All Airlines Articles – Page 73
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NewsDHL and SIA team up on new Asia-US freighter flight
Source: DHL ExpressDHL Express and Singapore Airlines (SIA) have partnered on a new freighter flight between Singapore and the US.The service will be operated by a SIA Boeing 777 freighter and will operate five weekly flights on a rotation of Singapore-Nagoya-Los Angeles-Honolulu-Singapore, and one weekly flight at Singapore-Taipei-Nagoya-Nagoya-Cincinnati-Honolulu-Sydney-Singapore.The flight is ...
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Qantas Freight back in business in Brisbane but other backlogs remain
Qantas Freight has cleared a backlog of cargo at its Brisbane facility but said snarl-ups in Sydney and Melbourne remain.The company said that operations at its Brisbane facility were "back to business as usual" after an IT blackout on September 24 caused backlogs at its Australian facilities.While the logjam at ...
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NewsAir Bonanza Express relocates IL-76 to cater for UN demand in West Africa
Boniface Kimani. Source: Air Bonanza Express.African charter service provider Air Bonanza Express has relocated its IL-76 aircraft to Accra as it looks to cater for demand from the UN.The charter firm took delivery of the leased IL-76 earlier this year and initially based the aircraft in Kenya and South Sudan ...
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NewsAir cargo disruption continues in Israel but some carriers resume flights
Ben Gurion International Airport. Image source: Flik47/ ShutterstockSome airlines have resumed routes to Israel, however, the industry is still exercising caution as conflict continues between Israel and Hamas.FedEx has resumed its service to Israel, according to an October 12 service alert."FedEx International inbound and outbound service to and from Israel ...
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NewsEveryone's a winner at the Air Cargo News Awards 2023
Copyright: Telling PhotographyThe prestigious Air Cargo News Awards took place in the UK on Thursday night with 15 companies walking away with a trophy.More than 240 people attended the 39th awards ceremony that was this year presented by writer and comedian Dominic Holland at the Hilton London Syon Park.Companies were ...
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NewsIATA awards Saudia Cargo CEIV Pharma certification
Saudia Cargo aircraft. Photo: Saudia Cargo - brandcodeSaudia Cargo has received IATA's Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma certification for the transport and handling of pharma shipments.The cargo carrier announced last September that it would work with IATA to gain its CEIV Pharma certification.The certification follows Saudia Cargo's ...
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NewsLATAM Cargo targets faster connections with Netherlands freighter
Source: LATAM CargoLATAM Cargo has launched a new route between Brazil and the Netherlands that will target the pharma market and provide a faster connection.The freighter operator said the new service would operate twice per week between Amsterdam and Curitiba utilising one of its Boeing 767 freighter aircraft.The service is ...
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Cargo carriers warn of disruption on Israel operations
Israel's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has said international flights continue to operate to and from Israel following attacks on the country by Hamas over the weekend.The CAA said that currently "the Israeli airlines are operating as usual". The organisation added that currently "there are still international flights to and from ...
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Air France KLM Cargo launches new service level
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) has added a new service level to sit between its express and general cargo options.The Franco-Dutch group's new PLUS service will give customers priority when booking shipments and preferential treatment during loading and unloading.PLUS will bridge the gap between express, which is targetted at ...
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NewsQatar Airways Cargo relaunches its Mail solution
Photo: Qatar Airways CargoQatar Airways Cargo has relaunched its Mail product to include 100% electronic data interchange (EDI) functionality.The cargo carrier said that EDI is rolled out at over 110 of its stations, with all stations equipped with handheld android scanners."Traditionally serving one customer per origin based on their unique ...
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Qantas Freight makes progress but backlog unlikely to be cleared this week
Qantas Freight said it had over the weekend made progress in clearing a backlog of freight caused by IT issues but stations are unlikely to be fully cleared until next week.The Australian combination carrier said its operations teams had cleared substantial amounts of bypass freight, primarily for larger customers.The airline ...
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MSC Air Cargo adds Milan flights and reveals plans for new connections
MSC Air Cargo has conducted its inaugural flight between Milan Malpensa and Tokyo Narita and revealed more new connections are on the way.The call at Milan has been added to MSC's service connecting North America with Europe and Asia.The weekly Boeing 777 freighter service will now operate on a loop ...
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Qantas Freight faces two weeks of backlogs after IT system blackout
Qantas Freight is facing a backlog of cargo that is expected to take as long as two weeks to clear after a system blackout in September.The Australia-headquartered airline said that the blackout occurred on September 24 but it was still facing disruption at its stations in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.The ...
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Etihad Cargo selects WFS for US cargo handling
Etihad Cargo has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide handling services at all of its US stations following the addition of Chicago O'Hare to the partnership.Starting this week, WFS has been providing cargo handling services to the airline at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD), in addition to existing relationships ...
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NewsIAG Cargo aims to boost volumes with bellyhold on Ghana and South Africa flights
Photo: IAG CargoIAG Cargo expects to soon benefit from additional bellyhold capacity between the UK, Ghana and South Africa, to support global trade for the perishables, pharmaceutical and electronics industries.Air cargo customers will be able to send shipments on a new British Airways route beginning October 29 between London Gatwick ...
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Asia Pacific airfreight demand hampered by "prevailing weakness" in trade flows
Preliminary August traffic figures released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) show that "renewed declines in export orders prolonged the decline in air cargo markets".Demand, as measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTK), saw a slight 1.8% year-on-year fall in August when compared to the subdued volumes recorded in ...
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NewsAir cargo improvements push shippers to longer term deals
The air cargo market continued to find its way out of the doldrums in September, resulting in an increase in longer term deals.The latest figures from Xeneta show that air cargo volumes in September were flat on a year ago and spot rates were down by 34% - the lowest ...
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NewsAmazon's first A330F takes flight
Amazon Prime Air A330 for Hawaiian Airlines Photo: AmazonAmazon Air has undertaken the "first in-service flight" with the first of 10 A330-300P2F (passenger to freighter) aircraft that it has leased for operation by Hawaiian Airlines."The Amazon Air Hub teams have been training on the new aircraft, and October 2 marked ...
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InsightsTop 25 air cargo carriers: Cargo airlines tackle tough times
Cargo carriers faced multiple challenges to business growth in 2022, a year that presented a dramatically different operating landscape to 2021 (full chart at end of article).2022 proved to be a testing year for air cargo carriers following the boom years of the pandemic.The start of the Ukraine-Russia war had ...
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Jet zero remains on a high
Green government commitments to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and decarbonisation must be consistent to meet the 2050 net zero deadline, stresses Logistics UK.In July 2022, the UK Government's Department for Transport (DfT) launched its Jet Zero Strategy in response to the UK’s 2050 deadline to achieve net zero.Twelve months later ...