All Freighter Operator articles – Page 205
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B747-8Fs boost Cathay Pacific and Dragonair cargo
CATHAY PACIFIC CARGO and its sister company Dragonair carried 137,444 tonnes of cargo and mail in April, an increase of 11.0 per cent in comparison with the same period last year.The cargo and mail load factor rose by 2.3 percentage points to 63.1 per cent, whilst capacity, measured in available ...
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June start for Cargolux Zhengzhou service
CARGOLUX has postponed the inauguration of its regular scheduled B747F services to Zhengzhou, the capital of Chinese province Henan, for the second time.The flights, which were due to begin on April 24, will now commence on June 14 after previously being rescheduled to May 29.“Unforeseen procedural changes in the manner ...
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Freighter fleet numbers set to grow
FREIGHTER FLEET numbers look set to grow by 2033 despite the rise in bellyhold cargo capacity, according to a new range of demand forecasts by the specialist aviation consultancy ACMG.According to Seattle-based ACMG, the air freight market will need about 100 new freighters per year over the next twenty years ...
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Lufthansa launches flyweight LD3s
NEW LIGHTWEIGHT LD3 containers will see Lufthansa Cargo cut its fuel consumption by 2,000 tonnes per year and reduce CO2 emissions.The containers, made from lighter composite materials, have a 14 kg weight saving over conventional LD3s.The German carrier, which has some 500,000 container movements per year, says that using the ...
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Cargo takes off at Hamad International Airport
CARGOLUX and Etihad Airways have begun operating their air cargo services out of Hamad International Airport (HIA).The flights carried out by the all-cargo European airline and the UAE flag-carrier comes after Qatar Airways Cargo’s new 77,000-sq m air cargo facility at the new airport handled its first shipment last December.HIA’s ...
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Cargolux’s Asia Pacific boss takes a surprise break
ROBERT SONG, Cargolux’s new senior vice-president for the Asia Pacific region, has “taken a holiday” only weeks after being appointed to his role.The member of the executive committee, who was formerly senior advisor to the airline’s new Chinese investors Henan Civil Aviation and Investment (HNCA), has “requested a two-week holiday” ...
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Amerijet in hub and route expansion
US-BASED all cargo carrier Amerijet International has signed agreements with Rickenbacker and Reno airports for the development of two US domestic air cargo hubs in Ohio and Nevada.The freighter operator has also confirmed a route expansion to serve eleven major airports within the US.From early July, Amerijet will begin daily ...
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Ruslan loader fits like a dream
RUSLAN INTERNATIONAL has flown a deck loader weighing 109 tonnes which is used to support the global logistics requirements for assembling Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft.The specialist equipment – 33.13 m long, 6.08 m wide and 3.44 m high - is used for loading and unloading B787 parts from one of ...
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Carriers must embrace change to survive, warns Coyne
Carriers must embrace change to survive in a new airfreight landscape defined by emerging global brands, modal shift, and growing freight capacity on passenger planes.That is the message from Larry Coyne, chief executive of UK-based charter airline Coyne Airways.He told delegates at the Air Cargo Club, meeting in France, that ...
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Etihad Cargo goes to Uganda
ETIHAD CARGO, the fast-growing freight business of UAE flag carrier Etihad Airways, has launched a new weekly A330-200 freighter service between Abu Dhabi and the Ugandan city of Entebbe.Situated on the shores of Lake Victoria and close to the capital Kampala, Entebbe is a major commercial centre in central Uganda.Etihad ...
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AirBridge: the new Cargolux?
FORMER Cargolux executive Robert van de Weg will play a vital role in building on the progress and numerous milestones AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has passed during its enterprising 10-year existence, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.As the new senior vice-president of marketing and sales at Russia’s largest freighter airline, van de ...
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An-124-100 returns Russian meteorological vehicles home
TWO RUSSIAN mobile meteorological support vehicles have arrived back in Yekaterinburg on board a Volga-Dnepr An-124-100 aircraft following a ‘test drive’ in Delhi.The vehicles, each weighing 12 tonnes and measuring 8.5 metres in length and 3.6 metres in height, were accompanied on the flight by a five-metre, four-tonne trailer.The service ...
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Etihad and Aegean mark code-share deal
ETIHAD AIRWAYS is marking its five-year codeshare partnership with Aegean Airlines by increasing its non-stop daily services between Athens and Abu Dhabi to 10 times per week, whilst the major Greek airline is set to launch new direct flights to the UAE capital.Since the flag carrier of the UAE commenced ...
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One Question
Denis Ilin, executive president, AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), answers:"LOOKING BACK 10 years ago to today, [our] Customs [authority] is much better. It used to take 8-12 hours for import cargo to be cleared by Customs and then released to the client.‘Now it takes about three hours and, for special cargo, such ...
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Emirates to add sixth Karachi service
EMIRATES is launching a sixth daily service to Karachi, Pakistan from August.The UAE carrier operates an A330-200 aircraft on the route and the additional daily service will provide a cargo payload of 17 tonnes.As Pakistan’s largest city, the added flight will help facilitate even better connectivity for cargo, says the ...
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Saudia restarts Houston B747F services
SAUDIA CARGO is to restart B747 freighter services from Houston, Texas, to Dammam and Riyadh via Amsterdam from mid June.The weekly service with a B747-400 nose-loader freighter will depart from the US oil industry centre on a Sunday, with Saudia Cargo planning to add a second weekly flight as of ...
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UPS opens Taiwan air cargo hub
UPS has opened its trans-Pacific hub at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.Situated at the airport's air cargo terminal logistics warehouse, the hub occupies almost 82,000 square feet – a 40 per cent increase in size from its previous location, says a company statement.Anita Li, managing director of UPS Taiwan, says: "The ...
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Air France rejects CDG fleet speculation
AIR FRANCE CARGO has rejected a US report suggesting that the carrier may shed its freighter fleet based at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport.A cargo spokesman for the French flag airline said that the report in the business press, citing Air France’s chief executive Alexandre de Juniac, was “not accurate ...
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Cargojet to add three freighters
CANADA-BASED Cargojet is planning to add three B767-300ER freighters to its fleet after signing a US$100m deal with North American financing company Element."Cargojet has established a dominant market position in Canada servicing long-term contracts for high quality clients,” observes Tony Bergeron, president of Element Aviation Finance.Dr Ajay K Virmani, president ...
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Cargolux denies false claims over Karachi airport attack
CARGOLUX has confirmed its aircraft were not involved, damaged or destroyed in the attack at Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan, last weekend.Armed gunmen stormed the busy Karachi airport’s cargo terminal, killing at least 28 people on Sunday night, according to reports.A statement from the European all-cargo carrier says: “Cargolux would ...