleet enhancement and are proud to announce that both our new ...
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AF-KLM adds combi flights to Dubai
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will this month add three B747 Combi frequencies from Amsterdam Airport-Schiphol (AMS) to and from Dubai International Airport (DXB).Starting 10 January, the European carrier says that the upgrade offers “increased flexibility to carry main deck commodities to our hubs, Dubai International Airport (DXB), and to ...