Indonesian Burn-off Forest Fire Smog Shuts Down Seletar Airport
POOR visibility owing to the severe smog that is shrouding Singapore is being cited as the reason for the closure of the city's secondary Seletar Airport, which largely handles regional electronic freight. The choking haze caused by forest fires in neighbouringIndonesia forced the closure of...
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IAG Cargo Increases Capacity On London-Rio De Janeiro Route
IAG Cargo announced that it will be able to offer 40 percent more freight capacity between London andRio de Janeiro due to an increase in the frequency of British Airways passenger flights from April. Beginning Oct. 28, the route will be serviced daily by a Boeing 777-300ER, replacing the...
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Air France Group Adds Abu Dhabi Freighter
Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has taken another step in its cargo co-operation with Etihad by adding Abu Dhabi (AUH) to its freighter network. The carrier now operates two B747 freighter rotations, joining the double daily A330 service between Amsterdamand Abu Dhabi. The mid-June inauguration...
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Delta Launches New Nonstop Service Between Seattle And Shanghai
Delta Air Lines has celebrated new nonstop service from Seattle to Shanghai with an inaugural service ceremony. The flight is the latest addition to Delta's growing Asian gateway in Seattle. The service, between Seattle-Tacoma International Airportand Shanghai Pu Dong International Airport...
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Russians Struggle To Handle Air Cargo Slump
Russian cargo carriers reportedly are struggling with the air cargo downturn, with Polet Airlines to stop operating its IL-96-400T freighter aircraft, although it will keep its AN-124s. It has three IL-96-400Ts, but reports say they have not flown for some time. Aeroflot, too, appears to be...
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Moscow Domodedovo Airport Freight Throughput Increases 2pc In May
FREIGHT throughput at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport's in May totalled 16,600 tonnes, an increase of 2.1 per cent compared to the same month last year, bringing to 76,200 tonnes the total freight tonnage for January-May 2013, a rise of 4.4 per cent compared to the same period of 2012. Passenger...
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United Adds Denver-Narita
United Cargo has launched a daily Denver, USA Narita, Japan non-stop B787 service. The carrier currently operates between Narita and Chicago,Honolulu, Houston, Los Angeles, New York Newark, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington DC, serving more destinations in the Pacific Region than any other...
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Volga-Dnepr Brings New Freighters To Paris-Vatry
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has signed an agreement with Paris-Vatry Airport, located to the east of Paris, to base up to three IL-76TD-90VD freighters at the airport. The carrier recently invested more than $100 million on its fleet of five IL-76TD-90VD freighters. The craft are more fuel efficient...
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Cargolux Launches Atlanta-Munich Route
Cargolux has launched weekly freighter service between Atlanta and Munich, routed through Luxembourg, on a Boeing 747-400 freighter. It serves as the carrier s first regular airfreight service to and from Munich. International freight forwarding company Senator International Spedition will...
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Airbus And Air Canada Make North America’s First Ever “Perfect Flight”
Airbus and Air Canada are performing today North America s first Perfect Flight over international...
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ILA Okays 90-day Truce, Ends Immediate Fear Of US East Coast Dock Strike
THE International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have...
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Zim Narrows Loss, Boosts Cargo Volume
Zim Integrated Shipping Services narrowed its first quarter loss to $82 million from $119 million a...
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Haneda Opens Fourth Runway, New Terminal
The new international terminal at Tokyo's Haneda airport has opened, as has a new runway,...
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Vietnam Airlines To Order Eight 787-9 Dreamliners
Vietnam Airlines said it would sign a deal for eight 787-9 Dreamliners from Boeing Co, and is in...
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COSCO Raises Asia/Europe Bunker, Currency Fees
COSCO Container Lines said it is amending the bunker and currency surcharges it assesses between...
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Traffic Has Increased By 17 Per Cent In Flights To Latin America In Novembe
In the overall network, revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) went up 7.9 per cent and capacity...
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Alaska Airlines Begins Bellingham-Honolulu Service
Alaska Airlines has inaugurated nonstop service between Bellingham, Wash., and Honolulu. The daily...
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Delta Unveils Four Newly Renovated Sky Clubs In January
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) has introduced a renovated Sky Club in Minneapolis-St. Paul, the first...
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Crowley Restarts Second Service To Haiti
Crowley Maritime is restarting the second weekly service to Haiti from the Dominican Republic and...
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