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NewsSaudia Cargo transports 67 race cars to Formula-E Championship
For the second year in a row, Saudia Cargo successfully transported 67 electric race cars for the World Championship Formula-E event, which took place on November 22-23 at the Historical Diriyah in Saudi Arabia.The airline carried the vehicles, which collectively weigh 375 tonnes, in four shipments from their starting locations ...
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Boeing eyes improvements for 767 freighter
Boeing has confirmed it is examining how it can improve the efficiency of the 767 freighter during the next decade.Air Cargo News sister title FlightGlobal revealed in October that Boeing has been studying a possible re-engined version of the twinjet for freighter and passenger markets, powered by GE Aviation GEnx ...
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NewsSpiceJet and Gulf Air to investigate possible collaboration on cargo services
Indian airline SpiceJet and Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore greater co-operation between the two airlines.They are going to examine areas of potential synergy, including looking at co-ordinating cargo services, interline or codeshare agreements, shared engineering services and pilot training.The ...
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NewsAAWW claims further victory in labour dispute
Bill FlynnAtlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW), a global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, has claimed that its subsidiaries Atlas Air, Inc. and Southern Air, Inc. have “prevailed” in another legal dispute with the union that represents its pilots, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT).A statement from AAWW ...
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NewsFedEx plans busy start to peak season
FedEx has said that it expects to kick off this year’s peak holiday shipping season by handling record package volumes on Cyber Monday (December 2).It expects to move more than 33 million packages through its global network on that day alone.The global integrator also expects to more than double its ...
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NewsJoint effort delivers Beaujolais Nouveau to Japan
From left to right, the three partners involved: Kim Van Assche, VP sales Europe at DHL Aviation; Taneda san of Nippon Express; and Jean Ceccaldi, managing director of Aero Cargo FranceDHL Aviation, Nippon Express and general sales and services agent (GSSA) Aero Cargo France (a subsidiary of ECS Group) have ...
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NewsLockheed Martin LM-100J gets FAA type certificate
LM 100J First FlightThe Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter received its type certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration on November 15.The aircraft was approved after 150 hours of flight testing under the supervision of the FAA, said Lockheed.The airframer expects the first examples of the LM-100J to enter service during ...
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NewsIt's plane sailing for Bei Bei the panda
FedEx B777F Panada FlightFedEx has flown a four-year-old male panda, Bei Bei, from Washington DC to Chengdu.Accompanied by one panda keeper and one veterinarian, Bei Bei was placed in a special crate provided by FedEx and travelled onboard a custom-decaled FedEx Express 777 Freighter nonstop from Washington’s Dulles International Airport ...
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Uni-top Airlines puts freighter fleet into storage
Reports circulating in the Chinese press suggest that freighter operator Uni-Top has put its fleet into storage in the face of tough market conditions.A Yicai report suggests that the Wuhan-based carrier is seeking a restructuring and has been struggling to pay staff.Indeed, fleet data from Cirium shows the airline's eight ...
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Caribbean Airlines Cargo to boost freighter flights for Christmas
Caribbean Airlines Cargo will add extra freighter services to cater for rising demand over the Christmas period.The Trinidad & Tobago-headquartered airline said that between December 2 and 24, it will increase its cargo capacity by over 100% with additional daily freighter flights to accommodate delivery commitments to its customers.This increased ...
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NewsDHL Express opens emissions-free hub to support e-commerce growth
Yesterday (November 19) DHL launched its Strategy 2025, an initiative that focuses on the company's digitalization and sustainability efforts to drive and support the e-commerce market. As part of the Strategy, DHL Express hosted the official opening of its new, emissions-free logistics centre at Cologne-Bonn Airport.The new hub, which cost ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo draws attention to positive September
Turkish Cargo has highlighted the latest data available to it from WorldACD, which shows that Turkish Cargo’s freight volumes increased by 8.8% in September, while the global air cargo market as a whole shrank by 5.4% in volume terms.Turkish Cargo said that, according to that WorldACD data for September, it ...
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NewsLimited freighter orders announced at Dubai Airshow
Emirates agreed a deal with Airbus for 50 A350 XWBsWith regards to cargo, there has been comparatively little to shout about so far from this year’s Dubai Airshow, taking place this week in the emirate from November 17-21.The most notable order announced so far was the decision of Dubai-based Emirates ...
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NewsChina Airlines Cargo B747F flies into Mumbai
China Airlines Cargo has launched a new Taipei – Mumbai freighter service.One of the Taiwanese carrier’s Boing 747-400 freighters landed in the Indian city on Saturday on the inaugural connection that will operate on Wednesdays and Saturdays.The aircraft will fly from Taipei to Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport twice ...
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NewsEmirates inks deal for 50 A350-900 XWBs
In the first of the big deals to be announced from the Dubai Airshow under way this week in the UAE, Emirates has announced a firm order for 50 Airbus A350-900 XWB aircraft.The aircraft would be worth $16bn (AED58.7bn) at list prices.Delivery of the first of Emirates’ A350 XWBs is ...
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NewsCaribbean Airlines Cargo offers customers a loyalty bonus
Image: Caribbean AirlinesTrinidad & Tobago-headquartered Caribbean Airlines has begun offering its customers air miles when using the carrier’s cargo operation.Customers enrolled in the airline’s Caribbean Miles Loyalty Programme can now earn miles every time they ship with Caribbean Airlines Cargo. Enrolling into Caribbean Miles can be done free of charge.Caribbean ...
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NewsSingapore Airlines Cargo has tough October
Singapore Airlines Cargo saw its freight volumes and traffic fall in October, alongside a decline in the cargo load factor.Freight carried fell year on year by 6.8% in October to 107,900 tonnes. Meanwhile, traffic was down by 10.3% year on year to 570.2m cargo tonne-km.With capacity down by just 1.4%, ...
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NewsEtihad Cargo continues digital drive with cargo.one deal
Abdulla Mohamed Shadid and Moritz ClaussenEtihad Cargo has continued to digitise its offering by becoming the latest carrier to sign up to the cargo.one booking platform.Starting this week, freight forwarders will be able to instantly book cargo space on Etihad’s aircraft through the digital platform.Etihad Aviation Group’s managing director cargo ...
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NewsCargolux doubles weekly service to Jakarta
Cargolux has added a second weekly link between Luxembourg and Jakarta just five months after it launched the first service.The carrier says the success of the service to the Indonesian capital has prompted it to double its offering to cater for the growing market in South East Asia.Domenico Ceci, executive ...
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NewsUPS upgrades Asia Pacific services
UPS is promising faster, guaranteed delivery times and wider coverage in the Asia Pacific region with a series of service improvements that will benefit up to 1.4 million postal codes across 41 countries and territories.“Most businesses shipping within Asia will now have their shipments delivered in as little as two ...