All Bellyhold Airline Articles – Page 37
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Widebody surge for Australia South Pacific says Airbus
The passenger aircraft fleet serving the Australia South Pacific region will grow from some 700 aircraft today to over 1,200 by 2033, with a doubling in the number of widebody aircraft.With aviation growth comparable with other mature markets such as North America and Europe, the region has the world’s highest ...
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Ecuador opens for IAG pharma product
IAG Cargo has opened two stations in Ecuador for its pharmaceuticals and life sciences cargo product, Constant Climate, bringing to 15 the number of Latin America gateways for the temperature controlled service.The addition of Ecuador's José Joaquín de Olmedo International Airport and Mariscal Sucre International Airport see IAG Cargo’s global ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo strikes road feeder deal with Jan de Rijk
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a new three-year road feeder services contract to Jan de Rijk Logistics and extended its delivery network to over 50 airports in Europe.Most Virgin Atlantic cargo arriving in London for onward connection in Europe is destined for Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt and Paris, served by next ...
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Finnair Cargo appoints Nopanen
European carrier Finnair Cargo has appointed Pasi Nopanen as vice president, global sales.Nopanen, who has broad experience in logistics and in managing international sales teams, replaces Mikko Turtiainen, who has a new role on the passenger side as area vice president, sales EMEA.Nopanen returned to Finnair in October 2014, responsible ...
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ANA's transpac cargo JV with United gains antitrust approval
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has received antitrust immunity from the Tokyo regulator for the Japanese carrier’s transpacific cargo joint venture with US-based United Airlines (UA).This second strategic tie-up follows ANA’s similarly approved joint venture with Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo on Japan-Europe airfreight routes, which went live in September 2014.ANA applied in ...
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American and US merger marks new milestone
American Airlines has received a single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for American and US Airways, marking a major milestone in the integration of the two airlines.The approval for American and US Airways to operate under one certificate is the culmination of more than 18 months of ...
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Swiss fills network holes
Swiss WorldCargo is offering more bellyhold capacity to North America and Asia with extra flights to and from Chicago, San Francisco, Montreal and Beijing in its new summer timetable.Expansion of the European network for the Swiss International Air Lines’ cargo division will include new direct services between Zurich and Dresden, ...
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ECAir adds Dakar and Bamako
Equatorial Congo Airlines (ECAir) has launched passenger flights from Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, to Dakar in Senegal via Bamako in Mali.The route will be operated by a B757-200 until early June and then by a B737-700. It brings ECAir’s route network to 11 destinations, including Kinshasa, Libreville, ...
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Variant A330-300 takes off with 242 tonne weight limit
The latest variant of Airbus’ A330 – the 242 tonne take-off weight A330-300 – has achieved certification from the European airworthiness authorities (EASA) following a 100 hour flight-test.Certification from the US authorities (FAA) is also expected soon, and the smaller A330-200 model will follow the -300 by benefiting from the ...
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The spectre of further rate wars...
AIR CARGO operators are warning against knee-jerk rates wars amid Eurozone stagnation in the second quarter impacted by deepening global political unrest, writes Thelma Etim, deputy editor.“The main concern is that political instability, mainly between Russia and Europe/USA will escalate further and subsequently will affect the already fragile economic recovery,” ...
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Business as usual for Thai Airways despite freighter suspension
Thai Airways says it will be “business as usual” for cargo despite the decision to suspend operations of the carrier’s remaining two freighter aircraft at the end of March.The Asian carrier points out that the axing of the freighters — which Thai describes as a “temporary suspension” — will happen ...
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Second half surge boosts Cathay Cargo in 2014
Cargo's stronger second half in 2014 helped Cathay Pacific Group report a 20.2 per cent surge in attributable profit to HK$3.1bn for the full year.Group turnover in passenger and freight increased by 5.5 per cent to HK$106bn. Cargo revenues increased by 7.3 per cent to HK$25.4bn compared with 2013.Cathay, which ...
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Six pack bellyhold for Delta and Virgin
Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic Airways are expanding their trans-Atlantic partnership with six new daily passenger services. The two airlines begin their summer schedule this weekend and will offer up to 39 return trans-Atlantic flights a day between the UK and 15 destinations across North America.The joint schedule now ...
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Hefty jump in Asian air cargo demand
Latest monthly data from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) shows that international freight tonne km (FTK) surged 20.5 per cent last month, outpacing a 12.6 per cent increase in offered freight capacity.AAPA said that the result – based on preliminary data - was a 4.2 percentage points increase ...
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AF-KLM: Neither pushed nor disgruntled
Was he pushed? Is he protesting at the direction that the company is taking? Erik Varwijk, who resigned as executive vice president of Air France-KLM Cargo with effect from March 1, insists that neither is the case.“It was a personal decision,” he says. “I decided that at the age of ...
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WCS: Airfreight volumes, a Chinese puzzle
It is a truth universally acknowledged that if China sneezes, the rest of the world will catch a cold, writes Martin Roebuck.The airfreight world may need to keep aspirin on standby for the rest of this year, analyst Gert-Jan Jansen, head of Seabury Cargo Advisory, warned delegates at the World ...
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Lufthansa 'may sign another joint venture this year'
Putting together the joint venture with Japan's ANA in 2014 had not been an easy task – it had taken a year to settle the legal issues alone – but the effort had been worthwhile.Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Peter Gerber predicted that the German carrier would sign another, similar but ...
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IAG Cargo adds Cuba and Colombia to LatAm network
IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America network by utilising a new passenger route into Colombia and a reopened route into Cuba.The A330 bellyhold services by the freight arm of British Airways and Iberia will connect Cali and Medellín in Colombia and Havana in Cuba to IAG Cargo’s worldwide network ...
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UPS extends pharma network
UPS customers can now ship biological substances, dangerous goods in excepted quantities and shipments using dry ice to more than 20 additional international destinations.The US-based global express and logistics’ operator says that the expansion is a direct response to a growing demand from biopharmaceutical manufacturers, diagnostics companies, laboratories and distributors.“The ...
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Transavia man steps into the breach for Air France KLM Cargo
Transavia chief Bram Graeber has been appointed temporary executive vice president of Air France KLM Cargo, following the departure of current chief executive Erik Varwijk.Graeber was number two at KLM Cargo between 2003 and 2007, before leaving to head up Transavia, the leisure airline arm of the Air France KLM ...