March 5, 2015

One Question

Nabil Sultan, divisional senior vice-president, Emirates SkyCargo, answers:  COMING primarily from the passenger side, where e-tickets and paperless transactions are the norm, I…

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HACTL cargo up in Q1

HONG KONG Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) had a ‘satisfactory’ start to 2014. In January, freight volumes rose to 144,564…

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Air cargo ground handling profit margins squeezed

WITH margins ‘extremely tight and under constant pressure’ in the ground handling sector, businesses are facing mounting obstacles to delivering…

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AA Cargo up 11.2 per cent in March

AMERICAN Airlines Cargo and US Airways Cargo, the freight arms of the merged American Airlines Group, recorded an airfreight increase…

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Frankfurt cargo sees a recovery

CARGO traffic at Frankfurt Airport grew by four per cent in the first quarter of 2014, the hub airport reveals….

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Air Partner sees revenue slump

UK CHARTER broker Air Partner saw revenue slump by 26 per cent to £11.7m (2013: £15.9m), in the 18-month period…

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Recovery happening says Lufthansa Cargo

THE AIR cargo market continues to show signs of a recovery. Benefiting from this development, Lufthansa Cargo flew with more…

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Hong Kong stays top airport

BASED on reports from more than 1,105 airports worldwide, preliminary traffic results for 2013 collected by Airports Council International (ACI)…

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Cargolux utilisation up in April

CARGOLUX recorded an all-time high average daily aircraft utilisation of its B747-400 freighter fleet in the first week of April…

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Why we have won Cargo Airline of the Year

THE VOTING is over and the counting is set to begin to discover who is Cargo Airline of the Year…

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AA Cargo returns Colombian gold

AMERICAN AIRLINES Cargo has completed the safe return leg of more than 200 pieces of gold and ancient artifacts from London…

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AEI delivers B737-400SF conversion to Southern Air

AERONAUTICAL Engineers Inc (AEI) has delivered the first of five converted B737-400SF freighters to Southern Air, which will operate them…

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Cargolux to start Zhengzhou service

CARGOLUX is to inaugurate regular scheduled services later this month between Luxembourg and Zhengzhou, the capital of Chinese province Henan. …

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Qatar steps up Saudi services

QATAR AIRWAYS is adding Al Hofuf in Saudi Arabia to its ever-increasing list of destinations. And as a further demonstration…

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March air cargo boost for Cathay

MARCH saw double-digit good news for Cathay Pacific Cargo and its sister company Dragonair. Between them, the Hong Kong-based carriers…

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IAG Cargo increases Panama capacity

IAG CARGO is increasing services between its Madrid [Iberia] hub and the high growth region of Panama in central America….

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Etihad in first quarter cargo surge

ETIHAD AIRWAYS saw a 26 per cent year on year increase in cargo volumes in the first quarter of 2014, handling 128,000…

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Qatar Airways and Cathay Pacific in deal

CATHAY PACIFIC has begun a code share agreement with Qatar Airways. The two Oneworld alliance members will jointly operate a twice-daily…

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AF-KLM-Martinair Cargo reorganises India freighter capacity

AIR FRANCE-KLM-MARTINAIR Cargo has cut freighter capacity out of Delhi in order to increase it on services to Mumbai and…

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Air Cargo News app goes live

AIR CARGO NEWS, now owned by the German DVV Media group, has launched its own tablet app, as part of…

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