Satair Group has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with FTI – a German company, specialising in aircraft security video systems – covering the Americas and Asia-Pacific, including China. Effective from 1 July 2015, the deal covers FTI’s full line of on-aircraft video based surveillance solutions and upgrade programmes. Th e equipment covers cabin, cockpit, cargo compartment, intrusion detection and ground operation support across Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and Bombardier fleets. Under … [Read more...] about Satair Group, FTI partner on video surveillance

For the seventh consecutive year, the Air France-KLM group topped the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) transportation sector that produced an 18.16 per cent overall improvement year-on-year. Launched in 1999, the DJSI is the first global index to track leading sustainabilitydriven companies based on investment specialist RobecoSAM’s analysis of financially material Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. RobecoSAM invites the world’s largest 3,400 corporations from … [Read more...] about AF-KLM tops Dow Jones sustainability index again

Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered an 11-tonne oil and gas pump to the door of a customer in the town of Farab, Turkmenistan. Th e oil production unit was transported from Maastricht Airport in the Netherlands on behalf of the airline’s customer Agility Projects Rotterdam. The pump was packed inside a two-tonne wooden crate to protect it throughout its journey onboard one of Volga-Dnepr’s IL-76TD-90VD freighters and by road on arrival in Central Asia. “Agility Projects Rotterdam asked … [Read more...] about V-D delivers oil production unit to doorstep

As cargo crime continues to rise, the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) is launching a global campaign to double the number of TAPA-certified warehouse facilities to over 2,000 in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific in the next three years and to make a ‘quantum leap’ in the number of trucking companies operating in compliance with the Association’s Security Standards. The rising problem of cargo crimes was highlighted by statistics from TAPA’s EMEA (Europe, Middle East & … [Read more...] about TAPA campaign in face of rising cargo crime

Volga-Dnepr’s expertise was called into action to safely deliver a shipment of 1,236,000 Muksun fish to help repopulate the freshwater Ob River basin in northern Russia. Th e whitefish, mostly found in the Siberian Arctic waters, were transported in four 2.5 tonne water containers with oxygen tanks from St. Petersburg to Salekhard onboard one of the B737 freighters operated by AirBridgeCargo. It is believed to be the first time Muksun’s have flown by air. To ensure the wellbeing of the fish … [Read more...] about Volga-Dnepr, ACS undertake ‘fi shy’ charter

Finnair will add belly cargo capacity to its route between Helsinki, Finland and London Heathrow from the beginning of winter season starting on 25 October 2015, and will operate three weekly frequencies on the route with a widebody aircraft, to facilitate increased cargo demand on the route. Finnair has recently established its third cargo hub in London to better connect the United Kingdom with its extensive Asian network, and to off er improved connections for Finnair customers to North … [Read more...] about Finnair adds capacity to Helsinki-London route