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Ethiopian Airlines is ‘cash-positive’ as shift to cargo pays off
Ethiopian Airlines’ decision to temporarily convert 25 passenger aircraft for cargo operations has helped it to become “cash positive” during the Covid-19 crisis, according to the African carrier’s chief executive Tewolde Gebremariam.Speaking during a CAPA Live event on 10 February, Gebremariam noted that combined with Ethiopian’s uniquely strong financial performance ...
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Air Canada taking aim at seven B767 freighters
Air Canada is hoping to have seven freighters operating by the end of next year.Speaking as it announced its fourth quarter financial results, president and chief executive Calin Rovinescu said cargo will play an increasingly important role at the airline in the future.Executive vice president and chief commercial officer Lucie ...
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NewsAir New Zealand launches Guangzhou PAX-cargo flights
Unloading in Guangzhou. credit: Wang Bingyi from Guangzhou Baiyun AirportAir New Zealand has launched PAX-cargo flights between Christchurch and Guangzhou for the first time.The airline operated the first three return services to Guangzhou last week. Starting this week, the airline will operate two multi-stop services a week using its Boeing ...
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Qatar Cargo selects GSAs for Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt
Qatar Cargo has selected general sales agents (GSAs) to recommence its cargo sales and bookings in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt following the lifting of a blockade.ECS Group subsidiary Globe Air Cargo will handle the carrier's UAE bookings; Yusuf Bin Kanoo co. Ltd will oversee its ...
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Delta's Vaccine Watch Tower springs into action
Delta Air Line's Vaccine Watch Tower was called into action recently when mechanical issues delayed a flight.The carrier said that it recently had two Covid-19 vaccine shipments connecting through Atlanta to the west coast.Due to mechanical delays on the inbound flights to Atlanta, both shipments would miss their connections without ...
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BelugaXL set for transatlantic flying?
Airbus is to seek extended twin-engined operations (ETOPS) approval for the BelugaXL outsize transporter, in order to support commercial services involving overwater flights.Three BelugaXLs, based on the A330, have been built, the most recent introduced in October 2020. Another three will be manufactured, the last two of which will have ...
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Air cargo capacity expected to remain constrained
Air cargo capacity is expected to remain constrained for some time, resulting in forwarders increasingly relying on charter operations.In the latest Baltic Exchange airfreight rate newsletter, Bruce Chan, vice president of global logistics at investment bank Stifel, said that vaccination programmes were expected to lead to a pick-up in passenger ...
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Strong cargo demand helps Singapore Airlines cut Q3 loss
Singapore Airlines Group narrowed its third-quarter operating loss, as a stronger cargo performance helped offset revenue loss from the pandemic-led collapse in passenger travel demand.Releasing its financial results for the three months ending December 31, 2020, SIA Group reported an operating loss of S$331m ($248m). That compares with the S$449m ...
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Air cargo vaccine supply chains yet to take off
Demand for air cargo services to carry Covid-19 vaccines has yet to reach the levels many expected.Last year, the industry had been bracing itself for a surge in Covid-19 vaccine demand once inoculation programmes had been launched.However, there has been a slow ramp up in demand so far, with road ...
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Qatar Airways Cargo takes aim at digitalisation
Qatar Airways Cargo’s recent decision to offer its capacity on airfreight booking portal WebCargo is just the beginning of its digital journey, according to the carrier’s chief officer cargo, Guillaume Halleux.Halleux told Air Cargo News that over recent years it has been busy growing its fleet as it sought to ...
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Airfreight rates remain elevated in January despite seasonal slowdown
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes declined in January compared with a month earlier but remain far above last year’s levels.The latest statistics from Baltic Exchange Air Freight Index (BAI) show that average rates on services from Hong Kong to North America slipped to $6.43 per kg in January compared ...
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UPS sees revenues and profits increase as vaccine operations get underway
UPS posted increased revenues and operating profits in the fourth quarter of 2020 last year, as it started to transport coronavirus vaccines around the globe in the same period.The company's fourth-quarter 2020 consolidated revenue increased to $24.9bn, a 21% increase from the same period 2019.Adjusted net income was $2.3bn, 26.4% ...
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VIDEO: Qatar Cargo launches WeQare Chapter 2
Qatar Airways Cargo has continued to step up its sustainability efforts with a commitment to transport animals for free as part of conservation efforts."Chapter 2" of the airline's WeQare sustainability programme is named Rewild the Planet and sees the airline commit to preserving wildlife and endangered animals by transporting them ...
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Air Belgium set to enter the all-cargo market
Air Belgium is set to enter the all-cargo market with four aircraft.The airline said that it will "soon introduce" four cargo aircraft to its fleet, with the ambition of expanding to six units by the end of the year.The first two aircraft should be operational as of March 2021. The ...
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BA cargo worker dispute ends after agreement is reached
British Airways’ (BA) cargo handlers in the UK have reached an agreement with the airline following a dispute about planned changes to terms and conditions.The cargo handlers had carried out nine days of strikes over the Christmas period and were set to launch further industrial action last week.However, this was ...
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HNA Group set for reorganisation after bankruptcy filing
HNA Group will undergo a business reorganisation after creditors filed for its bankruptcy.The group, one of China’s largest conglomerates with interests mainly in the aviation and tourism sectors, discloses that it received formal notice of the filing from the Hainan High People’s Court on January 29.Creditors have "filed an application ...
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NewsDubai launches Covid-19 vaccine logistics alliance
Dubai has launched a logistics alliance that aims to speed up distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world through the emirate.The Dubai Vaccines Logistics Alliance said it would combine Emirates SkyCargo's air network with DP World’s worldwide network of ports and logistics operations, along with the infrastructure of Dubai Airports ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic Cargo hopes for faster lead times with Norwegian seafood flights
Virgin Atlantic Cargo - EvenesVirgin Atlantic Cargo is extending its cargo-only network to Harstad/Narvik Airport in Norway, hoping to offer faster lead times to the US than operations using the usual Oslo route.The first official flight of the twice-weekly flight will depart on Wednesday. The service will utilise B787-9 aircraft ...
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ANA taps into bellyhold cargo in Okinawa logistics hub revamp
The ANA Group will make use of bellyhold cargo of flights at Okinawa island’s Naha airport in its plans to revamp the island’s logistics hub into a new network model.The move, announced on 29 January, comes amid an ongoing suspension of international freighter flights to and from the island through ...
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NewsAsian carriers see international cargo volumes drop 15% in 2020
Airlines based in the Asia Pacific region saw their international cargo volumes decline by more than 15% last year as the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak took its toll.Figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that in 2020 international scheduled cargo traffic declined by 15.5% year on ...