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GAMECO converts cargo opportunity
Guangzhou AircraftMaintenance and Engineering Co (GAMECO), a joint venture between China Southern Airlines andHong Kong’sHutchisonWhampoa, has signed a contractwith Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) subsidiary Bedek to convert up to nine B737-400 passenger aircraft to the freighter configuration using an IAI supplemental type certificate. The first aircraft entered a
QEP accreditation for SkyCargo
Dubai-based Emirates SkyCargo has been awardedQualified Envirotainer Provider (QEP) status by the Sweden-based provider of temperature-controlled cargo containers. Envirotainer offers itsQEP
certification to freight forwarders, warehouse operators, and ground and air transport service providers and is reflection of being a‘best practices’operator in the movement of pharmaceutical products. Emirates Airline divisional
senior vice president cargo Ram Menen (above centre right)
observed:“In recent yearswe have invested heavily in our temperature-sensitive cargo handling capabilities.” Noting that some 24 percent of
the 1.6million tonnes of cargo the airline carried in 2009 consisted of temperature-sensitive shipments, he added:“In the last year alone, we experienced a 40 percent growth in pharma traffic.” Thomas Persson (centre left),
Envirotainer CEO, added:“TheQEP programme acknowledges those service providers that are capable of properlymanaging shipments using Envirotainer containers.”
Cargolux adds B747 freighter to Riyadh Operating fromLuxembourg every
Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier Cargolux has expanded its services into Saudi Arabia by introducing a weekly B747-400 freighter frequency to Riyadh, effective 1 August. Offering a payload of over 100
tonnes on every flight, the newroute is in addition to the carrier’s twice- weekly B747-400F service to Dammam.
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Sunday,with same-day arrival in Riyadh, the round-the-world flight continues to Hong Kong, then flies transpacific to Chicago andNewYork before returning to Luxembourg. Cargolux expects loads to this new
destination to comprisemostly consumer goods,machinery and pharmaceuticals.
modification programme at GAMECOat the end of June and it is scheduled to be delivered in themiddle of thismonth (September). Earlier this year,GAMECO
successfully completed the first A300-600 passenger-to-freighter conversion outside Europe at its Guangzhou facility. According toDavid Conrad,
the director of international sales andmarketing, commercial development, atGAMECO:“There are significant passenger-to- freighter conversion opportunities in China and in Asia Pacific.” In June,GAMECOagreed a
three-year contract for the maintenance and engineering support of the China Postal Airlines freighter fleet of B737- 300F and B737-400F aircraft as well as any future additions to the China Postal fleet.
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