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Qatar Airways Cargo, IAG Cargo, and MASkargo have announced their intention to collaborate and establish a joint global cargo business. According to Qatar Airways Cargo, the parties are also working together to develop industry-leading harmonized safety and security standards for customers.
Qatar Airways Cargo and Japan Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will allow the two carriers to provide an enhanced product offering to their respective cargo customers. Earlier this year, after a 13-year hiatus, Japan Airlines re-introduced a dedicated cargo service using a Boeing 767-300ER freighter.
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He added: The 767-300BCF will continue to play a vital role in the air cargo sector for decades to come, providing operators with the reliability and performance they need to be successful.” Based at Shenzhen Bao’an International (SZX), SF Airlines operates 19 767-300BCFs and 77 air cargo planes in total, according to ch-aviation.
IAG, which also owns Vueling, Aer Lingus, LEVEL, IAG Loyalty and IAG Cargo, reported revenues of €9.33 The company said that revenue increases were due to “higher passenger revenue, with an improvement in Cargo revenue and Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) revenue at Iberia”. billion ($10.1 rise from 2023 levels.
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Meanwhile, an existing agreement with Kazakhstan has been upgraded, in order to “allow airlines of both countries to carry passengers and cargo via any intermediate points and to any beyond points between the two countries, without restrictions on aircraft type, capacity and routing”.
The airlines in-house Aerospace Division has designed, and it also manufactures, the A350s forward, aft and bulk cargo doors. Interestingly, the Korean flag carriers involvement in the A350 program goes further than its role as an operator.
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Saudia Cargo, the Saudi Arabian airfreight flag carrier, has announced the launch of new freighter routes from Lige Airport (LGG) in Belgium to Saudi Arabia and Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) in China to Lige Airport. “The addition of the Lige and Zhengzhou routes will be a game-changer in our operations.
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