Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. (AEI) has signed a contract with European-based aviation asset management company, Vallair, to provide it with four 11 pallet position B737-400SF freighter conversions. All of the conversions will be modified by Commercial Jet’s Dothan, Alabama facility with the first one commencing in May 2016, followed by the remaining three modifi cations in June, July and September of this year. The AEI B737-400SF is the only passenger to freighter conversion product that … [Read more...] about AEI wins VALLAIR B737-400SF P2Fs
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PACAVI confi rms fi rst A320/321 P2F orders
PACAVI Group chief executive Stephan Hollmann reported on the progress of the company’s first-to-market Airbus A320/A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme today, confirming first orders for the PACAVI Freighter LITE. Customers include Colt Aviation/ Colt Cargo, Norwegian company Airline Management AS, and two more companies that cannot be revealed yet. An additional launch order has been issued by an undisclosed leasing customer. Brazil-based Colt has ordered two converted … [Read more...] about PACAVI confi rms fi rst A320/321 P2F orders
Amazon to launch of pan-Euro fulfillment
Amazon has announced the launch of its Pan-European Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) programme. This new service will help sellers of any size export to millions of Amazon customers across the EU more efficiently than ever before, the e-tailing giant said in a statement. Amazon customers in turn will be able to receive thousands of new products from sellers across the EU, while benefitting from faster shipping times and lower delivery costs. Th e launch is further evidence of Amazon’s … [Read more...] about Amazon to launch of pan-Euro fulfillment
YCH Group signs China-ASEAN logistics MOU with three partners
YCH Group, a leading Asia Pacific-based integrated end-to-end supply chain management and logistics company, has signed a three-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Chongqing Banan District Government, Chongqing ASEAN International Logistics, and Y3 Technologies, a leading supply chain management information technology and services company. The MOU aims to establish Chongqing as ASEAN’s Logistics hub in China, and will include logistics and trucking services, consolidation or … [Read more...] about YCH Group signs China-ASEAN logistics MOU with three partners
Lufthansa Cargo charts new course around the turbulence
The most critical success factor in this latest move by Europe’s largest cargo carrier is “mindset”, Michael Goentgens, director of communications for Lufthansa Cargo told Payload Asia. “We will not act as competitors anymore on the routes between HK and Europe but as one team with joint sales approaches to the market. “We will coordinate our activities very closely and this is a major change compared to rather loose alliances (such as WOW in the past),” he added. This latest tie-up with … [Read more...] about Lufthansa Cargo charts new course around the turbulence
An eye on the radar
There seems to be not a day that goes by that another set of data comes out looking pretty much the same as the data that preceded it a month earlier. It’s tempting to call it depressing, but I think any sense of depression in the industry has long since been replaced with weary numbness. But one other thing is clear – the industry as a whole knows the heady days of yore are gone, most likely for good and the age-old ways of conducting business just don’t fly anymore in this super … [Read more...] about An eye on the radar
