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Volga-Dnepr MRO unit opens in Liege
Volga-Dnepr Technics Moscow (VDTM) has completed the certification of a line maintenance station in Liege, Belgium, for aircraft registered in Bermuda.As one of the largest Russian MRO providers, the Volga-Dnepr Group business unit is now able to carry out scheduled line maintenance for Boeing 737-300/400/500, Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-8 ...
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Speakers line up for Farnborough Airshow cargo conference
The future of air cargo and cargo technology will be the themes of a two-day airfreight conference to be hosted within the cargo village at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow 2018 (FIA18) which takes place between 16-18 July.The 1,000 sq m Cargo Village will serve as an important hub for ...
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Atlas backs US and UAE open skies agreement
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWH) has given its support for an agreement to continue open skies between the US and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) relating to market-based transactions and financial transparency of airlines of the two countries.In a statement, the US lessor of freighter aircraft said that the the ...
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Ethiopian to fly into Jakarta
Ethiopian Airlines has confirmed that it is to launch a three times a week service to Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 17.The route, to be flown by B787-8 Dreamliner aircraft, will represent the first direction connection between Africa and Indonesia, and Ethiopian Airlines Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam observed: “Our new service ...
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Egyptair to fly scheduled freighter service into Baghdad
Egyptair Cargo is to launch a new Cairo-Baghdad freighter connection later this month (May).Operated weekly by A300-600F, Germany-based GSA Skyline Air Services is marketing the capacity of the new all-cargo connection with the Iraqi capital.Egyptair Cargo will also be operating a A300-600F connection with Dubai World Central (DWC) transiting via ...
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Cathay Pacific enjoys April uptick in cargo
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Group saw a year-on-year 6.7% increase in April's cargo and mail volumes, totalling 174,489 tonnes for sister airlines Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon combined.Traffic, as measured in cargo/mail revenue tonne-kilometres (RTKs) flown, increased by 7.9% year-on-year. Capacity, as measured in available cargo/mail tonne-kilometres (ATKs), rose by ...
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Lufthansa Cargo introduces twice weekly B777Fs to Chengdu
Lufthansa Cargo has confirmed its latest capacity increase into the Chinese cargo market by adding twice weekly B777 freighter services to the city of Chengdu.Chengdu in western China has joined Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou and Hong Kong as Lufthansa Cargo freighter connections to the country.Speaking at Air Cargo China in Shanghai, ...
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Full year profit turnaround for SIA Cargo
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) cargo division reported an operating profit of S$148.1m in the 2017/18 financial year, up from S$3m in the prior year which was impacted by a S$132m provision for competition-related matters.Cargo revenue in the 12 months to the end of March 2018 grew S$264m to around S$2.2bn as ...
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Cargolux swoops on freighters as it looks to build flexible capacity
Cargolux is in the process of purchasing second-hand freighter aircraft as it looks to build extra flexibility into its ability to expand capacity.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo China event held this week in Shanghai, Cargolux chief executive Richard Forson said that the airline had this year ...
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Antonov Airlines flies power plant rotor into Pakistan
Antonov Airlines has transported a power plant rotor from Genoa in Italy to Karachi, Pakistan, on one of its seven An-124-100 freighter aircraft.The rotor and associated equipment carried weighed in at a total of 108 tonnes.“Careful planning was necessary to guarantee the safe loading and unloading of the rotor,” commented ...
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Regional airports look to capitalise on congestion at major hubs
Europe’s regional airports are hoping to capitalise on congestion at their larger rivals by winning cargo traffic from operators looking to avoid delays.Speaking at the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai today, Budapest Airport cargo managing director Rene Droese said that shippers were taking an increasingly active role in their ...
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AP Moller-Maersk reports ‘unsatisfactory earnings’ in first quarter
AP Moller-Maersk saw its revenue rise by 30% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2018 to reach $9.3bn.That year-on-year revenue improvement figure would be 10% if shipping line Hamburg Süd – which was acquired at the end of 2017 – was taken out of the figures, but there was growth ...
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WiseTech Global acquires Turkey’s Ulukom
WiseTech Global, a logistics industry software provider, has acquired Ulukom, based in Turkey.Headquartered in Istanbul, Ulukom offers a range of logistics, customs, freight forwarding and warehouse support software in its Logistics Information Management System, designed to carry out financial and operational transactions on an integrated platform.Ulukom’s customers include Çelebi Ground ...
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Jettainer think-a-thon in Shanghai
Outsourced ULD manager Jettainer has launched a three-day Think-A-Thon at the start of Transport Logistic China in Shanghai.Together with 25 logistics students from Tongji University, the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary is going about a thinking marathon. The aim is to search directly on the international industry platform for new approaches for ...
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AirBridgeCargo and PACTL sign MoU aimed at pharma customers in China
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) and Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co Ltd (PACTL) have signed up for closer cooperation on time & temperature sensitive shipments, primarily pharmaceutical and healthcare products.The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) will serve as a commitment by both parties to develop, expand, and promote ...
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Trade compliance software for airlines
Airlines handling millions of shipments every year have to negotiate a complex web of global security rules, to make sure the goods they transport do not fall foul of trade compliance regulators.There have been a number of high profile cases involving illegal shipments of dual-use goods -for either civilian or ...
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Uniserve names Overman as group chief operating officer
UK-based Uniserve has appointed Kim Overman as its new group chief operating officer.The new position was created to support the company’s “ongoing growth and [to] build on the success of the UK’s largest independent logistics and global trade management provider”.Overman has worked in the logistics industry for 34 years, and ...
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Support for continuation of US-UAE Open Skies agreement
The Airlines for Open Skies coalition has welcomed decision by US and the UAE to retain the their Open Skies arrangements agreed in 2002.“This resolution is a clear victory for American workers, travellers, and exporters, and reaffirms the US commitment to Open Skies,” the US industry grouping declared.“We commend the ...
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GAC opens new facility at Dubai South
GAC Dubai has opened a new contract supply chain facility in the Logistics District of Dubai South.The facility supplements the company’s pre-existing contract logistics capacity and complements other facilities it operates in the Jebel Ali and Dubai Airport Free Zones.The new 45,900-pallet, dual-chamber, temperature- and humidity-controlled facility is designed to ...
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Aer Lingus prepares for Seattle launch
Irish flag-carrier Aer Lingus and parent company IAG are gearing up for the launch of a new Dublin to Seattle service that will inaugurate on Friday (18 May).An Airbus A330-200 operated by Aer Lingus will fly the intercontinental service four times a week, and the aircraft will offer up to ...