Airlines – Page 278
-
News2017 ends on a high for Air France KLM Cargo
Air France KLM Cargo (AF KLM) ended the year on a high as quarterly revenues reached their highest level since 2016.The Franco Dutch airline saw fourth-quarter 2017 cargo revenues reach €583m, up 6.8% year on year. This is the highest quarterly level since the fourth quarter of 2016.For the full ...
-
News
Emirates transports first UAE-manufactured space satellite
Emirates SkyCargo has transported KhalifaSat, the first satellite developed and built by Emirati engineers in the UAE.As the first step in its journey to space, KhalifaSat was flown from Dubai to Incheon International Airport in South Korea on a chartered Emirates SkyCargo Boeing 777 freighter. Emirates SkyCargo also unveiled a ...
-
News
Etihad jumps to it for elite equestrian event
Etihad Cargo shipped a consignment of elite four-legged passengers from Belgium to Hong Kong for the Longines Masters - the second year in a row that it has been entrusted to transport horses to the show-jumping event.The 51 steeds were accompanied by eight grooms and a veterinarian on the round-trip ...
-
News
Emirates freighter trio rally to meet roses demand
With global demand for roses in February estimated at 250m stems, Emirates SkyCargo operated three extra Valentine’s day cargo flights to move over 300 tonnes of flowers to Amsterdam.While the carrier transports fresh flowers around the world daily, demand spikes around Valentine’s Day and it operates extra flights every year.The ...
-
News
Valentine's Day freighter flourish by AF-KLMP Cargo
Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KLMP) Cargo moved around 3,000 tonnes of flowers to Europe in the weeks before Valentine’s Day, putting Boeing 747-400 full freighter and combi aircraft main deck capacity into the three main flower origins of Nairobi, Quito and Bogotá.AF-KLMP Cargo executive vice president Marcel de Nooijer, said: ...
-
News
Delta adds GPS links to its Equation Critical product
Delta Cargo has launched a GPS-linked Equation Critical international service for time-sensitive shipments that must travel on the next available flight – an international version of its DASH Critical domestic US offering.With distinctive pink packaging, Equation Critical shipments do not require pre-booking and cargo can be tendered up to 90 ...
-
News
Approval for Western Global Airlines' cargo expansion plans
The US Department of Transport (DoT) has given its approval to Western Global Airlines' plans to expand its scheduled cargo operations beyond its current flights between the US and China/Hong Kong.Earlier this month, the Florida-headquartered airline applied for permission to operate flights between the US and countries with existing open ...
-
News
Turkish Cargo adds new Liege freighter call
Turkish Airlines Cargo is the latest cargo carrier to launch a freighter service to Liege Airport.The new weekly service utilises an Airbus A330-200F and operates between Istanbul and Liege. It landed in the Belgian airport for the first time on February 13.Turkish Airlines Cargo will primarily transport perishable goods for ...
-
News
Demand flowers at Cargolux ahead of Valentine's Day
Cargolux has added 1,200 tonnes of extra capacity to its flights out of Nairobi, Quito and Bogota as it expects demand to bloom ahead of Valentine's Day.The all-cargo carrier said that the extra capacity is in addition to the 20 weekly flights it offers from the three destinations.In order to ...
-
News
Lufthansa Cargo expects rose volumes to bloom
Lufthansa Cargo is expecting to transport around 800 tonnes of roses ahead of Valentine's Day.The German airline said that most flowers transported for the romantic celebration originate in either Kenya or South America and are transported as quickly as possible at a constant temperature of between two-four degrees Celsius to ...
-
News
NCA and Singapore to form strategic cargo partnership
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a strategic partnership.The proposed strategic partnership will build on existing block space arrangements between the two airlines that have been progressively expanded over the past five years.As a first phase, NCA ...
-
News
Hawaiian set for freighter operations in March
Hawaiian took delivery of its first ATR 72F in late September 2017 and since then has been preparing for the start of scheduled operations.“We have been doing some mock operation drills and have begun hands-on training sessions for our front line teams. So far straightforward, without surprises.“We still have a ...
-
NewsEuropean air cargo monthly: Mixed start to the year for European carriers
It was a mixed start to the year for European carrier’s cargo businesses, with Lufthansa seeing a surge in demand while IAG registered a decline.Frankfurt-hubbed Lufthansa Cargo got off to a flying start as it saw air cargo demand increase by 9.3% year on year in January to 807m revenue ...
-
News
Love is in the air for American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines is gearing up for one of its busiest holidays of the year, shipping flowers, plants, chocolates and gifts all around the globe to help millions of people celebrate Valentine’s Day.The airline said that although it flies flowers and other perishable goods year round, the first half of February ...
-
News
Delta Cargo expands Pharma 4 programme
Delta Cargo has added eight more destinations to its Pharma 4 network, taking the airline’s total pharma stations to 49 (plus nine European facilities that it operates with its partners).Bogota, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Frankfurt and Seoul have all joined the temperature-sensitive programme – one of four ...
-
News
Cargolux sees fruit and veg volumes grow
Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier Cargolux transported more than 2.4m tonnes of fresh produce last year, up 3.3% compared to 2016 as demand for airfreighted fruits and vegetables booms.Of the total fresh produce the airline carried in 2017, 1.1m tonnes (46%) comprised fruit.The main consumer markets for these goods are in Europe, ...
-
News
United confirms ANA cargo joint venture expansion
US-based United Airlines and Japan’s All Nippon Airways (ANA) have confirmed the addition of westbound transpacific routes to their cargo joint venture beginning February 6, as reported in Air Cargo News last week.Customers shipping goods from the US or Canada to Japan will have access to more destinations, quicker transport ...
-
News
EFW's A321 freighter conversion programme kicks off with Vallair order
Conversion firm EFW has won the launch contract to convert 10 Airbus A321-200 passenger aircraft to a 14-pallet cargo configuration for Luxembourg-based Vallair Solutions.The first conversion under this contract will begin towards the end of 2018 for redelivery by the end of 2019.Gregoire Lebigot, president and chief executive of Vallair, ...
-
News
Western Global looks to expand international cargo routes
Western Global Airlines (WGA) has applied to US authorities to expand its scheduled cargo operations beyond its current flights between the US and China/Hong Kong.In documents seen by Air Cargo News and filed with the US Department of Transport, the Florida-headquartered airline applied for permission to operate flights between the ...
-
News
Emirates SkyCargo adds Maastricht freighter flights
Emirates SkyCargo has begun operating two Boeing 777 Freighter flights per week between Dubai World Central airport and Maastricht – its second destination in the Netherlands after Amsterdam.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, commented: “The Netherlands is one of our most important cargo markets globally and the freighters ...