All Asia articles – Page 46
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Asia airlines see cargo growth slow in June
Airlines in the Asia Pacific region saw cargo demand growth weaken in June in line with a slowdown in the manufacturing sector.According to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA), carriers saw cargo traffic increase by 3.4% year on year in June, a slowdown on the 4.9% increase registered over ...
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AirBridgeCargo adds Ho Chi Minh City to its network
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has launched a freighter service to Ho Chi Minh City, one of the busiest cities in Vietnam and a major manufacturing hotspot in Asia.It becomes becomes ABC’s 12th online destination in Asia, and the Boeing 747 freighter flight will link customers from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh ...
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Silk Way West Airlines pursues strategic co-operation with JAL Cargo
Japan’s JAL Cargo will access freighter capacity operated by Silk Way West Airlines under a co-operation agreement signed by the two carriers.JAL Cargo, which no longer operates its own freighters, will use the Azerbaijani cargo carrier's capacities on scheduled routes out of Europe, via its Baku hub, into Japan and ...
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NCA hit with business improvement order, while operations continue to restart
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has been hit with a business improvement order from Japan’s ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLITT), while a second aircraft has now restarted services.NYK Group – NCA’s parent - said in a stock exchange announcement that the airline received the order to improve operations ...
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Swissport integrating Aerocare in Australia and New Zealand
Swissport International is pushing ahead with the integration of the Aerocare organisation in Australia and New Zealand.Following the Aerocare acquisition in March 2018, the registered company name was changed to Swissport Australia as confirmed by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission.Eric Born, group president and chief executive of Swissport International, ...
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Hactl in the pilot seat for IATA's Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) is the first cargo terminal operator (CTO) to complete a pilot for IATA’s Smart Facility Operational Capacity Audit (SFOC).SFOC is part of the Smart Facility program which aims to provide total transparency on capacities and services offered by CTOs, by means of a ...
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Delta and Korean expand partnership to cover cargo
Delta Air Lines Cargo and Korean Air Cargo are launching new transpacific cargo co-operation in connection with the implementation of their joint venture partnership.The partnership means the two carriers will be able to share space on each others aircraft flying between the US and Asia.The combined network formed by the ...
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Forwarder Dimerco targets India growth after MTO accreditation
Taiwan-based Dimerco has been awarded Multimodal Transport Operator (MTO) status in India, which it says will open up "new opportunities for growth" in the subcontinent.The MTO license will allow forwarder Dimerco to provide extended services to shippers, moving cargo from any land point in India to and from any destination ...
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Frank Yau to be Cathay Pacific's head of cargo sales for Hong Kong
Frank Yau is to become the new head of cargo sales Hong Kong for Cathay Pacific Cargo, taking over from Aaron Chan, effective September 2018.Yau worked for a number of freight forwarders before joining the Cathay Pacific Cargo sales team in Hong Kong in 2007.He has held a number of ...
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Korean Air Launches freighter services to Delhi
Korean Air will launch a three times a week Boeing 777 freighter service between Incheon and Delhi from July 17.The Asian carrier currently operates direct passenger flights from Incheon to Mumbai and Delhi, three and five times a week respectively.In a statement, Korean Air said: “The decision to introduce the ...
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Panalpina opens technology test bed logistics centre in Singapore
Logistics supplier Panalpina has opened a purpose-built logistics center in Singapore, constructed over six floors and with 25,800 sq m of usable warehouse space.Speaking at the official opening of the facility, Panalpina chief executive Stefan Karlen said: “Singapore is a very important consolidation hub for ocean and airfreight. The nation-state ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines flights set to restart
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) will begin to restart services on July 5 after it grounded all its freighters while checks were carried on aircraft records.The airline said that the investigation into JA18KZ - a Boeing B747-8F - would be completed on July 4 and flights using the aircraft would resume ...
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Asiana Airlines logs into its iCargo airfreight system
Asiana Airlines has officially logged in to its iCargo airfreight system, just 20 months after signing the original implementation agreement with technology supplier IBS Software.The iCargo system handles cargo booking, sales, transportation and import management for the freight operation of the South Korean carrier. It went live after system switching ...
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Air New Zealand hit with A$15m fine for cargo cartel role
Air New Zealand (Air NZ) has been ordered to pay A$15m in fines by an Australian Federal Court for its role in the air cargo cartel.The court found that Air NZ agreed with other airlines to fix the price of fuel and insurance surcharges on airfreight services from Hong Kong, ...
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Cathay cautiously optimistic about cargo
Cathay Pacific Cargo remains "cautiously optimistic" about the second half of 2018, with customer sentiment indicating that the market will improve in the traditionally stronger part of the year.Nelson Chin, general manager cargo commercial, writing in the Hong Kong-based carrier's Cargo Clan newsletter, said: "While China and Hong Kong have ...
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Asia Pacific airlines see buoyant cargo markets in May
Association of Asia Pacific Airlines' (AAPA) international air passenger and air cargo markets remained buoyant in May, with further expansion in business activity supporting growth in demand.AAPA said: “Amid rising global trade tensions, Asia Pacific airlines experienced an encouraging 4.9% year-on-year increase in air cargo demand as measured in freight ...
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Changi's moderate May for cargo
Singapore Changi Airport's airfreight throughput in May grew "moderately "at 1.8% to reach 180,490 tonnes, compared to the same period last year.As at 1 June 2018, more than 100 airlines operate at Changi Airport, connecting Singapore to some 400 cities in about 100 countries and territories worldwide. With more than ...
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NewsAsia cargo monthly: Demand continues to grow in May but utilisation slips
Asian airlines continued to see cargo volumes grow at a steady pace in May, but capacity additions mean that freight load factors came under pressure.The region’s largest carrier group, Cathay Pacific, was the only airline in our monthly wrap-up that saw its cargo load factor increase during the month on ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines extends suspension of flights
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has extended the suspension of its flights for more than another week as the process of checking maintenance records takes longer than expected.In a customer update, the airline said that it could not re-start operations until it had concluded the record checking process, which was initially ...
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Hong Kong and Paris airports sign MOU
Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK) and Groupe ADP of France have signed two memorandums of understanding (MOU) on strengthening cooperation between Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport in airport management, aviation development and air cargo development.The two MOUs on airport management and aviation development, ...