Martinair Cargo

Martinair Cargo cuts jobs, fleet size

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Martinair Cargo, a subsidiary of Air France-KLM, announced it is scaling back its full-freighter fleet by June 2016, and laying off more than 330 of its employees, including 170 ground staff and 110 crew. “Air France-KLM-Martinair Cargo has decided on a business model, which requires less freighter capacity, rather than a model with no freighters at all,” the group said in a public statement. “The reduction is unavoidable if the cargo business is to be restored to … [Read more...] about Martinair Cargo cuts jobs, fleet size

Price-fixing investigation spreads to SA

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South Africa's Competition Commission has referred eight air cargo carriers to the Competition Tribunal for alleged collusive behaviour that took place over a ten-year period, from 1996 to 2006. The companies face allegations of fixing the price of the fuel surcharges and include: British Airways, South African Airways Cargo, Air France Cargo-KLM Cargo, Alitalia Cargo, Cargolux International, Singapore Airlines, Martinair Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo. Further, Lufthansa, Cargolux, Air France, and … [Read more...] about Price-fixing investigation spreads to SA

AF-KLM Cargo beefs up capacity to Tokyo

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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 high-demanding 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 Combi. … [Read more...] about AF-KLM Cargo beefs up capacity to Tokyo

Martinair returns to Costa Rica

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Martinair Cargo returned to San Jose, Costa Rica effective 7 May after temporarily suspending service since November 2008. On-going analysis and refinement of the network revealed an opportunity to once again be established in Central America's most vibrant market Costa Rica, said the carrier. The flight will be operated by Martinair's MD-11 freighter aircraft routed from AMS via MIA to SJO then to Latin America and back to Europe. Initially Martinair plans to operate once per week, growing to … [Read more...] about Martinair returns to Costa Rica

Martinair Cargo utilising OAG rate product

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OAG Cargo announced last month that Martinair Cargo has successfully integrated and cut over a fully customised version of OAG’s next generation Airfreight Rates (AFRA) product. It is the carrier’s new global internal rates management system, designed to increase operational efficiencies and drive improvements in its internal and external rate communications. OAG said that in addition to streamlining existing internal processes, the airline will have the flexibility to … [Read more...] about Martinair Cargo utilising OAG rate product