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    Concorde takes final 'flight'

    2017-02-20T00:00:00Z

    February 20 - The last Concorde to fly has safely completed its journey to Aerospace Bristol, a new GBP19 million (USD23.65 million) museum that is opening this summer in Filton, near Bristol, UK.

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    Qatar Airways plans expansion

    2016-06-16T00:00:00Z

    June 16 - Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann, has announced that the Middle Eastern airline plans to become a major player in three new markets - transpacific, Australia and South America - over the next nine months.

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    DHL looks to the moon

    2016-06-10T00:00:00Z

    June 10 - DHL and Airbus Defence and Space have agreed to support space robotics technology developer Astrobotic to develop its lunar payload delivery service.

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    Blue Water in chopper flight

    2016-02-04T00:00:00Z

    February 4 - Blue Water Shipping has transported an Airbus EC120 helicopter from Norway to Malaysia by air.

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    Nose-loader arrives in Qatar

    2016-01-06T00:00:00Z

    January 6 - Qatar Airways Cargo has received its first Boeing 747 nose-loading freighter.

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    Airbus takes to sky in crawler lift

    2015-09-30T00:00:00Z

    September 30 - Riga Mainz has used a Liebherr LR 1600/2 crawler crane to lift an 82-tonne Airbus A-300 over a fence at Cologne-Bonn Airport.

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    Ruslan gives engine flying start

    2015-09-23T00:00:00Z

    September 23 - Ruslan International has delivered a Rolls-Royce engine from the UK to southwest France onboard one of its AN-124 freighter aircraft.

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    Qatar adds outsize air capacity

    2015-08-12T00:00:00Z

    August 12 - Qatar Airways Cargo has added a Boeing B747-400 BCF (Boeing converted freighter) to its charter fleet, with a second B747-400 freighter joining the airline in October 2015.

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    Airbus components arrive in Mobile

    2015-06-22T00:00:00Z

    June 22 - The first components for Airbus' new manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama have arrived in the USA, having been shipped from Hamburg onboard a BBC Chartering vessel.

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    BBC goes fortnightly on Transatlantic

    2015-06-19T00:00:00Z

    June 19 - BBC Chartering is using its position as carrier of choice for Airbus shipments from Germany to the aircraft manufacturer's new production facility in Mobile, to promote a regular fortnightly service on the transatlantic.

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    Airbus selects suppliers for Beluga XL

    2015-06-18T00:00:00Z

    June 18 - Airbus has selected its major aerostructure suppliers for the Beluga XL, the new oversize air transporter set to expand Airbus' industrial air transport capability.

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    Milestone Airbus components set sail

    2015-06-01T00:00:00Z

    June 1 - Components for Airbus' first US-produced aircraft have left the Port of Hamburg destined for Mobile, Alabama.

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    The Wednesday Wire - April 8th 2015

    2015-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Your midweek round-up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Page & Jones in Airbus win

    2015-04-07T00:00:00Z

    April 7 - Airbus has awarded the import clearance and export services contract for its A320 family assembly line to Mobile, Alabama based logistics company Page & Jones.

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    Sommer lifts tank with Liebherr

    2015-03-27T00:00:00Z

    March 27 - Kranverleih Sommer has used its Liebherr LTM 1300-6.2 mobile crane to lift and position a 50-tonne tank at the Airbus plant in Bremen, Germany.

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    Volga sends satellites into sky

    2015-03-19T00:00:00Z

    March 19 - Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the Russian telecommunications satellites Express AM7 and Express AM8 to the Baikonus Cosmodrome launch site in Kazakhstan.

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    The Friday Flyer - December 5th 2014

    2014-12-05T00:00:00Z

    This week's round up of news from the world of heavy lift and project forwarding.

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    Airbus to replace transport fleet

    2014-11-25T00:00:00Z

    November 25 - In response to ever-increasing aircraft production, Airbus will upgrade its current fleet of five Beluga transport aircraft with five completely new aeroplanes.

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    Universal delivers for the Beluga

    2014-11-10T00:00:00Z

    November 10 - Universal Transport has organised and executed the transport of a large freight platform, comprising of an upward telescopic scissor table and a roller conveyor system.

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    Emirates Hungary for more

    2014-11-03T00:00:00Z

    November 3 - Emirates SkyCargo has enhanced its online connectivity in Central Europe with the addition of freighter flights to Budapest, Hungary.