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Amazon adds more land to Cincinnati air cargo hub
Online retail giant Amazon has added extra land to the $1.5bn air hub it is building at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG).Dave Clark, Amazon senior vice president of worldwide operations, tweeted that the company had "just added 210 acres of land as part of the future CVG air hub"."Excited for Amazon, ...
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GECAS appoints Kelly to newly created commercial role
Declan Kelly has been named chief commercial officer for GECAS.In this newly created role, Kelly will lead all originations activities for GECAS’ fixed wing aircraft and is responsible for the commercial strategy, building synergy and share practices between GECAS’ regions.He brings 30 years’ experience in the aviation industry and report ...
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Lufthansa cargo capacity up by 3.3% in 2017
Lufthansa saw total group airlines cargo capacity (available cargo tonne-km) 3.3% higher in 2017 than in the previous year.Group cargo sales (revenue cargo tonne-km) in the January to December period increased by 7.4%, resulting in a load factor 2.7 higher percentage points than in 2016, reaching 69.3% for 2017.A full-year ...
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YTO takes delivery of its first B757 freighter from Precision
Precision Aircraft Solutions has confirmed the delivery of three Boeing 757-200 converted freighters, with one being delivered to new customer, Chinese express firm YTO.As well as the YTO conversion, the two other aircraft were re-delivered to SF Airlines, as reported in Air Cargo News.“Strong demand continues for our B757 conversion ...
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Smiling Beluga XL makes its public debut
Planemaker Airbus has rolled out the first structurally complete airframe for the new BelugaXL freighter aircraft from its assembly hangar in Toulouse.Once operational, a fleet of five next-generation Beluga XLs will be used to transport completed sections of Airbus aircraft among the company’s European production sites and to its final ...
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Ethiopian Airlines to lease two converted B737-800 freighters
Ethiopian Cargo, Africa’s largest cargo operator, is to lease two converted Boeing 737-800 freighters from lessor GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS).The planes, expected to be delivered in June 2018 and January 2019, are the first pair of series type B737-800SFs converted from passenger jets by Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI).“We are ...
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Atlas appoints trio of senior executives
US-based freighter lessor Atlas Air has announced three senior appointments for its management team.Richard Broekman has been promoted to senior vice president global sales and commercial development.In his new role, Broekman will lead the global sales activities for the company’s ACMI and CMI business and continue to report to Michael ...
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Historic Bristol Type 170 Freighter makes the voyage home
One of the last remaining Bristol Type 170 freighter aircraft has been transported from New Zealand to a museum in the UK where it will eventually go on display.The freighter was designed and built by the Bristol Aeroplane Company, had a 108ft wingspan and featured distinctive clamshell doors that allowed ...
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CAL Cargo wins online auction for last Jade B747 freighter
Israeli-owned freighter carrier CAL Cargo Airlines has confirmed that it purchased an ex-Jade Boeing 747-400ERF on China’s Taobao online auction platform.Offer Gilboa, owner of CAL-Cargo and Ace Aviation Services, commented: "I am very happy and proud that we have managed to win this bid.“This is a great new development for ...
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Emirates carried 2.5m tonnes of cargo in 2017
Emirates SkyCargo carried 2.5m tonnes of freight in 2017 and recorded a 38% surge in pharmaceutical volumes.The cargo statistics for the calendar year 2017 were contained in an end of year review by the Dubai-based carrier.No comparable volume figures were given for 2016 in the statement, but statistics published in ...
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SF Express launches Nanjing-Osaka freighter
China's SF Express has added a Boeing 737-300 freighter service between Nanjing and Osaka in Japan, the first international route by the express airline to have a daily chartered flight that leaves at the same time Monday to Friday.SF Express International business unit chief executive David William Adams said: "The ...
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Lufthansa, the ho-ho-host of Christmas present
Every year people all around the world are awaiting a visit from Santa Claus.This year, instead of taking his usual reindeer sleigh, Santa Claus boarded Lufthansa’s first flight to ever depart Kuusamo. The flight is scheduled to arrive in Frankfurt, the airlines largest hub, where Santa Claus can connect to ...
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Free Download: 2017 Freighters Wallchart
A free copy of Air Cargo News' exclusive 2017 Freighter Fleet Directory is available to download.The editorial team worked with cargo charter broker Chapman Freeborn to produce the updated wallchart, comprising the leading players in the industry.The wallchart is a useful tool in print or digital format. This unique arrangement ...
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ABC adds control tower to oversee cargo movements
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has established a new round-the-clock control tower (CT) operation to oversee cargo movements.The control tower will monitor consignments of special cargoes and respond to service disruptions to ensure the airline "consistently meets customers’ delivery deadlines".The tower will be managed by a team based in Moscow and provide monitoring ...
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Cathay Pacific predicts strong Q1 for air cargo
Cathay Pacific Cargo is expecting a strong start to 2018, with demand remaining strong for at least the first quarter, shippers already looking to secure space and rates expected to rise.In a series of outlook articles, executives from the airline outlined the strength of the air cargo market in 2017 ...
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Second B747-8F arrives in Qatar
Qatar Cargo has announced that it has taken delivery of its second B747-8 freighter aircraft.The airline made the announcement in a short update on its cargo website. Qatar received the first of two B747-8Fs in September, with group chief executive Akbar Al Baker hinting that it could order more of ...
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SF Express continues to develop China cargo hub plan
SF Express has confirmed its plans to set up a huge new air cargo airport in central China.According to reports, the express firm on Wednesday signed an agreement with the provincial government and an investment company to invest a total of Yuan5bn in a joint venture that will build the ...
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Cargolux buoyed by windfarm cargo
Cargolux has flown two shipments of outsized and highly sensitive German-made measuring buoys from Luxembourg to Xiamen in China.The flights were made in conjunction with Globaltrans Internationale Logistik and saw the two high-tech buoys with a length of 8.10 meters, a diameter of 2.55 meters and a weight of around ...
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Wolfgang Meier to become president of Silk Way West Airlines in 2018
Wolfgang Meier will be appointed as the new president of Silk Way West Airlines from January 1, 2018, the Azerbaijani all-cargo carrier has confirmed.The current president, Kamran Gasimov, will remain in the top management team of Silk Way West Airlines as chief operation officer (first vice-president).Meier, formerly with Volga-Dnepr and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo adds transatlantic charter flights to cover e-commerce demand
Lufthansa Cargo will carry out six charter flights between Frankfurt and New York on behalf of Deutsche Post as the postal operator looks to meet e-commerce demand.The Frankfurt-hubbed airline began the MD-11 flights in mid-November and they will continue until shortly before Christmas Eve, flying each Monday.Lufthansa Cargo chief product ...