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SF Airlines resumes European flights for coronavirus shipments
China's largest freighter operator SF Airlines has resumed flights to Frankfurt Hahn ahead of schedule in order to meet demand for medical supplies following the coronavirus outbreak.The airline said that its Wuxi-Chongqing-Hahn-Wuxi service restarted on February 14 following the extended Chinese New Year holiday break."At present, the demand for the ...
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US agriculture exporters hit by coronavirus related air cargo shortage
US agriculture exporters are being affected by a lack of airfreight capacity due to the coronavirus outbreak.The US Department of Agriculture said that the industry is suffering from systematic delays to shipping and air cargo as airlines cut capacity and shipping line services are disrupted by quarantine measures in certain ...
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Cathay Pacific under pressure as cargo volumes fall
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo volumes decline in January, while it also warned that financial results will come under pressure.The airline group handled cargo volumes of 151,964 tonnes in January, which represents a decline of 8.9% year on year.Meanwhile, the cargo load factor for the month was down by 1.4 ...
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Emirates SkyCargo reports 'good demand' on China freighter flights
Emirates SkyCargo is seeing good demand for the import and export of cargo into the Chinese market, despite the extended closure of factories due to the coronavirus.The air cargo carrier operates freighter services to Guangzhou and Shanghai, having resumed these scheduled services after a planned hiatus over the traditionally low-traffic ...
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NewsAirBridgeCargo offers charter flights to meet coronavirus-related demand
Volga-Dnepr Group coronavirus flightsThe Volga-Dnepr Group has been operating as many as five "sterilised" charter flights into China each day to cater for coronavirus related demand.The group said that on average, three to five charter flights are being operated daily, with a number of preventive measures being taken to ensure ...
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NewsSea-air solutions set to help alleviate coronavirus capacity crunch
Sea-air solutions could help shippers to avoid airfreight shortages and price spikes as production lines in China soon get back underway following the extended New Year holiday break.As reported, airlines have cut swathes of capacity on their China and Hong Kong services in response to a collapse in passenger demand ...
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Forwarders brace for China airfreight space shortages
Freight forwarders are bracing themselves for air cargo space shortages as a result of demand spikes and capacity cuts on services out of China and Hong Kong.The widely reported capacity cuts on China and Hong Kong services comes in response to a collapse in passenger demand due to the coronavirus.Meanwhile, ...
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Swiss WorldCargo expands Japanese network with Osaka route
Swiss WorldCargo, the airfreight division of Swiss International, is adding Osaka, Japan, as a destination in its global network.From March 1, the carrier will operate an Airbus A340-300 service from Zurich to Osaka. The new route adds to its daily Zurich—Tokyo service, carried out by a Boeing 777-300 since February ...
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NewsEarly Chinese New Year takes a toll on January's cargo figures
The early Chinese New Year helped pull down cargo volumes and load factors in January, according to CLIVE Data Services.The analyst said that in the four weeks to February 2, cargo volumes declined by 4% year on year, while the dynamic load factor slipped by two percentage points compared with ...
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Air cargo still assessing the impact of coronavirus
The impact of the coronavirus on the air cargo industry is still uncertain, with demand under pressure but some expectations of an eventual surge in volumes.The coronavirus has now killed more than 560 in China, while there have been more than 28,000 confirmed cases.Many of China’s provinces have extended the ...
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AirBridgeCargo cancels China cargo connections due to coronavirus
Russian cargo airline Airbridgecargo (ABC) is the first pure all cargo carrier to cut all scheduled connections from Europe to China due to the epidemic triggered by the coronavirus, according to Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.So far only combi carriers have refrained from flights to and from China.According to ...
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NewsU-Freight Korea opens new hub to target e-commerce
U-Freight Korea, part of the Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group, has opened a new logistics hub in Incheon to support its growing e-commerce business.The e-commerce fulfilment centre (EFC) will process domestic and cross-border e-commerce shipments for business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-consumer (B2C) fulfilment.With the anticipated increase in e-commerce logistics volumes, especially from ...
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NewsAsian airlines face an uncertain start to the year after cargo falls in 2019
Asian airlines saw cargo traffic fall last year and face an uncertain start to 2020 as the coronavirus impacts travel.Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that international air cargo demand as measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) fell by 5.1% in 2019.Offered freight capacity grew by ...
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NewsANA's international cargo revenues fall 20.9% in nine months
US-China trade tensions contributed to a 20.9% dive in All Nippon Airways' (ANA) international cargo revenues to ¥20.6bn ($190m) during the nine months ended December 2019, as domestic cargo revenue fell 7.7% (year on year) to ¥1.6bn in the same period.The Japanese carrier said: “The Japanese economy saw increasing weakness ...
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Worldwide cargo revenues fell 11.7% in 2019
December 2019’s worldwide air cargo chargeable weight fell 1.7% year on year (YoY) while 2019 full year dollar revenues dropped 11.7% over boom year 2018.The December volume figure was the smallest decrease since January 2019, but in its latest market data report, Netherlands-based analyst WorldACD said: “The year ended with ...
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NewsFew fireworks in November as global airfreight volumes continue to decline
The 2019 decline in global airfreight volumes eased in November but with little chance of returning to positive territory before the end of the year, although 2020 should see “moderate growth” in the global economy.That was the analysis by Airports Council International (ACI) World in its latest monthly report drawing ...
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Qantas Freight puts temporary dog transport ban in place
Qantas Freight has placed a temporary suspension on new freight bookings for snub-nosed dogs as it develops additional precautions to help reduce risks when carrying flat-faced breeds.The airline took the decision after a French Bulldog named Bruno was tragically found dead on arrival following a domestic Virgin Australia flight.Qantas said ...
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NewsAEI to provide Airwork with 12th B737-400SF freighter conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) is to provide New Zealand-based Airwork with an additional B737-400SF freighter conversion, the 12th such aircraft for the airline.Airwork currently operates a fleet of 12 B737 freighter aircraft in its New Zealand/Australia freight operations, including both the B737-300F and the B737-400F models.AEI confirmed that all modification touch ...
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FedEx joins efforts to help fight the spread of the coronavirus
FedEx Express has transported a batch of medical supplies to China as part of efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus.On January 26 and 27, FedEx transported medical supplies from the US and Japan to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport.These medical supplies include the N95 masks, medical gloves, plastic goggles, ...
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NewsANA reduces freighter operations in response to weaker market
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has announced a series of cuts to its freighter operations – including its recently-launched B777F transpacific operation – in response to weaker market conditions.In total, the airline will reduce the number of weekly all-cargo flights it currently operates by 51 (see full list below), although it ...