All Asia articles – Page 96
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Counting on perishables
THIS summer Korean Air was gorging itself on Canadian lobster. Between late May and the end of August the carrier extended one of its Seoul-Toronto all-cargo flights to Halifax once a week to load up some 40 tonnes of crustaceans worth US$532,256, writes Ian Putzger.KAL made it clear from the ...
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Qatar Airways appoints former Cargolux Asia chief
MATTHEW MA has been appointed vice-president of cargo for Asia at Qatar Airways, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The former Cargolux executive worked at the European all-cargo airline for 41 years, ending his career at the carrier as head of its Asia Pacific region.Ulrich Ogiermann, chief officer of cargo at Qatar ...
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China Southern's new Los Angeles freighter service
CHINA SOUTHERN Airlines, the largest airline in the People’s Republic of China, has begun a B777 freighter service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Tianjin, China, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The 13-hour direct service is the only dedicated cargo route linking Tianjin and north America, says a company statement.From ...
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Lufthansa and ANA confirm Japan-Europe cargo JV
All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo will launch a strategic air cargo joint venture on routes between Japan and Europe.The cooperation between Japan’s largest airline and Lufthansa Cargo, one of the world’s largest air freight operators, has obtained antitrust immunity. On the passenger side, ANA and Lufthansa are ...
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Cathay and CHEP in ULD management deal
CHEP Aerospace Solutions has signed a five-year agreement to supply and manage Cathay Pacific’s ULD fleet and pallet accessories.The independent provider of outsourced ULD and galley cart services will acquire Cathay Pacific's fleet of 25,000 ULDs, converting the majority to modern composite units weighing 58 kg, and supply a fleet ...
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Qatar adds Brussels and Shanghai freighters
Qatar Airways Cargo is launching two extra freighter destinations, Brussels in Belgium and Shanghai in China.Brussels will be served four times a week by an A330F from October 1. It will fly via Entebbe to Brussels on Wednesdays and Sundays and via Nairobi to Brussels on Mondays and Fridays.A three-times ...
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A joint vision
LUFTHANSA CARGO'S joint venture with ANA brings together an impressive fleet of freighters and a formidable array of global bellyhold capacity, writes Roger Hailey, Air Cargo News editor.The joint venture was not a surprise - it has been the subject of debate for many months - but the business rationale ...
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Robust August for Cathay
STRONG demand out of Hong Kong and mainland China boosted Cathay Pacific Cargo’s performance in August, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The airline and its sister company Dragonair carried 146,955 tonnes of cargo and mail in August, an increase of 19.7 per cent in comparison with the same period last year.The ...
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Ruslan's 'reelly' urgent cargo
Ruslan International has moved 75 tonnes of urgent oil and gas industry coil-tubing equipment from London Stansted to Adelaide by AN-124.The company, which manages 17 giant AN-124 freighter aircraft for its partners Antonov Airlines and Volga Dnepr Group, undertook the charter to support a drilling programme in the Coober Pedy ...
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Cargolux delivers 48-tonne rotor to South Korea
CARGOLUX has delivered this 48-tonne rotor from Switzerland to South Korea, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The huge shipment, which took three hours to load and strap, is the heaviest piece the European all-cargo carrier has ever uplifted out of Switzerland, says a company statement.It took 12 pallet positions and required ...
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B777-300ER for China Eastern Airlines
CHINA Eastern Airlines has taken delivery of its first B777-300ER, as part of a fleet renewal programme, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.The new aircraft, which will support the airline’s growing presence in North America over the next three years, is the first of 20 it has ordered.The airline plans to ...
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Saudia Cargo appoints ECS as exclusive GSSA in India
SAUDI AIRLINES Cargo has appointed ECS Globe Air Cargo India as its sole general sales and services agent, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“We look forward to working jointly with ECS to further develop our business in India. I am confident that together with their efforts, our clients in India will ...
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SIA Cargo signs deal with Chep
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has appointed Chep Aerospace Solutions to maintain and repair its fleet of ULDs. Under the five-year contract, CHEP will provide repairs for 16,000 containers for SIA, as well as Scoot, SIA's medium- and long-haul low-cost subsidiary. Chep will expand its operations in Singapore to support the ...
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Raya rebranding completed
Raya Airways confirmed on October 2 that it had completed the process of rebranding the former Transmile Air Services business.Raya Airways was established in July last year when TAS was spun out of the Transmile Group. That restructuring process is now complete, and Raya is pressing ahead with plans to ...
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JAL updates cargo processing systems
The departure of flight JAL 371 from Tokyo’s Haneda airport to Kitakyushu on September 28 marked a significant step for Japan Airlines, as the carrier’s first domestic service to carry shipments processed using the Cargospot software platform from Luxembourg-based CHAMP Cargosystems SA.The cut-over of JAL’s domestic operations is the first ...
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Cathay updates cargo handling software
Cathay Pacific Airways has selected Cargospot software from Luxembourg-based IT supplier CHAMP Cargosystems SA as the backbone of the airline’s new cargo IT platform, the company announced on October 8.To be known as CSS, the new platform will replace Cathay’s existing cargo management system which was developed in-house. Director Cargo ...
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One supply chain
In a highly public demonstration that regulators are on the side of the air cargo industry, The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) brought the senior officials of the International Civil Aviation Organization and the World Customs Organization on stage for the opening ceremony of the Air Cargo Forum in Seoul.Wan-su ...
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Qantas freight arm bounces back
Qantas Freight reported underlying pre-tax and interest earnings of A$54m, an improvement of A$43m and the division's best first-half result since 2006.The company stated: “International cargo markets continued to recover, accounting for A$44 million of underlying EBIT, with the China-US and US-Australia markets performing well.“The domestic market was more challenging, ...
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Bigger, safer, ‘shapier’
Hong Kong Airlines is about to become the launch customer for a container from Nordisk, developed in cooperation with Airbus, that will increase the payload on the main deck of its A330-200 freighters by more than 10 per cent as well as making the cargo more secure.Didier Lenormand, Airbus’ head ...
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Spirit of the Horse Dragon
Charter broker Air Partner has teamed up with the Ruslan International joint venture of Antonov Airlines and Volga-Dnepr Airlines to fly a gigantic mechanical dragon-horse from Nantes to Beijing, using one of the operator’s 17 Antonov 124 heavy lift aircraft. (video below)Known as Long Ma Jing Shen or ‘The Spirit ...