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Vallair acquires another A321, destined for P2F offering
Vallair, the France-based aircraft trading, leasing and specialist MRO business, has added a further Airbus A321 aircraft to its portfolio under lease.The aircraft was bought from Plane Business and adds to Vallair’s existing stock of A320 family aircraft. Six other A321s were recently acquired, and all these aircraft are expected ...
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Thai Cargo signs up WFS for five years in UK and Ireland
Thai Cargo has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a five-year cargo handling contract for the UK and Ireland market.Effective from 1 September, WFS will provide handling for Thai’s double-daily Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 flights from London Heathrow to Bangkok, as well as regional cargo handling across its UK and ...
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Eric Born to stay on at Swissport
Swissport, the globally active ground and cargo handler owned by China’s HNA Group, has confirmed that president and chief executive Eric Born will remain in his post at the helm of Swissport until the end of 2019.This latest announcement comes as something of a surprise, given that only last month ...
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Nepal Airlines signs ULD management agreement with Unilode
Nepal Airlines Corporation has agreed a five-year deal with Switzerland-based Unilode Aviation Solutions for the latter to supply and manage ULDs for the Nepalese flag-carrier’s two new Airbus A330-200s.Unilode will supply pallets and new lightweight containers for these aircraft, which were only recently delivered to the airliner.According to a statement ...
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Handled with care, LUG awarded CEIV Pharma at Frankfurt
Cargo ground handler LUG has received IATA's CEIV Pharma certification for its recently upgraded Health Care Center (HCC) in Frankfurt airport's CargoCity South.LUG, part of Germany's Dettmer Group, modernised its HCC in 2017 and expanded the temperature-controlled area to 625 sq m in a first step. Due to rising demand, ...
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Bloomberg: Cerberus considers Swissport deal following WFS takeover
Reports from news wire Bloomberg suggest that investment fund Cerberus is considering a move for ground handler Swissport following on from its takeover of WFS in June.The report, which can be found here, said that the current owner, Chinese conglomerate HNA, is considering selling a majority stake in the handler, ...
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Cargo helps propel revenues at ACS
Charter firm Air Charter Service has recorded a 23% increase in revenues during its first half fiscal year on the back of growth in its cargo business.The company said that during the six months ended July 31, revenues reached £240.5m.ACS chief executive Justin Bowman said: “We have had a stunning ...
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Air Partner appoints Burt to lead US cargo division
Air Partner has appointed Jack Burt to lead its US Cargo division.In his new role, Burt will be responsible for the implementation of air cargo strategy throughout North and South America, as well as the overall establishment of the US cargo division itself.Before joining Air Partner, Burt served as the ...
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Shippers call on air cargo to take action over truck driver shortage
Shippers have called on the air cargo industry to take action to mitigate the truck driver shortage or face increasingly unreliable supply chains.Writing in a column for Tiaca’s weekly e-newsletter, European Shippers’ Council (ESC) chairman and Tiaca board member Denis Choumert said that the air cargo industry would not be ...
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ATC expands GSSA coverage with South American partner
ATC Aviation Services (ATC), the German general sales and service agent (GSSA), has taken a majority stake in a South American counterpart, Pacific Feeder Services (PFS), in a deal that took three years to negotiate.The link-up, described as "the perfect symbiosis for the South American market" was signed last week ...
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Capacity bottlenecks contribute to half-year dip in Frankfurt cargo volumes
Frankfurt airport's cargo volumes dipped 0.4% in the first half of 2018, hindered by "temporary capacity bottlenecks" in cargo handling, a decline in Far East-bound traffic and reduced German industrial output.Reporting its interim six months financial results, airport operator Fraport said that Germany's number one cargo hub handled 1,075,247 tonnes ...
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Freighter lessor ATSG's revenues on the rise
US freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) reported 2018 second quarter revenues of $203.6m, an increase of 6% after excluding $61.1m in reimbursed expenses from 2Q 2017.Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was $69.7m, up 9%.Joe Hete, president and chief executive of ATSG, said: "Growth in our aircraft leasing and ...
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Hactl boosts green efforts with special event
Ground handler Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has marked the latest phase in its long-running “Green Terminal” environmental programme, with an event entitled 'Don’t Wait Act Now' that included a show of upcycled fashion modelled by Hactl staff.The Don’t Wait Act Now event is designed to instill a ...
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First A330-200 freighter conversion delivered to Egyptair Cargo
Egyptair Cargo has taken delivery of an Airbus A330-200 Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) converted aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW).The delivery comes following the successful completion of test flights in June and awarding of the Supplemental Type Certificates (STCs) by the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) and Egyptian Civil Aviation Authority (ECAA) in ...
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City Union Logistics moves transformers with nine charters
City Union Logistics has transported transformers weighing 900 tons in nine freighter charters for General Electric from Changzhou, China, to Cairo in Egypt.The XLProjects member chartered four Antonov AN-124 flights and five with a Boeing 747F to move the 2,000 cu m load.Said a spokesperson for XLProjects: "The project’s main ...
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Hactl's Wilson Kwong: Recognising the power of people
The people side of the air cargo industry is one that is often overlooked, but the subject is growing in importance as reports suggest that the sector could be facing a shortage of workers.One company that says it has always taken employee engagement seriously is Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals ...
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Hong Kong Airlines selects handlers for its home hub
Hong Kong Airlines has opted for Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) to handle its cargo at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), while SATS HK will undertake its ramp handling at the carrier’s home hub.In other news, SATS has sold a 51% stake in SATS HK and a 4% stake in AAT ...
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ACS sources aircraft to transport barite to stem Hawaiian lava flow
Charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) recently sourced an MD-11 freighter to fly 68 tonnes of the fire retardant ore, barite, to battle the increasing threat of lava reaching a geothermal power plant in Hawaii.Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas, said: “Towns and countryside were being turned into a volcanic ...
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Chile's UASL chooses Hermes cargo management system
Chile-based ground handling agent UASL has chosen Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) to provide a new cargo management system at Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport (SCL).Hermes 5 (H5), the new version of Hermes’ Cargo Management System (CMS) and Hub Management System (HMS) applications, is planned to be implemented at SCL ...
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Cathay Pacific homes in on real-time cargo tracking
Cathay Pacific is ramping up the trial of a new track and trace technology for cargo shipments after a successful test at its home hub.The Hong Kong airline, along with ULD firm Unilode and tracking technology provider OnAsset Intelligence, initially tested the practicality of using wireless devices in the multi-storey, ...