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IAG Cargo gains pharma certificate
IAG Cargo has received GDP (Good Distribution Practice) certification for pharmaceutical transport.The carrier, bringing together the cargo divisions of British Airways and Iberia, says that it is the first airline to be awarded GDP certification by a national government health agency in meeting the premier standard for pharma transport.IAG Cargo ...
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Cathay signs up DoKaSch pharma containers
Cathay Pacific Cargo has signed a master agreement to rent DoKaSch Temperature Solutions' RKN and RAP Opticooler active containers.The containers, to be rolled out across the Hong Kong-based airline’s network in the first quarter of 2015, are aimed at the shipment of temperature-sensitive goods and pharmaceutical products,.“Cathay Pacific Cargo is ...
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Volga-Dnepr signs B737-400 conversion deal
Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services (Boeing Shanghai) has signed a B737-400 freighter conversion agreement with Russia-based Volga-Dnepr Group.The airplane is scheduled for redelivery to Volga-Dnepr Group in the first quarter of 2015. The agreement makes Volga-Dnepr Group the first Boeing Shanghai customer for this type of service from the Russia/Central Asia ...
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Africa: sprinting ahead of the pack
Africa has some of the strongest economic growth in the world, with six countries from the continent among the world’s ten fastest growing, according to the all-cargo carrier Cargolux.The Luxembourg-based airline's remarks come ahead of the Air Cargo Africa 2015 exhibition and conference in Ekurhuleni, South Africa.In 2013, trade in ...
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Finnair joins IAG Cargo's partner programme
Finnair Cargo is to join IAG Cargo’s Partner Plus enhanced interline cooperation programme.Partners in the scheme enjoy confirmed bookings and higher priority for loading with IAG Cargo, the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia.Other members of the scheme are Qatar Airways, Japan Airlines, the Avianca group and American Airlines.Customers ...
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Paperless cockpit for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) has adopted Lufthansa Systems' Lido/iRouteManual, Lido/Enroute and Lido/DocView IT solutions to move to paperless cockpit systems.The new IT systems are designed to ease the workload of ABC pilots with flight deck crew iPads continually updated with documents and data, and with up to date charts, downloadable directly from ...
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Cargo pallets go on a diet
Air France-KLM is introducing new aluminum pallets that are 17kg lighter than standard pallets but just as strong.The new 83kg pallets will gradually replace all the current standard stock - each weighing 100kg - in the airline’s fleet.Said a spokesperson: “Air France-KLM is fully committed to reducing the company’s CO2 ...
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Bertling plugs into Antonov for power station logistics
Germany’s Bertling Logistics has transported three power substations from Portugal to Argentina using Antonov Airlines freighters.The logistics operation required three An-124-100 flights to airlift nine outsize transformers from Porto, Portugal, to the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires.The sub-stations had to travel from the manufacturer’s facility (Efacec) to the end user ...
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Oman Air appoints Air Cargo Logistics in France
Oman Air has appointed Air Cargo Logistics as its exclusive general sales and service agent (GSSA) in France.With effect from January 2015, Air Cargo Logistics will provide the Omani national carrier with full cargo sales, marketing and customer service activities across France.Oman Air currently operates four A330 flights a week ...
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CAL fleet upgrade
Cargo Air Lines (CAL) has taken delivery of its second 747-400-ERF, completing the upgrade of the Israel-based carrier’s fleet to two nose loader, open door freighters.Offer Gilboa, owner and chairman of the CAL Group, said: “We have concluded our fleet enhancement and are proud to announce that both our new ...
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AF-KLM adds combi flights to Dubai
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will this month add three B747 Combi frequencies from Amsterdam Airport-Schiphol (AMS) to and from Dubai International Airport (DXB).Starting 10 January, the European carrier says that the upgrade offers “increased flexibility to carry main deck commodities to our hubs, Dubai International Airport (DXB), and to ...
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Sodexi opens Paris airport warehouse
Aéroports de Paris and Sodexi have opened a 7,600 sq m express freight warehouse at Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport.The warehouse, with a €22m investment, will be used to manage and process flows of air freight and mail for express specialist Sodexi, which is 65 per cent owned by Air ...
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Qatar finalises B777F fleet order
Qatar Airways has finalised an order for four Boeing 777 freighters valued at $1.24bn, with purchase options on another four.Qatar Airways first announced its intention to order four B777Fs at the 2014 Farnborough Airshow. The total order for all eight freighters has a potential combined value of $2.46bn, at current ...
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Silk Way nears deal on B747-8F trio
Plane maker Boeing and Azerbaijan-based cargo airline Silk Way West are finalising terms on a purchase agreement for three B747-8 freighters.When completed, the contract will be valued at more than $1.1bn, at current list prices.“Silk Way Group is a longstanding customer and operator of Boeing’s products and services,” said Marty ...
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IAG Cargo joins Airforwarders Association
IAG Cargo has become the first international (non-US) carrier to gain platinum membership of the Washington-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).As a platinum member, IAG Cargo – the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia - said that it will help shape AfA policy and engage in advocacy on key legislation that ...
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Saudia Cargo to operate direct freighters to Malpensa
Saudi Airlines Cargo has launched a three times a week B747-400 freighter schedule between Riyadh and the Italian hub of Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP).“By operating direct freighter flights into Malpensa we are offering first class connections from our entire network including Hong Kong, China, Bangladesh and India right to the ...
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Security standard first for Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal
Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal has become the first Hong Kong air freight facility to achieve ISO 28000 certification, a global standard for security management systems in the logistics industry.Cathay Pacific Services Ltd (CPSL) chief executive Kelvin Ko said: “Customers paying premiums for airfreight expect their goods to arrive at the ...
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Lufthansa Cargo's cautious optimism for 2015
Lufthansa Cargo carried 1.7m tonnes of freight and mail in 2014, a year-on-year decline of 2.7 per cent, although the leading German carrier maintained its capacity utilisation with a cargo load factor of 69.7 per cent.Faced by “tough competition,” the cargo airline focused on “a flexible and demand-driven management of ...
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Ethiopian freighter damaged after runway skid
An Ethiopian Airlines freighter has been seriously damaged after skidding off the runway at Kotoka International Airport in Ghana on January 10.The B737-400F, which was operating a flight from Lome for Togo-based carrier ASKY, reportedly skidded off the runway with burst tyres. The aircraft suffered damage and its starboard engine ...
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Middle East leads world airfreight growth
The Middle East set the pace for a four per cent global surge in air freight in November, and 4.7 per cent for the past 12 months, according to the latest Airports Council International (ACI) figures.The region achieved the highest growth in freight volume, 12.8 per cent, year on year ...