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Air Tanzania orders B767 freighter
The United Republic of Tanzania has placed an order for a B767-300 freighter at the Dubai Airshow.The aircraft - which was part of wider order of B737s and a B787 - will be operated by Air Tanzania, the country's national flag-carrier.The freighter will be used to capitalise on Africa's burgeoning ...
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NewsAirbus secures A350 freighter launch customer
CGI Air Lease A350F. Source AirbusAir Lease has placed a provisional order for A350 freighters, making it the launch customer for Airbus' new freighter programme.The aircraft lessor placed a provisional order for seven of the freighter aircraft at the Dubai Airshow as part of a wider deal for 111 Airbus ...
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Emirates Skycargo to expand freighter fleet with $1bn investment
Emirates SkyCargo will add two new production freighters and convert four passenger aircraft in response to rising cargo demand.The Dubai-hubbed carrier signed a purchase agreement with Boeing for two B777Fs that will join its fleet in 2022 and also convert four of the airline’s Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft into freighters ...
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Cainiao ramps up Latam freighter flights with Atlas
Cainiao Network - the logistics arm of e-commerce firm Alibaba - is extending its partnership with Atlas Air as it looks to cater for growing demand in the Latin America region.The two companies announced a partnership on three flights per week between Hong Kong, Brazil and Chile last year but ...
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NewsSALIS renews with Antonov for five years
An-124. Source: AntonovAntonov Logistics SALIS has been awarded a five-year contract with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) to continue working on its Strategic Airlift International Solution (SALIS) programme.Ukraine and NATO have been cooperating under the SALIS programme since January 2006, during which time Antonov ...
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NewsEastern appoints Ebanks to oversee B777 cargo conversions
Mark Ebanks. Source: Eastern AirlinesEastern Air Holdings has appointed Mark Ebanks as executive vice president – aircraft management and leasing to oversee the conversion of its express freighter fleet.Ebanks will lead the development of aircraft leasing and asset management business operations, the company said.He will also oversee the transition and ...
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Qatar Cargo joins IATA's CO2NNECT offsetting platform
Qatar Airways Cargo is the first cargo carrier to join IATA's carbon offsetting CO2NNECT platform.The platform will allow Qatar Cargo to offer customers an integrated carbon calculation and offset solution, with assurance that the credits bought to offset these emissions are from projects delivering independently verified carbon reductions, as well ...
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NewsKerry Logistics and My Jet Xpress expand freighter operation
My Jet Xpress B737-400F Source: Kerry LogisticsKerry Logistics Network and Malaysian cargo airline My Jet Xpress Airlines have expanded their airfreight operation based at Macau.The airfreight partnership was first formed in March to support one of the logistic firm's e-commerce customers that was struggling to obtain freight capacity from Macau ...
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Transpacific airfreight rates reach new highs
Airfreight rates on the transpacific trade lane have continued to surge since the start of November as peak season demand kicks off and modal shift from ocean continues.The latest figures from the Baltic Exchange Airfreight Index (BAI) show that last week prices on services from Hong Kong to North America ...
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DHL Express signs up for SAF at East Midlands
Deutsche Post DHL has agreed a partnership with Neste to supply the DHL Express division with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) at the UK's East Midlands Airport.In total, DHL will purchase SAF worth more than €60m by mid-2022, which it claimed would reduce around 70,000 tons of CO2."This is a first ...
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AirBridgeCargo gains CAAC approval for transport of large lithium batteries
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has obtained approval from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) for commercial transportation of lithium batteries over 35 kgs.The company said it had become the first airline to receive SP A99 approval in China, which comes after two years of preliminary works, testing, and collaboration with ...
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Emirates SkyCargo volumes close in on pre-pandemic levels in H1
Emirates SkyCargo saw its freight volumes head towards pre-pandemic levels in the first half of its financial year, helping the overall airline narrow losses.The Emirates Group's cargo arm saw cargo volumes reach 1.1m tonnes in the six month period - an increase of 39% year on year and 90% of ...
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Astral signs lease deal for more B757 freighters
Astral Aviation has signed up to lease three B757 freighter aircraft from Aquila Air Capital.The aircraft are due to be delivered to the Nairobi-headquartered airline in November, upon completion of their scheduled maintenance.With the agreement, Astral Aviation will become the largest B757F operator in Africa and Middle East, in addition ...
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NewsDHL Express moves UK aircraft to new Austrian airline
Source: DHL Express Copyright: Christian HusarDHL Express has launched a new Austria based airline that will eventually operate with a fleet of 18 B757 freighters.The new carrier, DHL Air Austria, will be based at Vienna Airport which the express firm said was geographically at the heart of Europe.The aircraft are ...
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ATRAN returns to Xi'an with B737 service to Cologne
ATRAN Airlines has introduced a freighter call to connect Xi’an and Cologne utilising B737 freighter capacity.The B737-800BCF operated service will offer around 23 tonnes of capacity per flight.With the flight lasting over 12 hours one-way, there will be tech stops in Russia for refuel at Krasnoyarsk and Moscow (Vnukovo).The Volga-Dnepr ...
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NewsCargo market expected to remain tight despite increased passenger demand
Carsten Sphor. Source: Lufthansa GroupThe resumption of passenger operations has been in the headlines this week as the US eases its travel restrictions, but this is not expected to result in a sudden weakening of the cargo market.Lufthansa Group chief executive Carsten Spohr for one is expecting the cargo market ...
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Turkish Cargo boost airline's performance in Q3
Turkish Cargo saw its revenues increase by 45% in the third quarter of the year, helping the overall airline beat pre-pandemic performance.The cargo business reported cargo revenues of $969m for the period, compared with $668m last year.The increase mostly came from a recovery in its passenger flying which saw cargo ...
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NewsBahrain’s MENA launches cargo airline
Source: MENA CargoBahraini aviation services group MENA Aerospace is launching a cargo airline to tap into what it says is a burgeoning air freight market for e-commerce between Asia and the Middle East and Africa.The company has transferred its existing air operator’s certificate for a private jet management and charter ...
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AirBridgeCargo to offer booking through CargoAi
AirBridgeCargo has continued with the rollout of its capacity on digital booking platforms through a new partnership with CargoAi.The all-cargo carrier said that it would make its " entire worldwide capacity offer available" on the platform.The move will allow forwarders to view prices and make bookings online to the more ...
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ATSG invests in more B767 conversions as Q3 profits increase
Freighter lessor and operator ATSG has ordered the conversion of four aircraft to 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF) as profits continued to rise in the third quarter.During the third quarter, the company reported a revenue increase of 15.3% year on year to $465.9m, adjusted ebitda increased 21.9% against last year ...