AAR’s Nordisk Aviation Products has received orders for nearly 400 lightweight air cargo containers and pallets from Xiamen Airlines for its first B787-8 aircraft. The united load devices (ULD) from Nordisk are light weight which can save the airline a minimum 350 tonnes of fuel a year and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 1,200 tonnes. “We are excited to receive orders from Xiamen Airlines to support the operation of its first 787 Dreamliner by providing significant fuel savings … [Read more...] about Xiamen buys 400 ULDs from Nordisk
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Nordisk begins LD3 delivery to Korean Air
AAR’s Nordisk Aviation Products has started delivery of 400 Nordisk AluLite AKE air cargo containers to Korean Air. The Nordisk AluLite AKE weighs 65kg and is the lightest-weight full-aluminium airfreight LD3 container in the industry, according to Nordisk. “Korean Air continues to favour aluminium because of its simplicity in maintenance and greater recycling benefits. With the Nordisk AluLite, Korean Air also gets the lightest full aluminium AKE container available,” … [Read more...] about Nordisk begins LD3 delivery to Korean Air
Respect thy humble ULD
Lack of proper handling, inventory management and plain old respect for the humble unit load device, or ULD, continues to unneccesarily cost the industry close toUS$220 million each year. Heiner Siegmund has the story. “Times indeed are terrible,†observes Steve Savage, IATA’s manager for cargo standards, “but terrific for optimising our industryâ€Â. Optimisation in the air cargo industry is needed in many ways, be it in E-Freight, bar coding standardisation, … [Read more...] about Respect thy humble ULD