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Widebodies boost Aeroflot’s cargo takings
Aeroflot Group’s cargo revenue rose 37.2% year-on-year to RUB11.3bn as it added new wide-body aircraft to its fleet and cargo and mail volumes grew by 38.9%, it said in its financial report for the nine months ended September 30.Total revenue, including passenger, increased to RUB 404.7bn, up 6.2% year-on-year, it ...
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Munich airport sees 10% cargo surge
Munich Airport achieved a 10% rise in cargo to 270,000 tonnes in the first nine months of this year. No other major German cargo airport has achieved anything comparable, it said.It also handled a record 34.1 million passengers between January and while the number of take offs and landings reached ...
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ATSG signs B767F lease with Air Incheon
Air Transport Services Group has signed an agreement to lease Air Incheon a Boeing 767-300 converted freighter plus an option for a second aircraft, both for 2018 delivery.Air Incheon, the first all-cargo airline in Korea, currently operates two Boeing 737 freighter aircraft from its base in Seoul Incheon International Airport. ...
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Air France-KLM and Jet Airways upgrade cargo pact
India’s Jet Airways Cargo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Air France-KLM Cargo to shape and further strengthen their existing cooperation.The two carriers said it would complement their agreement for the passenger business.Combined cargo has more than tripled since the beginning of the passenger codeshare agreements.The cargo MoU ...
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Airlander damage ‘substantial’ says Hybrid Air Vehicles
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV) has admitted that its Airlander 10 airship sustained “substantial damage” when it broke free from its mooring on November 18.The company, which is developing a new design of lighter than aircraft, said it would be making a claim for up to £32m, the maximum insured value.The ...
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Innovation set to cut airfreight's paper chain
The air cargo industry is still shipping mountains of paper documents around the world, writes Justin Stares, meaning it is vulnerable to the coming wave of innovation.The air cargo industry is struggling to rid itself of its reliance on paper documentation.More than a decade after their introduction, electronic air waybills ...
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AirBridge maintains its momentum
Russian-owned all-cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) continued its solid growth with an increase of 15% in cargo carried in the first ten months of 2017, to 575,000 tonnes.It reported an upsurge in all major markets and a positive outlook through to the end of the year. The load factor rose ...
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Bali airport stays shut but Lombok reopens
Bali’s international airport remains shut for a second day due to the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung.The Indonesian authorities have extended the shutdown to at least 07:00 local time (00:00 GMT) Wednesday 29 November.However, the airport on the neighbouring island of Lombok has been re-opened.Carriers including Cathay ...
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Unilode adds more Singapore space for ULD repairs
Unilode Aviation Solutions has moved its Singapore unit load device (ULD) and galley cart repair centre to larger premises nearby Changi Airfreight Centre.The new station includes a 800 sq m warehouse, 250 sq m office space and an extensive outside storage area.It is certified by the Civil Aviation Authority of ...
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Asia Pacific carriers see healthy growth, says AAPA
There was “healthy growth” in international air cargo, said the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) in its preliminary traffic figures for October.Reflecting the sustained upturn in global trade for consumer and intermediate goods, Asia Pacific airlines saw international air cargo demand, in freight tonne kilometres (FTK), increase by 5.8% ...
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Vienna airport opens new pharma hub
Vienna Airport has expanded its cargo centre and opened a new temperature-controlled pharma hub.The €17.9m investment includes a new pharma handling centre featuring about 1,600sq m of space as part of the recently enlarged air cargo facility.The €1.9 m pharma site includes a cold store with an area of 153sq ...
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IAG Cargo reveals new look executive structure
IAG Cargo has made a number of changes to its executive management team to “align with its business priorities”.The new look executive team is charged with driving performance across premium products, digital transformation, customer service and global operations, the airline group said.The shake-up sees David Shepherd, currently commercial director, move ...
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Astral flies into Yemen as blockade is lifted
Kenya-based Astral Aviation has operated a humanitarian flight from Nairobi to Sanaa in Yemen - the first aircraft to land at the airport after the Saudi led coalition lifted a three-week blockade.The Boeing 727-200 freighter landed on Saturday 25 November with 15 tons of vaccines for over 600,000 children on ...
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Airlines cancel Bali flights as Mt. Agung threatens to erupt
Airlines have cancelled all flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali due to volcanic activity.However, the threatened eruption of Mount Agung has so far had only a localised effect, with no sign yet of the wider disruption to global air travel on the scale of Eyjafjallajökull incident in ...
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Safair and Airlink plan to unite
Dublin-based aircraft owner ASL Aviation Holdings is seeking approval from the South African Competition Commission to unite its Safair subsidiary with South Africa’s Airlink.The deal will see ASL take a minority shareholder within the merged Airlink group of companies and the Airlink and Safair brands will continue to operate separately, ...
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Forwarder MNX expands healthcare presence with Logical acquisition
MNX Global Logistics has acquired Australian forwarder Logical Freight Solutions (LFS) as it looks to expand its international healthcare supply chain offering.Melbourne-based LFS serves the healthcare industry, including life science, ag-bio, diagnostics, therapeutics, proteomics, medical devices, microbiology, genomics, chemicals, radiopharmaceuticals, instruments, spare parts and all consumables for these industries.US-headquarterd MNX ...
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dnata tests successfully blockchain technology with air cargo partners
Ground handler dnata has introduced blockchain technology into its cargo operations, in conjunction with Emirates Innovation Lab, IBM and flydubai Cargo.Blockchain technology is seen as a secure, public electronic ledger and peer-to-peer network that can be managed autonomously to exchange information between different parties.Kevin Ennis, vice president commercial and business ...
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ASL offloads Budapest cargo handling business
ASL Aviation Holdings has sold its Budapest-based handling business to airport services firm Menzies Aviation for an undisclosed sum to concentrate on core activities.The Dublin-based aircraft owner said the staff and assets of Farnair Handling, which provides cargo warehouse and ramp handling services at Budapest Airport, have been transferred to ...
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WFS' French flourish as cargo deals roll in
Cargo handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded five new cargo handling contracts by passenger and freighter airlines in France.Four of the contracts cover Paris CDG as well as handling at WFS’ other 11 cargo stations across France.Vietnam Airlines has renewed its cargo handling agreement with WFS, while CAL ...
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Hurricane response helps boost ACS Q3 revenues
Broker Air Charter Service (ACS) saw revenues increase by 50% in the third quarter of the year, with growth across its three main divisions.The company reported total revenues of £144m for the third quarter with company growth and the response to hurricanes boosting performance.ACS group chief executive Justin Bowman said: ...