AIR CARGO through Amsterdam Airport Schiphol continued to build in the second quarter of 2014, leading to overall growth of…
March 2, 2015
Pharma-friendly IAG Cargo boosts Philadelphia and Calgary
02 / 03 / 2015
BUSINESSES supported by IAG Cargo’s North American operations will benefit from the introduction of the next-generation B787 Dreamliner on two…
American adds cargo service at San Antonio
02 / 03 / 2015
AMERICAN AIRLINES has launched cargo services to and from San Antonio, Texas, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor. It will offer…
Cathay to operate B747-8 freighter to Calgary
02 / 03 / 2015
CATHAY PACIFIC Airways is boosting its freighter services to and from Canada with a new twice-weekly scheduled B747-8F service to…
Qatar orders more B777 freighters
02 / 03 / 2015
QATAR Airways has announced its intention to order four new B777 freighters – with options for up to four more…
Transaero Airlines orders 20 A330s
02 / 03 / 2015
TRANSAERO AIRLINES, Russia’s second largest carrier, has ordered 20 A330 aircraft (eight A330ceo and 12 A330neo), as part of its…
CBI: air freight’s vital role for UK business
02 / 03 / 2015
UK business chiefs have called for “urgent action” by politicians to make key decisions on future UK airport infrastructure for passenger and…
IATA hits out at Malaysian ‘outrage’
02 / 03 / 2015
IATA has described the tragedy of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 as “an outrage and a hideous crime”. In a powerful…
July uptick for air cargo revenues
02 / 03 / 2015
Transpacific air cargo registered a 25 per cent revenue growth in July, as global freight revenues rose almost nine per…
Air freight volumes show solid gains
02 / 03 / 2015
Air freight volumes continue to show solid gains on a year ago, supported by economic improvements in some regions, says…
IATA: Cargo growth accelerated in September
02 / 03 / 2015
Global air freight showed accelerated demand in September for most markets, although there are “mixed messages” in regional growth and fears remain of a…
AsiaPac and North American origin cargo drives September surge
02 / 03 / 2015
Air cargo’s worldwide dollar revenues grew six per cent in September, spurred on by the origin markets of Asia Pacific…
Drewry east-west price index hits peak for year
02 / 03 / 2015
Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index rose by 11.9 percentage points in October to a year-peak of 115.6 points. The…
October bounce prompts 2014 optimism
02 / 03 / 2015
October’s air cargo growth, better than 2013, is prompting the view that 2014 will become the second-best year for revenues since…
IATA stats: October growth continues but caution prevails
02 / 03 / 2015
IATA’s October air freight data for October presents a mixed picture, as strong route development by Middle East carriers and…
IATA figures find fair weather for freight flow
02 / 03 / 2015
IATA’s November Airlines Financial Monitor finds good news for much of the air cargo sector as freight volumes continue to…
IATA: solid volume gains
02 / 03 / 2015
Air freight volumes are showing solid gains on a year ago, supported by improving trade growth in some regions, but…
Tonnage up but rates to shrink in 2015 says IATA
02 / 03 / 2015
Senior cargo executives at IATA member airlines are predicting that global air freight tonnage will increase next year at its…
Air cargo rates gain on US port congestion
02 / 03 / 2015
Air freight rates continued to climb through November on the back of strong peak season demand and conversions from ocean…
Indian air cargo export surge hit by US$ yield decline
02 / 03 / 2015
India’s booming air cargo market has registered a 13.5 per cent surge in outgoing volumes since 2011, although coupled with a…