All Freighter Operator Articles – Page 211
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Lufthansa Cargo: Finding the right balance
Strikes are never easy to navigate. So, for Peter Gerber, Lufthansa Cargo’s new chief executive officer, having to deal with nine in 2014 should have been quite the challenge. Fortunately, he says, while the strikes disrupted passenger flights, freighters saw only minor changes to their scheduling. Nonetheless, there is still ...
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LAN Cargo: The shift to belly capacity
There was a brief moment in the late 1990s when LAN Chile (as it was then) looked like becoming a combination carrier with more revenue from cargo than passengers. Serving Latin America’s rugged geography, it built up a stable of twelve 767-300Fs - the largest non-integrator 767F fleet - and ...
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Thumbs up for Emirates' all-in freight rates
Shippers and forwarders have welcomed Emirates SkyCargo’s move to introduce an all-inclusive freight rate that does away with separate pricing components based on weight/volume plus fuel and security surcharges.“It is the best start to 2015 that I could imagine,” said Joost van Doesburg, airfreight policy manager with the European Shippers’ ...
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New US security rules will be a squeeze, says TIACA chief
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is urging its members to pay close attention to the US Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s new freighter security plans and to make their views known if they feel there could be any problems.With the TSA’s updated Security Programs for all-cargo/freighter aircraft not published until ...
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Volga-Dnepr: Still shouldering the burden
There are “a lot of assumptions and a lot of speculation about what is happening and what is not happening, but we are a private airline and it has had no direct effect on us,” says Dennis Gliznoutsa, vice-president sales of Volga-Dnepr about the impact on its business of the ...
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Huntsville ready for Panalpina’s 747-8Fs
Huntsville International Airport (HSV) has reopened its east runway following completion of a nine-month, $16.6m upgrade to handle freight forwarder Panalpina’s dedicated 747-8 freighter operation.Both runways at the US airport are now capable of handling Group VI aircraft such as the 747-8. It follows a similar programme to upgrade the ...
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Wholesaler AMI adds Schiphol to its network
Air Menzies International (AMI) – the trade-only airfreight and express freight wholesaler – is now fully operational at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.AMI Amsterdam has achieved IATA CASS status, so it can now buy space on departures direct from Schiphol, in addition to routeing cargo via its main London Heathrow operation.The company ...
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Dubai International cargo down as freighters switch hubs
Freight volumes at Dubai International (DXB) fell 3.1 per cent in 2014 over prior year to 2.36m tonnes, due to the shift of freighter operators to Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central (DWC) earlier this year.December’s freight volumes at DXB decreased by seven per cent to 203,000 tonnes.Did you ...
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Hellmann: How to fight back
There is a lot of talk these days about mode shift from air to seafreight, so it is good to hear a forwarder talking about double digit increases in airfreight volumes.This is the story for Hellmann Worldwide Logistics in Europe, where Jens Tarnowski, chief executive region Europe (air and sea ...
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Turkish Cargo expands in Budapest
Turkish Cargo has increased its scheduled flights between Hungary’s Budapest Airport and freight hub Istanbul to three a week.Depending on volumes, the fast-expanding cargo carrier operates A310F or the larger A330F on the route, transporting between 38-64 tonnes of cargo per flight.Turkish Cargo’s volume on the strategic trade lane to ...
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FedEx swaps sides in Illinois
Federal Express officially started operations at Central Illinois Regional Airport (CIRA) in Bloomington on February 2. It follows an announcement in May 2014 that it was pulling out of its operation at nearby Peoria airport, on the west bank of the Illinois River.The express carrier said the move would allow ...
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Christmas overspend flattens UPS earnings
UPS reported “flat” fourth quarter earnings in the fourth quarter of 2014 compared with the same period in prior year. In fact, earnings per share, at $1.25, were identical to 2013, said the US-based express carrier.It blamed higher than expected peak operating expenses in its home market as the carrier ...
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Turkish Cargo opens new terminal at Istanbul
Turkish Airlines’ new cargo terminal at Istanbul airport is now fully operational after completing a transition phase.The facility has an annual capacity 1.2 million tonnes and a total area - airside and landside - of 71,000 sq m.Said a spokesperson: “With the launch of the new cargo facility, operational processes ...
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Stansted flower power
Stansted Airport played cupid as 200 tonnes of flowers arrived in preparation for Valentine’s Day.Freighters have flown in tens of thousands of roses from Kenya and Colombia into the UK hub.Stansted handles around 230,000 tonnes of freight per year on 11,000 cargo flights to and from 200 countries including textiles, ...
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Schiphol: Shippers, not freighters
In any industry, does it not make sense to study the strategies of the most successful players? Yet at a time when Amsterdam Schiphol airport is showing robust growth in cargo volumes, many of its major rivals are taking the opposite approach.They are dispensing with cargo managers and making cargo ...
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Freighter fillip for Brussels
Cargo at Brussels Airport grew across all segments in January compared with the same month last year – including the first increase in full freighter traffic for four years, said the airport authority.A 3.8 per cent rise in all-cargo aircraft tonnage (excluding integrators) at the Belgian hub contributed to a ...
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Freighter exit affects DBX cargo tonnages
Freight volumes at Dubai International (DBX) continued an expected downward trend in January, falling 5.5 per cent to 186,230 tonnes compared with like month in January 2014.The reduction follows the shift of freighter operations to the UAE's Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central from May last year.DBX began 2015 ...
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Saudi freight blooms as Kenya trade flowers
Heightened seasonal demand for Kenyan flowers will see Saudia Cargo boost its freighter capacity from Nairobi to Amsterdam during February by at least six additional B747F flights.The 25 per cent boost on the Africa to Europe route equates to an extra 3,000 tons for the month, supplementing the Middle East ...
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Schiphol freighters flow more freely
A new Schiphol taxiway, linking the ‘Kaag’ runway with the Sierra cargo zone, has halved live runway crossings for freighter aircraft since it opened in November.Amsterdam Schiphol Airport says that the new link is also cutting taxiing distances and hence fuel and CO2 emissions, as well as time.The ‘Kaag’ runway ...
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Network Aviation Group expands cargo services at Stansted
Network Aviation Group has added a fourth MD-11 freighter service per week between Kenya and the UK's London-Stansted.The MD-11 will depart Nairobi on Fridays and arrive on Saturdays at Stansted.The increase in freighter services was welcome by Stansted owner and operator MAG. Graeme Ferguson, MAG commercial director for cargo, said: ...