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Brussels cargo rise in May
European cargo hub Brussels airport saw May 2017 freight volumes of 40,836 tons, up by 8.1%, in comparison with same month in 2015.The comparison with May last year, when aircraft operations were still affected by the March 2016 terrorist attack on the passenger terminal, shows 2017 freight volumes up by ...
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ABC and Volga-Dnepr team-up on turbine flight
Volga-Dnepr Airlines used a combination of a Boeing 747 scheduled service and an IL-76TD-90VD charter flight to deliver a 12,660kg gas turbine to a power station in Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar.Measuring 560 x 260 x 250 cm, the turbine started its journey onboard a 747 freighter from Chicago ...
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Western Global secures scheduled cargo flying rights between the US and China
Washington’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has approved Florida-based Western Global Airlines’ (WGA) application to begin scheduled cargo flights between the US and China.US freighter lessor Atlas Air had argued that WGA’s proposed scheduled all-cargo service would constitute a substantial change in operations necessitating a DOT review.WGA, specialising in ACMI and ...
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Emirates, Etihad flights axed to Doha as diplomatic row breaks out
Etihad Airways and Emirates have suspended flights into Qatar as a diplomatic row has broken out over accusations that the country is destabilising the Middle East region.Along with Etihad and Emirates, FlyDubai and Air Arabia have also cut flights to Doha while Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and ...
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Silk Way West to add more Maastricht flights
Silk Way West Airlines is increasing its presence at Maastricht airport with the addition of three new weekly freighter services.The Azerbaijan airline recently started to operate its first weekly flight from the Dutch airport to Baku, but it will gradually add another three services between the airport by the end ...
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Ethiopian to host ICAO forum
Ethiopian Airlines will host the second ICAO Global Air Cargo Development Forum at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa conference hall from June 27 to 29, 2017.The theme of the event, ‘Action for the Sustainable Development of Air Cargo in Africa’, is aimed at achieving progress towards the implementation ...
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Benoît Dumont appointed Unilode chief executive
Unilode Aviation Solutions, the outsourced ULD management and repair company formerly known as CHEP Aerospace Solutions, has appointed Benoît Dumont as chief executive.The current president and chief executive, Ludwig Bertsch, will join the board of directors, with both appointments effective as of September 1 this year.Brambles, the Australian-based parent company ...
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Cathay Pacific axes cargo director role as part of headquarter cull
Cathay Pacific has axed the cargo director role as it embarks on a cull of middle and senior management at its head office.The Hong Kong headquartered airline today announced that a total of 600 “senior, middle management and non-managerial roles” at the group’s headquarters would be cut.Around 190 management and ...
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SF Express and Alibaba end data dispute
Delivery giant SF Express has restarted transportation services for online retail giant Alibaba after they ended their dispute over data sharing.The standoff, which began last week, came to an end after the intervention of China’s State Post Bureau.The dispute started when Alibaba’s Cainiao logistics arm told Alibaba sellers on May ...
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Yangtze River adds Atlas B747-400 freighter
Yangtze River Airlines will lease a Boeing 747-400F from Atlas Air Worldwide to use on China-US flights.The aircraft will be leased on an ACMI basis for use on a new service due to start this month flying between China and the US.The airline is part of the HNA Modern Logistics ...
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NewsAsian Cargo Monthly: Demand flies in April
Asian airlines continued their run of success on the cargo demand front in April, with the region’s major carriers all registering traffic growth on a like-for-like basis.The region’s largest cargo carrier, Cathay Pacific, saw cargo traffic increase by 6.2% in April to 907m cargo and mail tonne km. The increase ...
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IAG to dispatch cargo as priority after IT failure
IAG Cargo has "made good progress" in flying customer bookings affected by an IT outage over the weekend.The cargo division said that it had experienced "significant operational disruption" on May 27 after the airline group faced IT issues causing the cancellation of thousands of flights and affecting around 75,000 passengers.IAG ...
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Ciao: WFS sells ground handling business in Italy
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has sold its ground handling business in Italy to Inceptus.WFS has operated ATA, a ground handler in Italy, since June 2015 through its fully owned subsidiary WFS Ground Italy, which has now been sold to Inceptus.WFS is no longer involved in ground handling activities in Italy ...
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NewsCost cutting continues at Asian airlines despite traffic growth
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region enjoyed cargo traffic growth of 9% in April as export orders from the region continued to surge, but carriers continue to cut costs to meet rising costs.The latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) (see table at end of article) ...
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DHL's fish freighter for Norwegian seafood logistics
DHL Global Forwarding is accelerating Norway’s seafood supply chain by shipping live crabs and other seafood on dedicated weekly flights from Oslo to Asia and Northern America.The express giant is transporting fresh seafood from Laskselv airport in northern Norway to Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South Korea ...
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IAG warns Heathrow plans to bridge M25 could ground expansion
IAG has warned that plans to build a bridge over the busy M25 motorway - one of the busiest in Europe - as part of the expansion of Heathrow airport could ground the project.In its submission to a government consultation document, the airline group warned that there is no detailed ...
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Agility reaches partial settlement over US government military supply contract
Logistics firm Agility has agreed to a settlement for one element of the ongoing criminal court case over allegations it defrauded the US government on a military supply contract, but the wider civil and criminal case continues.The company has agreed to plead to a misdemeanour in connection with US government ...
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NewsEuropean Cargo Monthly: Another busy month for European carriers
April proved to be another good month for some of Europe’s major airlines as increases in cargo traffic were recorded at Lufthansa, Air France KLM and IAG.The latest monthly stats from Lufthansa, the largest of the three in cargo terms, show a 6% year-on-year improvement in traffic for April to ...
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Emirates' focus on Vietnamese perishables bears fruit
Emirates SkyCargo has seen a near five-fold increase in the volumes of exports of fruits between Vietnam and Dubai over the last year.Collaborative efforts between Middle East carrier’s cargo arm and Vietnam’s Trade Promotion Agency Vietrade saw perishables exports to Dubai, including rambutans and lychees, touch a record close to ...
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WFS signals global ambition with senior appointments
Global cargo ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced a raft of senior appointments.Group chief executive Craig Smyth said that the appointments signal WFS’ ambition to build its operations globally. WFS is a major cargo handler, processing 6.3m tonnes a year for 300 airline customers.WFS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa ...