Three of the world’s most iconic aircraft designers are taking part in a live satellite broadcast in the Cargo Village at Farnborough International Airshow 2016 on 13 July at a special event for customers and partners of Volga-Dnepr Group and the new British cargo airline, CargoLogicAir. Joseph Sutter, Chief Engineer of the Boeing 747, will […]
Strata Manufacturing PJSC (Strata), the advanced composite aero-structures manufacturing company wholly owned by Mubadala Development Company, announced that it has been awarded two contracts to manufacture additional composite components and completed major assemblies for Airbus. The combined deals, valued at more than USD $1 billion, will see Strata become a source for Airbus A320 Horizontal […]
Agreement also confirms the acquisition of 20 747-8 Freighters to grow and upgrade fleet. Boeing and Volga-Dnepr Group, a leader in transportation of unique, outsize and heavy cargo, have signed an agreement for the Group’s subsidiaries AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to provide long-term logistics support for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and its partners using Boeing […]
Strategic cooperation agreement covers the long-term provision of logistics support services to GE using Boeing 747-8F and An-124 freighters and $1.4 billion expansion of TrueChoice Flight Hour agreement Volga-Dnepr Group and GE Aviation today signed a strategic cooperation partnership agreement that will utilize the two companies’ unique strengths and expertise to develop collaborative solutions to […]
CargoLogicAir, the new British cargo airline, has today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to be the exclusive air cargo partner for The BLOODHOUND Project’s attempt to set a new World Land Speed Record in South Africa in 2017, and to break through the 1,000mph barrier in 2018. The agreement will see CargoLogicAir fly BLOODHOUND […]
SITA-operated center is key to managing airline’s reservations across 13 destinations With the help of global aviation IT provider SITA, Iraqi Airways has opened its new reservation contact center in Amman, allowing the airline to better manage its reservations across 13 countries. The center will be operated by SITA. As the airline continues to rebuild […]
easyJet, the UK’s largest airline, has launched its first flight from Manchester to Gibraltar. easyJet now flies to 45 destinations from Manchester and bases 11 aircraft there. The airline carried over 2.6 million passengers on flights to and from the airport last year. easyJet is expected to fly 30,000 passengers between the destinations annually, operating […]
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its Southeast Asia coverage with the introduction of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, to its network with effect from 5 July, 2016, increasing its number of destinations in the region to 11. The new freighter service to Cambodia’s capital will operate on a weekly basis en route from Moscow (SVO)-Singapore-Phnom Penh and […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is increasing its investment in temperature-controlled services after more than doubling its share of the pharmaceutical market from the UK to North America since the launch of its Cool Chain product two years ago. Heading this focus is Darren Sherlock in the newly-created role of Manager, Products & Partnerships. Having joined the […]
Following the United Kingdom’s recent vote to leave the European Union, easyJet (U2, London Luton) has now officially confirmed it has indeed put in motion plans to secure an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from one of the bloc’s twenty-seven remaining members. “As part of easyJet’s contingency planning before the referendum we had informal discussions with […]
