All Airlines articles – Page 75
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NewsSeabury highlights a mixed picture for air cargo
Sander Schuringa. Source: Air Cargo NewsWhile the air cargo industry faces dark clouds there are reasons to stay positive, according to Accenture's Seabury Cargo.Speaking at the TIACA Air Cargo Forum, the consultant's commercial manager Sander Schuringa highlighted the current headwinds facing the air cargo sector.He pointed to air cargo demand ...
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NewsAir cargo leaders optimistic on future demand and capacity
Air Cargo Forum CEO conference panel. Photo: Rebecca JeffreyOvercapacity is not expected to be an issue in the long term, according to a group of air cargo bosses.Reflecting on the future at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum (ACF) in Miami, Tobias König, global chief executive, Rhenus Air & Ocean, said that ...
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Amerijet selects Strike Aviation for GSSA services in Poland
US-based freighter operator Amerijet has selected Strike Aviation for GSA services in Poland.Strike Aviation said that the new contract will allow it to offer a greater range of services to customers, particularly in the Latin America regions where many of Amerijet's services operate.“We can see a huge potential for cargo ...
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InsightsCathay Pacific Cargo looks ahead to a digital future
Cathay Pacific Cargo overcame stiff challenges in 2021 to help home hub Hong Kong regain its global crown as the number one airport for international airfreight.Strict air crew quarantine requirements in 2021 impacted airfreight capacity and tonnages, but Cathay’s cargo arm deployed 20 B747 freighters, preighters and cargo-only passenger aircraft ...
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IAG Cargo looks ahead to returning South America flights
IAG Cargo will offer capacity on two flights from sister carrier Iberia's passenger operation between Madrid Barajas Airport and Caracas in Venezuela and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.The returning flights will start in November and will operate three times a week. The service to Caracas will utilise the bellyhold of ...
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NewsAirLift Group becomes GSA for My Freighter
My Freighter Boeing B747-200F. Photo: Airlift GroupAirLift Group has become a GSA for Uzbekistan-based My Freighter following delivery of the latter's first Boeing B747-200F freighter last month.Logistics firm My Freighter took delivery of its first Boeing B747-200F freighter in October and has plans to add five more as it looks ...
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NewsAir France KLM teams up with Jan de Rijk on biofuel truck
Source: AFLKMPAir France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo and Jan de Rijk Logistics have teamed up on the use of biofuel-powered truck.The new Long Heavy Vehicle (LHV) will be run on Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil 100 (HVO100) and also offers a larger capacity to reduce the amount of driving.This new fuel, HVO, ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo announces structural changes
André Schulz, Stephanie Abeler, Oliver von Götz, Marcel Kling. Source: Lufthansa CargoLufthansa Cargo will reduce its sales regions from seven to five areas as part of efforts to simplify its process structures.The changes will see the sales regions of North and South America merged into a single America region, while ...
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Etihad Cargo partners on new cool chain facility
Etihad Cargo, Etihad Airport Services and Abu Dhabi Airports are developing a new cool chain facility that will more than double the carrier's pharma capacity at the airport's cargo village.The new 3,000 sq m facility features bulk loading docks with levellers, high-speed roll-up shutters, insulation and a real-time temperature monitoring ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo offers the Pegasus ULD for shipping perishables
Photo: Sonoco ThermoSafeLATAM Cargo has agreed a global lease deal with cool-chain packaging specialist Sonoco ThermoSafe for the use of the latter’s Pegasus temperature-controlled ULD bulk shipping container on LATAM flights.The deal will enable pharma freight forwarders to access Pegasus ULDs directly from Santiago, Chile-headquartered LATAM Cargo.The Pegasus ULD is ...
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Air France-KLM Group sees third quarter cargo revenues drop
Air France-KLM Group saw a small drop in cargo revenues in the third quarter but maintained steady cargo yields.The Group recorded total cargo revenues of €830m in the third quarter of 2022, which was a 0.6% drop from the year before.However, total cargo revenues in the third quarter of 2022 ...
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Cargojet announces strong third-quarter results
Canadian cargo airline Cargojet has announced strong third quarter 2022 results.For the three months ending September 30, the airline recorded total revenues of C$232.7m (US$170.6m), significantly up on the figure of C$189.5m (US$138.9m) made in the same quarter of last year.The revenue growth of 22.8% reflected, Cargojet said, a strong ...
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IAG Cargo reports mixed results
IAG Cargo has announced mixed results as it published its third quarter and year-to-date financial figures.The airfreight carrier reported revenue of €373m in the third quarter of 2022, down 7.9% on the same period of last year.However, its year-to-date revenue (January to September) reached €1,216m, up by 3.6% compared to ...
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Vietnam’s IPP Air Cargo axes launch plans
Vietnam’s IPP Air Cargo is abandoning its launch plans, apparently due to concerns about weakening demand for air cargo and an uncertain economic outlook.According to media reports from Vietnam, the board of Imex Pan Pacific Group (IPP) – IPP Air Cargo’s parent – decided on October 26 that it would ...
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Cargo offers ‘consistent’ contribution to Air Canada
In releasing Air Canada’s third-quarter results, the carrier’s president and chief executive, Michael Roussea, pointed to the fact that “Air Canada Cargo is consistently contributing to our results.”In the third quarter of this year, Air Canada generated C$644m ($472m) in operating income, with a strong operating margin of 12.1%.It was ...
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China's freighter fleet to quadruple
China’s freighter fleet is expected to quadruple in size to more than 800 aircraft in the period up to 2041, according to Boeing's 2022 Commercial Market Outlook (CMO) for China.The CMO for China predicts that the country’s growing economy will be a big factor in its commercial aircraft fleet more ...
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SalamAir launches freighter operations
Oman-based low-cost carrier SalamAir has launched a dedicated air cargo service and inducted its first freighter aircraft.In a LinkedIn post, the airline said it is the first airline in the Middle East to fly with the Airbus A321 passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion aircraft."The introduction of the A321 freighter by ...
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NewsMaersk Air Cargo begins operations with US-Korea service
Maersk Air Cargo has carried out its first flight from the US to South Korea. Photo MaerskMaersk Air Cargo launched operations at the end of October with scheduled flights between the US's Greenville-Spartanburg Airport in South Carolina and Incheon Airport in South Korea.The scheduled transpacific operation commenced on October 31 ...
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FedEx plays its part to aid the global economy
A new report looking at FedEx’s impact on the global economy found the company has played an important role in helping businesses recover from the Covid pandemic while they work to overcome strained supply chains and the many economic challenges that they face.With FedEx having an average of 16m shipments ...
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Lufthansa Cargo enjoys record third quarter results
Lufthansa Group said Lufthansa Cargo recorded record results in the third quarter of this year as it issued a more positive outlook for the remainder of the year than it had previously predicted.The Frankfurt-based Group made an operating profit of €1.1bn in the third quarter of this year, based largely ...