All B747 articles – Page 14
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Blank checks into ACS Frankfurt
September 21 - UK-based air freight broker Air Charter Service (ACS) has appointed a new cargo sales director at its Frankfurt office while the company has organised a vital relief goods flight into North Korea in response to the devastating floods in tha
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'Contractual issues' ground first B747-8F deliveries
September 19 - Main deck cargo provider Cargolux has rejected delivery of the first two B747-8Fs, scheduled for delivery today (Sept 19) and September 21, citing "unresolved contractual issues" between Boeing and Cargolux relating to the aircraft.
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New Boeing 747-8 Freighter certified for entry into service
August 23 - Boeing has received U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its new 747-8 Freighter, passing two of the final landmarks on the aircraft's journey into service.
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Humanitarian aid flown to Horn of Africa
August 3 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering's worldwide offices are involved in the effort to transport humanitarian relief supplies to help people affected by famine in the Horn of Africa.
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Boeing sends first 747-8F on a visit to Luxembourg
June 24 - Following its visit to this year's Paris Airshow, Boeing has flown a 747-8 Freighter to Luxembourg, the home base of launch customer Cargolux Airlines.
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ABC transports 'Vostok' space capsule
June 15 - The former USSR space capsule 'Vostok 3KA-2' has been safely returned to a museum in Russia onboard an AirBridgeCargo Airlines' B747-400 freighter.
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Qatar Airways buys into Cargolux
June 9 - Cargolux has entered into a strategic partnership with Doha-based Qatar Airways. The deal includes the acquisition by Qatar Airways of a 35 percent stake in Cargolux and a commercial cooperation.
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Air charter specialist enters second year with new airline
June 3 - Chartersphere is seeking to expand its business and recruit new staff after a brisk first year of trading.
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Brace of Cargolux movements to South Africa
December 3 - South African mining and oil industry interests created two recent movements for maindeck capacity provider Cargolux to the country.
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AirBridgeCargo tie-up with Zhengzhou airport brings fourth China destination
September 21 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is extending its all-cargo services from China with a new twice-weekly B747-400 freighter flight from Zhengzhou to Europe - the first fruits of a strategic cooperation between ABC and Zhengzhou International Ai
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Air Charter Service anticipates another strong peak season
August 18 - Air Charter Service's Hong Kong office anticipates another strong peak season for shipments out of Asia, with signs that it could be better than the final quarter of last year, itself the office's busiest period in its history.
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Air charter companies rally to aid Pakistan flood victims
August 16 - London-based Air Charter Service has provided significant lift of aid to victims of the Pakistan floods through a range of aircraft types secured by its global network of offices.
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ACS flies tricky load to Nigerian FPSO
August 12 - Air Charter Service's (ACS) London office recently arranged two charters for a very awkward load from France into Nigeria.
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Magnificent seven for Chapman Freeborn
July 7 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering Inc has delivered seven skimmer boats to help tackle the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, writes Alice Davidson.
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Air Charter Service claims first
July 5 - Air Charter Service has successfully completed the first charter of an IL-96 into Australia.
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First glimpse of Cargolux's new era
June 9 - Boeing has rolled out the first B747-8F for Cargolux from its paint hangar in Seattle. The aircraft sports a new livery that will be applied to the entire Cargolux 747-8F fleet.
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Chapman Freeborn reacts to Deepwater Horizon spill
May 20 - Chapman Freeborn Airchartering has coordinated a series of aircraft charters to New Orleans, USA, to help tackle the leak from the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico.
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines' goes weekly to Seoul
April 29 - Seoul in Korea is the latest destination in Asia to be added to AirBridgeCargo Airlines' growing network of Boeing 747 all-cargo operations.
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AirBridgeCargo Airlines goes twice-weekly from Malmo to Moscow
April 20 - AirBridgeCargo Airlines has extended its route network into Scandinavia with the launch of a new twice-weekly B747 freighter service from Malm
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AirBridgeCargo fleet grows with arrival of new Boeing 747-400s
April 16 - Less than two weeks after taking delivery of its fifth Boeing 747-400, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), the scheduled cargo subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group, has added a sixth B747-400ERF, increasing its total 747 fleet to nine.