All Freighter Operator articles – Page 46
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NewsMaersk Air Cargo begins operations with US-Korea service
Maersk Air Cargo has carried out its first flight from the US to South Korea. Photo MaerskMaersk Air Cargo launched operations at the end of October with scheduled flights between the US's Greenville-Spartanburg Airport in South Carolina and Incheon Airport in South Korea.The scheduled transpacific operation commenced on October 31 ...
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Lufthansa Cargo enjoys record third quarter results
Lufthansa Group said Lufthansa Cargo recorded record results in the third quarter of this year as it issued a more positive outlook for the remainder of the year than it had previously predicted.The Frankfurt-based Group made an operating profit of €1.1bn in the third quarter of this year, based largely ...
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NewsLATAM and DSV to expand Huntsville freighter operation
Source: LATAM CargoLATAM Cargo and DSV will increase the frequency of their freighter partnership operating out of Huntsville as they look to capitalise on demand to South America.The partners started the service five months ago with a once-a-week flight on Mondays between the US airport and Viracopos in Brazil utilising ...
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NewsMy Freighter adds B747F and plans for more
Source: My FreighterUzbekistan logistics firm My Freighter has taken delivery of its first Boeing B747-200F freighter and has plans to add five more as it looks to capitalise on Tashkent as an airfreight hub.The aircraft was delivered on October 23 to Islam Karimov Tashkent International Airport after departing from Jakarta, ...
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NewsAmazon Air partners with Hawaiian and Altavair to add A330 freighters
Source: AirbusAmazon Air will expand its fleet with the addition of 10 A330-300 converted freighters from lessor Altavair.The aircraft will be operated for Amazon by Hawaiian Airlines and will be converted by Germany-headquartered Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), a joint venture between Singapore-based ST Engineering and France-headquartered Airbus.The first of the A330-300P2F ...
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Global Crossing Airlines moves closer to Colombia cargo charter airline
Global Crossing Airlines Group (GlobalX) is moving closer to establishing a Colombia-based ACMI cargo charter airline.GlobalX has confirmed the start of Phase 2 of the Colombia AOC (Air Operators Certificate) certification process by its subsidiary GlobalX-Colombia.Initial approval from the Colombian Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to start the formal certification was ...
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Soft market conditions continue in air cargo
Soft market conditions continue in air cargo as trade worries, high inflation and new Covid lockdowns impact demand.This week's market round-ups from forwarders and analysts point to a weakening market in terms of demand, although rate declines have eased.Flexport mentioned lockdowns being introduced in Ningbo and their potential to hit ...
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Maersk highlights ongoing need for air cargo despite ocean recovery
Shipping and logistics giant Maersk has said air cargo will be needed as a reliable alternative to oceanfreight during the peak season.In a market round-up, the Copenhagen-headquartered company said that although the oceanfreight market had improved in recent weeks there were still challenges ahead."Although the situation is improving across the ...
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NewsAirbus BelugaST delivers satellite to Kennedy Space Center
BelugaST delivers the Airbus-built Hotbird 13G satellite. Copyright: Airbus SAS 2022 photo by Herve Gousse - Master FilmsAirbus has utilised one of its BelugaST aircraft to deliver the Airbus-built Hotbird 13G satellite for Eutelsat to the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida.This milestone marks the ...
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Cathay Pacific remains positive on cargo despite latest decline
Cathay Pacific remains positive about the upcoming cargo peak season despite registering another downturn in volumes in September and a reduction in cargo-only flights.The Hong Kong-hubbed airline reported a 20.6% year-on-year decline in cargo carried to 104,055 tonnes during September while the cargo load factor stood at 66.4% - a ...
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NewsAlaska Air Cargo pulls off sky high beer hop
Fresh hops transported by Alaska Air Cargo. Photo: Alaska Air CargoAlaska Air Cargo said it has delivered the industry's first and biggest fresh hops run to breweries in Maui and Anchorage within 24 hours of harvest.The airline delivered more than 1,200 pounds of fresh hops - made from fresh-plucked, undried ...
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NewsBlueBird Nordic adds to its flock with another freighter
Source: Bluebird NordicIcelandic cargo airline Bluebird Nordic has taken delivery of its fourth B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) as it continues its fleet expansion plans.Bluebird Nordic said that its fleet expansion was in response to "growing air cargo transportation demand that has skyrocketed over the past couple of years".The airline's ...
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NewsAvianca Cargo becomes first Americas airline to gain CEIV Fresh
Ralph Cutié, Miami Dade Airport, Laura Pullins, Presidente CNS (IATA), Gabriel Oliva, Avianca Cargo, Peter Cerdá, IATA. Source: AviancaAvianca Cargo has become the first airline in the Americas to achieve the IATA CEIV Fresh certification for the transport of perishable goods.To achieve the certification, the airline had to prove ...
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NewsAviaAM signs up for B777-300 conversions from Mammoth
Source: AviaAMLeasing firm AviaAM Leasing (AviaAM) has been revealed as the launch customer for Mammoth Freighters' B777-300ERMF freighter conversion programme after signing up for six of the aircraft.Including this order, Mammoth now has firm orders for 23 777 freighter conversions distributed across multiple customers, and another 17 777-300ER freighter conversions ...
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NewsAerCap signs for up to 30 Airbus A321 P2Fs with EFW
Source: EFWAviation leasing company AerCap Holdings has placed firm orders for 15 Airbus A321 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions with Airbus conversion house EFW, and has options for a further 15 aircraft.The aircraft feedstock for the conversions will come from the A321 passenger portfolio of AerCap, the world’s largest owner of the ...
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NewsMaersk launches new Chicago airfreight gateway
Maersk Chicago airfreight facility. Photo: MaerskMaersk has inaugurated a new Chicago airfreight gateway near Chicago O’Hare Airport (ORD) that is designed to offer direct planeside recovery with immediate transfers to the new facility.The shipping giant, which launched Maersk Air Cargo in April, said the new facility also serves Maersk’s air ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo cuts back freighter services
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has reduced its freighter services four months after it began a temporary move into all-cargo operations, ending its flights to Billund.From August to October 2, Virgin Atlantic Cargo ran a service that operated three times per week between Denmark’s Billund Airport and Heathrow Airport in London using ...
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Ethiopian completes its first Boeing B767 freighter conversion
Ethiopian Airlines Group said it has become the first African airline to complete the passenger-to-freighter conversion of a B767 aircraft.Ethiopian partnered with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to launch a B767-300ER freighter conversion line at Ethiopian MRO facilities in Addis Ababa last year.The conversion of the aircraft, the first of the ...
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NewsCargolux finalises order for Boeing B777-8F freighters
Source: BoeingCargolux has finalised an order of 10 Boeing B777-8F freighters and six options as it looks to replace its older four-engined aircraft.The all-cargo airline initially indicated its intention to place an order for Boeing's latest freighter aircraft at the Farnborough Airshow to replace its aging B747-400F aircraft.Cargolux chief executive ...
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Qatar Cargo adds two more booking portals to expand digital offering
Qatar Cargo will add its capacity to two more online booking portals as it continues efforts to expand its digital capabilities.The cargo business will place its capacity on cargo.one and CargoAi.Qatar Airways Cargo’s capacity will be available for booking on CargoAi as of October 10, starting with 10 key European ...