February 2022

Record revenues for Air Canada Cargo

Air Canada Cargo saw all-time high cargo revenues of nearly C$1.5bn in 2021, compared with C$920m in 2020. The cargo…

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Hong Kong Airport sees transshipment traffic decline

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) handled 391,000 tonnes of cargo in January, a 4.7% decline on the same month in…

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Record 2021 results for Atlas Air Worldwide

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings saw record results in 2021 with increased revenue and income, while also placing all of its…

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John Menzies takeover bid intensifies

National Aviation Services (NAS) has stepped up the pressure on takeover target John Menzies. NAS affiliate Agility Strategies Holding has…

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Hippo-critical transport successful

Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has safely shipped a 3631 lbs hippo from Los Angeles to Honolulu. Mara the hippo arrived…

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Atlas Air strikes charter agreement with Kuehne+Nagel

Atlas Air will operate two new Boeing 747-8 freighters on a global basis for freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) in a…

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Quarantine hits Cathay Pacific volumes

Quarantine measures imposed on Hong Kong-based aircrew saw Cathay Pacific suffer a 31.8% fall in January’s cargo volumes to 74,242…

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Lufthansa Cargo drives forward paperless goal

Lufthansa Cargo will accept only those shipments with an electronic air waybill (eAWB) on ‘feasible lanes’ from March 27 this…

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Ukraine crisis hasn’t dented air cargo market

Air cargo demand, capacity and rates are so far unaffected by the threat of a Russian invasion into the Ukraine….

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Western Global Airlines orders two B777 freighters

US cargo airline Western Global Airlines has ordered two Boeing 777 freighters with an additional purchase option. Boeing’s 777 twin-engine…

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Singapore Airlines Cargo partners with cargo.one

Singapore Airlines Cargo and cargo.one have announced a global partnership to bring the airline’s cargo services to the real-time digital…

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SEKO Logistics streamlines cross-border commerce with Descartes technology

SEKO Logistics has streamlined international cross-border e-commerce for more than 10m parcels worldwide each month. The supply chain specialist, which…

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Etihad Cargo protects animals with new policy

Etihad Cargo has launched a “Forever Home” policy to support not-for-profit transportation of animals at risk. The new policy enables…

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WFS extends US cargo handling partnerships with Turkish Airlines

Ground handler Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its cargo handling partnership with Turkish Airlines at Dallas/Fort Worth International and…

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EFW bags six A321P2Fs order from SmartLynx

Conversion firm EEFW has won orders for six Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighters (P2F) from SmartLynx Airlines, a European ACMI charter and…

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Etihad to buy A350F bundle

Etihad Airways has signed a Letter of Intent (LoI) for seven Airbus A350F freighters to add to its existing fleet…

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Singapore Airlines finalises purchase of 7 A350Fs

Singapore Airlines (SIA) has finalised a purchase agreement with Airbus for seven A350F freighter aircraft. The carrier signed a Letter…

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Freighter flight twin peaks unaffected by Covid

Covid-19 has failed to affect significantly the established twin peaks of freighter flight operations, before and after passenger aircraft’s busiest…

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Chennault Airport invests $4m in air cargo

Chennault International Airport in Louisiana, US is nearing completion of a $4m facility to enter into the air cargo sector….

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Flexport is launch partner for Eastern Air’s express freighter service

Flexport has become the launch partner for Eastern Air’s express freighter service, with a multi-year contract using B777s with converted…

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