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China Eastern offloads China Cargo shareholding
China Eastern Airlines has completed the sale of its shareholding in freighter operator China Cargo Airlines in order to concentrate on its passenger business.The deal sees China Eastern sell its 100% shareholding in Eastern Logistics, which in turn owns 83% of China Cargo Airlines.Eastern Logistics - and its China Cargo ...
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New Super Hercules aircraft another step closer to launch
The latest version of the famous Super Hercules aircraft has taken another step closer to launch, with its official walkout taking place today.The rollout ceremony for first LM-100J commercial freighter – the newest member of the C-130J Super Hercules family - saw employees who have helped design and build the ...
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Qatar expands Pharma Express services
Qatar Airways Cargo is adding further frequencies to its Pharma Express services that link the two European pharmaceutical hubs of Basel and Brussels with its home hub of Doha.An additional weekly frequency, operating on Fridays, was introduced on the route out of Basel on 3 February, while two further weekly ...
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Volga-Dnepr steppes up with endangered horse project
The Volga-Dnepr Group has transported 14 Przewalski horses from Hortobágy National Park in Hungary to the Ural steppe of Russia as part of efforts to re-introduce the breed to the area.The horses each travelled from Hungary in their own special horse stall onboard a Boeing 737-400SF freighter operated by Atran ...
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Qatar Cargo opts for Siginon for Nairobi ground handling
Qatar Airways Cargo has awarded Siginon Aviation with a contract to provide ground and ramp handling services at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).Siginon said the deal would see it handle perishable products such as flowers, fruits, vegetables and meat that are the top exports from Nairobi destined mainly for ...
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E-commerce powers UPS record 2016 revenues
A US domestic e-commerce boom helped UPS’ last quarter revenues to accelerate by 5.5% across the global supply chain, leading to a full year record revenue result of $61bn for 2016.The logistics giant saw US domestic fourth quarter revenue climb 6.3% to $10.9bn, “driven by e-commerce” while international export shipments ...
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CHAMP implements load planning software with Kalitta
CHAMP Cargosystems has implemented its Weight & Balance application, used to manage load planning, with US-based cargo carrier Kalitta Air.The all-cargo airline, with a fleet of sixteen Boeing 747 freighters, has obtained FAA approval for the usage of Luxembourg-based CHAMP’s software with its aircraft.“Kalitta Air is delighted with its decision ...
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Pilots strike hits ATSG revenues
A fall in revenues due to a pilots' strike has seen US-based freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) advise that its adjusted ebitda* from continuing operations for the fourth quarter and full year 2016 will be around $7m lower than in its prior guidance.Said ATSG: “This reduction in guidance ...
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Van de Weg leaves Volga-Dnepr
Robert van de Weg has resigned as senior vice president of sales & marketing for Volga-Dnepr Group after only three months in the role.The Russian freighter operator said that van de Weg "will continue to co-operate with the Group on a strategic level".Van de Weg's surprise career change comes after ...
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Ulf Weber to leave AeroLogic for top job at ASL Belgium
ASL Belgium, formerly TNT Airways, has poached Ulf Weber from AeroLogic, the Lufthansa and DHL Express joint venture.Weber, who is currently managing director and accountable manager at AeroLogic, will join ASL Belgium as chief executive.Colin Grant, who had been acting chief executive of the airline following its acquisition by ASL ...
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Malta's Maleth-Aero to add two more B737Fs
Malta-based operator Maleth-Aero will take delivery of two Boeing 737-300 freighters in March and April this year for deployment in regular contract work within Europe.The latest additions will follow the introduction of a B737-300QC in June 2016 and the planned arrival of two more freighters later this year.Maleth-Aero chief executive ...
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Lufthansa Cargo increases offering from Sharjah Airport to Hong-Kong
Lufthansa Cargo and Sharjah Aviation Services have launched a twice weekly MD-11 freighter linking the Middle East hub with Hong-Kong.The German carrier's main-deck connections will operate on Tuesdays and Saturdays from Sharjah during the 2016/17 winter schedule.Handling agent Sharjah Aviation Services is one of the largest air service providers in ...
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Cargolux passes GDP renewal audit
Cargolux Airlines has passed its Good Distribution Practice (GDP) renewal audit for handling pharma products to European Union regulatory requirements and of World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.In addition, the GDP certification recognises the European all-cargo carrier’s fleet of Boeing 747 freighters with four independently-controlled temperature zones.The audit also extends to ...
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ABC becomes Schiphol's largest all-cargo airline
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has become the largest all-cargo airline operating out of Schiphol airport, while it remains the second largest cargo carrier at Europe's busiest airport, Frankfurt.The Volga-Dnepr-owned carrier completed more than 1,000 Boeing 747 freighter flights from the two airports for the first time in 2016, and is second only ...
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Oil and gas continues to pump up the volumes says Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines is continuing to see an upturn in the movement of oil and gas cargoes, including its latest delivery of pump and vaporizer skids to Seoul, South Korea.Operated on behalf of Air Charter Service France for its customer, Heppner Transport & Logistics, one of Volga-Dnepr’s An-124-100 freighters transported the ...
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Halifax pots a red with Chinese lobster freighters
Canada’s Halifax Stanfield airport has secured five Boeing 747-400 freighter charters by Yangtze River Express in January to meet demand from Chinese consumers for fresh Nova Scotia lobster.Halifax International Airport Authority (HIAA) said that Nova Scotia seafood worth more than C$15m has already been shipped overseas in the holiday season.That ...
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ATSG subsidiary swoops on MRO and conversion firm Pemco
Aircraft conversion firm Pemco has been bought by Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, a subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG).ATSG, which runs an air cargo operation for Amazon through its ABX subsidiary, said the acquisition will allow for a number of strategic benefits through combining operational strengths, expanded capabilities ...
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Kalitta Air pilots reach contract agreement
Kalitta Air and its pilots have finally come to an agreement over a new contract after six years of negotiations.Voting on the tentative agreement closed on December 20, with 93.2% of 234 pilots voting in favour.The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters Airline Division and Local 1224, which represents the pilot ...
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Volga-Dnepr Group: A new approach to the expansion conundrum
Robert van de Weg is well known in the air cargo industry. That is partly down to the fact that he has spent the last two-and-a-half years working for AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines, one of the industry’s most well-known cargo carriers, but also because of the impressive list of companies he ...
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Logistics in 2017: The year of drones and data streams
Technology in the 21st century evolves at a frightening pace. The newest innovations have a lifespan measured in months. No sooner have businesses accommodated a new technology than it is superseded. The companies that adapt to each rapid change are the only ones which stand a chance of survival - ...