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Qatar rolls out red carpet for equine athletes
Qatar Airways Cargo has flown 100 of the world’s finest equine athletes to Doha for the annual Chi Al Shaqab event on 2-4 March.Chi Al Shaqab consists of three days of jumping, dressage and para-dressage, where the world’s best horses and riders battle for one of the most coveted titles ...
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First class for four-legged superstars
Qatar Airways Cargo was entrusted with the task of flying 50 of the finest European horses to compete at the Longines FEI World Cup Jumping and Dressage Finals.The equine guests travelled on board a Boeing 777 freighter from Schiphol to Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska, and received world-class treatment and ...
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NewsWestern Global flies endangered white rhinos to US wildlife sanctuary
Florida-based Western Global Airlines has airlifted eleven endangered white rhinos from Johannesburg South Africa to an undisclosed wildlife conservation centre in the eastern US.The transfer was part of an international conservation effort to protect the rhinos from extinction.Western Global was contracted by Network Airline Management (NAM) on behalf of the ...
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Intradco and Etihad in endangered rhino transport
Animal transport specialist Intradco Global and Etihad Cargo have transported 19 critically endangered black rhinos utilising two Boeing 777 freighters.On behalf of African Parks, a conservation non-profit that manages national parks and protected areas on behalf of governments across the continent, Intradco chartered the two Etihad freighters to transport the ...
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EAS in top gear for emergency auto spares charter
EAS International a member of the X2 Critical forwarder alliance has organised an Airbus A310 freighter full charter flight to transport automotive parts from Romania to Turkey.Marco Muggianu, development director for EAS (the alliance member responsible for France and Romania) said: “The operation was very difficult due to the very ...
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Ready for lift-off thanks to Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the third stage of the Soyuz-ST launch vehicle from Samara in Russia to Europe’s Spaceport in Cayenne in French Guiana.The move is in readiness for the launch of a satellite in early April for SES, one of the world’s leading communications companies.Progress Space Rocket Centre, which ...
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Antonov targets US cargo charters
Specialist freighter operator Antonov Airlines wants to expand transatlantic all-cargo charter services as it leverages a bilateral air services agreement between Ukraine and the US.The Kiev-based operator, with a fleet of Antonov An-124-100Fs and the sole Antonov An-225 mega freighter, will target the oil and gas energy market and the ...
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Atlas looks forward to a strong peak after a "flying start" to 2017
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings got “off to an exciting start in 2017” as it announced 2017 improved income from continuing operations, but it registered a net loss.During the first quarter income from continuing operations, net of taxes, total $8.3m compared with $7.7m in the year-ago quarter, operating revenues increased by ...
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Amerijet sets 2018 launch date for Miami-Brussels freighter
Amerijet, the Miami-hubbed scheduled freighter operator, is to launch a twice a week direct Boeing 767 freighter service to Brussels in the second quarter of 2018.The new route to the Belgian airport would mark an important step for the US carrier, with Amerijet flying its first scheduled transatlantic route connecting ...
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Asia leads the way for ACS in first quarter
Air Charter Service has reported a "very strong" first three months of its fiscal year, with a 24% increase in revenue compared with the previous year.The broker said its cargo business in the Asia Pacific region had led the improvement during its its first quarter, running to the end of ...
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Russia's Sky Gates to land second B747-400 freighter
Russian cargo carrier Sky Gates is to take delivery of a second Boeing 747-400 freighter by-mid June this year and has started plans for a third all-cargo aircraft.With a European hub in Maastricht, serving Moscow and Novosibirsk on a scheduled basis, the carrier launched operations between Russia, Europe and Asia ...
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Emirates and Cargolux sign cooperation deal
Emirates SkyCargo has signed a memorandum of understanding with Luxembourg-based Cargolux for a strategic operational partnership.Described as the first of its kind between a mainline airline and a specialised freighter operator, it will allow the two carriers to cooperate and offer their complementary strengths and shared values.The deal was signed ...
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Cargolux signs equity contract for launch of Henan Cargo Airlines
Cargolux has signed a joint venture equity contract to establish Henan Cargo Airlines, a freighter carrier which will operate under a Chinese air operator certificate (AOC), with the first revenue flight being planned for the fourth quarter of 2018.The Luxembourg-based cargo carrier said that 75% of the shares in Henan ...
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New Hercules freighter takes to the skies
The first Lockheed Martin LM-100J 'Super Hercules' commercial freighter took to the skies for the first time at the end of May.The test flight took place on May 25 and the aircraft followed the same test flight route over North Georgia and Alabama that is used for all C-130J Super ...
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ABC and Volga-Dnepr team-up on turbine flight
Volga-Dnepr Airlines used a combination of a Boeing 747 scheduled service and an IL-76TD-90VD charter flight to deliver a 12,660kg gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.Measuring 560 x 260 x 250 cm, the turbine started its journey onboard a 747 freighter from Chicago ...
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Western Global secures scheduled cargo flying rights between the US and China
Washington’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved Florida-based Western Global Airlines’ (WGA) application to begin scheduled cargo flights between the US and China.US freighter lessor Atlas Air had argued that WGA’s proposed scheduled all-cargo service would constitute a substantial change in operations necessitating a DOT review.WGA, specialising in ACMI and ...
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Emirates, Etihad flights axed to Doha as diplomatic row breaks out
Etihad Airways and Emirates have suspended flights into Qatar as a diplomatic row has broken out over accusations that the country is destabilising the Middle East region.Along with Etihad and Emirates, FlyDubai and Air Arabia have also cut flights to Doha while Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and ...
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Antonov's 39 minute freighter flight from Chile to Argentina
Antonov Airlines has transported two mining filtration units from Chile to Argentina in a freighter flight lasting just 39 minutes.The Ukrainian cargo carrier’s AN-124-100 flew the 24 tonne load from Santiago in Chile to Mendoza in Argentina on behalf of Hunt & Palmer Cargo Charters. Dan Litten, aircraft charter broker, ...
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Silk Way West to add more Maastricht flights
Silk Way West Airlines is increasing its presence at Maastricht airport with the addition of three new weekly freighter services.The Azerbaijan airline recently started to operate its first weekly flight from the Dutch airport to Baku, but it will gradually add another three services between the airport by the end ...
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Qatar adds weekly LHR freighter flights
On June 3, the inaugural flight of Qatar Airways’ new weekly Airbus A330 freighter service touched down at Heathrow.The new service, which returns to Doha via Basel, boosts the carrier’s weekly UK cargo capacity to over 1,500 tonnes – it also operates freighters to Stansted as well as transporting airfreight ...