All articles by Damian Brett – Page 81
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NewsLogistics "barely at day one" on AI tech adoption
The logistics sector is slowly adopting artificial intelligence (AI) solutions while the majority expect the technology to have a major impact on the industry in the future.A survey carried out by booking and rate platform Freightos showed that 14% of companies are already using (7%) or piloting (7%) AI solutions.Meanwhile, ...
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Oman Air sees first-half cargo volumes rise
Oman Air Cargo has benefitted from the return of belly capacity in the first half of the year as it looks ahead to freighter operations.The Muscat International-based airline registered a 42% increase in cargo volumes in the first half of the year.The airline also said that cargo revenues "surpassed" OMR22.3m, ...
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NewsCrane Worldwide celebrates 15 years of operations
Source: Crane WorldwideFreight forwarder Crane Worldwide is celebrating 15 years of operations.The company was launched in Houston in 2008 and has since expanded to more than 130 locations across the globe."The organisation has developed an international footprint through organic growth in fifteen years of cultivating solid partnerships with clients worldwide," ...
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NewsFirm hopeful of vapour detection approval for cargo screening
Source: MION TechnologiesMION Technologies is hopeful that its Explosive Vapor Detector (EVD) technology will be certified to start screening cargo in Europe starting next year.Speaking to Air Cargo News, the Spanish firm's chief executive Daoíz Zamora explained that in January the European Civil Aviation Conference (ECAC) approved the implementation of ...
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NewsFrankfurt finally reports cargo increase... thanks to a difficult July 2022
Europe's busiest cargo airport Frankfurt has reported its first year-on-year increase in cargo volumes in 19 months.The German hub in July registered a 2.3% increase in cargo volumes compared with a year earlier as volumes reached 164,503 tonnes.This is the first time Frankfurt has registered an increase in its monthly ...
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NewsAvianca Cargo expands with new Brazil flight
Source: Avianca CargoAvianca Cargo has added a new freighter service between the US and Brazil as it looks to cater to demand for high tech and valuable goods.The new weekly service was launched this week and connects Miami with Campinas and Vitoria (VIX) utilising one of its Airbus A330 freighters.Avianca ...
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NewsFTA Ireland welcomes Dublin night flight decision
Source: Skorzewiak/shutterstockDublin Airport operator daa has secured a temporary stay on plans to ban night flights.The ban - announced in late July with a six-week notice period - would have reduced the number of flights using Dublin's north runway between the hours of 11pm and 7am.The airport operator said the ...
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Cathay Pacific reports lower cargo revenues in H1
Cathay Cargo saw its revenues decline in the first half of the year despite increasing volumes.The Hong Kong-hubbed carrier saw first-half cargo revenues decline by 10.1% year on year to HK$12.4bn, while volumes increased by 23.8% on last year to 651,000 tonnes.Capacity measured in available cargo tonne km increased by ...
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Troubled Wheels Up Experience looks to stabilise operations
Private jet firm Wheels Up Experience - the parent of charter broker Air Partner - has moved to stabilise the business as it faces financial troubles.The company yesterday announced that its largest shareholder, Delta Air Lines, has provided a short-term capital infusion to the company.Wheels Up Experience said that it ...
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Shenzhen Airport takes aim at e-commerce as volumes soar
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport's cross border e-commerce volumes doubled in the first seven months of the year and it expects a further increase in the final five months thanks to the addition of more freighter flights.The Chinese airport handled a total of 93,000 tonnes of cross-border e-commerce traffic between January ...
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NewsIBA warns of 737-800 freighter oversupply
Aviation consultant IBA has warned that there could be an oversupply of Boeing 737-800 converted aircraft.The consultant pointed to IBA Insight data showing that 200 737-800 aircraft have been converted into a freighter configuration in the six years since work on the first aircraft was completed.This is the fastest rate ...
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Serve Air looks to expand 737-800 freighter fleet
Democratic Republic of Congo-based Serve Air has ordered its first AEI Boeing 737-800SF freighter conversion as it looks to modernise its fleet.The airline expects to increase its fleet of AEI B737-800SF freighters to a total of six aircraft in the coming years and is the first operator of the B737-800SF ...
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Cargo-partner adds US-UK airfreight consol service
Cargo-partner is continuing the expansion of its airfreight consolidation services with the addition of an operations between the US and UK.The weekly service covers flights between Chicago O’Hare International Airport and London Heathrow via Toronto Pearson International Airport and was launched on June 1.The cut-off date for goods arriving to ...
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National Airlines partners with Etihad Cargo on mail contract
US-based National Airlines and Etihad Cargo have entered an interline agreement to cover a contract to deliver mail for the US Postal Service (USPS).The partnership will see National Airlines transport USPS civilian, military, and diplomatic mail using the scheduled services of Etihad Cargo across several lanes for the period August ...
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Strong market recovery helps Titan Airways to post record year
UK charter carrier Titan Airways returned to profit for the 12 months ending March 2023, a year in which it posted record revenues of £187m.The improved performance, disclosed in accounts filed with the UK’s Companies House, was driven by a boosting of its fleet utilisation amid the return of regular ...
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NewsIATA reports improving air cargo market in June
Air cargo volume declines narrowed to their lowest level of the year in June with hopes that lower levels of inflation could aid economic recovery.The latest figures from IATA show that in June air cargo demand decreased by 3.4% year on year, while capacity was up 9.7% and the average ...
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NewsWestern Global files for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Source: Carlos Yudica/ShutterstockTroubled US freighter operator Western Global Airlines (WGA) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of efforts to stabilise operations.Following on from reports last week that the airline had reached a bankruptcy financing deal, WGA today confirmed that it had filed for the protection whilst also ...
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Air cargo set for slow recovery as it reaches the bottom
Air cargo volume declines have bottomed out but are expected to remain in the doldrums for a while yet.Writing in the latest Baltic Exchange air cargo market newsletter, Bruce Chan, director and senior research analyst covering global logistics and future mobility at investment bank Stifel said that the company felt ...
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NewsMASKargo adds dolly tracking technology
Source: MASKargoMASKargo has begun tracking dollies at its Kuala Lumpur hub as part of efforts to improve operational efficiency.The Malaysia-based airline said it had fitted a digital tracking system on its 20ft dollies at the airport that has a geofencing alarm with 1.5 km coverage.The system increases dolly utilisation by ...
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InterviewsDFW goes big on expansion as it reaches capacity
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) is investing in new cargo facilities to address its capacity conundrum and target growth. Earlier this year, DFW announced that it had selected two tenants - Menzies Aviation and dnata USA - for its legacy 19th Street Cargo facility redevelopment. While the development of ...