All articles by Damian Brett – Page 136
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NewsDrones back on the agenda for air cargo
Xwing Cessna conducting an autonomous landingBefore the pandemic hit the world of air cargo, there were five or six industry developments that were constantly hitting the headlines; digitalisation, drones, e-commerce, sustainability and Brexit were key amongst them.And as an early sign that we are perhaps heading back to some form ...
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Virgin Atlantic signs up for SkyCell containers
Virgin Atlantic will offer its customers the option of leasing SkyCell containers for the transportation of pharma shipments.The airline will use SkyCell containers that can cover the full range of biologics transit temperature requirements, from deep frozen (-80 degrees Celsius) to 25 degrees Celsius.Dominic Kennedy, managing director at Virgin Atlantic ...
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Cargo volumes continue to grow at Leipzig
Leipzig/Halle Airport continued to see its air cargo volumes grow in the first quarter of the year as charter flights carrying medical equipment roll in.The German airport saw air cargo demand increase by 20.9% year on year during the first quarter to 359,000 tonnes, following on from record volumes on ...
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NewsANA continues cargo drone trials for hard-to-reach locations
Japanese airline group ANA Holdings is collaborating with drone manufacturer Wingcopter on a new aircraft as the number of unmanned aerial vehicle projects ramp up.ANA said that the two partners were conducting trials with the electrical fixed-wing VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) aircraft developed by Wingcopter, with the aim of ...
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NewsKLM deploys custom-made cargo seat bags
KLM Cargo is deploying custom-made cargo seat bags on B777 flights as it looks to boost cargo carrying capacity.Cargo equipment manufacturer Trip & Co adapted the seat bags to KLM's requirements, with the first set of 172 bags delivered to the airline on April 8.The first operational flight using the ...
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NewsACS appoints new France CEO as it aims at expansion
Alexandre Busila, ACSAir Charter Service (ACS) has appointed a new chief executive for its operation in France as part of expansion plans in the country.To lead the plans, the charter broker has appointed Alexandre Busila as chief executive of ACS France, whilst Loubna Tagmi has been promoted to work alongside ...
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Saudia Cargo signs up to booking platform cargo.one
Saudia Cargo will add its capacity to online booking portal cargo.one as it continues with its digitalisation drive.The move means that freight forwarders will be able to instantly book space on Saudia's flights.The airline's capacity will become available on the cargo.one platform in the second quarter of 2021, giving freight ...
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NewsAirbus to use sustainable fuel for UK Beluga flights
Airbus is extending the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for its Beluga cargo flights to the Broughton in the UK.The airframer said that the north Wales line station, which uses the Beluga fleet to transport aircraft wings to Toulouse, Hamburg and Bremen, becomes the second Airbus European site to ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity drops 25% as quarantine measures hit
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo capacity drop by 25% in March as a result of new crew quarantine measures in Hong Kong.Writing in the airline's monthly cargo update, general manager of cargo commercial George Edmunds said the new crew quarantine measures were the biggest obstacle faced to normal cargo operations.The ...
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Coyne Airways resumes Tbilisi freighter flights
Coyne Airways is resuming direct freighter flights between Germany and Georgia after an 11 month hiatus as a result of the Covid outbreak.The carrier resumed flights to Tbilisi on April 11 when a 30-tonne capacity Boeing 757 freighter took off from Cologne.The new service will operate on a weekly rotation, ...
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NewsWork set to start on converting the first B777 into a freighter
The physical work on converting the first Boeing 777-300 into a freighter will soon get underway after the halfway phase of the Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) development was reached.Gecas and IAI, which are partners on the programme, said the halfway stage of the STC is a key milestone for “the ...
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NewsTac Index adds to its board of advisors
Gareth SinclairAir cargo rate data provider Tac Index has appointed Gareth Sinclair to its board of advisors.He has worked in the airline industry for almost 30 years, starting with the British Airways passenger business in financial and commercial management roles.In 2007, he joined British Airways World Cargo, to further develop ...
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NewsAntonov transports automotive parts as demand picks up
Antonov Airlines has transported 80 tonnes of automotive parts from Southeast Asia to the US as manufacturing plants begin to reopen.The flight saw an AN-124-100 pick up 40 tonnes of in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, and a further 40 tonnes in Hanoi, Vietnam, before transporting the parts to Ohio.It took four days ...
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NewsSF Express expects to have 1,000 VTOL cargo drones by 2031
Chinese express firm SF Express expects that in the next 10 years it will have a fleet of more than 1,000 large vertical take off cargo drones (UAVs) to meet remote delivery requirements.Slovenian aerospace firm Pipistrel yesterday revealed that it would provide UAVs to be used alongside a digital flight ...
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Studies point towards acceleration in e-commerce logistics demand
E-commerce will continue to grow rapidly over the coming years resulting in retailers spending more on logistics operations to meet demand, according to two recent studies.Supply chain consultant Transport Intelligence's (Ti) Global E-commerce Logistics 2021 report shows that the global e-commerce logistics market grew by 27.3% year on year in ...
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NewsHow Jude Bricker transformed Sun Country, helped by cargo
Jude BrickerIn four short years, former Allegiant president Jude Bricker has taken the Midwest niche carrier from near-death to a stock market IPO, aided by a well-timed venture into cargo markets with Amazon, writes Pilar Wolfsteller in Air Cargo News sister title FlightGlobal.Minnesota can be excruciatingly cold in winter. The ...
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ASL borrows $125m as it continues its freighter fleet renewal
ASL Aviation Holdings has secured a $125m debt facility from Goldman Sachs that will be used as part of its fleet renewal programme.The aircraft operator's group chief financial officer Mark O’Kelly said the facility will be used through 2021 to partially finance ASL’s ongoing medium-haul fleet replacement programme.The deal comes ...
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NewsMASKargo partners with DHL on door-to-door deliveries
Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh, MASKargo (L) and Julian Neo, DHL ExpressMASkargo and DHL Express are partnering on a door-to-door delivery service to reflect changing consumer habits.The carrier said that the service would utilise a web portal to allow customers to get quotation, book for delivery, pay online, print consignment notes and ...
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Transpac rates rise while supply chains brace for Ever Given impact
Air cargo rates on the transpacific trade lane picked up last week while capacity remains tight and supply chains brace for the impact of the Suez Canal blockage.The latest statistics from Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index (BAI) show that last week prices from Hong Kong to North America increased by ...
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NewsUPS to purchase up to 150 electric cargo aircraft
Artist's impression: UPS electric aircraftUPS has revealed plans to purchase electric aircraft as an alternative to fixed-wing planes for time-sensitive deliveries .The express giant said that through its UPS Flight Forward subsidiary it would purchase the electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) from Beta Technologies to augment its air service ...