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Air cargo demand increases again in August
Air cargo demand improved again in August, which while "failing to impress", is better than growth in the first part of the year.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 2.3% year on year in August. This was an improvement on the 1.8% growth registered ...
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Qantas Freight wins Australia's biggest airfreight contract
Australia Post Group and Qantas Freight have signed the largest airfreight contract in Australia — a five-year deal worth A$500m.The deal is an extension of an existing contract that covers 12,000 tonnes of international mail and airfreight each year.As well as continuing to fly international letters, the international agreement includes ...
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Volga-Dnepr turns the lights on in Zimbabwe
Volga-Dnepr Gulf’s logistics experts have helped generator firm Aggreko to move a power plant to a client in Zimbabwe. Most of the equipment for the project was shipped by sea and road from various hubs around the world, but time-critical switchgear equipment, consisting of nine pieces of up to 4 ...
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Guggenheim sells aircraft arm to managers
Investment and advisory firm Guggenheim Partners is to sell its commercial aircraft investment and management business, Guggenheim Aviation Partners (GAP) to its management team.Founded in 2003 as a joint venture between Guggenheim and Steve Rimmer and Paul Newrick, GAP focuses on acquiring, leasing, converting and selling commercial aircraft.To date it ...
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Air Canada adds more freighter flights
Air Canada is adding a second weekly freighter to its Canada, US and South America schedule. The new rotation operates on Sundays between Toronto, Atlanta, Bogota, Lima and Toronto, in addition to the existing Friday service.The expansion follows a commercial agreement signed in April with Cargojet Airways to operate the ...
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Cargolux takes early delivery of B747-8F to meet increased high season demand
Cargolux has taken early delivery of its 14th Boeing 747-8 freighter to meet increased demand during the coming high season.The aircraft ─ LX-VCN, ‘Spirit of Schengen’ ─ was originally scheduled to be delivered in 2017. However, Boeing and Cargolux agreed to advance the delivery, with a handover ceremony at the ...
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UPS tests drone deliveries to remote places
UPS has begun testing drones to make commercial deliveries of packages to remote or difficult-to-access locations, working together with drone-maker CyPhy Works.The two companies staged a mock delivery of an urgently needed asthma inhaler from Beverly, Massachusetts, to Children’s Island, three miles off the Atlantic coast.The drone flight is part ...
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IAG and Finnair switch to bellyhold on London-Helsinki partnership
IAG Cargo and Finnair Cargo will no longer take space on DHL freighters between London and Helsinki, instead opting for bellyspace on passenger aircraft.From October 3, the two partner airlines will use bellyspace on their Airbus 350 aircraft instead of continuing their use of DHL A300-600 freighters. The last freighter ...
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Freighters World: Africa and Middle East markets are flying high
ONE of Africa’s leading home based freighter operators is Ethiopian Cargo.“We have been leading the continent with (its) largest and most efficient air cargo network, offering connectivity with Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia for African exports and imports,” remarks Berhanu Kassa, director global cargo sales & services ...
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Freighters World: Filling the gap, the RJ100 targets a niche market
A ‘grand old lady’ passenger jet is looking for a new lease of life as a niche market seven to fourteen tonne capacity freighter with a range of 2,500 nautical miles (NM).UK-based plane manufacturer BAE Systems is testing the appetite for a freighter conversion of its out of production four ...
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Freighters World profiles Istanbul's new mega airport in the making
If you had asked anyone in the air cargo industry a year ago whether Istanbul needed a new airport, or at least new airport capacity of some variety, the answer would have been a resounding ‘yes’.The reason for the enthusiasm about potential new cargo capacity is simple: Atatürk International Airport ...
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VIDEO: IAG Cargo to build new £55m premium product centre and launch time-critical product
IAG Cargo has unveiled plans to build a new £55m facility for premium freight and pharma at its London Heathrow site in response to growth in its services for high-value cargo and will also launch a new time-critical product (see video at end of article).The new terminal, to be called ...
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Dirk Reich planning to open consultancy offices next year
Former Cargolux chief executive Dirk Reich’s aviation consultancy is planning to open offices in Zhengzhou and Luxembourg at the start of next year.The company, R+R International Aviation, will provide senior advice and investments in the fields of aviation, logistics, e-commerce and China with its current core activity being the promotion ...
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Let's do launch: Volga-Dnepr takes to the water with patrol boat logistics
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered four Mangust patrol boats to Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Far East Russia and also launched the vessels at the port of Korsakov as part of a last mile logistics service.The boats, built at the Vympel Shipyard in Rybinsk for the Border Guard Service, were carried onboard two An-124-100 ...
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Zehren takes on Cargolux pilots' role
Cargolux Airlines has confirmed Claude Zehren as EVP and Nominated Person Flight Operations. Zehren took over all duties from his predecessor, Jason Holt, on an interim basis in September.“I’m excited to take on this challenge,” Zehren said, adding: “Cargolux pilots have always strived to deliver the highest standards in operation ...
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Emirates hopes to end perception Middle East hubs aren't pharma cargo friendly
Emirates SkyCargo’s opening of a $190m dedicated pharmaceuticals handling centre at its Dubai home hub will help end a legacy perception in some sections of the industry that Middle East hubs are not pharma-friendly.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, speaking at the opening of the Emirates SkyPharma facility, ...
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AirBridgeCargo continues US expansion
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has continued the expansion of its US services with the introduction of a new call at fast-growing Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) airport.The flight, which also calls at Moscow, Amsterdam, and Chicago, makes Seattle the airline’s sixth online gateway in North America.ABC said that Seattle is not only one of the ...
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Emirates opens GDP compliant pharma terminal in Dubai
Emirates SkyCargo is aiming for a bigger slice of the growing pharmaceuticals market with the official opening of its specialist terminal for handling temperature-controlled medical products in Dubai.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, said that the Middle East Gulf carrier hoped to increase its pharma volumes, from a ...
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Logistics firm Carousel launches UK-Germany airfreight operation
Logistics firm Carousel has launched a new daily airfreight linehaul service between the UK and Germany on behalf of customer John Deere.The service is operated by a turboprop two tonne capacity Metro III aircraft and flies between London Southend in the UK and Baden Baden airport in Germany.The service was ...
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Atlas: No pick-up in demand related to Hanjin receivership so far
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) has said it is too early to say whether the bankruptcy of container shipping line Hanjin will result in a similar boost to air cargo as the US west coast port strikes last year.Speaking during the RBC Capital Markets Global Industrial Conference, AAWW executive vice ...