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NewsGECAS orders 10 more B737-800 converted freighters
Gecas B737-800BCFGE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS) signed an agreement with Boeing at the Paris Air Show exercising 10 purchase rights to firm orders and adding 15 more purchase rights for the 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF).“Our leasing customers are very pleased with the versatility and reliability of these freighters,” said ...
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NewsChapman Freeborn to target growth following acquisition by Avia Solutions
Aviation group Avia Solutions Group has entered into an agreement to acquire UK-headquartered Chapman Freeborn Group as the broker aims to accelerate growth.Terms of the deal, signed on June 14, were not disclosed and the transaction is expected to close in the third quarter of the year.Chapman Freeborn chief executive ...
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NewsSIA Cargo signs three-year lease deal for pharma containers
SIA Cargo B747Singapore Airlines (SIA) has signed a three-year deal to lease temperature-controlled pharma containers from SkyCell.The deal will see SkyCell provide the airline with its THRUCOOL containers.The units are designed to maintain pharmaceutical products between +2 to +8 degrees Celsius or +15 to +25 degrees Celsius under extreme ambient ...
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WFS scoops Lufthansa Cargo supplier award
Lufthansa Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) with its ‘Best Cooperation Global’ supplier prize in recognition of the partnership between the two companies.The award was presented to WFS’ CEO Craig Smyth at Lufthansa Cargo’s second annual Supplier Awards in Munich, which gathered service providers from all over the world.As ...
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NewsEnzis Airways signs up Hactl for Mongolia loop
Eznis Airways B737Eznis Airways of Mongolia has appointed Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) as cargo ground handler for its new Ulan Bator-Hong Kong services.The airline is now operating every Monday, Thursday and Sunday; flight time is approximately 4 hours 40 minutes, and the airline is deploying its B737 ...
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NewsAsia Pacific Airlines continues cargo fleet expansion
Precision Aircraft Solutions has completed its third 757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion for Asia Pacific Airlines (APA).Conversion of MSN 25140 was completed at Flightstar Aviation in Jacksonville, Florida, and will be put into service soon after redelivery.The Asia Pacific Airlines 757-200PCF will enter service and support the airline's expanding Pacific Asia network.Precision ...
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WestJet renews ULD deal with Jettainer
Canada’s second largest airline, WestJet, has renewed its ULD management deal with Jettainer.The deal will see Jettainer continue to manage and maintain WestJets’s ULD fleet over the next five years. The contract was extended prematurely two years before expiration.Since the start of the partnership in 2015, WestJet has been on ...
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NewsECS reveals winners of innovation competition
ECS Innovation Project Grand JuryThe ECS group has revealed the three winners of its #NexGenLeaders innovation challenge.The #NexGenLeaders competition is split into three different categories – students, start-ups and employees of the ESC Group.In the ECS Group employees category, the winner is Cargo Assistant, represented by Jonatan Jiménez, who developed ...
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Leisure Cargo files for insolvency following loss of major customer
Germany-based GSA Leisure Cargo has filed for bankruptcy following the loss of a major contract.The company at one time counted 14 leisure airlines amongst its customer base, but last year lost a major contract with TUI to the ESC Group.Tillmann Peeters of restructuring firm Falkensteg Restrukturierung said that the company ...
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NewsJettainer to equip AA Cargo ULD fleet with COREInsight tracking technology
It's been a busy week for Jettainer, the Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary that handles outsourced ULD management for many freight carriers.Yesterday (June 5), ACN reported that Jettainer had taken over the skypooling online platform, and the Frankfurt-based company has also confirmed that it is equipping containers and pallets of American Airlines ...
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NewsHartsfield-Jackson opts for WFS for cargo handling at Cargo Building C
Elliott Paige, airport director, air service development, at Hartsfield-Jackson, with Craig Smyth, chief executive of WFSHartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport has asked Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to operate the gateway’s new Cargo Building C.The decision follows a competitive tender process.WFS will take a long-term lease on the new facility, the newest ...
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NewsABC and Unilode roll out digitised maindeck ULDs
Unilode and AirBridgeCargo celebrate the roll-out of the digitised maindeck containers at Air Cargo Europe. From left to right: Marc Groenewegen, managing director EMEA of Unilode; Benoît Dumont, chief executive of Unilode; Diana Schöneich, deputy vice president Europe at AirBridgeCargo Airlines; Ivan Santoro, regional operations & ground handling director Europe ...
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NewsJettainer takes over skypooling tool
Christine Klemmer, general manager skypooling (middle), and team at the announcement at transport logistic 2019 in MunichOutsourced ULD management services provider Jettainer has taken over the online platform skypooling, a free tool that helps participating airlines to maintain better control over their ULDs by keeping track of ULD over- or ...
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NewsTUI Group renews its ULD management deal with Unilode
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of global outsourced ULD management and repair solutions, has renewed its partnership agreement with TUI in a move that will see it supply and manage the group’s containers and pallets for a further 10-year term.Gunther Hofman, director of ground operations at TUI Aviation, commented: “TUI ...
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NewsNew app brings order to the ULD world
ACL Airshop unveiled a FindMyULD mobile app at Air Cargo Europe on 4 June, claiming that it could save its customers days or even weeks in tracking down their assets.The ULD management firm’s real-time ULD control reporting capability is augmented with Bluetooth tracking through its three operations centres in Amsterdam, ...
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New cargo charter platform set for Air Cargo Europe launch
CharterSync has launched a new online platform, which aims to make booking time-critical cargo charter flights quicker and easier for freight-forwarding companies.The technology accurately matches cargo loads to the most suitable aircraft in real time.The CharterSync platform was designed and developed by two pilots who identified the need for smart ...
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Unilode adds Hong Kong centre
Unilode Aviation Solutions has opened a new ULD and galley cart repair centre in Hong Kong.The repair centre has an area of around 3,000 sq m and will employ up to 30 repair technicians, who will carry out ULD repair, ULD assembly, pallet net repair and inflight equipment maintenance and ...
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NewsNew JettHub centre increases ULD storage
Jettainer has inaugurated an 18,000 sq metre JettHub in the Four Parx Gross-Gerau, near Frankfurt Airport, as its new logistics centre for unit load devices (ULDs).JettHub offers space for up to 6,600 containers and pallets and the company says larger and modern stackers and racks allow for a more efficient ...
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NewsUnilode adds leasing options
Unilode has added short- and medium-term leasing services to its portfolio of ULD solutions.The step gives customers access to PMC and heavy-duty pallets from various strategic storage locations worldwide. More ULD types will be available soon, Unilode said.The company’s current leasing network includes London Heathrow, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Frankfurt, Milan-Malpensa ...
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NewsACL opens new Greenville facility
Last Friday, ULD firm ACL Airshop held an opening ceremony marking the opening of the doors on a new manufacturing facility at Greenville, South Carolina.ACL Airshop manufactures, sells, leases, repairs and logistically manages ULD fleets for airlines. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranger Airshop Holdings, Inc, an aerospace ...