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Qatar Airways links up with DoKaSch for pharma containers
Qatar Airways Cargo has signed an agreement with DoKaSch Temperature Solutions to offer the Frankfurt-based equipment specialist's Opticooler range of temperature-controlled containers for transporting pharma products.The chief officer cargo of the Middle East Gulf carrier, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “We understand the intricacies of a seamless cool chain and always aim ...
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American Airlines adds new Middle East air cargo GSA
American Airlines Cargo has chosen Heavyweight Air Express (HAE) as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in the United Arab Emirates.HAE replaces long-standing GSA, Airline Cargo Resources (ACR), which has recently chosen to downsize its commitments in the region.This is the second area of the world in which HAE was chosen ...
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Emirates has pharma covered with new DuPont material
Emirates SkyCargo is rolling out a new pharma white cover solution developed in collaboration with DuPont.Featuring DuPont’s Tyvek Xtreme W50 material, the new White Cover Xtreme will offer “enhanced protection for temperature sensitive cargo in hot, cold and wet weather conditions”.From June to August 2017, Emirates SkyCargo has also been ...
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Houston, we have a solution. Piped spooling flown to US on B747-400F cargo charter
Chapman Freeborn Airchartering oversaw the time-critical delivery of 60 tons of pipe spooling from Sharjah to Houston for an equipment upgrade at a gas-to-liquids processing plant.The air cargo charter specialist’s Dubai office coordinated the movement, on behalf of a freight forwarder, with the assistance of Magma Aviation, which repositioned a ...
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Qatar Airways dumps plan for American Airline stake
Qatar Airways has dropped a plan to acquire up to a 10% stake in American Airlines, according to press reports. In a statement, the Middle Eastern carrier said that “taking into account the latest public disclosure of American Airlines”, the investment “no longer meets our objectives”.The US carrier had vociferously ...
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Qatar dispute goes to World Trade Organisation
Qatar is reported to have filed an official complaint with the World Trade Organization (WTO) in its ongoing dispute with Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt.The three neighbouring countries have accused Qatar of destabilising the region through its support of extremist group, which it denies.This has led ...
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Steady progress for Dubai World Central cargo as passengers surge
Cargo at Dubai World Central (DWC), the emirate’s second airport, totalled 443,835 tonnes during the first half of 2016 compared to 430,132 tonnes in the first six months of 2016, a 3.2% increase.Passengers meanwhile surged more than 35% to almost 555,000 in the first half of the year, according to ...
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Flying fish: Turkish Cargo provides Pearls of the Aegean for Kuwait dining tables
Turkish Cargo is now accepting fresh fish shipments on its direct Bodrum-Kuwait passenger flights as part of a sameday perishables supply chain to serve the appetites of consumers in the Middle East country.The Turkish carrier said that it is offering the service after requests from the Aegean Region, where three ...
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Etihad Airways registers $1.8bn loss in 2016 as cargo comes under pressure
Etihad Airways saw its cargo revenues drop by 10% last year despite an increase volumes, while the overall company slipped to a $1.8bn loss.The Abu Dhabi-hubbed airline recorded cargo revenues of $900m in 2016 compared with a $1bn in 2015. This came despite a 0.8% increase in cargo volumes to ...
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Qatar Cargo confirms cattle charters
Qatar Airways Cargo has confirmed it will transport more than 4,000 cattle as part of a project to set up a dairy farm in Qatar and bypass the blockade set up by some of the state’s neighbours.In a statement sent out today, the airline confirmed it had won the deal ...
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Emirates SkyCargo to launch specialist pharma flights
Airline Emirates SkyCargo has revealed that next month it will begin offering “dedicated” pharma flights from London and Frankfurt.Speaking at an event organised by the airline and new partner SkyCell, Emirates SkyCargo manager global sales pharma Julian Sutch said that where applicable it would begin to group pharma shipments on ...
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Qatar Airways sees cargo demand surge past 1m tonnes
Qatar Airways saw cargo demand surpass the 1m tonne mark for the first time during the last fiscal year, while revenues were also up.In its annual report, the airline group revealed that in the 2017 fiscal year it saw cargo demand increase by 20.9% year on year to 1.15m tonnes. ...
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Speculation over B747-8F order by Qatar Airways
Online news reports suggest that Qatar Airways has ordered two Boeing 747-8 freighters from the US planemaker.News website SeekingAlpha cited comments by Qatar Airways chief executive Akbar Al Baker suggesting that the Middle East Gulf carrier has ordered two B747-8Fs.SeekingAlpha added: "While the order is only firm when it is ...
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Emirates and flydubai join forces
Emirates and low cost sibling carrier flydubai have unveiled an "extensive partnership" which will see the two Dubai-based airlines join forces.Both airlines, fully owned by the Investment Corporation of Dubai (ICD), will "continue to be managed independently," a joint statement said, but added that they will "leverage each other’s network ...
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Qatar Cargo mooooves cattle as diplomatic row continues
Freighter operator Qatar Cargo has begun flying cows into Doha for a project that aims to establish a dairy farm and bypass a blockade by its neighbours.The first 165 Holstein dairy cows were flown out from Budapest Airport last week onboard one of Qatar’s Boeing 777Fs operating on charter.The airport ...
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Qatar Airways set to move on a 10% stake in American Airlines
Qatar Airways could be set to invest more than $800m in a 10% stake in American, an airline that has accused the Middle Eastern carrier of benefitting from state handouts.In a stock exchange filing, the US carrier said it had received an “unsolicited notice” from Qatar Airways of its intention ...
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Bedek and Haite to develop B737NG freighter conversions
Israel’s Bedek Aviation Group has signed a partnership agreement to co-develop a conversion programme for Boeing 737NG passenger aircraft into freighters.The collaboration, announced at 2017 Paris Air Show, sees the subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) partner with China’s Haite Group, through the latter's Tianjin Aircraft Engineering Co arm.Bedek and ...
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Boeing forecasts 920 new freighters by 2036
Boeing has raised its forecast for new airplane demand, projecting the need for 41,030 new aircraft over the next 20 years, of which 920 will be freighters.The US airframer's annual Current Market Outlook (CMO) for 2017-2036 was released today at the Paris Air Show, with total airplane demand rising 3.6% ...
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Siemens' rotor to Kuwait is project managed by Volga-Dnepr
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has completed the urgent delivery of a 57-tonne generator rotor to Kuwait on behalf of energy shipper Siemens.Siemens asked Volga-Dnepr to project manage the shipment using one of the Russian airline’s An-124-100 freighters to ensure that the 11-metre long cargo reached its destination on-time from the manufacturing site ...
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Agility settles US government military supply contract case
Logistics firm Agility has now fully settled criminal and civil cases over allegations it defrauded the US government on a military supply contract.In the criminal portion of the case, Agility announced earlier that it has agreed to plead to a misdemeanor in connection with a single invoice valued at $551.In ...