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Air China set for cargo reform
Air China has signalled its intent to push forward with mixed-ownership reforms to its airfreight business.In a stock-exchange announcement, the airline said that the National Development and Reform Commission had given it the green light to carry out the reforms.Air China said its parent company, China National Aviation Holding Company, ...
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Go mango go, AF-KLM and Fermac launch a fruit freighter airlift
Fermac Cargo España and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have started the great mango airlift out of Africa to Europe.The first Boeing 777-300 freighter has already transported 105 tons of Kent variety mango from the city of Abidjan in the Ivory Coast to Madrid, Spain.It is the second year running ...
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Panalpina sees airfreight grow but profits under pressure
Panalpina has recorded an above market increase in airfreight demand but in contrast profitability was flat.The first-quarter figures released by the forwarder revealed that airfreight demand during the period increased by 8% year on year to 233,000 tons, driven by Far East trade lanes. This is ahead of the estimated ...
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NewsEmirates SkyCargo explains move away from all-in rates
Emirates SkyCargo has said that customer demand is behind its decision to scrap all-in rates after just two years.The Dubai-headquartered airline told Air Cargo News that it was increasingly hearing from customers that the transparency it had hoped to deliver through the ‘all-in’ mechanism "hasn’t worked as it was intended" ...
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K+N: airfreight growth set to continue
Kuehne+Nagel has revealed that it believes there are no signs indicating a slowdown in the current growth levels being enjoyed by the air cargo industry.Speaking on an analyst call shortly after revealing double-digit percentage airfreight growth in the first quarter, chief executive Detlef Trefzger said that the demand improvements were ...
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FedEx Express to launch Liège-Memphis B777 freighter
FedEx Express will begin operating a new flight linking TNT’s European air hub in Liège, Belgium, to the parcel giant's US World Hub in Memphis, beginning in early April 2017.From Memphis, the Boeing 777 freighter will continue on a round-the-world flight to Shanghai (China) via US hubs Seattle and Anchorage ...
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Leipzig/Halle opens the fridge for temperature sensitive cargo
Leipzig/Halle airport‘s World Cargo Center has started operations at a new refrigerated warehouse.The facility at the German hub has direct access to the apron area, offering short transport routes to and from aircraft and trucks.Said an airport spokesperson: “The configuration of the refrigeration centre enables parallel storage of pharmaceutical items ...
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NewsK+N grabs air market share in Q1 on pharma and perishables
Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) continued to see strong improvements in its airfreight volumes during the first quarter of the year as it grabbed market share, but profitability was flat.The Switzerland-headquartered freight forwarder saw first-quarter air volumes improve by 15.5% year on year to 350,000 tons, while airfreight turnover increased by 12.6% on ...
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Lufthansa Cargo and United finally firm up transatlantic partnership
Lufthansa Cargo and United Airlines have come to an agreement on their transatlantic partnership first announced in 2015.The two carriers today announced that they had signed a deal on a new partnership covering services between the US and Europe.They said the partnership would offer customers a comprehensive combined network, co-ordinated ...
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Singapore's SATS mints Kiwi lamb trade transhipments
Singapore ground handler SATS has received European Union (EU) approval as an authorised establishment for meat transhipment services between New Zealand and the EU.With this new trade flow, SATS is looking at an estimated 10% increase in lamb shipments over the next two years.Meat shipments from New Zealand destined for ...
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Cathay carriers show March cargo boost
Asia Pacific cargo volumes continue to trend upwards, with Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon's combined traffic figures for March showing a 15.4% increase in cargo and mail compared to the same month in 2016.The two Hong Kong-based airlines carried 181,189 tonnes of cargo and mail in March 2017. The cargo ...
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Qatar switches to B777F on Brussels flight
Qatar Airways Cargo will switch one of its A330F aircraft that fly to Brussels for a larger capacity B777F.The Middle Eastern carrier currently offers seven all-cargo flights per week into Brussels using A330F aircraft but this month is upgrading one of those aircraft to a B777F flying on a rotation ...
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Hong Kong's 'significant growth' in March cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), the world's number one airfreight hub by throughput, recorded "significant growth" in cargo volumes during March 2017.Cargo traffic recorded a year-on-year increase of 17.8% to 433,000 tonnes in March. Passenger volume dropped 2% to 5.9m, compared with the same month last year.An HKIA spokesperson said: ...
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Converted B747-400 freighter for Pacific Air Cargo
Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has introduced a newly-converted Boeing 747-400 freighter between Los Angeles and Honolulu.The former passenger aircraft, under an ACMI agreement with PAC’s long-time lessor partner Kalitta Air, will fly a six-times a week service previously operated by a B747-200F aircraft.PAC chief executive Beti Ward said: “All the ...
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IAG Cargo freighter flight caters for pharma demand
IAG Cargo has launched a new dedicated freighter service between its Madrid hub and Basel to cater for the pharma market.The cargo group, which offers space on British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus flights, said that the weekly scheduled service will be operated by Spanish airline Cygnus Air using one ...
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Video: Kiwi's Americas Cup racing yacht flies with Emirates
Emirates SkyCargo has transported New Zealand Aotearoa – Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat – from Auckland to Bermuda in advance of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup sailing competition which will begin in late May 2017.Emirates SkyCargo transported Emirates Team New Zealand’s race boat and all associated support equipment including ...
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Alexa, where's my cargo?
CHAMP Cargosystems has developed a system that allows users to make air cargo track and trace requests using Amazon's Alexa voice recognition service.The new system enables voice interaction with CHAMP's Traxon track and trace application, allowing users to obtain air waybill statuses using simple voice commands on devices that offer ...
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New chief executive for Cathay Pacific
Rupert Hogg has been appointed as new chief executive of Cathay Pacific after incumbent Ivan Chu was appointed as chairman of parent firm John Swire & Sons' China business.Hogg currently holds the role of of chief operating officer at Cathay and will be promoted to chief executive of Cathay Pacific ...
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NewsThere she blows (almost): first 'white whale' BelugaXL sections in Toulouse
The first large sections of Airbus’ next generation new "white whale" transport aircraft, the BelugaXL, have arrived at the aircraft final assembly facility in Toulouse.Following a five-night road convoy from Aernnova’s factory in Berantevilla, north eastern Spain, the panels (two laterals, one central) will complete the rear section of the ...
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Frankfurt marches on with latest monthly cargo surge
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) posted a 9.8% increase in airfreight and airmail volumes in March to 205,443 tonnes, the highest monthly growth rate recorded over the previous six years.The March boost meant that the top German airport and Europe’s number one cargo hub recorded a 5.8% increase in airfreight and airmail ...