BOC Aviation delivers first A330F to Sichuan Airlines

BOC Aviation has delivered the first of three Airbus A330 Freighters to Sichuan Airlines for lease. The aircraft are part of the company’s existing owned and managed portfolio, with the remaining two aircraft are scheduled in the second half of 2019. David Walton, chief operating officer of BOC Aviation says: “We congratulate Sichuan Airlines on […]

Turkish Cargo adds freighter flights to Stansted

Turkish Cargo has added freighter flights to Stansted Airport, which are expected to feed the Middle East region, as well as the Middle East and Asia. The London airport will be served by Airbus A330 Freighters on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on five different routes. The Wednesday service operates on an Istanbul-Riyadh-Nairobi-Izmir-London-Maastricht-Istanbul route. On Friday, […]

Etihad Cargo volumes fall in 2017, airline as a whole reduces losses

Volumes at Etihad Cargo fell to 552,000 tonnes in 2017 as capacity was cut, while the airline as a whole reduced losses to $1.5 billion. Cargo fell from 596,000 tonnes in 2016 with capacity being reduced by six per cent, while revenue only decreased by 0.8 per cent to $900 million thanks to stronger load […]

dnata to provide Egyptair with cargo handling services at DWC

Dnata has extended its partnership with Egyptair by providing cargo handling services for freighter flights to Dubai World Central (DWC). Egyptair will initially operate one cargo flight a week between Dubai and Cairo using an Airbus A300 Freighter. Dnata has been providing Egyptair with ground handling services at Dubai International Airport since 2005, and says […]

Infrastructure issues in Myanmar urgently need to be addressed

Myanmar’s fast emerging air cargo industry is gearing up but needs to address severe infrastructure limitations, Michael Mackey reports. The overriding problem for the sector is the sheer lack of hardware – especially at Yangon International Airport, a nodal point for nearly all of Myanmar’s air freight. Yangon is the country’s business capital. “The air […]

Etihad Cargo predicts modest growth in 2017

2017 will be a year of modest growth at Etihad Cargo following a strong start, senior vice president David Kerr (pictured) predicts. He says the first two quarters have been the strongest for a couple of years and Etihad Cargo has enhanced its fleet and network. Etihad Cargo took delivery of an Airbus A330 Freighter […]

Turkish Cargo to start flights to Johannesburg and Madagascar

Turkish Cargo is continuing to expand its freighter network with weekly Istanbul – Johannesburg – Antananarivo services from 1 July. The Airbus A330 Freighter flight will leave Istanbul Ataturk at 13.45h on Saturday, landing in Johannesburg at 22.25h, before departing at 00.25h and arriving in Madagascar at 04.25h, leaving at 06.25h and returning to Istanbul […]

Turkish Cargo says olá to Sao Paulo

Turkish Cargo is expanding its network with scheduled cargo flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil from 25 June. Sao Paulo is one of the largest industrial and trade centres in South America, and Turkish Cargo will operate one Airbus A330 Freighter flight a week on an Istanbul – Dakar – Sao Paulo – Dakar – Istanbul […]

Heathrow welcomes Qatar Airways Cargo freighter service

Heathrow Airport has welcomed the first freighter flight operated by Qatar Airways Cargo, the airline’s second freighter aircraft service to London. The Airbus A330 Freighter landed at Heathrow on 3 June and will depart weekly from Doha on Saturdays returning via Basel, bringing the carrier’s total cargo capacity out of the UK to 1,500 tonnes a […]

ACE: Qatar to open a new cool chain facility and start Heathrow freighter

Qatar Airways Cargo will open a new Climate Control Centre (CCC) next month and is to start a weekly Airbus A330 Freighter service to London Heathrow Airport on 3 June. The announcements were made at air cargo europe in Munich today where the carrier held a press conference. The CCC is 2,470 square metres airside […]

Etihad Cargo welcomes 10th freighter to its fleet

Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of its 10th freighter aircraft, an Airbus A330 Freighter, its fifth Airbus, joining its five Boeing 777 Freighters. The airline says the delivery follows 12 months of sustained growth including 10 new freighter routes and carrying 602,026 tonnes of cargo in 2016, a moderate increase on 2015. Speaking at the […]

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 […]

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 […]

Etihad Cargo launches twice-weekly freighter flights to Brussels

Etihad Cargo has increased capacity to Belgium with twice-weekly Airbus A330 Freighter flights, adding to the daily passenger services with bellyhold space. The Abu Dhabi based carrier says Brussels Airport will benefit from Etihad Cargo’s infrastructure for transporting and handling products that require an unbroken cold chain, particularly pharmaceuticals and perishables. Etihad Cargo launched its […]

Shannon handles first horses of the year

Shannon Airport has handled its first horse shipment of 2016, with the arrival of six thoroughbreds on a Turkish Airlines Cargo Airbus A330 Freighter. The mares were brought to a stud in Southern Ireland having been transported on a four hour flight with a vet on board. This flight was the first scheduled service transporting […]

Qatar Airways Cargo volumes up 37.5% in 2015

Qatar Airways Cargo saw cargo volumes increase by 37.5 per cent in 2015 to 1.5 million tonnes with all business areas seeing strong growth. Imports into Doha increased by 29 per cent, with export traffic up by 10 per cent and transshipments shot up by 39 per cent compared to 2014. The increase in volumes […]

Etihad Cargo receives Boeing 777 Freighter

Etihad Cargo has taken delivery of its 11th freighter, a Boeing 777, to enter commercial services on 1 March. The Abu Dhabi airline has three Boeing 777 Freighters, three Boeing 747 Freighters and four Airbus A330 Freighters, in addition to access to bellyhold capacity on over 100 passenger aircraft. The 777F will be equipped with […]

Qatar Airways Cargo expands in Eastern Europe and Asia Pacific

Qatar Airways Cargo is to start Airbus A330 Freighter services to Budapest, Prague and Ho Chi Minh City from March 2016 as the airline continues to expand its network. The Ho Chi Minh service will fly on Thursdays and Saturdays, providing 120 tonnes of capacity in addition to 72 tonnes of bellyhold capacity on daily […]

Qatar Airways expands freighter fleet to 16 aircraft

Qatar Airways Cargo has increased its fleet, having taken delivery of its seventh Airbus A330 Freighter and its first Boeing 747 Freighter. The new aircraft will be used on routes to the Indian cities of Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai, as well as Bahrain, Brussels and London’s Stansted Airport. Qatar now has 16 freighters in its […]