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Lufthansa Cargo outlines winter freighter plans
Lufthansa Cargo has revealed its freighter schedule for the winter season, with an average of 35 flights per week to Asia.The cargo airline said that its Asian network would focus on the Chinese metropolis of Shanghai (PVG), the South Korean capital Seoul (ICN), Japan's capital Tokyo (NRT) and the Hong ...
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Turkish Cargo adds direct routes to network
Turkish Cargo has expanded its network with the addition of numerous direct routes to destinations in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.Last month, the carrier added London Heathrow Airport in the UK and Henri Coanda Airport in Romania as European network destinations.In addition, new direct cargo services in Asia include ...
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NewsSine Draco selects Ascent Aviation for A321 conversion project
Sine Draco Aviation Development has selected Ascent Aviation Services in Tucson, Arizona, for modification and completion of its prototype A321 passenger to freighter conversion (A321-200 SDF).Ascent Aviation Services will be performing the modification of the airplane by completing the touch labor, modification planning and inspection requirements. Ascent will also be ...
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'Biggest product launch in the history of mankind' set to hit general cargo
General cargo shippers using airfreight when a Covid-19 vaccine is launched are set to face capacity shortages and price hikes.During the recent joint TIACA and Pharma.Aero project Sunrays Project webinar, participants were asked what would happen with general cargo when a vaccine begins to be shipped.Neel Jones Shah, global head ...
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Copenhagen Airport relies on preighter capacity to develop as "airfreight gateway to Scandinavia"
Copenhagen Airport (CPH) has revealed that continuous 'preighter' operations have helped it to establish itself as an "airfreight gateway to Scandanavia" after the bulk of it cargo capacity — bellyhold — was cut at the onset of the pandemic."Looking back to February this year, the majority of airfreight in and ...
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NewsGlobalX signs up for Vallair A321 freighters
US company Global Crossing Airlines is intending to lease 10 converted Airbus A321 freighters from the asset management specialist Vallair, the launch customer for the modification.Vallair said the preliminary agreement – still a letter of intent – is the “most significant deal” for the narrowbody freighter.Miami-based Global Crossing Airlines, also ...
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India limits non-scheduled freighter flights to six airports
India's Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has limited non-scheduled and ad hoc cargo flights by foreign carriers to six airports.The change in country's open sky policy was made following a government review and it is hoped the move will promote India's airfreight carriers."The changes have been made with a ...
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Dnata enters Indonesian market with new partnership
Ground handler dnata has expanded its footprint in the Asia-Pacific region and entered the Indonesian market through a partnership with PT UNEX Rajawali Indonesia (UNEX).The handler is based at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK) and offers ground handling and cargo warehousing services.The partnership will see dnata and UNEX make joint investments ...
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Nippon Express USA implements CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB
Nippon Express USA, the US freight forwarding division of the Japan-based Nippon Express Group, has started using CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB for its digital data exchange.The Traxon cargoHUB platform enables Nippon Express USA to have electronic access to more than 100 airlines and 3,000 forwarders, operating from 9,000 branches worldwide. It ...
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Leipzig reports record increase in airfreight volumes
Leipzig/Halle Airport recorded the strongest growth in volumes of airfreight in September for eight years as all-cargo operators continue to ramp up services at the airport.The German airport — Europe's fifth-busiest cargo hub and a major base for DHL Express — said its airfreight volumes increased by 18.6% year on ...
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NewsK+N reports improved airfreight market in Q3
Kuehne+Nagel's airfreight operating profits and revenues were up in the third quarter of the year on the back of improved market and despite a decline in volumes.The Switzerland-headquartered forwarder saw third-quarter air cargo revenues increase by 8.7% year on year to Sfr1.2bn, gross profits were down 4.3% to SFr315m and ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo transports vaccine manufacturing equipment
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has transported vaccine manufacturing equipment to US as part of a Covid-19 production project.The carrier said that a total of 840 tonnes of equipment for automation lines for the manufacturing of coated cyclo olefin (COP) polymer vaccine containers will be transported this year from Frankfurt to Atlanta ...
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NewsEmirates SkyCargo targets perishables with Haneda flights
Emirates SkyCargo has commenced twice-weekly scheduled cargo flights to Tokyo Haneda (HND) airport.The flights will be operated on Emirates’ Boeing 777-300ER aircraft departing Dubai at 11.30pm local time on Thursdays and Fridays and arriving at Tokyo Haneda airport at 1:40am local time on the following days.The carrier said that importers ...
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The challenge of securing temp-controlled facilities for the Covid-19 vaccine
One of the key challenges the air cargo industry faces when it comes to the Covid-19 vaccine supply chain is ensuring there is enough temperature-controlled capacity at airports.However, building these facilities costs money and takes time. Under normal circumstances handlers would also want to secure a return on their investment.But ...
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AFKLMP Cargo and Bolloré transport pharma from Italy to US
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has partnered with Bolloré Logistics to complete a transatlantic pharma delivery.The carrier operated an Air France Boeing 777 flight carrying 170 RAP containers, which contained insulin, from Florence in Italy to Chicago in the US.AFKLMP Cargo said the flight was carried out "at ...
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Etihad Cargo adds CSafe Global's RAP containers to PharmaLife service
Etihad Cargo is rolling out temperature-controlled container firm CSafe Global's RAP containers across its network, as part of its PharmaLife service which offers both active and passive container solutions for various temperature requirements.The move follows Etihad becoming the first carrier in the middle East to receive the IATA CEIV Pharma ...
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United Airlines reports $1.8bn Q3 loss as revenue falls 78%
United Airlines reported a $1.8bn loss for the third quarter as it restructured its operations to reflect lower demand following the near-collapse of the passenger aviation industry earlier this year.The Chicago-based carrier says on October 14 that it had reduced its capacity by 70% during the recently completed quarter, resulting ...
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NewsATRAN Airlines and Volga-Trucks complete multi-modal delivery of spare parts
ATRAN Airlines (ATRAN), a Volga-Dnepr Group carrier, has teamed up with SIS Logistik to carry transport spare parts from Frankfurt (Germany) to Perm (Russia).ATRAN said the delivery was "complex" and made use of a range of transportation modes.First, the equipment was trucked from Frankfurt to Köln. next, it was loaded ...
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NewsVolga-Dnepr Airlines transport 430 tonnes of power plant equipment to Afghanistan
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has partnered with Blue Water Shipping to carry out a number of flights using its Antonov-124-100 ramp freighter aircraft to support the construction of a new power plant in Afghanistan.The "technically complex and challenging project" involved 430 tonnes of equipment being transported for 'Bayat Power Phase 1', which ...
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Growth in freighter services boosts cargo volumes at Brussels Airport
Brussels Airport has reported an increase in cargo volumes for the fourth consecutive month.Volumes from January to September this year were 0.6% higher than in the same period in 2019.Meanwhile, in September 2020, the hub experienced an 18.9% year-on-year increase air cargo demand.Brussels Airport said that growth in all-cargo and ...