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4 Record aircraft orders Some of the massive new aircraft
deals signed at the recent Paris Air Show
6 Booming markets South America trade on the up
9 Strategic partnership Qatar takes a stake in Cargolux
12 Connections Growing demand for US - China
air freight services
20 Bearing the load Heavy and outsize cargo moving
by air to help fulfil large project work under way around the world
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26 European airports A round-up of recent
developments at the Continent’s major air gateways
Heavy-lift project shipments by air
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18 INTERVIEW Des Vertannes, global head of cargo at IATA
24 Question of the Month
30 ENDPIECE Tom Hoang, regional director marketing cargo at Boeing Commercial Airplanes, looks at the delivery of the new freighter types and discusses conversion options
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