All Freighter Operator articles – Page 120
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NewsVolga-Dnepr marks the passing of Ron King
Ron KingFormer Volga-Dnepr stalwart and US air cargo veteran Ron King passed away on July 19 at the age of 76.The airline said that King had "left an immense imprint on the air cargo sector in the US in general and on Volga-Dnepr’s development in particular"."With almost 50-years' experience in ...
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UPS up in Q2 thanks to rising demand for next-day air services
Express firm UPS saw revenues and profits increase during the second quarter of the year on the back of increasing demand for next-day air services.The company reported a 3.4% year-on-year increase in revenues to $18bn during the period, while net income increased by 13.5% on a year earlier to $1.5bn.UPS ...
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UPS to launch drone business and SME e-commerce delivery operation
UPS is launching an international delivery service for small and medium size retailers in order to capture a slice of surging cross-border e-commerce, forecast to total $1trn by 2020, while it has also announced the launch of a new drone business.The UPS Economy service will connect key e-commerce destinations across ...
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Cargojet piles on the pounds for e-commerce peak demand
Canadian overnight freighter operator Cargojet said that it handled "record volumes" and added capacity to meet e-commerce demand for overnight deliveries driven by Amazon's Prime Day shopping holiday.Ajay Virmani, president and chief executive, said: "Cargojet handled in excess of 1,000,000 pounds [454 tonnes] more than an average week and operated ...
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Flexport switches freighter flights to new operator
Freight forwarder Flexport has switched its transpacific air charter operation from Western Global to a service run by Plus Logistics, a Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) subsidiary, and Atlas Air.A spokesperson for the company said that the switch was made on July 8 without a single missed flight. Atlas Air operates ...
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NewsChanges at the head of Cathay Pacific's cargo business
Cathay Pacific has changed the reporting lines of its cargo division.Freighter fleet network planning will now fall under the remit of the new director of commercial, Lavinia Lau, while cargo commercial will report directly to chief customer and commercial officer, Paul Loo.Lau takes over the role from director commercial and ...
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Atlas expects more shippers to add their own air cargo networks
Shippers are expected to increasingly create their own air cargo networks as they look to enhance the control they have over their supply chains.Speaking at the Air Cargo Europe event in early June, Atlas Air Worldwide executive vice president and chief commercial officer Michael Steen said that the rise of ...
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NewsTurkish Cargo steps in to transport exhausted griffon vulture
Turkish Cargo stepped in to transport from Turkey to Serbia an endangered griffon vulture which became unwell during its annual migration.The one-and-a-half year old vulture, named Dobrila, left its home in Serbia but became exhausted after flying 1,600 km east and was found in the Turkish city of Sanliurfa.After having ...
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NewsCargolux Italia adds new B747F service to South Korea
Cargolux Italia B747F on its Malpensa-Incheon serviceCargolux Italia has launched a brand new routing between Milan-Malpensa and Incheon in South Korea as it targets Italy's top export destinations.The new frequency, which debuted on July 16, includes two weekly connections between Milan and Incheon departing the Italian city on Tuesday and ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo: Taking it personally
The last time Air Cargo News spoke to Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux, the airfreight market was in a very different place to where it finds itself today.Volumes were booming, rates were rising and the airlines’ biggest concern was whether they could find the capacity to meet the ...
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NewsUS airline heads once again point to Gulf airlines’ subsidisation
In an opinion piece published on July 12 in USA Today, the three heads of big American airlines – Doug Parker, chief executive of American Airlines; Ed Bastian, chief executive of Delta Air Lines; and Oscar Munoz, chief executive of United Airlines – came together to complain at certain Middle ...
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NewsPilots supporting strikes less than ‘Prime’ for Amazon
Credit Teamsters Local 1224Pilots flying for carriers on behalf of Amazon Air have shown their solidarity for striking Amazon workers this week during the giant e-tailer’s Amazon Prime Day.Amazon Prime Day actually extends over two days this year: yesterday (15 July) and today (16 July). It is an important time ...
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NewsQatar Airways Cargo adds Changi to its transpacific connections
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Singapore Changi as a new destination to its transpacific freighter connections.The Doha-based cargo carrier now operates a Boeing 777F twice a week into Singapore from Chicago. From Singapore, the freighter leaves for Macau on Tuesdays and Saturdays and then flies onward to Los Angeles, Mexico ...
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NewsSIA Cargo has disappointing June
Singapore Airlines Cargo (SIA Cargo) saw its freight traffic fall in June compared with the same month of 2018.Cargo traffic, as measured in freight tonne-km, fell by 2.4% year on year to 537.9m (in volume terms, cargo carried was down by 0.9% year on year to 99,800 tonnes).Meanwhile, capacity rose ...
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NewsTop 25 cargo airlines 2018: FedEx at the top as Qatar closes in on Emirates
FedEx retained its position as the world’s busiest cargo airline in 2018, but the passenger and freighter fleet of Qatar Airways continued to close in on number two Emirates (see chart at end of article).The latest IATA World Air Transport Statistics report shows that express operator FedEx was again the ...
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Sichuan Airlines takes delivery of its first freighter
BOC Aviation Limited has delivered the first of three Airbus A330 freighter aircraft to passenger carrier Sichuan Airlines.The remaining two aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Sichuan Airlines in the second half of 2019.“We congratulate Sichuan Airlines on the occasion of its 31st anniversary and we are very pleased to ...
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Turkish Cargo on the up in May
Turkish Cargo has reported another month of strong cargo growth in May.The Istanbul-hubbed airline saw sold tonnage increase by 7.1% year on year during the month, according to World ACD data.This compares with an industry wide decline of 5.1% during the same period.The airline said that growth was particularly strong ...
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NewsTrump attends Qatar Cargo B777F signing ceremony
Qatar Airways orders five B777F in the presence of Donald Trump and Qatar Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-ThaniUS President Donald Trump and the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, attended the signing ceremony for Qatar Airways' order of five Boeing 777 freighters.The order, worth $1.8bn at current ...
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NewsFedEx adds its first B767F to its European network
FedEx B767FFedEx has expanded capacity on its London-Paris-Dublin flight through the introduction of a Boeing 767-300 freighter - the first of the aircraft type to fly in Europe for FedEx.The express operator said the new aircraft can carry 41 tonnes, which is around 16% more than the A300F that it ...
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Atlas pilots vow to fight on despite appeals court setback
Unions representing the pilots of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo have vowed to petition for a rehearing after a US appeals court ruled in favour of the aircraft operator over a work slowdown.Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia affirmed a Federal Court ruling ...