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NCA says changed market conditions behind B747F order cancellation
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has given a few more details on the reasons behind its decision to cancel a $1.5bn order for four Boeing 747-8Fs.In a statement to Air Cargo News the Japanese all-cargo carrier said: “Market conditions have really changed since 2007 when we went ahead with firm orders ...
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Lufthansa: freighter flights unaffected by tomorrow's strike
Lufthansa expects more than half of all long-haul flights and all cargo flights to go-ahead as planned tomorrow despite a pilot strike.The German airline group said that 84 out of a total of 170 long-haul flights and all seven planned cargo flights will operate tomorrow.This comes despite the Vereinigung Cockpit ...
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Webinar on Middle East air traffic
A panel of experts will discuss in a live webinar how increased aircraft movements and fewer delays could bring significant economic benefits for both airports and passengers in the Middle East.With aircraft fleets across the Middle East forecast to grow at an annual rate of more than 10% over the ...
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Volga-Dnepr goes green with tree transport
The air cargo industry’s drive to go green was given a new spin when Volga-Dnepr transported 28 cypress trees from the Czech Republic to the Uzbekistan capital of Tashkent.The 7.5 metre trees were flown from Brno in the Czech Republic onboard one of Volga-Dnepr Airlines’ IL-76TD-90VD freighters on behalf of ...
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Lufthansa pilots announce Tuesday strike
Lufthansa pilots have announced they will launch strike action on Tuesday which they say will affect all cargo flights from Germany.The Vereinigung Cockpit union today announced that all Lufthansa departures from Germany with Airbus 380, A330 and A340 aircraft and Boeing 747 aircraft would be affected, as would all flights ...
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Nippon Cargo axes $1.5bn order for B747-8F quartet
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has cancelled an order with Boeing for four B747-8 freighters, worth $1.5bn, but still has two more set for delivery, the US plane maker has confirmed.NCA, one of the launch customers for the 747-8 freighter in 2005, currently operates five Boeing 747-400Fs and eight 747-8Fs, according ...
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IATA warns of 'rough ride' for cargo
Airfreight volumes fell 0.6% during July versus same month 2014, "in line with weaker global economic growth" said IATA, which also warned of a "rough ride" for cargo in the coming months.The decline in freight tonne km (FTK) was broad-based across all regions with the exception of Africa and the ...
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ABC's Singapore debut
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has started its twice-weekly direct Boeing 747 freighter service to Singapore from Moscow. The Thursday and Sunday flights offer onward connections to Hong Kong and the rest of ABC’s global route network.With the addition of Singapore, ABC’s ninth online station in Asia, the airline now provides over ...
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Aeroflot steps in with Transaero takeover
Leading Russian airline Aeroflot is to acquire the assets and routes of debt-laden private carrier Transaero.The country’s second largest airline got into financial difficulties after the Ukrainian crisis and the resulting European and American sanctions again Russia, the resultant weaker Rouble in turn triggering a serious decline in its core ...
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Speed with safety for Toll’s Perth site
Toll Group’s Express arm has completed a A$20m renovation of its depot at Perth Airport, part of a A$80m programme of property investments and improvements in Western Australia.It includes a 172 metre steel overhead walkway between the main office and the training room to keep pedestrians away from moving equipment ...
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New arrival: B777 freighter for Emirates
Emirates has taken delivery of four new aircraft in a single day: a Boeing 777 freighter and three passenger jets: two Boeing 777-300ERs and an Airbus A380.The 777 freighter went into revenue service immediately - it was scheduled to fly directly from the Seattle area, where it was built, to ...
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New IT system is best yet, says Qatar
Qatar Airways says that its CROAMIS cargo management system is the industry’s most advanced and comprehensive yet.Designed as a single package to handle the carrier’s reservations, operations, accounting and management information, it has been developed in-house by the carrier and co-funded with global IT services provider Wipro.Qatar says that Croamis ...
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Steady growth for Air China Cargo
Air China Cargo recorded "steady growth" in the first half of 2015, as revenue freight tonne km increased by 23.5% year-on-year to 3,166m and the load factor rose 0.47 percentage points to 54.41%.The cargo yield (excluding fuel surcharge) was RMB1.11, a year-on-year increase of 0.20%.Parent carrier Air China said that ...
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Swissport lands Oman Air ground handling role
Swissport International is to take over Oman Air’s cargo handling at London Heathrow, Munich, Frankfurt and Paris Charles de Gaulle. It will take over full cargo handling services for Oman Air at London Heathrow on 3 September followed by a phased transition at the other three stations, with completion by ...
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Frankfurt community website gets a refresh
The Air Cargo Community Frankfurt’s internet presence now has a fresh new look (www.FRA-fr8.com).The new website now provides full details of companies, institutions and organisations and is geared to an international audience, being completely bilingual in German and English. It now has a modern layout and a responsive design, so ...
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Freight continues to impress at Dubai’s new airport
Cargo volume at Al Maktoum International - Dubai World Central (DWC) - continued to rise sharply in the first half of 2015, pushing the new airport from 20th to 19th place in the ranks of the top world cargo airports.Freight jumped 42% in the first half of 2015 to 443,000 ...
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Schiphol milk run to save CO2 emissions
Schiphol airport’s logistics community are trialing a ‘Milk Run’ concept to reduce CO2 emissions by replacing forwarders' truck collections from handling agents with a single delivery.The partnership project, organised by the forwarders’ steering committee of Air Cargo Netherlands, aims to optimise the inbound supply chain at Amsterdam hub Schiphol by ...
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Horse specialist firmly on course for Australia
Equine specialist New Zealand Bloodstock (NZB) has gained approval from the Australian government’s veterinary department for its new UK quarantine station in Sussex.Approval allows NZB’s airfreight arm to offer a monthly horse transport service ex UK to Australia from November this year. NZB Airfreight already offers a similar service from ...
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Jochen Thewes new chief executive of Schenker AG
Jochen Thewes has been appointed chief executive of Schenker AG and will lead the Germany railway Deutsche Bahn’s DB Schenker Logistics business unit.He will take up his new position on September 1, 2015, replacing Karl-Friedrich Rausch, who held the position on an interim basis. Dr Rausch has now left the ...
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What slump? Boeing still sees $950bn market in China
Boeing expects China to order over 6,300 new commercial aircraft over the next 20 years, despite the country’s current economic turmoil.In its annual China Current Market Outlook (CMO) released on 25 August – the day after a major slump in the local stock market – the plane manufacturer estimated the ...