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NewsStrong November for Cathay Pacific, but down on 2019
Cathay Pacific recorded a 15.8% increase in cargo volumes in November. Copyright: Cathay PacificBeaujolais wine and cherries shipments helped Cathay Pacific record a 15.8% increase in cargo volumes in November due to “consistently robust” demand, but the airline still saw a 23.9% decrease compared with the same period in 2019.The ...
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Cathay Pacific Cargo outlines transpacific ULD challenges
Cathay Pacific director of cargo Tom Owen has outlined the current challenges the airline faces in the cargo market.Owen explained that Cathay Pacific is currently battling a ULD shortage on the transpacific while it also continues to be effected by the recent positive Covid cases amongst its pilots.Earlier this month, ...
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Cathay Pacific considers stricter quarantine rules after freighter pilots test positive
Cathay Pacific is considering stricter quarantine rules for crew after three freighter pilots tested positive for Covid-19 following a layover at a Frankfurt Airport.The airline said that crews self-isolate in their rooms within designated hotels during any layover in places outside of Hong Kong and undergo regular testing.However, following the ...
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Cathay Pacific ramps up freighter network ahead of strong peak season
Cathay Pacific ramped up its freighter network to peak season levels in August, while two previously announced preighter aircraft have also joined its fleet.In its latest monthly traffic update, the Hong Kong-hubbed airline said that ahead of what is expected to be a busy peak season - and on the ...
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Crew quarantine measures hold back Cathay Pacific Cargo in H1
Hong Kong quarantine restrictions took their toll on Cathay Pacific's first-half performance with revenues and volumes all declining compared with a year earlier.The airline saw its first-half cargo revenues decline by 0.6% on last year to HK$11.1bn, while cargo revenue tonne kms (RFTK) were down 20.1% to 3.3bn and the ...
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Cathay Pacific caters for garment sector with Pittsburgh flights
Cathay Pacific Cargo has restarted operations to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) with twice-weekly pax-cargo flights.The Hong Kong-hubbed carrier re-launched flights on August 2 utilising Boeing 777-300ER passenger planes converted for cargo.The carrier plans to continue serving the US airport through to the end of the year. Cargo onboard the aircraft ...
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InsightsCathay Cargo: Developing and delivering the agenda
Airfreight digitalisation and customer-centric products are top of the long-term strategic agenda for Cathay Pacific Cargo as it navigates the pandemic with a focus on vaccine distribution and e-commerce.Air Cargo News spoke to Rajesh Menon, regional head of cargo for South Asia, the Middle East and Africa for the cargo ...
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Cathay Cargo enables real-time shipment tracking with Ultra Track solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo is rolling out its Ultra Track data-logging solution at 29 airports in its global network.The carrier said the solution is the first internet of things (IoT) application that enables remote connection to shipments.Ultra Track uses Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) network, tags and readers to enable ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity continues to recover
Cathay Pacific's cargo capacity increased in May as it continued to recover from the introduction of stricter crew quarantine rules in Hong Kong.Hong Kong in February introduced rules requiring crew to quarantine after an international journey, which affected cargo flights, but these were relaxed in mid-April for vaccinated crew.The airline ...
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Cathay Cargo starts using Envirotainer Releye pharma solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo has started using Envirotainer's Releye RLP temperature-controlled container.The carrier said it is the first in Asia to use the pharma solution.According to Envirotainer, the LD11-size container's air flow technology enables temperature stability and it was designed to meet shippers’ requests for greater load flexibility.It fits three Euro ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity gradually recovering
Cathay Pacific's cargo capacity was only gradually recovering in April after the relaxation of stricter crew quarantine rules in the middle of the month.The Hong Kong-based airline in April saw its cargo capacity in cargo tonne km terms drop by 36.6% compared with February levels as a result of stricter ...
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Cathay Pacific targets digital cargo with One Record trial in Hong Kong
A trial of IATA One Record initiative was carried out by companies at Hong Kong International, including Cathay Pacific, as part of efforts to move to paperless processes in air cargo.The pilot, which ran in Hong Kong in March, was a joint initiative between Cathay Pacific Cargo and the Airport ...
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Cathay Pacific hopeful on cargo following latest quarantine development
Cathay Pacific Cargo has welcomed the latest change to Hong Kong's crew quarantine rules.Earlier this week, the government announced that fully vaccinated Hong Kong-based aircrew for freighters and cargo-only passenger flights would no longer be required to quarantine after returning from an international journey, excluding crew that layover in the ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity drops 25% as quarantine measures hit
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo capacity drop by 25% in March as a result of new crew quarantine measures in Hong Kong.Writing in the airline's monthly cargo update, general manager of cargo commercial George Edmunds said the new crew quarantine measures were the biggest obstacle faced to normal cargo operations.The ...
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FedEx and DoT hit out at Hong Kong quarantine rules
The US Department of Transport (DoT) may limit flights by the Cathay Pacific Group airlines in response to the latest Hong Kong's quarantine rules, saying they disproportionately affect US carriers.The new quarantine rules require that all Hong Kong-based crews quarantine for two or three weeks when returning from an international ...
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Positive cargo revenues for Cathay as group makes an overall loss
Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Group has highlighted the performance of its cargo division in its full-year 2020 financial results, as its overall performance was hit by the effects of the pandemic.The group posted an operating loss of HK$18.1bn last year; in 2019, it achieved profits of HK$3.4bn. Group revenues declined ...
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NewsCathay Cargo transports multiple types of Covid vaccines
Cathay Pacific Cargo is using its Vaccine Solution pharma service to transport large numbers of Covid-19 vaccines, under varying required conditions, to destinations in its network.Yesterday, the carrier carried 1m vaccine doses manufactured by Fosun Pharma/BioNTech from Frankfurt to Hong Kong.The batch was the first from Fosun Pharma/BioNTech to be ...
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Cathay Pacific cargo capacity to be hit by new Covid requirements
Cathay Pacific has warned that new Covid-19 requirements for pilots and crew will result in its cargo capacity being reduced by around a quarter.The Hong Kong-headquartered airline said that in February, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government will implement a new 14-day hotel quarantine plus 7-day medical surveillance ...
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Cathay Pacific to launch Covid-19 vaccine transport solution
Cathay Pacific Cargo has developed new solution specifically for the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines.The airline said its new vaccine solution is quality assured and will offer its Ultra Track service and an operations control centre.Ultra Track monitors information including temperature, GPS location, and humidity, using low-energy Bluetooth readers.The operations centre ...
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Cathay Pacific adds new Riyadh freighter service
Cathay Pacific Cargo is launching a new scheduled freighter service between Hong Kong and Riyadh as it looks to capitalise on growing e-commerce demand.The weekly service launches on January 5 utilising one of the carrier's Boeing B747-400 ERF aircraft.The service will meet "the strong demand for shipments of e-commerce and ...