All Bellyhold Airline articles – Page 29
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NewsAmericas cargo monthly: A bumper month for American and United
September was a bumper month for American Airlines' and United Airlines' airfreight demand, while Delta recorded another decline.The latest monthly figures show that United saw air cargo demand increase by 15.7% year on year in September to 245m cargo ton miles (CTM) and American reported a 9.8% improvement to 207m ...
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NewsDelta Air Lines records declines in third quarter cargo revenues and demand
Delta Air Lines reported yet more declines in its cargo revenues and volumes during the third quarter of the year.The US airline suffered a 14.8% year on year decline in third quarter cargo revenues to $167m while traffic was down 9.5% during the period to 504m cargo ton miles.Delta does ...
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Air cargo needs to be faster, cheaper and more innovative
Air cargo operations of the future will need to be faster, offer better data integration, improve the quality of service and offer lower costs than today’s offerings.Speaking at freight forwarder association Fiata’s World Congress event, United Airlines vice president cargo sales Jacques Leijssenaar took on the question of what businesses ...
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Lufthansa moves in with Cathay in Hong Kong
Lufthansa Cargo has moved its Hong Kong freight handling operation to Cathay Pacific’s terminal as part of its joint business agreement with the Far Eastern carrier.The move would give customers of both carriers a single location for export drop-off and import delivery arrangements, it said.Both carriers are now working closely ...
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Singapore signs Zodiac for airfreight container deal
Zodiac Aerospace is to supply more than 2,000 of its Herculight S AKE cargo containers to Singapore Airlines Cargo. The containers, constructed with a combination of composite and aluminium panels, come in two configurations to suit passenger or cargo operations.One of the airline’s key requirements was toughness and durability, said ...
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Air cargo demand increases again in August
Air cargo demand improved again in August, which while "failing to impress", is better than growth in the first part of the year.The latest figures from analyst WorldACD show that air cargo volumes increased by 2.3% year on year in August. This was an improvement on the 1.8% growth registered ...
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Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic renew cargo partnership
Virgin Atlantic Cargo will continue to provide international long-haul cargo sales and management for Virgin Australia after the two companies signed a new long-term agreement.The two airlines have worked together since February 2009, with Virgin Atlantic taking responsibility for all cargo revenues on Virgin Australia’s long-haul flights to and from ...
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IAG woos high tech firms
International Airlines Group (IAG) has launched an accelerator programme for new high-tech companies in partnership with corporate innovation specialist and early-stage investor, L Marks.Start-ups are invited to pitch to join the new venture, Hangar 51, and work with the airline group to find solutions to business challenges through collaborative partnerships. ...
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LATAM starts South America-South Africa flights
South American carrier LATAM Airlines launched flights from to South Africa on 3 October, from São Paulo to Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport.Operated by a Boeing 767 aircraft, the overnight service departs São Paulo on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, arriving in Johannesburg on the afternoon of the next day (local ...
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Air Canada Cargo looks forward to raft of new destinations
Air Canada has announced that it is to add six new destinations to its network next year.The Air Canada summer 2017 schedule will include the following new long-haul connections: Toronto – Mumbai; Vancouver – Taipei (subject to government approvals); Toronto – Berlin; and Vancouver – Nagoya, as well as seasonal ...
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Good news for Garuda
Indonesian flag-carrier Garuda enjoyed an impressive 22.5% year on year increase in its cargo volumes in August, reaching a figure of 34,350 tons.The cargo load factor increased by 7.85 percentage points compared to August 2015 to reach 51.8%.Over the course of the January – August period, Garuda carried a total ...
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Qatar Airways flies into Windhoek
Windhoek, the capital of Namibia, has become the latest city on the expanding network of Doha-based Qatar Airways.The carrier is going to fly the route to its first Namibian connection from its hub at Doha with a Boeing 787 ‘Dreamliner’ four times a week.Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al ...
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Oman Air looks to the future
Oman Air’s chief executive, Paul Gregorowitsch, this week laid out his plans for the airline’s growth in coming years, as well as reporting on “important progress (achieved) over the last two years”.He pointed to the fact that the Muscat-based carrier is “delivering an ambitious and dynamic programme of fleet and ...
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Brussels Airlines to fly to Yerevan
Brussels Airlines has confirmed that on March 31 next year it will begin flying to the Armenian capital of Yerevan.The airline will operate A319/320 aircraft on the route from the Belgian capital once a week, except in the months of July and August when the lane will be flown twice ...
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IAG and Finnair switch to bellyhold on London-Helsinki partnership
IAG Cargo and Finnair Cargo will no longer take space on DHL freighters between London and Helsinki, instead opting for bellyspace on passenger aircraft.From October 3, the two partner airlines will use bellyspace on their Airbus 350 aircraft instead of continuing their use of DHL A300-600 freighters. The last freighter ...
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VIDEO: IAG Cargo to build new £55m premium product centre and launch time-critical product
IAG Cargo has unveiled plans to build a new £55m facility for premium freight and pharma at its London Heathrow site in response to growth in its services for high-value cargo and will also launch a new time-critical product (see video at end of article).The new terminal, to be called ...
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Emirates hopes to end perception Middle East hubs aren't pharma cargo friendly
Emirates SkyCargo’s opening of a $190m dedicated pharmaceuticals handling centre at its Dubai home hub will help end a legacy perception in some sections of the industry that Middle East hubs are not pharma-friendly.Nabil Sultan, Emirates divisional senior vice president, cargo, speaking at the opening of the Emirates SkyPharma facility, ...
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DHL and United expand services into pharma hub San Juan
United Airlines and DHL Global Forwarding (DGF) have announced growth and expansion initiatives to serve San Juan, the burgeoning life sciences and pharmaceuticals hub in Puerto Rico.The two companies are working together to increase the number of widebody flights serving San Juan and to offer expanded cold chain storage solutions ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo Monthly: Divergence in freight growth continues
The divergence in performance among the main freight carrying airlines in the US continued in August as United and American airlines both achieved growth while Delta Air Lines registered another decline.The country’s largest cargo airline, United, recorded another strong month in August with demand increasing by 8.8% compared with last ...
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IAG Cargo starts offering Tehran bellyspace
IAG Cargo has today commenced a new London to Tehran service as it looks to capitalise on the removal of trade sanctions on Iran.IAG said customers would benefit from six flights per week to and from Iran, which will improve connectivity between European and Middle Eastern markets.The service will be ...