Air China partners with WFS for cargo and ramp handling in Liege
Air China has commenced a new three-year cargo and ramp handling agreement with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Liege, Belgium. The airline operates four Boeing 777 freighter flights a week to Liege from Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, the capital of Zhejiang Province, returning to China via Madrid. WFS expects to handle over 14,000 tonnes of cargo […]
Menzies Aviation extends contracts with Air China
Menzies Aviation has extended its partnership with Air China, with a new ground handling contract at Nice Airport and a renewal in San Francisco. The three year contract at Nice Airport starts on 3 August 2019 and will see Menzies Aviation providing ground handling services on Air China’s three flights a week from Beijing Capital […]
Heathrow opens 12th Chinese link with Chengdu flight
Heathrow Airport has gained its 12th Chinese route with Air China launching thrice weekly services to Chengdu, home to the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base. The A330-200 service will have the capacity for 3,744 tonnes of cargo between China and the UK, and comes as CEBR research shows a significant rise in the value of […]
Menzies renews Los Angeles contract with Air China
Menzies Aviation has renewed its cargo contract with Air China at Los Angeles International for another three years. China’s national carrier will receive a full suite of cargo handling services at its largest North American station including cargo warehousing, freighter handling, and passenger ramp services handled by a team of over 200 staff. Menzies will […]
Nihao Chengdu, Air China provides direct link to Gatwick
Gatwick Airport’s long-haul network continues to grow with Air China launching flights to Chengdu on 3 July, the UK’s only non-stop link to the capital of Sichuan province. Air China will operate three flights a week on Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays leaving at 22.00h, and arriving in Chengdu at 15.40h using an Airbus A330-300, providing […]
WFS picks up Air China and Royal Jordanian contracts in Copenhagen
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has picked up new contracts with Air China and Royal Jordanian Airlines at Copenhagen Airport. On 30 May, WFS will begin handling cargo on board Air China’s five Airbus A330 flights a week connecting the Danish capital with Beijing Capital International Airport. It expects to handle around 10 tonnes on each […]
Budapest Airport handles record volumes with 32% cargo growth
Budapest Airport keeps flying in 2017, handling a record 30,060 tonnes of cargo in the first quarter of 2017, up 32.3 per cent on 2016. Of these 30,060 tonnes, 20,455 of them were air cargo, up 20.8 per cent on the first quarter of 2016. In March, Budapest handled 11,536 tonnes of cargo, up 33.3 […]
WFS to handle cargo for Air China in Barcelona
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide cargo handling services to Air China in Barcelona, extending its agreement in Spain to a sixth airport. Air China operates four Boeing 777 flights a week from Barcelona to Beijing and this will increase to seven with the launch of Shanghai operations. WFS already […]
Budapest aims for 100,000t in 2016 following strong September growth
Budapest Airport is expecting to handle over 100,000 tonnes of cargo in 2016 after breaking the 10,000 tonne a month mark for the first time in September. Cargo volumes grew by 33 per cent in September helped by strong growth from Cargolux and Turkish Cargo, and Qatar Airways Cargo’s decision to operate a third weekly […]
Final air cargo antitrust litigation settlements approved
The last four of 28 settlements with defendants in the air cargo antitrust litigation have been granted final approval. The final settlements were approved by Judge Brian Cogan of the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York on 5 October, including a $100 million settlement with Polar Air and $50 million with […]
Fraport signs MoU with Beijing Capital International Airport and Air China
Fraport, Beijing Capital International Airport and Air China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 21 September in Beijing, for future co-operation in expanding flight frequencies between the two hubs of Beijing and Frankfurt. In addition to coordinating communications and marketing activities, the MoU will focus on developing special customised airport services at the representative […]
Budapest positioning itself as the hub for Eastern Europe
Budapest Airport is positioning itself to be the air cargo hub of Eastern Europe having seen growth of 11.3 per cent so far in 2016. The growth has come from both freighter aircraft and passenger services with bellyhold capacity. Cargo development manager, József Kossuth says a significant proportion of the growth has come from Qatar […]
Revenue slump for Cathay Pacific in first half of 2016
The Cathay Pacific Group’s cargo revenue plunged 17.2 per cent in the first half of 2016 due to falling yields – compared to the same period last year reaching $9,415 million Hong Kong (HK) dollars ($1.2 billion). Cargo capacity of Cathay Pacific and Dragonair increased by 0.6 per cent while the load factor decreased by […]
FedEx tops the pile in IATA WATS yearbook
FedEx maintained its position in 2015 as the top cargo airline by total freight tonnes carried on scheduled services, according to the International Air Transport Association’s 60th Edition of the World Air Transport Statistics (WATS). The yearbook of the airline industry’s performance for last year, says the US cargo integrator handled 7.1 million tonnes of freight […]
Europe and East Asia drive Heathrow growth
Heathrow Airport has seen cargo volumes increase by 1.5 per cent in May to 129,671 tonnes, driven by European and East Asian growth. European cargo volumes were up by 9.6 per cent and East Asia increased by 8.7 per cent. Heathrow says East Asian growth was driven by Air China increasing by 40 per cent, […]
Air China connects Frankfurt with Shenzhen
Frankfurt Airport has received its fourth connection to China with Air China launching three times a week Frankfurt – Shenzhen services. The three times a week Airbus A330 service started on 21 May and is the only direct service to Shenzhen in Germany. Shenzhen, based in Guangdong province, is immediately North of Hong Kong and is […]
Air China agrees to US settlement of $50 million
Air China has agreed on a $50 million settlement in a US civil antitrust litigation case over a price-fixing cartel, but denies any wrongdoing. The carrier is the latest to settle and agree a payment and it is subject to approval by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. The Chinese carrier […]
Air China finalises Boeing 777-300ER order
Air China has finalised an order for six Boeing 777-300 Extended Ranges worth $2 billion as it modernises its fleet and expands its international network. The Chinese airline now has 90 Boeing aircraft on order, including 787-9 Dreamliners. Boeing says the 777-300ER is the most fuel and cost efficient aircraft in its class and will […]
Air China launches Cuba route
Air China started a three-times a week service to Cuba on 27 December – the first route to the country from China. The carrier now operates services on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays from Beijing Capital International Airport to Havana, via Montreal (Canada). Air China vice chairman, Wang Yinxiang says in recent years, the economic and […]
Budapest Airport strengthens cargo relations with China
Budapest Airport has boosted its cargo relations in China after signing a strategic cooperation agreement with Ningbo International Airport & Logistics Development Company. Ningbo International is considered an area with significant cargo potential and is located in a highly developed economic region of China, approximately 200 kilometres from Shanghai. In 2014, it handled 113,000 tonnes of […]
Air China appoints ACP Worldwide as GSA for first African flight
Air China has appointed ACP Worldwide as its general sales agent (GSA) for South Africa, as the carrier starts the first non-stop China to Africa flights on 29 October. The Chinese airline will fly to Beijing from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a Boeing 777-300 Extended Range. The […]
