Cargolux, Europe's largest scheduled all-cargo airline currently operating fourteen 747-400F freighters, has announced a five-year agreement with ULD supply and management provider, Unitpool. The five-year contract, which will start mid-January 2010 and includes the sale of the Cargolux ULD fleet to Unitpool, provision of service including 24/7 ULD management across the airline's worldwide network, repairs and maintenance, and supply of ULD to secure replacement and growth. … [Read more...] about Cargolux outsources ULDs to Unitpool
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AMHS link tested between India and Singapore
Successful AMHS interoperability tests have been conducted in the Asia-Pacific region between India and Singapore. On 14 October the first AMHS message was exchanged between the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in the course of conducting bilateral interoperability tests of the new AMHS standard for ground-to-ground messaging communication. Both participating administrations operate COMSOFT’s mature messaging solution AIDA-NG which … [Read more...] about AMHS link tested between India and Singapore
FreightScan wins FS100 contract from WFS in Dallas
FreightScan, a provider of technology solutions for the freight and logistics industry, announced it has received a contract to permanently install an FS100 automated system for cargo dimensioning at the Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) cargo facility at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport following a successful three-month evaluationprocess. This permanent installation for Worldwide Flight Services, which handles cargo on behalf of many airline carriers, came as a result of a successful evaluation … [Read more...] about FreightScan wins FS100 contract from WFS in Dallas
China Cargo opts for Boeing electronic flight bag
Shanghai-based China Cargo Airlines announced an agreement to incorporate two key Boeing solutions into the carrier’s operations over the coming months. China Cargo’s new 777 Freighters will use Boeing Class 3 Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) to bring advanced computer information delivery and management to the airplanes’ flight decks. Multiple Airplane Health Management (AHM) modules will be deployed on the airline’s new 777 Freighters and current 747-400 … [Read more...] about China Cargo opts for Boeing electronic flight bag
Software update for A330/A340 computers
Airbus is modifying the primary flight control computer software used in A330/A340 aircraft to prevent problems leading to an uncommanded “pitchdown eventâ€Â. This is the result of a second interim report by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) into Qantas A330 in-flight incident on 7 October last year, when the aircraft enroute from Singapore to Perth experienced two uncommanded pitch-down events. One flight attendant and 11 passengers were seriously injured, and eight … [Read more...] about Software update for A330/A340 computers
TNT Express moves to digital signatures
TNT Express has announced it will now provide its customers with online access to PoD (Proof of Delivery) signature images. The PoDs are a new standard feature of the company’s track and trace facility within its online and PC-based shipping tools myTNT, ExpressShipper, ExpressManager and ExpressConnect. Images are available from over 85 countries worldwide, including all mature express markets, emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil,as well as many other destinations. A … [Read more...] about TNT Express moves to digital signatures