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NewsE-commerce fuelled capacity crunch to continue
Air cargo looks set to continue its precedent-setting volume growth driven by booming e-commerce and have a long-term bright future despite a looming capacity crunch, a keynote speaker at the EU Cross-Border E-commerce Forum, held in Liege, Belgium on September 10, said.“We had eight straight months of double-digit growth,” Ryan ...
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NewsCMA CGM Air Cargo launches transpacific route with latest 777F
CMA CGM AIR Cargo 777-200F. Photo: CMA CGMCMA CGM Air Cargo has started a new transpacific route between Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) and Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) using its recently delivered third Boeing 777-200 freighter operated by Atlas Air.The first commercial flight took place on August 25, connecting ...
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Atlas Air orders three 747-8Fs
Atlas Air will add three Boeing 747-8 freighters to its fleet that are expected to enter service late in the third quarter of this year.The New York state-based lessor and cargo airline said the 747-8Fs will help it meet global demand for large widebody airfreight capacity, particularly for cross-border e-commerce ...
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Atlas Air flight makes emergency landing at Narita Airport
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 freighter today made an emergency landing at Narita Airport resulting in the temporary closure of one runway.Flight Radar 24 data shows the aircraft took off from Narita on its way to Los Angeles at around 21:40 local time but later turned around before making an ...
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Putzger Perspective: Smaller freighters have fallen out of fashion
Smaller freighters are dropping out of the skies. FedEx is retiring about one fifth of its 757 freighter fleet. Next year Atlas Air will end flying eight 737 cargo planes for Amazon – one year ahead of their contract expiry. The same goes for 17 B767Fs that Atlas is currently ...
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MSC Air Cargo adds first Malpensa flights following AlisCargo takeover
MSC Air Cargo has conducted its first flight from Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) following its takeover of AlisCargo Airlines.The AlisCargo-operated Boeing 777 freighter (I-MSCA) flight left the Italian hub for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) earlier this week.The new service will operate twice per week, the company explained.MSC took a ...
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Preliminary report on Atlas Air Hong Kong incident released
The Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) of Hong Kong found a hydraulic system failure led to the emergency landing of an Atlas Air freighter at Hong Kong International (HKIA) in June.The preliminary report suggests that the incident on June 17 - classed as serious - was related to a "multiple ...
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NewsAtlas Air secures funding to add more 747 freighters
Atlas Air freight aircraft Photo Atlas Air Photo: Atlas Air Atlas Air has secured financing for the purchase of three Boeing 747-400 freighters to support e-commerce customers. The airline secured $90m of senior debt financing from Investec Aviation Finance for the acquisition of the three aircraft. The ...
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Atlas Air co-operating with Hong Kong authorities following emergency landing
Atlas Air is co-operating with an investigation by Hong Kong's aviation authorities following an emergency landing that closed one of Hong Kong International (HKIA)'s two runways for eight hours.The runway was closed on June 17 when an Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 freighter (5y4304) performed an emergency landing at the airport ...
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NewsAtlas to focus on widebodies as it reworks Amazon partnership
Photo: Atlas Air New York state-based lessor and cargo airline Atlas Air will end domestic US Boeing 737 and 767 CMI (Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) services with e-commerce giant Amazon next year. Atlas Air Worldwide said in a statement that the decision falls in line with its ...
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Ex-Polar Air Cargo chief operating officer jailed for fraud
Former Polar Air Cargo chief operating officer Lars Winkelbauer has been sentenced to four years in prison for his alleged part in a scheme to defraud the airline of more than $32m in revenue.Winkelbauer previously pled guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering, said the US Attorney’s ...
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Nippon Cargo Airlines renews freighter deal with Atlas Air
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) and Atlas Air Worldwide have extended their Boeing 747 freighter partnership covering flights on the transpacific.The Air Transportation Services Agreement (ATSA) agreement sees Atlas Air operate five 747-400F on a crew, maintenance and insurance (CMI) basis for NCA."The extension of the current ATSA with transpacific operation ...
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NewsPolar's new management helps firm move on from fraud case
Photo: Carlos Yudica/ ShutterstockPolar Air Cargo has moved forward with a robust company culture one year on from the announcement of a major fraud case.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the CNS Partnerships Conference in Dallas, Kersti Krepp, senior vice president and chief commercial officer at Polar Air Cargo said ...
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YunExpress targets e-commerce demand with latest 777 freighter
YunExpress has extended its agreement with lessor Atlas Air to include a second Boeing 777-200 freighter that will be used to cover rising e-commerce demand.The new aircraft will enter operation under a long-term charter agreement in April and operate six weekly routes between China and the US.The new flight will ...
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NewsAgeing freighter fleet set to tighten global market, says Atlas Air chief
Michael Steen The global supply of full-freighter aircraft is tightening, says Atlas Air Worldwide chief executive, Michael Steen. In an interview for Bloomberg TV’s Daybreak programme on 13 March, he pointed out that of the 650-strong global all-freighter fleet, around 125 are coming up for retirement. “That ...
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Another ex Polar executive pleads guilty to fraud
A former senior operations executive at Polar Air Cargo Worldwide has pleaded guilty to defrauding the US cargo airline.Carlton Llewellyn pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit wire fraud in connection with a major scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo, confirmed a press release by the US Attorney's ...
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Freighter number four for MSC Air Cargo
MSC Cargo's latest freighter has been delivered and will be put into action on the transpacific.The newbuild Boeing 777F was this week delivered to lessor Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings and is the last of four aircraft to be delivered for its long-term ACMI agreement with MSC.The inaugural 777F was delivered ...
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NewsBoeing grows 777F tally with mystery order
777-8F. Copyright: Boeing Media LibraryBoeing has revealed that two 777 freighters were ordered by unidentified customer(s) last month, taking the airframer's total 2023 777F orders to 10.Atlas Air ordered two 777Fs in October, while Boeing's order data shows there were several more as yet unidentified customers throughout the year.One 777F ...
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NewsAir Cargo News' most-read stories 2023
Photo: Khongtham/Shutterstock.The past 12 months have been another tough period for the air cargo market as a sluggish global economy transferred through to weak air cargo volumes.However, airfreight rates and revenues remained above pre-covid levels and e-commerce and other special product categories continued to support the market. There were also ...
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Atlas and Cathay working on 747 inspections after lightning protection concerns
Two of the world's largest operators of Boeing 747 aircraft have already started work on inspecting their freighter aircraft after concerns emerged over the early degradation of the lightning protection systems.Earlier this month, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an airworthiness directive ordering all US-registered 747 operators to carry ...