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NewsAir Canada partners with SATS for return to Singapore
Source: SATSAir Canada has selected SATS to provide cargo handling services at Singapore’s Changi International Airport as it returns to the airport for the first time in over 30 years.The Star Alliance airline will today launch four Boeing 787-9 flights a week connecting Vancouver and Singapore. The contract also includes ...
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NewsAir Canada cargo revenues drop 27% in 2023
Air Canada's full year 2023 cargo revenues declined 27% year on year due to reduced air cargo demand and a loss of capacity in the form of temporary passenger freighters (preighters).The airline said the decline of C$342m was partially offset by increased operations of purpose-built freighters in its cargo business, ...
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Drone Delivery Canada signs deals for operations at Edmonton Airport
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, entered into multiple commercial agreements to deploy its drones at Edmonton International Airport (YEG).In addition to YEG, DDC has signed commercial agreements with Apple Express Courier Ltd., BBE Expediting Ltd., and MFN Management Inc. (a wholly ...
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NewsAir Canada sees cargo revenues dip in Q3
Air Canada continued to report declines in its cargo revenues during the third quarter of the year, although the drop-off has narrowed as the year has progressed.The latest quarterly figures from the combination carrier show that cargo revenues in the third quarter declined by 23.7% year on year to C$315m.However, ...
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Air Canada drops plans to add 777 freighters
Air Canada has cancelled an order for two newbuild Boeing 777 freighters that were due to enter service next year.The carrier ordered the cargo aircraft in August 2022, but has now decided to redirect spending on these freighters to passenger aircraft.In a press release on September 25, the airline said ...
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Air Canada Cargo revenue drops nearly 25% in Q2
Air Canada's cargo business saw second-quarter operating revenues drop 24% year over year.Operating revenues for Air Canada Cargo in the three months ended June 30 were C$227m, down from C$299 in the same period in 2022.Michael Rousseau, president and chief executive of Air Canada, said in a press release: "Our ...
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Air Canada Cargo launches updated website
Air Canada Cargo has launched a revamped website at aircanadacargo.com that is said to offer, “new tools that will improve the customer experience and an updated design to better reflect the Air Canada Cargo brand”.The improvement is part of what the freight carrier describes as an ongoing transformation of Air ...
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Air Canada Cargo’s newbuild 767 freighters arrive
Air Canada Cargo has taken delivery of two newbuild Boeing 767-300 freighters.The freighters are expected to enter service soon said Air Canada Cargo on May 2.“We are thrilled to see our two factory-built Boeing 767 freighters land in Toronto for the first time today, joining our growing freighter fleet,” said ...
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NewsReinventing recruitment can help attract new talent
Kendra Kincade, Elevate AviationThe air cargo industry must dig deeper to recruit and retain valuable new talent.This was the consensus of a panel discussing the ‘air cargo talent challenges’ during the Opening Plenary of the IATA World Cargo Symposium 2023.The industry is well versed in the negative points associated with ...
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NewsAir Canada Cargo starts freighter operations to Basel
Air Canada Cargo's first freighter flight to Basel. Photo: Air Canada CargoAir Canada Cargo has begun freighter operations to Basel, Switzerland to tap into the area's pharmaceutical business.The previously announced freighter route to Basel will be served by twice-weekly flights using Air Canada Cargo’s Boeing 767 freighters.The flights will originate ...
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Drone Delivery Canada secures first contract for heavy-lift drone
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has been awarded the first contract for its heavy-lift Condor remote piloted drone.The drone company said that, with the assistance of its sales agent Air Canada, it had signed a contract with the Canadian government to work with Transport Canada in operating and evaluating its proprietary ...
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Air Canada sees cargo revenues slide in 2022
Air Canada saw its cargo revenues decline last year due to the ending of its pax-freighter operations and lower yields.The Montreal-headquartered airline registered a 15% decline in full-year cargo revenues to C$1.3bn, while fourth quarter revenues were down 41% to C$288m.However, the airline pointed out that compared with pre-Covid 2019 ...
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NewsAir Canada's Turner replaces Berry in vice president cargo role
Jon Turner. Photo: Air CanadaAir Canada's vice president of inflight services will replace Jason Berry in the role of vice president, cargo from February 18.Jon Turner has held a wide range of senior leadership roles at Air Canada and other Canadian airlines.These have included vice president, maintenance and engineering, with ...
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NewsAir Canada and OEC Canada undergo screen test
Air Canada Cargo said it recently shipped an IMAX screen housed in a crate that is one of the largest items it has ever fit into a Boeing B767 freighter.The cargo carrier worked with freight forwarder OEC Canada to fit the 44 ft long, 800 kg crate in the B767, ...
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NewsAir Canada Cargo’s freighter frenzy
For an airline that stripped itself of maindeck passenger-cargo combination aircraft and freighters in the 1990s, Air Canada is certainly now making up for lost time.The airline’s current freighter order book represents a hefty financial investment.Air Canada Cargo currently has three Boeing B767 freighters that have been converted from its ...
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Air Cargo News' most read in 2022
Last year was another turbulent year for the air cargo industry as the rapid growth experienced in 2021 turned to decline and capacity began to open up as passenger networks re-opened.Despite the demand declines, volumes stayed ahead of pre-Covid levels and rates remained far above the levels achieved in 2019 ...
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InsightsLatin American air cargo recovers with a vengeance
Demand faltered in Latin America during Covid but has bounced back this year and carriers are keen to capitalise, explains Ian Putzger.At the end of October, LATAM Cargo stepped up its freighter flights from Huntsville International Airport in Alabama from one to three weekly frequencies.This came shortly after Latin America’s ...
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Cargo offers ‘consistent’ contribution to Air Canada
In releasing Air Canada’s third-quarter results, the carrier’s president and chief executive, Michael Roussea, pointed to the fact that “Air Canada Cargo is consistently contributing to our results.”In the third quarter of this year, Air Canada generated C$644m ($472m) in operating income, with a strong operating margin of 12.1%.It was ...
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Air Canada expands freighter operations into the US
Air Canada Cargo will add freighter flights to the US, while also expanding its network to Latin America.The carrier said that starting in November it will add B767 freighter flights to Dallas and Atlanta.Air Canada Cargo is also expanding its presence in Latin America with a service to Bogota."The addition ...
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NewsAir Canada Cargo first to be re-certified by IATA for the safe transport of live animals
Air Canada has become the first airline to be re-certified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the safe transport of live animals by Air Canada Cargo. (CNW Group/Air Canada)Air Canada has become the first airline to be re-certified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) for the safe ...
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