Virgin Australia to add Tokyo Haneda to network

Japan will join Virgin Australia’s cargo network with daily services between Brisbane and Tokyo Haneda from March. Daily flights will be launched on 29 March 2020, with cargo space being marketed by Virgin Atlantic Cargo using an Airbus A330 offering 15-20 tonnes of cargo capacity. The route, Virgin Australia’s first service to Tokyo is expected […]

Finnair Cargo adds wide-body flights to Brussels

Finnair Cargo will add wide-body passenger aircraft to its daily flights between Brussels and Helsinki while discontinuing freighter services. From 31 October, the daily service to Belgium’s capital will be served with wide-body aircraft on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and for the Spring 2019 season, the former flight will be operated with an Airbus A330 and […]

E-commerce boom to keep Virgin’s Sydney-Hong Kong route flying high

Booming e-commerce volumes from China and strong northbound cargo demand means that Virgin Atlantic Cargo is confident that daily Sydney – Hong Kong services will get off to a flying start on 2 July. Virgin Atlantic Cargo will be marketing the cargo space on Virgin Australia’s Airbus A330 flights under the international long-haul sales and […]

China Southern connects Heathrow with Wuhan and Sanya

Heathrow Airport has gained new connections to China with flights to Wuhan and Sanya, adding over 6,000 tonnes of cargo capacity. China Southern Airlines launched its thrice-weekly service to Wuhan, a mega-city known as ‘Chicago of China’ on 30 May, and will start flying to Sanya on Hainan Island twice a week from 12 July. […]

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 […]

Alitalia returns to South Africa after a 16-year absence

Alitalia has returned to South Africa after a 16-year absence when an Airbus A330 arrived at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport on 9 April. The Italian airline will operate four flights a week between Rome and Johannesburg, adding to Alitalia’s network of 94 international destinations with over 4,000 weekly flights and 143 routes. Alitalia chief […]

Near 10% growth at Billund as it targets more freighters

Billund Airport is looking to add another freighter to its roster and is sure it can attract new carriers after the success of Turkish Cargo, Justin Burns writes. Growth of the twice a week Airbus A330 service by Turkish from Istanbul and express operators UPS, TNT, DHL and Lufthansa Cargo owned time:matters have led to […]

Premium products and new routes across South America for IAG Cargo

The first half of 2017 has posted “robust results” for IAG Cargo, and regional commercial manager for LATAM, Rodrigo Casal (pictured) believes the airline group is ideally positioned for a strong second half. He says the Constant Climate temperature sensitive product has performed very well, helped in part by an increase in healthcare and vaccination […]

X2 members save Air Asia plane stranded with engine failure

When an Airbus A330 operated by Air Asia X got stuck in Perth due to a mid-flight engine failure, members of the X2 Logistics Network helped transport parts from around the world to get the aircraft back in service. Experts at AGX chartered an Ilyushin IL-76 from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and a Boeing 747 […]

Paterson chosen as Virgin account manager for Melbourne

Jarrod Paterson has joined Virgin Atlantic Cargo as account manager – Melbourne to support the launch of Melbourne services by Virgin Australia. Virgin Atlantic is responsible for long-haul cargo sales and management services for Virgin Australia, which has served Los Angeles from Melbourne with five Boeing 777-300ER flights a week since April and five Airbus […]

Hactl wins new Virgin Atlantic Cargo contract

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has been appointed as the cargo ground handler for Virgin Australia’s new services from Melbourne to Hong Kong. Hactl will provide terminal handling and all documentation on the five-times-weekly flights which began on 5 July, using Airbus A330-200 aircraft with 14 tonne bellyhold capacity. Cargo sales on these Virgin […]

RwandAir chooses Network Airline Services as GSA for UK

RwandAir has appointed Network Airline Services as its cargo general sales agent (GSA) for the UK. The airline flies an Airbus A330 between Kigali and London’s Gatwick Airport three times a week, and provides connections to 22 destinations throughout Africa. Network Airline Services UK GSA sales director, John Gilfeather says: “The Network Airline Services team […]

Extra China flights as Lufthansa Cargo upgrades network

Lufthansa Cargo is to upgrade its network with extra freighter flights to China, and use belly-hold capacity on passenger aircraft. Cargo operations to China will be increased with nine Boeing 777 Freighter flights a week to Shanghai, up from seven, and it will exclusively use 777Fs instead of mixing it up with Boeing MD-11 Freighters, […]

Qatar Airways Cargo starts freighter service to Phnom Penh

Qatar Airways Cargo started its first freighter service to Phnom Penh in Cambodia on 3 April using an Airbus A330 Freighter. It will operate on the Doha–Phnom Penh–Doha route once a week and will offer over 60 tonnes of cargo capacity each way. Garments represent the largest portion of Cambodia’s manufacturing sector and account for 80 […]

1,125 flights services and 127 destinations for AF-KL-MP summer schedule

Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KL-MP) Cargo will launch its summer schedule on 26 March with 1,125 weekly services to 127 destinations on its fleet of 170 passenger aircraft and six freighters. It started thrice-weekly Paris Charles de Gaulle – Accra services on 28 February, using a Boeing 777-200 to connect with the capital of Ghana. […]

ECS Group wins major Asian contract with Finnair

ECS Group has been chosen as Finnair’s general sales and service agent across six important air cargo markets in Asia. Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia, and extending the main deal in Singapore. ECS Group chief executive […]

Record breaking month for Air Serbia Cargo

Air Serbia Cargo has had a record breaking month in October, handling 575 tonnes, a year-on-year increase of 46 per cent. Mail volumes increased by 57 per cent to 174 tonnes, driven by high volumes of post from Southeast Europe to the US, while general cargo was up to 401 tonnes from 283 tonnes in […]

Emirates says goodbye to its last Airbus A330

Emirates has retired the last of its Airbus A330s and A340s from its fleet, and now operates just Boeing 777s and Airbus A380s passenger aircraft with bellyhold capacity. Since January 2015, it has retired 18 A330s and five A340s, phased out at the average age of 16.5 years, below the industry average of 25 years. […]

Nine more Airbus A330s for Hong Kong Airlines

Hong Kong Airlines has ordered another nine Airbus A330-300s to be used across Asia and beyond. The airline is expecting to have 50 aircraft by the end of 2018 and its fleet, which consists entirely of Airbus’, is made up of 11 A320s and 22 A330s including five A330-200 Freighters. Hong Kong Airlines president, Zhang […]

Finnair Cargo to use A350s five times a week on Heathrow route

Finnair Cargo is to operate Airbus A350s on its London Heathrow – Helsinki route five times a week from 5 October. It already uses A350s on its Monday, Friday and Sunday services between the UK and Finland, and the additional services will operate on Wednesdays and Thursdays, replacing the Airbus A320s it currently operates. Finnair […]

Tianjin Airlines chooses Jan de Rijk as Gatwick RFS partner

Tianjin Airlines has appointed Jan de Rijk Logistics as its road feeder service contractor for its Gatwick Airport services, which started on 26 June. The airline started twice weekly Airbus A330 Tianjin – Chongqing – Gatwick services on 26 June, leaving Tianjin on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 09.35h and landing in London at 20.25h. Tianjin […]

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 […]

Tianjin Airlines to connect Gatwick with Chongqing and Tianjin

Gatwick Airport is to receive its first Chinese services with flights to Chongqing then onto Tianjin, served by Tianjin Airlines. Tianjin Airlines will use an Airbus A330 on the twice weekly service departing Gatwick at 22.25h on Wednesdays and Saturdays from 25 June. The Gatwick-Chongqing-Tianjin service will be Tianjin Airlines’ first long-haul flight out of […]

Finnair Cargo to start Fukuoka services

Finnair Cargo is to increase Japanese services with three flights a week to Fukuoka from 7 May. Fukuoka will be Finnair Cargo’s fourth destination in Japan after Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya and will be served by an Airbus A330. A number of Japan’s famous companies including Sony, Toshiba, Matsushita, Toyota and Mitsubishi have a strong […]

Airbus to increase A330 production

Airbus is to increase production of the A330 Family from six aircraft to seven per month from January 2017. The manufacturer says the increase will be approved mid-2016 when component production reaches the required level. Head of A330 Family Programme, Eric Zanin says: “The A330 has enjoyed additional commercial success in China, Saudi Arabia and […]

Aeroflot takes delivery of Boeing 737-800

Aeroflot has taken delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 Next Generation, named after Russian historian, poet and journalist, Nikolay Karamzin. This is the third aircraft Aeroflot has taken delivery of this year, having received two Sukhoi Superjet 100s in January. Aeroflot took delivery of four 737-800s in 2015, receiving two in July, one in August […]

IAG Cargo to start Madrid to Shanghai and Tokyo services

IAG Cargo is to start Madrid – Shanghai in late 2016 and Madrid – Tokyo services from 18 October. The flights will be operated by Iberia, and will be served by Airbus A330-200s with 13 tonnes of cargo capacity. The Tokyo flights will leave Madrid on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays while the Shanghai services are […]

Airbus boasts record deliveries in 2015

Airbus delivered 635 aircraft to 85 customers in 2015, beating 2014’s record, and it is aiming to deliver 650 in 2016. The manufacturer says of the 635 aircraft, 491 were A320 Family, 103 were A330s, 27 were A380s and 14 were A350 XWBs. Airbus says it received 1,036 net orders from 53 customers in 2015, […]

Finnair Cargo to use first A350 on Shanghai service

Finnair Cargo is to start using its first Airbus A350 eXtraWideBody (XWB) on services between Helsinki and Shanghai from 21 November. The flight will leave Helsinki Vantaa Airport at 17.10h and arrive at Shanghai Pudong International Airport at 08.15h the following day. The return flight will leave Shanghai at 10.05h and arrive back in Helsinki […]

Oman Air appoints Cargologic as handling agent at Zurich Airport

Oman Air has appointed Cargologic as its cargo handling agents for the carrier’s five times a week Muscat International Airport to Zurich Airport service from 1 October 2015. Cargologic will be handling about five tonnes per inbound and outbound Airbus A330 flight, meaning it will handle around 200 tonnes a month. Cargologic managing director, Marco […]