February 2017

IAG Cargo hails resilient results in tough conditions

IAG Cargo saw revenues and cargo tonnages decline in last year in what the carrier described as “challenging market conditions”….

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Atlas hails historic 2016 and looks forward to the year ahead

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has hailed 2016 as a historic year which saw the company’s fourth quarter income return to…

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Is rail a real challenge to east-west airfreight?

A new rail service between China and Europe could eat into airfreight traffic, suggests a major European freight forwarder. Kuehne…

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Carriers to focus on cost and service delivery to combat overcapacity

Carriers need to concentrate on being highly competitive and to be “rabidly focused” on service delivery to combat market overcapacity….

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Seven more years for FedEx US postal contract

FedEx Express has extended its express air transportation contract with the United States Postal Service (USPS), which dates back to…

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Africa looks to the future and e-commerce despite current challenges

The air cargo industry in Africa has a bright future on the back of its growing population, youthful demographic and…

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Airlines heartened by Hong Kong cargo policy boost

Hong Kong’s financial secretary, Paul Chan, has outlined plans to encourage air cargo development in his budget strategy for the…

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Qantas Freight profits in rapid descent

Qantas Freight reported underlying earnings before interest down 29% in the second half of 2016. They fell by A$11m to…

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New deal could cut trade red tape

The global airfreight industry has welcomed a new international deal saying that it could, if fully implemented, cut costs and…

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Hactl gains CEIV certificate

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has become the first handler in the Territory to gain full IATA CEIV…

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ACS to the rescue in Arctic emergency

Air Charter Service swung into action when a passenger aircraft became stranded on the edges of the Arctic Circle. A Swiss…

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ATC to act as GSSA for Air Seychelles

Air Seychelles announced at the Aircargo Africa conference in Johannesburg that it has appointed Frankfurt-headquartered ATC Aviation Services as its…

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Dimerco reorganises for future growth

Taiwan-based freight-forwarder Dimerco Express announced a number of internal appointments at its annual management meeting on 10 February, including relocating…

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Drewry price index in lowest monthly margin decline since 2012

Drewry’s East West Airfreight Price Index fell by the lowest monthly margin in January since it started in 2012, suggesting…

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December airfreight prices remain ahead of 2015 levels

Airfreight prices continued to track ahead of the year-ago level in December, despite a seasonal drop-off in prices. The latest…

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Air cargo “outperformed forecasts” in 2016

Air cargo traffic growth “outperformed forecasts” in 2016 after ending the year with a demand surge. The latest figures from…

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Air cargo has best quarterly performance since 2010

WorldACD has hailed the final three months of 2016 as the best quarter for air cargo since 2010. The analyst…

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Not a job for the down-to-earth

Is your boss a high-flyer – in both senses of the word? He could well be, say researchers at Canada’s…

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Liege recruits Cologne cargo director Franz Heuckeroth van Hessen

Liege Airport in Belgium is to appoint Cologne-Bonn cargo and sales director Franz Heuckeroth van Hessen to the new post…

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Seven days a week to Saudi from Manchester

Saudia is to operate twice weekly 787 Dreamliner passenger and cargo flights between Manchester and Riyadh from June 23. The new…

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