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Marken gains Brazilian approval for UPS airline pharma shipments
Marken, the UPS pharma supply chain arm, has gained approval from Brazil's health regulator ANVISA to ship biological samples from Sao Paulo's Viracopos airport to the US, using the parent group's airline.The pilot programme approved by the Brazilian authorities will permit biologic samples to depart from a second Sao Paulo ...
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Cargolux in Jakarta race horse charter flight
Cargolux has flown race horses from Luxembourg to Jakarta, Indonesia, where they participated in the Asian games.The part-charter was operated in conjunction with horse transport specialist forwarder JIT-EX.This ad hoc shipment was routed directly from Luxembourg to Jakarta, which required additional preparation from the Cargolux Charter team because Jakarta is ...
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SIA and Cainiao linking up for cargo services
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Cainiao Network, the logistics arm of Chinese e-tailing giant Alibaba Group, will work closely to "enhance international air cargo services".The link-up, part of a wider passenger-led "comprehensive strategic collaboration" will see SIA joining Cainiao Network’s broader efforts in building "a global smart logistics network that delivers ...
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LATAM cargo revenues rise 16.8% in the second quarter
LATAM Airlines saw 2018 second quarter cargo revenues increase 16.8%, driven by a recovery in both imports and exports in the region.The Chilean-based carrier saw cargo revenues for the three months ended June reach $299.7m, helped by a 6.7% increase in cargo yields, mainly due to a better demand environment ...
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ABC transports 500th aircraft engine in 2018
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has transported its 500th aircraft engine in 2018, a 50% increase year on year.ABC said that fact it has already transported 500 engines in 2018 is a testament to its abcXL product.ABC global director, heavy & outsized cargo Vasily Zhukov said: “We have strengthened our position in the ...
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DHL confirms purchase of Etihad A330Fs for replacements and upgrades
DHL has confirmed it has purchased Etihad Cargo's five unwanted A330-200 freighters, which the Middle East-based airline took out of action at the start of the year.In a short statement in response to Air Cargo News questions, the express company said: "The purchase of these aircraft are part of our ...
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Aloha freighters: Hawaiian launches all-cargo turboprop operation
Hawaiian Airlines has launched its freighter operation with flights between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), Līhu‘e Airport (LIH) and Hilo International Airport utilising two ATR-72 aircraft.The operation, which it was hoped would have been underway by March, started on August 13 with a flight carrying humanitarian shipments to ...
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Turkish Cargo completes rhino transport
Turkish Cargo has transported five endangered white rhinos from Johannesburg to Shanghai.The rhinos, which each weighed one ton at the time, were transported on July 25 on board one of the carrier's Airbus A330F aircraft."Turkish Cargo carried these five white rhinos to Shanghai as accompanied by specialist teams and keepers," ...
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Emirates transports 25 tonnes of vaccines to Brazil
Emirates SkyCargo has transported over 25 tonnes of vaccines — some 1.8m doses — from Milan to Bello Horizonte airport in Brazil, the largest vaccine shipment by the Middle East carrier on a single flight.Given the extreme sensitivity of the vaccines to temperature fluctuations, the entire shipment on board the ...
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Southern Air pilots agree to interim agreement but demand further improvements
Southern Air pilots have ratified an agreement for interim enhancements to the collective bargaining agreement covering pilots, but union representatives are demanding further improvements.The interim agreement increases pay rates for Southern Air pilots to the same wage scales as provided to pilots of sister airline Atlas Air.It also provides for ...
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SF Airlines continues expansion with Chennai route
SF Airlines has expanded its international cargo operations with the launch of a flight between Shenzhen and Chennai.The new route will operate using a Boeing 767-300F and follows on from the launch of international services to Dhaka and Hanoi.It is the longest route currently offered by the airline.“The line from ...
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Ethiopian to launch Oslo-Guangzhou freighter to net seafood traffic
Ethiopian Airlines will start a Boeing 777 freighter operation between Oslo Airport and Guagnzhou in September as it looks to capitalise on seafood volume growth between Norway and China.The airport said that Norway is expected to generate more than 230,000 tons of seafood airfreight in 2018."We are pleased that our ...
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Volga-Dnepr links up with Henan for trans-Siberian air bridge initiative
Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group has linked up with China's Henan Airport Group and Zhongyuan Asset Management to create a “trans-Siberian air bridge” as part of China’s ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative.The three parties have signed a framework agreement on long-term strategic co-operation.Aleksey Isaikin, president of Volga-Dnepr Group, spoke of a tri-partite ...
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Waste not want not, DHL transports 140 ton heat boilers to Saudi
DHL Global Forwarding is transporting four 140-ton waste heat boilers from Germany to Saudi Arabia, using the Antonov An-225 freighter.DHL Industrial Projects, a unit within DHL Global Forwarding, is handling the multimodal movement of the four boilers, each measuring 3.7 m high, 4.1 m wide and 19 m long. According ...
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E-commerce and freight forwarding boost for DP DHL's second quarter
Deutsche Post DHL Group's (DP DHLG) revenue rose by 1.4% to more than €15bn in the second quarter of 2018, driven primarily by “significant gains” at DHL Express and Global Forwarding, Freight.The quarter's operating profit (EBIT) at the German logistics giant amounted to €747m, down by 11.2% against the record ...
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Freighter lessor ATSG's revenues on the rise
US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) reported 2018 second quarter revenues of $203.6m, an increase of 6% after excluding $61.1m in reimbursed expenses from 2Q 2017.Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was $69.7m, up 9%.Joe Hete, president and chief executive of ATSG, said: "Growth in our aircraft leasing and ...
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US pilot unions team up to oppose single-pilot freighter study
Unions representing the pilots of nearly 50 commercial airlines have teamed up to oppose a study that would research and develop a programme to support single-pilot freighter aircraft.The alliance, which was announced at the recent Air Safety Forum, contains the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), the Allied Pilots Association ...
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First A330-200 freighter conversion delivered to Egyptair Cargo
Egyptair Cargo has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW).The delivery comes following the successful completion of test flights in June and awarding of the Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) in ...
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City Union Logistics moves transformers with nine charters
City Union Logistics has transported transformers weighing 900 tons in nine freighter charters for General Electric from Changzhou, China, to Cairo in Egypt.The XLProjects member chartered four Antonov AN-124 flights and five with a Boeing 747F to move the 2,000 cu m load.Said a spokesperson for XLProjects: "The project’s main ...
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Atlas Air reports strong second quarter despite loss
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced "strong second-quarter" 2018 business growth on the back of increased demand despite recording a loss for the period.The aircraft lessor saw revenues for the period increase 15.8% year on year to $666.1m, while it registered a loss from continuing operations before taxes of $21.1m ...