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NewsAeroUnion outsources ULD management to Jettainer
Image source: Jettainer; L-R: Alonso Haro and Shailendar KothariMexican cargo airline AeroUnion has outsourced the management of more than 800 Unit Load Devices (ULDs) to Jettainer in a five year contract.AeroUnion operates an all-cargo fleet of three Airbus A300s and two Boeing 767-200s, serving a network of 21 ...
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NewsAvianca boosts digital offer with online booking trio
Image source: AviancaLatin American airline Avianca Cargo has placed its capacity on the online booking portals of Cargo Ai, Web Cargo, and cargo.one.Gabriel Oliva, CEO of Avianca Cargo, said of the carrier’s digital transformation plan: “In Avianca Cargo, we are transforming our business through digitalization. We are committed to offering ...
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NewsStrategic freighter alliance to serve MENA region
Image source: MAE. Aircraft Managements / Asia Cargo Network L-R: Montague Choy, Asia Cargo Network, International Liaison & Legal Director Iman Marco, MAE Aircraft Management, Managing Director Designate Marco Isaak, Asia Cargo Network Singapore, Group CEO Dr Mohammed Juman, MENA Aerospace Enterprises, Managing Director Shaikh Ahmed bin Ali bin ...
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NewsCathay Pacific and Unilode extend ULD management partnership
Babak Yazdani, Chief Operating Officer, Unilode; Tom Owen, Director Cargo, Cathay Pacific; Ross Marino, Chief Executive Officer, Unilode; Frosti Lau, General Manager Cargo Service Delivery, Cathay Pacific (from left to right)Cathay Pacific and Unilode Aviation Solutions have renewed their full-service unit load device (ULD) management agreement until 2027.Hong Kong based ...
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NewsDeutsche Post sees 20% revenue surge in Q3
View of the forecourt of the Post Tower in Bonn with waving flags. Image source: DP DHLDeutsche Post DHL Group saw continued strong growth in the third quarter of 2022, increasing its revenue by 20% over the same period last year to €24bn.Group chief executive Frank Appel said: "The first ...
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NewsEmirates adds five B777-200LR freighters to order book
Image source: EmiratesEmirates has announced a firm order for five new Boeing 777-200LR freighter aircraft, with two units to be delivered in 2024 and the remaining three in 2025.The agreement, worth over $1.7bn at list prices, takes the airline’s total order book to 200 wide-body aircraft.Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al ...
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NewsQatar Airways freighter now serves Vienna
Image source: Flughafen WienQatar Airways has launched a scheduled once a week freighter service calling at Vienna airport from Doha, in addition to the Middle East carrier’s passenger flights to the European hub.Julian Jäger, joint CEO and COO of Vienna Airport, said: “Air cargo is an important market segment for ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo debuts in Santo Domingo
Image source: LATAM Cargo; From left to right: Ernesto Romero - chief TOC, Elias Hane - chief land operations North America & Caribbean at LATAM Cargo, Anitha Bertot - supervisor of cargo operations North America & Caribbean at LATAM Cargo, Eduardo Zuniga - manager of land operations at LATAM ...
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NewsAir Cargo demand softens in September
Source: IATAAir cargo demand softened in September, as cargo tonne-km (CTKs) fell 10.6% compared to the same month in 2021, according to the latest IATA airfreight data.International operations also fell by 10.6% but continued to track at near pre-pandemic levels (-3.6%).Capacity was 2.4% above September 2021 (+5.0% for international operations) ...
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NewsChallenge Airlines MT receives Malta AOC
Left to Right - Graziano Guzzinati (Challenge Group) ,Edward Micallef (Challenge Group) ,Mauro Porta (Challenge Group) ,Charles Pace (TM-CAD),Claudia Pocetta (Challenge Group), Connie Di Cesare (TM-CAD), Amanda Schembri (Challenge Group), Roberto Stefano (Challenge Group), Davide Rivetti (Challenge Group), Salvatore Russo(TM-CAD).Malta-registered cargo carrier Challenge Airlines MT has received ...
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Amerijet selects Strike Aviation for GSSA services in Poland
US-based freighter operator Amerijet has selected Strike Aviation for GSA services in Poland.Strike Aviation said that the new contract will allow it to offer a greater range of services to customers, particularly in the Latin America regions where many of Amerijet's services operate.“We can see a huge potential for cargo ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo announces structural changes
André Schulz, Stephanie Abeler, Oliver von Götz, Marcel Kling. Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo will reduce its sales regions from seven to five areas as part of efforts to simplify its process structures.The changes will see the sales regions of North and South America merged into a single America region, while ...
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NewsCainiao to utilise 3,000 flights for 11/11 festival
Source: CainiaoCainiao Network, the logistics arm of e-commerce firm Alibaba, will utilise 3,000 flights as one of a number of measures to ensure it can meet demand generated by the Double 11 shopping festival.The logistics firm said that ahead of the festival, it has secured various freight routes spanning air, ...
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NewsQatar Cargo adds Riyadh freighter
Source: Qatar Airways CargoQatar Airways Cargo has launched a new freighter service to Saudi Arabia as it looks to capitalise on demand to and from the country.The new twice-weekly freighter service to Riyadh started on November 1 and will utilise a B777F offering around 100 tonnes of capacity per flight.The ...
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WestJet Cargo selects SmartKargo as it prepares for all-cargo launch
WestJet Cargo has signed up to use the SmartKargo cargo management platform as it prepares to ramp up operations with the addition of its first freighters.The SmartKargo platform is cloud-based and links with the carrier's existing systems through API connections. It offers business intelligence, real-time information and machine learning.The move ...
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Cargojet announces strong third-quarter results
Canadian cargo airline Cargojet has announced strong third quarter 2022 results.For the three months ending September 30, the airline recorded total revenues of C$232.7m (US$170.6m), significantly up on the figure of C$189.5m (US$138.9m) made in the same quarter of last year.The revenue growth of 22.8% reflected, Cargojet said, a strong ...
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Vietnam’s IPP Air Cargo axes launch plans
Vietnam’s IPP Air Cargo is abandoning its launch plans, apparently due to concerns about weakening demand for air cargo and an uncertain economic outlook.According to media reports from Vietnam, the board of Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP) – IPP Air Cargo’s parent – decided on October 26 that it would ...
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Cargo offers ‘consistent’ contribution to Air Canada
In releasing Air Canada’s third-quarter results, the carrier’s president and chief executive, Michael Roussea, pointed to the fact that “Air Canada Cargo is consistently contributing to our results.”In the third quarter of this year, Air Canada generated C$644m ($472m) in operating income, with a strong operating margin of 12.1%.It was ...
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China's freighter fleet to quadruple
China’s freighter fleet is expected to quadruple in size to more than 800 aircraft in the period up to 2041, according to Boeing's 2022 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) for China.The CMO for China predicts that the country’s growing economy will be a big factor in its commercial aircraft fleet more ...
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SalamAir launches freighter operations
Oman-based low-cost carrier SalamAir has launched a dedicated air cargo service and inducted its first freighter aircraft.In a LinkedIn post, the airline said it is the first airline in the Middle East to fly with the Airbus A321 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion aircraft."The introduction of the A321 freighter by ...