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CargoQatar Airways: carrier’s cargo service laaunches heavy-duty thermal covers to transport perishable goods
Rome, Italy - The airline introduces a new system
"Qatar Airways Cargo, the arm of leading five-star airline Qatar Airways, is testing a new initiative to increase the protection of temperature sensitive shipments. The introduction of heavy-duty thermal... more
CargoBoeing forecasts long-term growth in air cargo traffic
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Near-term slowdown in growth seen as short-term
"Boeing said that world air cargo growth will expand at a 5.8 percent annual rate over the next two decades, with worldwide air freight traffic tripling through 2027, according to Boeing's World Air Cargo... more
CargoAlis Aerolinee Italiane takes over Cargoitalia
Milan, Italy - The airline brings the beginning of operations forwards two years
Alis Aerolinee Italiane, an Alcide Leali company (founder of Air Dolomiti then given up to Lufthansa), has announced the take over of Malpensa based-Cargoitalia airline. The value has not been disclosed... more
CargoBoeing forecasts continued strong air cargo traffic growth
Seattle, Usa - Efficiency drives demand for large freighters
"The Boeing Company projects that the global air cargo market will continue to exhibit strong, long-term growth, according to the company's Current Market Outlook 2008. During the 20-year forecast period,... more
CargoAlitalia Cargo, Radici and Leali may be interested to buy
Rome, Italy - The 2 undertakers in the list to buy Cargo services of the airline
Alcide Leali, 50, undertaker of Brescia and Miro Radici, president of "Textile & Energy", are the new pretenders to buy Alitalia Cargo, the corporate's sector that operates goods' transport with 5 MD-11... more
CargoAir France-KLM will lodge 350m dollars to American Antitrust
Paris, France - For settling Cargo airplane charges with an anticompetitive procedure
French-Dutch airline Air France-KLM would lodge 350m dollars to the American antitrust; that's the end of an inquiry by the authority about international price cartel fixed by the European airline and... more
CargoAir France-KLM and China Southern signed an agreement into cargo
Rome, Italy - This project should be completed by year end
"Air France-KLM and China Southern announced the signing of a Framework Agreement for the development of a Sino-European Cargo Joint-Venture between both companies The agreement was signed on June... more
CargoRyanair inaugurated new flight to Arad, the 41st from Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Bergamo, Italy - Over 5,000 booking
The Irish low-cost airline Ryanair has inaugurated the flight from Bergamo-Orio al Serio to Arad, Romania. This is the 41st connection from Bergamo International Airport. "The connection with Arad has... more
CargoEmirates SkyCargo woos Indian Cargo industry
Mumbai, India - And signs a MoU with Dubai Customs
"Emirates SkyCargo has been conferred the honour of ‘Air Cargo Carrier of the Year’ at 'Air Cargo India 2008' (ACI 2008) for the second consecutive year. The airline operates three freighter flights to... more
CargoUPS expands its air freight portfolio
Sandy Springs , USA - New UPS Express Freight established
The US-American delivery company UPS is establishing a new portfolio for global express air shipping. The cutting edge of the new offer is the guaranteed overnight-to-three-day, door-to-door international... more
CargoAlitalia Cargo wins four "Quality Award Italy"
Roma , Italy - The ceremony have been held in the Science and Technology Museum in Milan
"Alitalia Cargo was awarded the prize as 'The best carrier for North-America, Japan, for at the 'Quality Award Italy 2006', best commercial team and overall airline'. The ceremony has been held in the... more
CargoCargo traffic grows in Italy thanks to Malpensa
Rome, Italy - The report on transport in 2007 presented by CONFETRA
The report presented by the Italian General Confederation of Transport and Logistics (CONFETRA) shows a situation of steady growth in the goods transport sector in Italy for the first half of 2007, and... more
CargoRussia: Putin asks Lufthansa for cargo overflight rights
Moscow, Russia - Temporary permission until November 15
With the request of overflight rights by the Russian government to the German carrier Lufthansa's cargo flights, with the following retortion by Berlin which closed for a short time the sky of Frankfurt... more
CargoAviapartner Cargo in partnership with Martinair
Brussels, Belgium - A deal worth more than one million of Euro
Aviapartner Cargo has signed an agreement with Martinair, covering 9 German stations: Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hannover, Berlin-Tegel, Munster-Osnabruck, Dortmund, Leipzig, Dresden, and Bremen. The contract... more
CargoTwo new airplanes for Miniliner
Rome, Italy - The Bergamo based company purchased two Fokker F-50 aircraft
Cargo Company Miniliner, belonging to Miro Radici Group led by Nicola Radici, added two Fokker F-50 to its 11 airplanes fleet purchased in an operation worth around five million Euro. The two new aircraft... more
CargoKorean Air takes cargo joint venture with Sinotrans
Shanghai , China - Company's hub will be at Tianjin
A new cargo operator will come out from the joint venture between Korean Air and logistic company Sinotrans. The new company will have a own aircraft fleet, probably from Koren Air's planes converted... more
CargoCargo B, the new Belgian airline for cargo
Brussels, Belgium - Operative from September with a Boeing 747/200F airplane
It is called Cargo B the new airline dedicated to the transport of goods founded by Rob Kuijpers, ex-general manager of DHL, which from next September will operate with a Boeing 747/200F of Air France,... more
CargoLufthansa Cargo and DHL Express create a new cargo airline
Cologne, Germany - To operate from Leipzig-Halle airport
Cargo and DHL Express will establish a joint cargo carrier, commencing operations from Leipzig-Halle airport in 2009. Project name "NewCo" will operate 10 freighters, most likely Boeing 777F or Boeing... more
CargoAVIONEWS at the Paris Air Show: continue the Airbus orders
Paris, France - The cargo aircraft for Intrepid Aviation Group, Fly Asian Express and Thai Airways International
Airbus has announced during the Paris Air Show "Le Bourget" new important agreements and orders by other three clients. Intrepid Aviation Group has signed a fixed order for the purchase of 20 A-330/200F... more
CargoAVIONEWS at Paris Air Show "Le Bourget" (6): Volga-Dniepr Group presents the new Ilyushin and Antonov programmes
Paris, France - Today and tomorrow
Also Russia air cargo transport society, Volga-Dnepr Group, is among the 2000 exhibitors of Paris International Air Show "Le Bourget". Today afternoon presented a briefing on the development of Ilyushin... more
CargoBoeing completes 50 percent of 777 Freighter design
Seattle , USA - Designed half of the parts of the freighter
Engineers at The Boeing Company have recently completed 50 percent of the design for the new 777 Freighter. The completion of this work means that half of the detailed design of the 777 Freighter is defined... more
CargoNew flight Venice-Dubai by Emirates SkyCargo
Milan, Italy - Increasing freight traffic in Venice airport
Next July 1st Emirates Sky Cargo will start up a new freight service in the "Marco Polo" airport of Venice exercising the new flight of the Dubai based airline, which will be operative at first five days... more
CargoBoeing 747/400 Dreamlifter achieves FAA certification
Everett, USA - It completed 437 flight-test hours and 639 hours of ground testing since its first flight on September 9, 2006
The Boeing Dreamlifter, the specially modified 747/400 used to transport the major assemblies of the all-new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, was granted type certification on Saturday, June 2, from the U.S. Federal... more
CargoCold chain in trasport of goods via air: a problem that could be solved
Rome, Italy - It's thick on the ground the use of simple therm-isolated containers
Hoping in reduced time of carrying goods by air, if compared with which is necessary to other ways, in cargo sector the technologies normally used to carry non-durable goods are not utilized. Cold... more
CargoAre Asian Tigers only little cats?
Hong Kong , China - Pacific area market is going through a bad patch
Ron Mathinson, Cathay general director for goods, said recently that the blame for the decrease of goods transport demand via air from Asia to the countries of Pacific Ocean area to some negative factors:... more
CargoAirbus A-400M is on its way to becoming a competitor also in the civil aircraft market
Sevilla, Spain - The military cargo civil version provokes more and more attention in the specialized operators
Airbus Military marketing vice-president, David Jennings, has unveiled that several unnamed all-cargo operators would be interested to purchase a civil version of military cargo aircraft because of the... more
CargoAlitalia adds Miami to its air-cargo destinations
Milan, Italy - Italian national airline operates with MD-11 Freighter aircraft
Alitalia Cargo offers to its customers a weekly link between Milan-Malpensa and Miami airports. The new air link will be operated with MD-11 Freighter aircraft. Thanks to a recently signed agreement... more
CargoBoeing redelivers first of three Air France 747/400BCF aircraft
Xiamen, China - The second will arrive in August
Boeing and Air France celebrated the redelivery of a 747/400 Boeing Converted Freighter to Air France, the first of three BCFs scheduled for redelivery to the airline in 2007. The second of the three 747/400s... more