All Cathay Pacific Cargo articles – Page 3
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Putzger perspective: The challenge of finding cargo capacity
As the industry battles with the latest wave of disruption from Covid-19 traditional thinking and practices are becoming redundant, if not outright liabilities, writes Ian Putzger.The Omicron virus may be less deadly than prior variants of the virus, but it is taking a heavy toll on businesses and their supply ...
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NewsCathay Pacific outlines "substantial" freighter flight cuts in Q1
Cathay Pacific today announced it will implement "substantial reductions" to its long-haul freighter capacity in the first quarter due to the latest crew quarantine measures imposed by authorities in Hong Kong.The new rules, announced on December 30, mean air cargo crew members will be required to undergo compulsory quarantine at ...
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Hong Kong suspends flights from eight countries
Hong Kong has announced that passengers from eight countries will be banned from entering the country for 14 days.The flight ban will impact passengers from Australia, the UK, Canada, France, India, Pakistan, the Philippines and the US, including transferring passengers.The measure comes into force on January 8 and will last ...
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Cathay Pacific announces 7 day suspension of long-haul cargo operations
Cathay Pacific has suspended all long-haul freighter and cargo-only passenger flights to and from Hong Kong until January 6.The Hong Kong carrier said the move was in response to recently announced more stringent quarantine requirements for Hong Kong-based cargo crews.The suspension applies to all long-haul cargo flights covering the transpacific, ...
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NewsStrong November for Cathay Pacific, but down on 2019
Cathay Pacific recorded a 15.8% increase in cargo volumes in November. Copyright: Cathay PacificBeaujolais wine and cherries shipments helped Cathay Pacific record a 15.8% increase in cargo volumes in November due to “consistently robust” demand, but the airline still saw a 23.9% decrease compared with the same period in 2019.The ...
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NewsAir cargo continues to tackle transpacific ULD shortage
Credit: ShutterstockThere are a variety of reasons for the ongoing ULD shortage and it is "extremely difficult" to predict how long it will persist, according to Frank Hung, vice president of sales and marketing for Descartes' CORE Transport Technologies.Speaking exclusively to Air Cargo News, Hung said the shortage is worst ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo outlines transpacific ULD challenges
Cathay Pacific director of cargo Tom Owen has outlined the current challenges the airline faces in the cargo market.Owen explained that Cathay Pacific is currently battling a ULD shortage on the transpacific while it also continues to be effected by the recent positive Covid cases amongst its pilots.Earlier this month, ...
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Cathay’s new Click & Ship cargo platform for instant booking
Cathay Pacific Cargo is rolling out its latest digital innovation, Click & Ship, an online booking platform that offers registered customers “an intuitive, always-on booking interface”.Said Tom Owen, director cargo: “Our customers have been telling us that they want a quicker and more efficient way to book shipments at any ...
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Cathay Pacific considers stricter quarantine rules after freighter pilots test positive
Cathay Pacific is considering stricter quarantine rules for crew after three freighter pilots tested positive for Covid-19 following a layover at a Frankfurt Airport.The airline said that crews self-isolate in their rooms within designated hotels during any layover in places outside of Hong Kong and undergo regular testing.However, following the ...
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Cathay Pacific hikes transpac BSA prices as market surges
Cathay Pacific Cargo is hiking its block space agreement (BSA) prices on its transpacific and India services in response to current market conditions.In a letter sent out to customers, the Hong Kong-based carrier said it would impose a General Rate Increase (GRI) of HK$18 per kg on the base rate ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo reports busiest month since Covid outbreak
Cathay Pacific Cargo in September reported its busiest month since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.The cargo carrier saw volumes reach 130,997 tonnes in September, an improvement of 19.7% compared with last year.The increase comes on the back of robust demand and the re-introduction of capacity, which is up by ...
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Cathay Pacific ramps up freighter network ahead of strong peak season
Cathay Pacific ramped up its freighter network to peak season levels in August, while two previously announced preighter aircraft have also joined its fleet.In its latest monthly traffic update, the Hong Kong-hubbed airline said that ahead of what is expected to be a busy peak season - and on the ...
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Crew quarantine measures hold back Cathay Pacific Cargo in H1
Hong Kong quarantine restrictions took their toll on Cathay Pacific's first-half performance with revenues and volumes all declining compared with a year earlier.The airline saw its first-half cargo revenues decline by 0.6% on last year to HK$11.1bn, while cargo revenue tonne kms (RFTK) were down 20.1% to 3.3bn and the ...
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Cathay Pacific caters for garment sector with Pittsburgh flights
Cathay Pacific Cargo has restarted operations to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with twice-weekly pax-cargo flights.The Hong Kong-hubbed carrier re-launched flights on August 2 utilising Boeing 777-300ER passenger planes converted for cargo.The carrier plans to continue serving the US airport through to the end of the year. Cargo onboard the aircraft ...
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InsightsCathay Cargo: Developing and delivering the agenda
Airfreight digitalisation and customer-centric products are top of the long-term strategic agenda for Cathay Pacific Cargo as it navigates the pandemic with a focus on vaccine distribution and e-commerce.Air Cargo News spoke to Rajesh Menon, regional head of cargo for South Asia, the Middle East and Africa for the cargo ...
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Air cargo rates cool in June for summer slowdown
Air cargo rates settled down in June as the industry entered a seasonal slowdown in demand, but airlines and forwarders appear to be expecting a busy peak season. The latest figures from the Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index (BAI) show that average prices from Hong Kong to North America in ...
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Cathay Cargo to add more preighters ahead of peak season crunch
Cathay Pacific Cargo has revealed plans to remove the seats from two more of its aircraft as it predicts an industry-wide capacity shortfall for the peak season.The Hong Kong-headquartered carrier said that while its passenger network is slowly growing, it will offer around 30% of its normal capacity in the ...
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Cathay Cargo enables real-time shipment tracking with Ultra Track solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo is rolling out its Ultra Track data-logging solution at 29 airports in its global network.The carrier said the solution is the first internet of things (IoT) application that enables remote connection to shipments.Ultra Track uses Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network, tags and readers to enable ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity continues to recover
Cathay Pacific's cargo capacity increased in May as it continued to recover from the introduction of stricter crew quarantine rules in Hong Kong.Hong Kong in February introduced rules requiring crew to quarantine after an international journey, which affected cargo flights, but these were relaxed in mid-April for vaccinated crew.The airline ...
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Cathay Cargo starts using Envirotainer Releye pharma solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo has started using Envirotainer's Releye RLP temperature-controlled container.The carrier said it is the first in Asia to use the pharma solution.According to Envirotainer, the LD11-size container's air flow technology enables temperature stability and it was designed to meet shippers’ requests for greater load flexibility.It fits three Euro ...