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Beijing Daxing handles first freighter service
Beijing's recently-opened $11bn mega airport, Beijing Daxing International Airport, has handled its first cargo route last week.State-owned news agency Xinhua said that on June 11 the airport handled an SF Airlines flight carrying a shipment of waxberries from Hangzhou.The airport has 24 freighter stands and it can handle 2m tonnes ...
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Qatar Cargo boosted by bellyhold and freighter operations
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued to head the market in April as volumes hit 900m cargo tonne kilometres (CTK), according to IATA data, accounting for 7.2% of the global cargo market.This comes as the airline last year became the world's busiest cargo airline - excluding the express operators — as ...
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HKIA reports strong cargo traffic in May
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is experiencing a boom in cargo flights, even as passenger traffic remains virtually non-existent amid the coronavirus pandemic.The airport notes that May saw 6,335 cargo flight movements, up 29.3% year on year from May 2019. Still, cargo throughput fell 6.8% to 377,000t compared to a ...
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DHL Express launches direct cargo route from Hong Kong to UK
DHL Express has launched a new service from Hong Kong to the UK in response to increased demand for medical, industrial and consumer goods.The new weekly service, which utilises a Boeing 747-8 freighter with a payload of up to 100 tonnes, is the only direct cargo route between Hong Kong ...
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Florianópolis Airport realises cargo-handling potential with first B747-400F flight
Brazilian hub Florianópolis International Airport, which is a subsidiary of the Zurich Airport Group, welcomed its first ever incoming Boeing 747-400 flight on yesterday (June 11).The freighter flight, which was operated by Terra Avia air company from the Republic of Moldova, flew from China to Brazil carrying 700 cu m ...
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Cargo the highlight for Cathay Pacific in May
Cathay Pacific said that cargo was the highlight of its May performance despite a near 30% year on year drop in cargo carried.The Hong Kong-hubbed airline group, which this week look set to secure a HK$39bn government bailout, saw cargo and mail revenue tonne kms fall by 29.1% year on ...
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NewsHow coronavirus has turned the airfreight market on its head
One of the strangest sights of the coronavirus crisis has been airliners jetting into near-deserted airports, their cabins brimming with cardboard boxes secured with netting, either atop seats or stacked on the floor of a stripped out interior. While lockdowns and travel restrictions have starved the skies of passengers, air ...
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NewsOut of this world operation for Volga-Dnepr
A Volga-Dnepr An-124 transports the Atlas 5 rocketVolga-Dnepr has transported an Atlas 5 rocket booster to Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a scheduled mission to Mars.The An-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ flew the 32-meter long rocket booster from Huntsville, Alabama, to its final launch location on May 18.In addition to the over-length piece, Volga-Dnepr ...
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NewsPerishable logistics firm PML adds charter role due to market uncertainties
Perishables logistics firm PML has appointed Gustavo Mundel into the newly-created role of charter freight manager in response to market uncertainties caused by Brexit and the Covid-19 outbreak.Mundel joins the business having worked on both sides of the airfreight business, acting for airlines as well as operating as an independent ...
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DHL Express to expand in the US as e-commerce booms
DHL Express is looking to add around 400 new jobs in the US due to a double-digit increase in volumes compared with last year.The express company said volumes had "significantly increased" in recent months due to a spike in online shopping as people were stuck at home due to the ...
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NewsChina rail services takeoff during air cargo capacity crunch
Rail freight services from Xi'an - considered the starting point of the silk road - to Europe have seen an increase in volumes this year in response to lengthier air cargo supply chains.Statistics from the Xi’an Xinzhu Station of China Railway Xi’an Group show that as of May 6 the ...
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Volga-Dnepr upgrades second An-124 with a third to follow
Volga-Dnepr upgraded the capacity of a second An-124 aircraft by 20 tonnes.The upgrade means the aircraft will now be able to carry a maximum total cargo payload of 150 tonnes.Work carried out on the aircraft includes a new re-enforced floor and tyres.The carrier said that it planned to upgrade another ...
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United continues to expand its cargo network
United Cargo is continuing to expand its network with the addition of several new destinations.The carrier said that in June it would add flights to Dublin, Paris, Rome, Santiago and Zurich as it continues to expand operations following the suspension of many routes as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.It ...
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AF KLM Cargo expands cargo network in response to market demand
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has increased its network "in sync with customer demand, data and intelligence", bringing the total number of destinations that 375 its weekly flights serve to 73.New destinations on the schedule include Sao Paulo, Bogotá, Cayenne, Los Angeles, Toronto and Seoul.Routes that have been re-opened ...
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UPS announces pharma network expansion
UPS Healthcare, the pharma and life sciences division of UPS, is expanding its warehouse and distribution network in key global markets, including a new facility in Shanghai and up to 1.5m sq ft of good manufacturing practices (GMP) distribution space for coronavirus-related shipments.The firm is also opening GDP-compliant pharma warehouses ...
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NewsCargo the bright spot for airlines as revenues expected to soar
Air cargo is expected to be the "bright spot" for airlines in 2020 as revenues are forecast to hit near-record levels, according to the latest IATA market outlook.The airline association said that cargo volumes will decline by 16.8% this year to 51m tonnes, but a severe shortage in cargo capacity ...
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NewsRhenus opens new office at Liège Airport
Rhenus Air & Ocean has moved from Herstal in Belgium to a new location at Liège Airport, as cargo volumes handled by the airport continue to grow.The forwarder said that with 900,000 tonnes of cargo transported each year, Liège Airport (LGG) is Belgium's largest airfreight airport and the fastest growing ...
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AirBridgeCargo becomes WebCargo's first all-cargo carrier
AirBridgeCargo has signed up to put its capacity on WebCargo, becoming the first pure freighter operator to offer space on the booking platform.The deal means that freight forwarders using the WebCargo platform can now price and book cargo digitally, with real-time capacity visibility, for almost 40 routes between North America, ...
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News‘Nothing off the table’ says Cathay chairman in business review
Cathay Pacific chairman Patrick Healy has warned that “tough decisions will need to be made” by the fourth quarter of the year as part of “right-sizing” efforts.He adds that “nothing is off the table” in the upcoming review of the Cathay Pacific group’s business model, but stopped short of saying ...
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Cathay Pacific set to receive big government bailout
The Hong Kong government has stepped in to provide beleaguered Cathay Pacific with a financial lifeline, as part of the airline’s group HK$39 billion ($5 billion) recapitalisation plan.Cathay, which has been hard hit by a collapse in travel demand from the coronavirus outbreak, states that the recapitalisation plan - if ...