DHL Express appoints new MD in Hong Kong and Macau
DHL Express has appointed Herbert Vongpusanachai as its new managing director (MD) of DHL Express Hong Kong and Macau. He succeeds Ken Lee, now chief executive officer for DHL Express Asia Pacific, and he will be responsible for steering and managing the strategic growth and overall operations in the region. Vongpusanachai brings a wealth of […]
Cargolux board approves $77 million investment in Chinese carrier
The Cargolux Airlines board of directors has approved an investment of $77 million for Cargolux China, a new Chinese cargo airline joint venture based at Zhengzhou in China. The investment represents a 35 per cent share in the new airline for Cargolux. Cargolux China will be based at Zhengzhou and is expected to start operations in 2017, focusing […]
Tonnage rise of 4.3% in 2015 at Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific Airways says Cathay Pacific and Dragonair combined saw a 4.3 per cent tonnage uplift in 2015, while it has concerns what impact overcapacity and pressure on yields will have moving forward. For the whole of last year the carriers handled 1,797,785 tonnes. They also saw a 1.4 per cent increase in cargo and mail […]
Saudia to sponsor two awards in Shanghai
Saudia Airlines Cargo is the latest air cargo operator to sponsor awards for the Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards 2016. The Saudi Arabian carrier will sponsor the Air Cargo Charter Broker of the Year and the Air Cargo General Sales Agent of the Year categories. The glittering awards night will be held at […]
Malaysia Airlines the latest airline to ban hoverboards
Malaysia Airlines has become the latest carrier to ban hoverboards on flights powered by lithium-ion batteries. The airline says it will prohibit the carriage of small vehicles as checked and/or carry-on baggage for air travel, as they have been classified as “Dangerous Goods”. This restriction has been recommended to all operators by the International Air […]
Etihad Airways adds three weekly belly services to Philippines
Etihad Airways will add three new weekly bellyhold services between Abu Dhabi and Manila from 1 May 2016, offering a total of 17 return flights per week. Etihad Airways’ president and chief executive officer, James Hogan says: “The Abu Dhabi-Manila route is one of our strongest in terms of demand and has been capacity-constrained over the […]
Singapore looks to niche cargo as volumes stagnate
Changi Airport has seen volumes stay flat in 2015 up to October and is expecting this trend to continue into the start of next year, writes James Muir. Between January and October this year, Changi handled 1.5 million tonnes of cargo, the same as in 2014. Some months of the year were noticeably above 2014, […]
SF Airlines receives first Boeing freighter conversion
Boeing and SF Airlines have celebrated the delivery of the airline’s first 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF), which is also the first owned by an airline in China. The delivery took place at Boeing supplier ST Aerospace Services in Singapore, where the conversion work was performed. It is the first of five 767BCFs the airline will […]
Website goes live for Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards 2016
The website for the Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo Awards 2016 has gone live and can be found by visiting www.worldaircargoawards.com The awards will take place on 15 June 2016 at the Kerry Hotel in Shanghai and is set to be a glittering night of entertainment and fine dining. The Air Cargo Week World Air Cargo […]
Yusen Logistics and va-Q-tec open Mumbai pharma station
Yusen Logistics and va-Q-tec have opened a va-Q-tec Network Station in Mumbai, which they says allow customers reliable temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments to and from India. Since October this year, va-Q-tec customers have been able to return containers to the local station, as well as receive preconditioned, ready to load and go va-Q-tainer containers from local […]
Cathay Pacific posts 3% tonnage fall in November
Cathay Pacific Airways carried 160,120 tonnes of cargo and mail in November, a three per cent fall compared to the same month last year – as overall demand fell short of expectations. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 1.4 percentage points to 67 per cent, and capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, […]
ACI: airfreight up 0.3% per cent in October
Airfreight volumes were up marginally by 0.3 per cent in October, but varied considerably by region, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). ACI explains that cargo markets were “significantly weaker as compared to passenger markets” and international freight grew at 0.3 per cent and domestic freight at 0.2 per cent. The results for major […]
CPSL continues expansion into 2015
Cathay Pacific Services (CPSL), the operator of Cathay Pacific Airways’ cargo facility has seen its customer base grow as it comes to the end of its second full year of operations. CPSL operates Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal (CPCT), which cost 5.9 billion Hong Kong dollars to build ($761 million) and became fully operational in October […]
Consolidation for Hactl ahead of further growth
China’s slowdown is happening but maybe not on quite the scale some naysayers envisage, the chief executive of Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl), tells Air Cargo Week. The facility is taking the long-term view and preparing not so much for retrenchment but consolidation ahead of further growth, Mark Whitehead says: “Trade into and […]
Lufthansa and ANA expand partnership in Japan
Lufthansa Cargo and All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo have expanded their joint network in Japan by adding services – just as the carriers celebrate one year since their partnership kicked-off. As of today, 1 December they have started servicing industrial metropolis Fukuoka, on the southern Japanese island of Kyushu. This Japan to Europe service will […]
Changi sees 1.8% uplift in volumes
Singapore’s Changi Airport has seen volumes increase by 1.8 per cent year-on-year (YOY) in October to 162,500 tonnes, the second month in a row to see improvements after the mid-year slump. The year had started strongly for Changi, with a one per cent YOY increase in January to 151,800 tonnes and a 7.3 per cent […]
EU clears HNA’s Swissport deal
The European Commission has cleared the acquisition of Swissport by China’s HNA Group as part of a 2.7 billion Swiss francs ($2.8 billion) deal. On Thursday 18 November, the Commission explains the proposed acquisition would not raise competition concerns because the companies’ activities do not overlap each other. The deal is expected to help the […]
Fines for three Indian carriers over fuel surcharges
Indian carriers penalised by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for their roles in an air cargo price-fixing cartel on fuel surcharges (FSC) are set to fight the decisions. On Tuesday 17 November, the CCI fined Jet Airways, IndiGo Airlines and SpiceJet a total of $39 million for engaging in “concerted action in fixing 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 […]
Weak numbers in Asia Pacific for September
The Airports Council International (ACI) Asia Pacific reports airfreight remain week in the region in September. The association says in its FreightFlash statistics for the month that tonnage continued to be impacted by slowdown across Asian export markets and oil producing economies. ACI Asia Pacific says freight volumes were essentially flat in Asia-Pacific in September […]
Air New Zealand to fly direct to Vietnam
Air New Zealand has expanded its Pacific Rim presence introducing New Zealand’s first direct bellyhold service to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. Air New Zealand will fly three times a week between Auckland and Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on a seasonal basis, operating from June to October in 2016 […]
PACTL tests new eco-friendly cool centre
Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal (PACTL) is to open its new eco-friendly cool centre early next year. Trial operations started recently after the authorities had approved all the necessary licences. The facility is due to go into full operation at the start of 2016. The cool centre covers a total area measuring more than […]
Harry the rhino flown from US to Indonesia
Cathay Pacific Cargo transported an endangered Sumatran rhinoceros through Columbus’ Rickenbacker International Airport earlier this month. Eight-year-old Harapan (Harry) the rhinoceros, the world’s only Sumatran rhino living outside of South Asia, safely arrived at his new home in Indonesia at the Way Kambas National Park, travelling more than 9,941 miles over land, air and sea. There are fewer […]