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Cargolux adds Puerto Rico flights

All-cargo carrier Cargolux is introducing a new direct flight from Luxembourg to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on 2 October. The 747-8F leaves Luxembourg every Sunday at 22.15h and arrives in San Juan on Mondays at 1.30h (all times local).The aircraft is ideally suited for perishable and cool chain shipments with its four independently adjustable climate zones, superior range and speed. Cargolux already has four weekly services from Aguadilla to Europe carrying ... [+]

All change at Cargolux

Cargolux president and chief executive Dirk Reich is to leave the all-cargo for personal reasons and has asked to terminate his contract early at the end of July. His successor will be current executive vice-president and chief financial officer. Richard Forson; the latter’s replacement is Maxim Strauss. [+]

Return to Rio

Cargolux Airlines has returned to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a full freighter service from 4 March, departing Luxembourg on Fridays at 12.00GMT and arriving at 23.30 GMT. The flight continues to Sao Paulo before returning to Luxembourg, arriving on Saturday at 15.30. The return to Rio was driven by ... [+]

Cargolux to set up China base

The Cargolux board has approved an investment of US$77 million in ‘Cargolux China’, a new joint venture Chinese cargo airline based at Zhengzhou, the Luxembourg-based carrier’s new hub in China. The new venture is expected to start operations in 2017, focusing on transpacific and intra-Asian routes with a fleet is ... [+]

New north-west man for Cargolux

Cargolux has appointed Gerard Ter Bruggen as its new regional director west and north Europe, covering the UK, Benelux, Scandinavia and Baltic. He joins Cargolux from Qatar Airways where he was cargo manager north and western Europe. He will be based in Amsterdam. [+]

Airfreight cartel fine overturned

General Court of the European Union has upheld a challenge by a group of airlines to a €790 million-(£582 million) fine imposed in 2010 for air cargo price-fixing between 1999 and 2006. The carriers involved in the case were Air France-KLM-Martinair – fined a total of over €310m - Air Canada, ... [+]

Cargolux cuts new deal with pilots

All-cargo airline Cargolux says it has reached a deal on a new collective work agreement with its pilots and other unions. The airline had previously unveiled a similar deal earlier in December, only for it announce on 9 December that talks had been called off again. President and chief executive ... [+]

Cargolux deal is off – again

All-cargo airline Cargolux said on 9 December that talks on a new collective work agreement (CWA) with the LCGB pilots' union had been “cut short” unexpectedly . The union had allegedly declared that they considered the negotiations had failed as management was not prepared to accept their demands. Cargolux said that ... [+]

Cargolux claims talks ‘breakthrough’

Luxembourg-based all-cargo airline Cargolux says it has achieved a major breakthrough in its long-running negotiations with trade unions on a new collective work agreement. It says that negotiations have at last yielded agreement in principle with both unions on new terms that will create job security while maintaining the ... [+]

Cargolux marks 45 years of carrying cargo

Cargolux Airlines has celebrated its 45th anniversary with a special aircraft livery, created by Belgian cartoonist Philippe Cruyt, and the biggest decal that Boeing ever applied to an aircraft, with 460 individual parts. It was applied to its 13th 747-8 freighter delivered to the carrier's Luxembourg hub from Seattle on ... [+]

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