All articles by Air Cargo News (Admin) – Page 286
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NewsCargojet: an overnight success
Cargojet has Canada covered, literally.While its core product remains domestic overnight airport to airport freighter capacity, Cargojet is expanding its modest international network in partnership with Air Canada.It is using spare daytime Boeing 767 freighter capacity from its core overnight network, including the new Canada Post and Purolator agreement, launched ...
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NewsEdmonton, investing for growth
Canada’s Edmonton International Airport (EIA) completed its sixth consecutive year of cargo growth in 2015 and saw a “very strong” 2016 first quarter for freighter traffic despite a downturn in the global oil and energy sector.EIA’s volumes in 2015 grew by 5.2%, totalling a 32% increase over a six-year period.The ...
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NewsMarket analysis: North America
After the boom in demand for freighters experienced in 2015 as US west coast seaport workers launched industrial action, 2016 was always going to suffer in comparison, writes Damian Brett.Nonetheless, there has been plenty for the freighter industry based in North America to get excited about, with a new face ...
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Video: Need for speed drives e-commerce growth says IAG Cargo
IAG Cargo has seen “enormous growth” in e-commerce traffic in the past five years, says manager of global products, Daniel Johnson, in the latest of the carrier’s ‘talking head’ videos.The airline is moving goods ordered online for retailers such as Amazon and Asos, not only to the consumer, but often ...
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Buyers wanted for world’s emptiest airport
Could Sri Lanka’s Mattala Rajapaksa International’s status as the world’s most underused airport finally be over? The brand new hub, opened in March 2013, and has racked up heavy losses ever since.Now, though, the Sri Lankan government says it is looking for expressions of interest from investors and, according to ...
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Maiden flight for CRJ200SF converted freighter
Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) has completed the maiden flight of its CRJ200SF passenger to freighter conversion aircraft which has a main deck payload of up to 6.7 tonnes.The test flights mark the final stages in the overall certification process, of which AEI expects US Federal Aviation Authority certification to “follow ...
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Terrorism and falling yields dent airline confidence
Airline finance chiefs and heads of cargo said that they do not expect profits to improve over the next 12 months, according to IATA’s latest quarterly survey of airline business confidence.The results, based on a survey carried out in early July, also show that industry profitability fell slightly year-on-year during ...
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Plane-spotting
These days, air travel has become mundane and few booking systems allow passengers to search for and select a preferred aircraft type. But there is one exception: the Airbus A380.The giant of the skies can quicken the pulse of even the most jaded business traveller and, recognising this, the Toulouse ...
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Cathay cargo up in June but half year trend is down
Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 151,130 tonnes of cargo and mail in June, an increase of 7.1% compared to the same month last year.Load factor rose by 1.6 percentage points to 64.3% as capacity increased by only 2.1% while cargo and mail revenue tonne kilometres increased by 4.8%. But over ...
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Strong April lifts Schiphol
Cargo volumes at Amsterdam Schiphol grew 1.6% in the first six months of the year, to reach 796,801 tonnes, while the June figure jumped 2.5% year on year, to 135,528 tonnes.The Netherlands airport said the figures were helped by a particularly strong April, in which 137,666 tonnes of freight transited ...
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IATA and FIATA hail partnership of equals in new-look agency programme
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) have unveiled long-awaited reforms to the IATA Cargo Agency Program, promising to treat forwarders as equals alongside airlines.Following a review initiated in 2012, the new IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP), signed today by IATA director ...
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BA cabin crew balloted on possible walk-out
British Airways cabin crew are being balloted on possible strike action in a dispute over a new 'performance' scheme, says the Unite trade union.It affects staff operating the European and long haul fleets and will open on Thursday 21 July and will close on Wednesday 17 August.A consultative ballot has ...
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Misters and misses
We’re not sure why the world needs yet another character in the ‘Mr Men’ mould but junior holidaymakers jetting off from Heathrow will be able to look out for a Mr Adventure this summer. He pops up on special signage just for kids in security, in the free play areas ...
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Qatar freighter to give Halifax seafood exports a lift
Qatar Airways Cargo will launch a weekly Wednesday B777-200 freighter service from Halifax (Canada) to its Doha hub via Zaragoza, Spain, from July 20. Much of the aircraft’s 103-tonne capacity is expected to be filled by Nova Scotia seafood.The flight is scheduled to arrive in Halifax on Wednesdays at 3:20am ...
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Strong June but weak half year for Hong Kong cargo
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) cargo volume declined by 0.8% to 2.1m tonnes in the first half of 2016 compared with the January to June period in 2015. On a rolling 12-month basis, cargo was down 0.6% to 4.4m tonnes during the past 12 months.Cargo volume in June itself was ...
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China clothing firm to probe drone deliveries
Shenzhen, China-based online clothing retailer Globalegrow is investing $150,000 in a drone delivery research project over the next year.The company plans to recruit roboticists and aeronautical engineers to create a self-flying drone, fitted with sensors to track the package delivery and to retract and detach the tether cable. There would ...
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NewsAn-225, the world's most tweeted freighter
It was a plane-spotters dream: taking a selfie with an Antonov-225 ‘Mriya’.Hundreds of unglamorous freighter aircraft ply their daily trade with little or no attention. They are invisible to the general public who do not know or care that their must-have iPhones, the exotic fish in expensive restaurants and designer ...
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BCW Engineering appoints B&H Worldwide
BCW Engineering has appointed logistics provider B&H Worldwide to manage the inbound delivery of its rotative components for use in specialist engines in equipment around the world.B&H Worldwide has designed a solution for BCW Engineering which enables them to import the rotative components from Chennai in India in a far ...
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Qatar to take stake in Italy’s Meridiana
Qatar Airways has signed an agreement with Alisarda to buy 49% of its subsidiary Meridiana, Italy’s second largest airline. The deal is subject to conditions and is expected to close in early October.Meridiana operates an extensive domestic and European network, which connects the main Italian airports with Sardinia and provides ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo names Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed Steve Buckerfield as vice president sales, to be based at Virgin’s headquarters near London Gatwick Airport.He will lead the airline’s global sales team and be responsible for sales across its international network.Prior to joining Virgin Atlantic, Buckerfield spent three years as managing director, UK & ...