Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has completed a cargo charter from Nantes in France to New Orleans, US, to deliver seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The aircraft charter specialist arranged the flight of an Antonov AN-124 to urgently transport four 35-foot and three 21-foot vessels from Nantes (NTE) in France to New Orleans (MSY). The AN-124 charter is just the latest in a series of flights Chapman Freeborn has completed to help contain the leak … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Chapman Freeborn delivers skimmers to Gulf

Lufthansa Cargo continued its upward trend in the second quarter of the year with the first six months seeing the cargo airline carrying 830,000 tonnes of freight and mail, around 20 per cent more than in the first half 2009. Volume growth was particularly pronounced into and out of Asia as well as to America, the carrier said. The transported volume in the Asia/Pacific traffic region grew by 24.6 per cent and in America by an even higher 31.1 per cent. Lufthansa Cargo marginally increased … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Lufthansa Cargo sustains upward trend

The new Vienna-based Austrian Lufthansa Cargo subsidiary has commenced operations from 1 July with the new company now marketing all freight capacities of both airlines in Austria. Freight activities in all other countries have been amalgamated under the management of Lufthansa Cargo. Lufthansa Cargo has a 74 per cent stake in the new company, while Austrian Airlines holds 26 per cent. Lufthansa Cargo chairman and CEO Carsten Spohr expressed his satisfaction with the start of cooperation … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Austrian Lufthansa Cargo off and running

Air France-KLM Cargo said it will strengthen its position in the Japanese market by reinstating freighter flights from CDG-Paris and by operating three additional Combi flights from SPL-Amsterdam on commercially highdemanding days. Effective 3 September AF-KLM Cargo will operate a twice weekly B747 freighter flight between Paris-CDG and Tokyo- Narita and from 4 November AF-KLM Cargo will offer a total weekly number of Amsterdam-Tokyo flights of ten, seven of which are operated with a B747 … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: AF-KLM Cargo beefs up capacity to Tokyo

Air France and Dutch partners KLM and Martinair have said they have reached a settlement with plaintiffs on a US civil class action suit brought against them for conspiring to fix air cargo rates. But the settlement does not affect the outcome of a European Union (EU) anti-trust probe, which is still pending. “Pending its approval by the US court, the accord, in exchange for payment of US$87 million (€69 million), ends all civil action against the three companies... concerning … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Air France-KLM settles US class action suit

Brussels Airlines Cargo is launching operations to four more destinations in West Africa in conjunction with its global GSA partner, European Cargo Services (ECS). From July, the airline will commence four flights a week to and from Accra, Ghana via Monrovia, Liberia. In addition, Brussels Airlines will serve Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso with two weekly flights in combination with Abidjan, Ivory Coast. New twice weekly operations will also add Cotonou, Benin and Lome, Togo to the … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Brussels Airlines Cargo continues Africa expansion