All articles by Air Cargo News (Admin) – Page 169
-
News
UK airport trio notch up October cargo rises
MAG, the UK airports group, reported healthy cargo growth during October at its Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands hubs.Cargo volumes at Stansted airport during October were up 3.0% on last year with more than 23,000 tonnes of goods passing through the airport’s cargo facility. The annual total increased by ...
-
News
Azerbaijan Airlines commits to freighter order
Azerbaijan Airlines has committed to buy "two large freighters", either Boeing 747-8Fs or Boeing 777Fs, as part of a deal with the US planemaker that saw a confirmed order for five B787-8 Dreamliner passenger jets with a total current list-price value of $1.9bn.The freighter commitment will be "finalised at a ...
-
News
VIDEO: Air New Zealand: new track and trace technology
Air New Zealand (ANZ)is installing over 5,500 Bluetooth tags on its cargo containers, pallets and ULDs – plus more than 100 readers at 29 airports.The new technology will make tracking and analysing the movement of the carrier’s cargo shipments and equipment easier, as tagged items will automatically update an online ...
-
News
Expeditors: air cargo volumes rise 12% in third quarter 2017
Washington, Seattle-based global logistics company Expeditors International saw its airfreight tonnage increase by 12% year on year in the third quarter of 2017.Airfreight revenues for the three months totalled US$735,164, 18% more than the same period of 2016. Costs also rose, however: airfreight operating expenses stood at 547,595 (a year-on-year ...
-
News
EVA receives first new B777F
Taiwan’s EVA Air has taken delivery of its first Boeing B777 freighter.The carrier intends to deploy the new freighter on routes linking its Asia network (which includes Shanghai Pudong, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Osaka, Singapore, Bangkok, Penang and Hanoi) with destinations that it serves in North America (Los Angeles, San ...
-
News
AAT takes over Hong Kong Airlines cargo handling
Asia Airfreight Terminals (AAT) has begun handling cargo for Hong Kong Airlines and its freight subsidiary Hong Kong Air Cargo at their home hub in the Special Administrative Region.The agreement had been announced in March but only came into effect on 8 November.Kuah Boon Kiam, general manager for AAT, said: ...
-
News
Frankfurt cargo volumes inch ahead in October
There were mixed results at Frankfurt, Europe’s second-busiest airfreight gateway, in October.While its passenger activity was strong, Frankfurt airport’s cargo throughput inched upward by just 0.7% year on year in October, reaching 192,263 tonnes. Including mail, the total was up 0.6% at 195,230 tonnes.On the plus side, Frankfurt airport gained ...
-
News
Heathrow and Gatwick announce record cargo results in October
London’s Heathrow airport had a “landmark” October for cargo, handling more than 150,000 tonnes in a month for the first time since records began.October’s 154,492 tonnes registered a year-on-year rise of 9.2% at the UK’s number one cargo hub and its 15th consecutive record monthly throughput.The same month also saw ...
-
News
TP3 Global launches SilverQuilt thermal cover
Thermal cover supplier TP3 Global has launched SilverQuilt, its next-generation solution for the protection of temperature-sensitive cargo.Peter Lockett, director at TP3 Global, observed: “Breaks in the cold chain are a serious issue for the pharmaceutical supply chain, with valuable stock often sitting on the tarmac for hours at a time.”SilverQuilt, ...
-
News
Emirates SkyCargo's half year volumes up 5%
Emirates SkyCargo saw a 5% rise in cargo volumes to 1.3m tonnes for the financial half year while yields improved by 8%.Dubai parent Emirates Group, announcing the six month results to end of September 2017, said of the airfreight arm: "This solid performance speaks to Emirates SkyCargo’s recent investments in ...
-
News
ACI board names Bongani Maseko new chair
Bongani Maseko, chief executive of Airports Company South Africa, has been appointed to the post of chair of the world governing board of Airports Council International (ACI) for a two-year term following a vote at the recent ACI Africa/World General Assembly in Mauritius.Maseko has been with Airports Company South Africa ...
-
News
Qatar Airways keeps passengers and pets together
Qatar Airways has made it easier for passengers to travel on the same flight as their pets into and out of its home hub of Doha, by lowering the price and more than doubling the permitted weight of animals being transported as baggage on its passenger aircraft.The weight allowance for ...
-
News
Hats the way to do it: CargoLogicAir satisfies oil and gas demand
British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir has had a busy time since it launched its first scheduled services in mid-August, due to strong demand from the oil and gas industry for capacity from the US to the Middle East.The twice-weekly Boeing 747-400 freighter flights between London Stansted and Mexico City operate via ...
-
News
Nippon Express: export growth slows
Nippon Express moved 23,313 tons of outbound air cargo from Japan during October, 16.5% more than the same month of last year.It was the fifth consecutive month of growth in 2017 for the Tokyo-headquartered multimodal logistics company. However, the level of increase has been falling since May when it registered ...
-
News
Turkish Airlines third-quarter cargo results rocket up
Turkish Airlines moved 810,489 tons of cargo between January and September this year – an increase of 26.8% over the same nine months of 2016.The Far East, Europe and North America led the way in terms of rising volumes of cargo and mail carried, each with around 30% more than ...
-
News
DHL forwarding's quarterly airfreight volumes up 8% as gross profit declines
Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP-DHL) registered positive results during the third quarter of 2017, with total revenue up 5.6% over like period last year, to €14.6bn.“We had a strong third quarter with record earnings yet again,” said Frank Appel, group chief executive of the Germany-based global mail and logistics company.“All ...
-
News
Virgin's daily Melbourne-HK flights are "timely boost" for a busy market
Virgin Atlantic Cargo said that the upgrade next Sunday to a daily Melbourne-Hong Kong service by Virgin Australia will provide a "timely boost" to meet growing demand for cargo capacity on the route.Virgin Atlantic Cargo provides long-haul international cargo sales and management for Virgin Australia.It said in a statement: "Volumes ...
-
News
ABC in top gear for Maserati Gran Turismo charter
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered twenty-eight new Maserati Gran Turismo vehicles on a Boeing 747 freighter.The charter flight from Milan to Tokyo on behalf of Agility Logistics was operated from the largest airport in Milan, Malpensa, to Narita Airport with a stop at Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport.The Maserati cars were handled ...
-
News
IATA chief tells the UK: Expand Heathrow and warns 'the Brexit clock is ticking'
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has urged the UK Government to shore-up its international air connectivity by focusing on a "cost-effective expansion" of Heathrow Airport and by achieving early clarity on post-Brexit issues.Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s director general and chief executive, said: "In building the post-Brexit world, the prosperity ...
-
News
FedEx Express orders up to 50 ATR 72-600 production line freighters
FedEx Express has signed a firm purchase contract for 30 ATR72-600s plus 20 options.These eight tonnes cargo capacity aircraft will be the first new ATRs to be directly delivered from the factory in a freighter configuration.Deliveries of the ATR72-600Fs to FedEx Express will begin in 2020.“This new aircraft version, designated ...