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CIS airlines look to expand fleets on cargo growth
Airlines based in CIS countries are looking to expand their fleets in order to capitalise on growth in the region.At the Caspian Air Cargo Summit, speakers from Silk Way West, Sky Gate Cargo and Air Astana gave presentations on their outlook for the region.Baku-hubbed Silk Way Group senior vice president ...
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AirBridge adds Liege as a European freighter hub
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has introduced new freighter calls at Liege airport, flights that are understood to be shifting from slot-constrained Amsterdam Schiphol airport, as earlier reported by Air Cargo News.Starting with its winter schedule, ABC will "gradually increase its cargo capacity up to 12 flights per week," said the Russian ...
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Schiphol has high hopes for Chinese e-commerce
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol has declared that e-commerce is “helping to strengthen” China’s position as the Dutch gateway’s largest cargo market, with exports from the Netherlands to the Far Eastern nation on the rise.A trade delegation from the Netherlands is due visit to South China later this month and will comprise ...
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New multimodal hub for East Midlands airport
Two property partners have launched what they describe as an inland port, close to East Midlands Airport in the UK.Investment trust Segro and property developer Roxhill say that the Segro Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway, a 700 acre `inland port’ with a new rail freight terminal, pointing out that it ...
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Emirates signs codeshare with Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo have signed a codeshare partnership for cargo.The carriers said the new codeshare would allow both carriers to procure cargo capacity on each other’s flights and then offer it to their customers under their own airway bills and flight numbers. The codeshare agreement will be applicable ...
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FedEx expands Barcelona hub
FedEx Express has opened a new ground operations centre in Barcelona’s Zona Franca.FedEx says Spain is a key part in its development of a European leading logistics network. Following its acquisition of TNT last year, FedEx Express is adding a European ground network to its existing air operations.It will process ...
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Nippon Express exports up by a fifth
Japanese forwarder Nippon Express said that its airfreight exports in September were 23,258 tons, up 20.5% on the same month of 2016. Total air exports for the six months from April 2017 to September 2017 were 129,785 tons, up 27% on the same period of 2016.Air imports on September 2017 ...
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Hactl wins Aviastar handling
Moscow-based carrier Aviastar-Tu has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) to handle its new freighter services from eastern Russia.Aviastar-Tu has started weekly operations from Tolmachevo to Hong Kong, using a Tupolev Tu-204C freighter aircraft with 28.5 tonne payload and 14 pallet positions. It plans to increase services to ...
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Opticoolers now available on Saudia flights
DoKaSch Temperature Solutions says its RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers are now available on Saudia Cargo flights following a master agreement signed with the German ULD provider.The Opticooler is designed to keep sensitive cargo such as pharmaceuticals cargo within a temperature range of 2° to 8° Celsius or 15° ...
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European airlines call for air traffic control strikes to be made illegal
The European Regions Airline Association (ERA) is calling on the European Union (EU) and national governments to put an end industrial action by air traffic controllers, which it says is hugely disruptive and costly to the industry.Its call comes after industrial action by air traffic controllers disrupted operations at several ...
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AirBridge to shift some Amsterdam freighters to Liege
Russian all-cargo airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC) is expected to shift some of its freighter flights from flight-slot constrained Amsterdam Schiphol airport to Liege in Belgium, Air Cargo News understands.ABC and Liege airport management were not available for comment but the switching of selected ABC freighter services out of Schiphol appears likely ...
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New chief for Estonia’s Airest
Estonian cargo airline Airest has appointed Aleksei Lupitski as its new chief executive, taking over from Jaanus Ojamets, who has stepped down for personal reasons.Lupitski has held senior management positions at various airlines for the last 20 years and, for the past eight was the president and chief executive of ...
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Shannon finishes runway work eight weeks early
Shannon Airport in the west of Ireland has completed a €15m runway resurfacing project on eight weeks early.Lagan Asphalt Group started work on the main Shannon runway, Ireland’s longest, in May, including the full rehabilitation of 2,400m of runway surface, replacement of edge and centre line lighting with LEDs, ducting ...
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Freighter 13 for Qatar all-cargo fleet
Qatar Airways Cargo has expanded its freighter fleet to 22 aircraft following the delivery of a 13th Boeing 777F at its home base, Doha’s Hamad International Airport (HIA).The world’s third largest international cargo fleet now comprises eight Airbus A330Fs, 13 Boeing 777Fs and one Boeing 747-8F. A second B747-8F is ...
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Schiphol slot restrictions could see the loss of 37 freighter flights per week
Schiphol Airport could see as many as 37 freighter flights per week disappear this winter as a result of slot restrictions at the hub.Last month, the Schiphol airport community’s worst fears were confirmed when Air Co-ordination Netherlands (ACNL) announced where slots would be allocated for the winter season.Amsterdam's airport can ...
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Oman Air selects Jettainer for ULD management
Oman Air Cargo has signed a five year unit load device (ULD) outsourcing contract with Jettainer, the German airfreight container management company.The Middle East airline will use lightweight ULDs — constructed of carbon fibre and partly recycled composite materials — that will result in lower CO2 emissions, improved payload, and ...
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Changi launches new pharma community
Changi Airport has launched a new pharma community that will work towards improving the local supply chain's ability to handle pharmaceutical air cargo.As well as the airport group, the Pharma@Changi initiative includes Bollore Logistics, CEVA logistics Singapore, DHL Global Forwarding, dnata Singapore, Expeditors Singapore, Global Airfreight International, SATS, Schenker Singapore ...
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Emirates SkyCargo reports boom in flying fish from Sri Lanka
Emirates SkyCargo has reported a boom in fish volumes from Sri Lanka to Europe after a ban on their export was lifted by Brussels last year.The airline said it is currently transporting about 100 tons of edible fish a week from Colombo to markets in Europe and the US.In the ...
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ABC adds third Munich freighter call
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has added a third weekly freighter call into Munich, a key logistics hub in southern Germany.Operated by a Boeing 747 freighter, the service offers a 48 hour delivery time, including cargo handling, to 12 destinations in six Asian countries via the ABC hub in Moscow.Andrey Andreev, vice-president ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo adds Helsinki to pharma network
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Finnish capital Helsinki to its expanding pharma network, the Middle East carrier’s 74th pharma destination.Qatar Airways’ chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, said: “The expansion of our pharma network helps us meet the growing air freight requirements in the pharmaceutical industry where time and temperature management ...