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NewsLATAM Cargo opens new pharma transit stations
LATAM Cargo has added four new transit stations in order to expand its pharma network.The Santiago-headquartered carrier has over the last three months open pharma transit stations in Miami, Santiago, Buenos Aires and a second entry point in Sao Paulo.This allows that carrier to expand the number of routes it ...
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LATAM says no impact on cargo as it files for bankruptcy protection
South American operator LATAM Airlines Group, along with some of its affiliates, is filing for US Chapter 11 creditor protection in order to undertake a restructuring process.The company says the voluntary filing has the support of key shareholders Cueto Group and Qatar Airways, which will provide up to $900m in ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo launches its first Europe to US freighter service
LATAM Cargo B767LATAM Cargo has launched services from Europe to the US for the first time, as capacity on the trade has been reduced due to the coronavirus outbreak.The airline will offer a twice-weekly service from Frankfurt to Miami. It is expected to carry pharmaceuticals, auto parts and electronic products, ...
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NewsLATAM completes first of 42 Brazilian government cargo flights
LATAM has completed the first of 42 fights carrying medical masks acquired by Brazil's Ministry of Health.The first batch of the 240m surgical and N95 masks, acquired by the Federal Government to fight Covid-19, arrived in Brazil on Wednesday night.LATAM's Boeing 787-9, chartered by the Ministry of Infrastructure, landed at ...
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NewsLATAM removes passenger seats to boost cargo capacity
LATAM argo Group has successfully completed its first Boeing 777-300ER aircraft conversion at its Sao Paulo Maintenance Center.The procedure, which was carried out by staff from LATAM's maintenance, engineering, flight operations, cabin maintenance and cargo operations teams, involved the temporary removal of the aircraft's passenger seats to increase its cargo ...
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NewsLATAM: Carrier's first transportation of stem cells in aircraft cabin
LATAM Cargo has successfully transported human stem cells in the cabin of its Boeing 767 flight from Viracopos International Airport in Brazil to Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires.After being contacted by Incucai — a company that promotes, regulates, coordinates and monitors organ, tissue and cell donation/transplant activity in ...
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LATAM Cargo strengthens European cargo links
LATAM Cargo has adjusted its international itinerary to strengthen its airfreight links between Latin America and Europe with the addition of a seventh weekly service utilising one of its B767 freighters .As part of the new itinerary, LATAM Cargo will use Amsterdam as its main point of entry into Europe. ...
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Air cargo continues to ramp up emergency response operations
Airlines and freight forwarders have been continuing to ramp up their cargo operations in response to urgent demand for critical medical equipment.IAG Cargo said it has been leading efforts across the group's airlines, which include Aer Lingus, British Airways and Iberia, to transport critical goods like personal protective equipment (PPE), ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo utilises freighters and passenger aircraft to meet demand spike
LATAM cargo-only passenger flights SCL-MEXLATAM Cargo has modified its freighter itinerary in order to address capacity shortages caused by the cancellation of passenger flights in response to the coronavirus outbreak.The airline, which operates 11 B767-300F, has increased freighter capacity between Santiago (Chile) and Miami (US) fivefold in order to offer ...
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Airlines shed light on booming bloom logistics
This Valentine's Day, millions of people sent and received flowers to mark the occasion. However, the process of harvesting and shipping the flowers – and the scale of it – is often overlooked.Each year, hundreds of thousands of tonnes of flowers are flown around the world in the weeks before ...
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LATAM Cargo expands Americas capacity with two new routes
LATAM Cargo has expanded its network with two new routes to increase its capacity in Central and Latin America.From February 11, the carrier will operate twice-weekly Miami-Panama-Bogota and Miami-Cali routes utilising B767-300F aircraft.The new services will serve the demand for general cargo, electronics, pharma and dangerous goods being transported in ...
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NewsLATAM opens perishables hub in Sao Paulo
LATAM Cargo Group has opened a new $3.5m perishables hub in Guarulhos Airport, Sao Paulo, Brazil, increasing its perishable storage capacity at the airport by 33%.The facility occupies an area of 1,637 sq m, with 50% equipped with variable temperature cooling chambers that offer ranges of 0 to 2°C and ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo: Maintaining the balance
LATAM Cargo chief executive Andrés BianchiThe challenge of ensuring aircraft are full of cargo is not an easy one to meet at the best of times, but when the market is in a downturn the task becomes even more difficult.One person meeting this challenge head on is LATAM Cargo chief ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo takes delivery of latest B767 freighter
LATAM Cargo has taken delivery of its latest Boeing 767-300BCF which will be deployed on services between South America and the US.The Santiago-headquartered airline said that the delivery of the aircraft meant it would end the year with increased capacity.The new freighter will principally be deployed on services between Colombia ...
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LATAM signs codeshare with Delta in shift away from American
South American carrier LATAM Airlines Group has signed new codeshare agreements with pending-equity owner Delta Air Lines and announced plans to discontinue its codeshare deal with American Airlines on 31 January 2020.The news from Santiago-based LATAM comes as that carrier progresses with a plan to align closely with Delta.News broke ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo applies Unilode's digital tracking solution to ULD fleet
LATAM Cargo is now using Unilode Aviations' digital tracking solution across its untire ULD fleet.Andrés Bianchi, chief executive of LATAM Cargo, commented: “At LATAM we are focusing on reinforcing LATAM Cargo’s competitiveness in order to maintain our leadership in Latin America."Unilode's digitalisation programme will provide LATAM with opportunities to enhance ...
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NewsRescued bear gets free flight with LATAM Cargo Brazil
LATAM Cargo Brazil has transported a brown urso from Salvador airport to Sao Paulo in a shipping box especially created to carry bears.The animal will join two other ursos that LATAM transported earlier this year at a sanctuary run by Rancho dos Gnomos Ecological Sanctuary Association (ASERG), which specialises in ...
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LATAM Group flies aid cargo to the Bahamas
The LATAM Group has provided an aid flight to help those affected by Hurricane Dorian.The humanitarian relief flight was carried out by a chartered Boeing 767-300F flying from Miami to Nassau in the Bahamas.The flight carried 35 tons of aid, including medicines, medical instruments, sanitary and edible items, all collected ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo transports bears to São Paulo wildlife sanctuary
LATAM Cargo Brazil collaborated with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (Ibama) and the Fortaleza State Environmental Superintendence (SEMACE) to safely transport two bears, last week, from Fortaleza to a wildlife sanctuary in São Paulo.The bears traveled in containers made especially for their journey onboard a LATAM ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo ups US-Colombia and launches US-Peru services
Photo: LATAM CargoLATAM Cargo will double its services between the US to Colombia by adding 12 more passenger flights between Bogota and Miami.The company's increase in US-Columbia operations is set to take place this year between September and December.LATAM cargo is also introducing a freighter service between the US and ...