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ATSG full-year profits down due to Amazon start-up costs
Aircraft lessor ATSG reported a double-digit percentage improvement in revenues last year but profits took a hit as it was affected by the start-up of its Amazon contract and pilot strikes.The Wilmington-based airline saw revenues for 2016 increase by 24% year on year to $768.9m, while earnings from continuing operations ...
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West Atlantic revenue fall in 2016 but gains Royal Mail contract
Sweden's West Atlantic cargo airline saw 2016 full year revenues down by 6.3% to SKr1.3bn ($145.6m), due partly to the loss of a five-aircraft contract with Swedish NMO PostNord at the end of 2015.Full year 2016 earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) amounted to SKr127.5m down by 28.3% ...
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Cargolux looks to add new African destinations
Cargolux is looking to add new destinations to its network in Africa and is hoping that demand to and from the continent will pick up this year after a tough 2016.The carrier’s regional director for Africa, Jonathan Clark, told Air Cargo News that the airline was looking to diversify its ...
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First flight for Tunisia's Express Air Cargo
New Tunisian freighter operator Express Air Cargo has completed its first commercial flight, operating a Boeing 737-300F between Tunis and Paris Charles de Gaulle on February 25.The airline took delivery of the aircraft in mid-January after it went through a series of inspections and said it would be taking delivery ...
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Atlas confident on pilot recruitment and aircraft supply
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) remains confident about the future supply of aircraft for freighter operations and is positive about pilot recruitment.Speaking shortly after the aviation company announced its 2016 full-year results, AAWW president and chief executive William Flynn was asked for his outlook on aircraft feedstock, given that it ...
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ABX Air pilots agree settlement
ABX Air has reached a settlement with its pilot unions on a dispute which had grounded 75 flights for DHL and Amazon over two days late last year.The ABX Air agreement by the Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary allows pilots to take compensatory days off after working on their ...
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Atlas hails historic 2016 and looks forward to the year ahead
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has hailed 2016 as a historic year which saw the company's fourth quarter income return to the black, and it is looking forward to further improvements this year.The company recorded a fourth quarter income from continuing operations before taxes of $28.7m, compared with a loss of ...
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ACS to the rescue in Arctic emergency
Air Charter Service swung into action when a passenger aircraft became stranded on the edges of the Arctic Circle.A Swiss Airlines Boeing 777-300ER had been en route from Zurich to Los Angeles when it developed an engine fault over the far north of Canada.It made a smooth emergency landing at ...
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Seven days a week to Saudi from Manchester
Saudia is to operate twice weekly 787 Dreamliner passenger and cargo flights between Manchester and Riyadh from June 23. The new Monday and Wednesday departures complement five existing flights a week to Jeddah, giving a daily service from the northern UK city to Saudi Arabia.Connections are available to other Middle ...
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Happy Anniversary, Cargojet
Canada-based overnight freight carrier Cargojet is celebrating its 15th year in business.“It gives me great joy and pride in joining the Cargojet team, our customers, our shareholders and our Board of Directors in celebrating our 15th year anniversary,” announced Ajay Virmani, president and chief executive.“We have had a tremendous journey ...
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UPS hits out at plans to triple Alaska's jet fuel tax
UPS has hit out at proposals to triple the jet fuel tax in Alaska − home to the world’s fifth busiest cargo airport − a move that the integrator says could impact the state’s role in the cargo industry.In a letter to Alaska Transportation Committee Co-Chair Adam Wool, UPS vice ...
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UK office handles Antonov Airlines charter
Antonov Airlines has carried out the first charter operation from its new UK headquarters at London Stansted Airport: the shipment of a British-manufactured helicopter.The outsize load, almost 4.4 m high, was flown from the UK to Southeast Asia on one of the airline’s seven Antonov AN-124-100 freighters.Specially designed machinery was ...
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Volga-Dnepr's supermarket offering supports LNG pipeline logistics
This year has seen continuation of flights flown by Volga-Dnepr Airlines and sister freighter operator AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) under the Volga-Dnepr Group’s Cargo Supermarket offering.One ongoing project involves Volga-Dnepr Airlines operating a series of Antonov AN-124-100 and Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD charter flights in addition to using capacity on the scheduled Boeing ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo celebrates Miami freighter launch
Qatar Airways Cargo inaugurated a Boeing 777 freighter connection with Miami International Airport (MIA) from its Doha hub on February 2, the route also taking in South American stops at Sao Paulo in Brazil, Buenos Aires in Argentina and Quito in Ecuador, as well as in Luxembourg.The inaugural was celebrated ...
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Video: Freighter trio complete challenging logistics puzzle
A complex trio of freighter charters co-ordinated by Bolloré Logistics Chile utilised an An-225, a Boeing 747 and a MD-11 to transport a 155-ton transformer and additional parts to Santiago in Chile.The November 2016 charter saw the transformer begin its journey with a seven km road transport from an ABB ...
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Cabot to be renamed Air Partner
Cabot Aviation will be rebranded as Air Partner to mirror the name of its parent company.Air Partner acquired aircraft remarketing agent Cabot Aviation in May 2015 and said the re-branding is a natural progression in the integration process.Cabot Aviation will become part of Air Partner’s newly-formed Aircraft remarketing division, holding ...
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B747 freighter crashes in Kyrgyzstan, 37 people reported dead
A Boeing 747 freighter belonging to Turkey-based ACT Airlines has crashed in Kyrgyzstan, killing at least 37 people, most of them on the ground, the BBC has reported, citing local officials.Turkish freighter operator myCargo, which is affiliated to ACT Airlines, has the following statement: "Respectfully announced to the public, ACT ...
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ATSG: United Star Express launch expected this year
The launch of new Chinese express airline United Star Express is now expected before the end of 2017, but the carrier’s joint venture partners are already starting work on building the fleet.The new airline, a joint venture between US aviation firm ATSG, airline Okay Airways and online retailer VIP Shop ...
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Qatar's new South America freighter operation underway
Qatar Airways Cargo will today begin its new freighter service calling at Miami International before heading off to South America.The new twice weekly Boeing 777 freighter service was announced late last year, with the airline saying it would cater for growing import and export demand to and from the South ...
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Atlas Air scoops Asiana Cargo B747 deal
Asiana Cargo has awarded Atlas Air with a contract to operate one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters on a transpacific route.Atlas said that the contract would initially cover a single aircraft covering "key global routes across the transpacific", connecting South Korea with several destinations in the US.Atlas Air Worldwide president ...