ON A long flightpath to financial recovery, Air France/KLM grew its half-year 2014 group revenues by one per cent to €12bn,…
March 2, 2015
Record performance for Russia’s ABC
02 / 03 / 2015
AIRBRIDGECARGO (ABC) Airlines, Russia’s largest scheduled cargo airline and part of Volga-Dnepr Group, started its 10th anniversary year with a…
ANA takes delivery of first B787-9
02 / 03 / 2015
JAPANESE airline All Nippon Airways (ANA) has taken delivery of its first B787-9 Dreamliner. ANA becomes the world’s first airline…
Air freight price index stabilised in June
02 / 03 / 2015
East-West air freight rates stabilised in June, following the seasonal correction of May, as Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index…
UPS parcel surge to Europe
02 / 03 / 2015
E-commerce shipping in the US and strong International export growth helped parcel giant UPS record a 7.2 per cent increase…
Rapiscan wins lithium battery detection project
02 / 03 / 2015
Rapiscan Systems has won a UK contract to determine whether the presence of lithium batteries in air cargo shipments can be detected automatically….
ACAS trial period extended
02 / 03 / 2015
THE decision by the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency to extend the deadline for the introduction of air…
Latest eAWB statistics
02 / 03 / 2015
CATHAY and Emirates continue to lead the way in airline eAWB adoption, as paperless documentation has doubled in 12 months,…
Aviation administrators tackle conflict-zone risks
02 / 03 / 2015
AVIATION administrators are taking action to mitigate potential risks to civil aviation arising from conflict zones. Airports Council International (ACI),…
SIA cuts Q1 cargo loss to S$18 million
02 / 03 / 2015
Singapore Airlines’ cargo division halved its first quarter loss to S$18 million in the financial year first quarter, after it…
Subdued half year for Lufthansa
02 / 03 / 2015
Lufthansa’s group cargo volumes fell 3.1 per cent in the first six months of 2014 to 932,000 tonnes in a…
June volumes maintain upward momentum
02 / 03 / 2015
June continued the momentum of 2014 air freight volume growth, with a 4.8 per cent year on year increase for…
Virgin expands lightweight container fleet
02 / 03 / 2015
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has taken delivery of its first 802 lightweight air cargo containers and will add a further 250…
PEMCO delivers B737-300Fs trio
02 / 03 / 2015
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has redelivered three more 737-300 freighter conversions to Yangtze River Express. Shanghai-based YRE, which manages…
IAG Cargo results reflect capacity switch
02 / 03 / 2015
IAG Cargo’s revenue fell 9.8% in the first half of 2014 to €488 million as volumes edged down 3.3 per cent…
Atlas ‘encouraged’ by market volumes
02 / 03 / 2015
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has presented an upbeat market volume outlook after announcing a second quarter net income of $29.6 million, compared…
HACTL’s golden route for pharma
02 / 03 / 2015
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) has achieved Good Distribution Practices (GDP) accreditation, bringing it in line with the World…
American adds more services
02 / 03 / 2015
AMERICAN Airlines is strengthening its presence across the US by adding six new domestic routes to its network this month,…
Qatar adds belly capacity to Perth with B777-300
02 / 03 / 2015
QATAR AIRWAYS is to increase belly capacity on its Perth, Australia, route by switching from using a B777-200 to a larger B777-300 version,…
Air cargo dips in June
02 / 03 / 2015
GLOBAL airfreight volumes were up 4.1 per cent in the first six months of this year in comparison with 2013,…