Turkish Cargo help vaccines take flight

Turkish Cargo has carried the first batch of the Covid-19 vaccines (Sinovac), procured from China by the Ministry of Health, to Turkey. Loaded inside 17 containers equipped with dedicated cooling systems, Covid-19 vaccines are delivered to the officials of the Turkey’s Ministry of Health after having been successfully transported from Beijing to Ankara via a […]

CEVA Rolls Royce warehouse achieves “showcase status”

The 65,000 sq metre assembly site in Singapore which CEVA Logistics operates on behalf of Rolls-Royce has been awarded showcase status within CEVA’s global network. Around the world within the logisticians’ operations, less than 30 sites have achieved this prestigious award requiring facilities to meet stringent requirements before qualifying as a showcase site. The Singapore […]

Kerry completes subsidiary spin-off Kerry Express Thailand

Kerry Logistics Network Limited has announced that it has completed the spin-off of its subsidiary, Kerry Express Thailand, which commenced trading on the Stock Exchange of Thailand today. KETH remains a subsidiary of Kerry Logistics Network after the spin-off. The price of KETH’s initial public offering of 300 million shares was fixed at the upper […]

Kerry develop their Chinese infrastructure

Kerry Logistics Network Limited have announced the development of a bonded logistics centre in the Haikou Integrated Free Trade Zone (‘Haikou FTZ’) in the Hainan Free Trade Port (‘Hainan FTP’) to support the Chinese government’s new policy. The 50,000 sq m (538,200 sq ft) facility, expected to complete in 2023 Q1, will contain 10,000 sq […]

Coronavirus infects airlines with potential $29.3 billion loss

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its initial assessment of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak (COVID-19) shows a potential 13% full-year loss of passenger demand for carriers in the Asia-Pacific region – with a potential hit on airlinnes’ bottom-lines of $30 billion.. With fewer passenger planes flying, cargo carried in […]

cargo-partner expands Asian land-air services

cargo-partner has expanded its Asian land-air service in response to fluctuating airfreight capacity out of China and Southeast Asia. The land-air service via Hanoi, Vietnam provides an alternative to direct flights from China with 8-10 day transit times including road transport from China, flying to Europe or the USA and delivery to the final destination. […]

WorldACD: The saga of falling volumes continues

Yields and volumes fell at double digit rates in October as the saga of declining volumes continues, WorldACD reports. Worldwide air cargo volumes were down 5% while yields in US dollars fell 11% and revenue was 16% lower than in October 2018. As an origin, Latin America was hit hardest with volumes down 10% and […]

time:matters Sameday Air spreads across Asia

time:matters has extended its Sameday Air network across Asia, bringing the service to Tokyo Narita, Singapore and Bangkok. The stations in Japan, Singapore and Thailand are connected to the European hubs of Frankfurt, Munich and Vienna with 84 flights a week. The new locations join services to the Chinese cities of Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, […]

Thai Airways in foreign votes controversy

Air cargo has become part of political argument in Thailand with ballots sent from overseas voters in New Zealand being controversially voided. Thai Airways confirmed the box containing ballots cast by Thai voters in New Zealand arrived in Thailand on the evening of March 23, ahead of the Sunday election, according to a statement carried […]

AirBridgeCargo increases Asian capacity

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has strengthened its Asian footprint with extra flights to online destinations in China, Japan and Vietnam. As of the end of March, ABC’s schedule now includes six flights a week to Shenzhen, eight to Tokyo Narita, and two to Ho Chi Minh City to facilitate imports and exports. All the destinations are […]

Swiss WorldCargo adds new routes for the winter

Swiss WorldCargo is getting ready for winter with new routes across Asia, South America and Africa being added to its timetable. Twice-weekly flights to Ho Chi Minh City and Saigon in Vietnam will commence from Zurich from 15 November, along with twice-weekly services to Colombo in Sri Lanka on 3 November. A twice-weekly service to […]

Cathay Pacific reduces losses while cargo revenue increases

Cathay Pacific has significantly reduced its losses for the first half of the year while the cargo sector experienced strong growth. Revenue for Cathay Pacific Group was up 15.7 per cent to HK$53 billion ($6.7 billion) while losses attributable to shareholders being reduced from HK$2 billion in the first half of 2017 to HK$263 million […]

AirBridgeCargo adds Ho Chi Minh City to Asian network

AirBridgeCargo Airlines has increased its Asian footprint with flights to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a major manufacturing hotspot in Asia. The Boeing 747 Freighter flight will link customers from Singapore and Ho Chi Minh City with other destinations in ABC’s network through its cargo hub in Moscow, Russia to guarantee 48-hour delivery times including […]

Weaker exports cause Hong Kong cargo volumes to fall in March

A slump in exports has caused cargo volumes at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to register its first year-on-year fall for over a year. Cargo volumes were down 2.5 per cent in March to 422,000 tonnes, with imports rising 5.6 per cent to 163,000 tonnes not being able to make up for exports falling 7.1 […]

Southern Air to provide Miami with another freighter route to Asia

Southern Air is to become the sixth airline at Miami International Airport to operate cargo flights to Asia with the launch of weekly services to Hong Kong. The wholly owned subsidiary of Atlas Air will operate Boeing 777 Freighter services from Miami to Hong Kong via Anchorage from 1 April. The other airlines operating cargo […]

Cargo growth at Changi Airport slows in February

Growth has slowed at Changi Airport in February, rising 1.4 per cent year-on-year compared to the double digit increase seen in January. The Singapore airport handled 148,930 tonnes of cargo in February, a 1.4 per cent increase on the same month of 2017 when it handled 146,900 tonnes. So far this year Changi Airport has […]

Customers welcome Volga-Dnepr’s commitment to Asia

The charter market has mirrored the air cargo market as a whole by proving strong in 2017, and Volga-Dnepr Group says a new regional base in the region has supported growth. It has opened a regional base in Hanoi to provide full service support to local customers in Asia, which it says means Volga-Dnepr full […]

Asia remains an important market for Antonov

The Asian region will remain an important market for Antonov Airlines, representing a significant proportion of flight revenue in 2017, business development director Michael Goodisman (pictured) tells Air Cargo Week. Total charter revenue for 2017 has significantly increased compared to 2016, Goodisman says, and around 30 per cent of this revenue came from flights to/from […]

Hactl chief executive honoured in Directors Of The Year Awards

The Hong Kong Institute of Directors (HKIoD) has named Hactl Chief Executive Mark Whitehead as a winner in its 2017 Directors Of The Year Awards. Whitehead was one of twelve recipients, and one of only three from private companies. This year’s edition of the Awards centred on the theme ‘Belt and Road: Corporate Governance in […]

Tonnage fall of 2.5% in October at Incheon

Seoul’s Incheon International Airport saw cargo volumes fall 2.5 per cent in October handling 247,000 tonnes. The gateway put the decline down to the loss of operating days in the month, due to the golden Chuseok Holiday, which meant it only operated on 18 days in October as opposed to 22.5 days. However, the airport […]

Christchurch Airport welcoming freighters at start of key export season

Freighters have been arriving into Christchurch Airport – signalling the start of the key export season and also highlighting the valuable contribution local producers and exporters make to the local economy. Tasman Cargo Airlines National manager, Gerry Bray says the company’s Boeing 757 Freighter came into Christchurch last Sunday, bringing a variety of goods to the South […]

Silk Way West Airlines launches Baku – Kansai freighter route 

Japan will get its first regular freighter service to Azerbaijan after Silk Way West Airlines launched a weekly Boeing 747F route from Baku to Kansai International Airport (KIX). The service will start on 29 December and see the carrier operate flight number 7L608 from Baku direct to KIX on a Friday, arriving at 19.00h. Flight number 7L128/129 […]

ATSG signs new 767F lease agreement with Air Incheon

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has signed a new lease agreement with Air Incheon for one Boeing 767-300 converted freighter and an option for a second. The company says both are set for delivery in 2018, while it has also expanded its dry-leased 767-300 freighter fleet with three deliveries in November. ATSG West Leasing Limited […]

Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines pen cooperation agreement

Cargolux has signed a cooperation agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) today that allows both partners access to each other’s capacity through code-share and space swap agreements. Cargolux now has access to NCA’s flights from Frankfurt Hahn to Tokyo Narita while NCA has access to its flights from Luxembourg to Narita. The carrier says it […]

The belly-maindeck divide continues to widen

With the air cargo market’s up-turn now rolling for over a year, memories of the long, cold, dark days of flagging volumes and depressed yields may gradually be receding in the collective memories of the industry, writes Donald Urquhart. But parked freighters remain a visible reminder of the painful volatility and begs the question as […]

IAG: huge demand for capacity in run up to Black Friday

IAG Cargo says it has seen the highest ever demand for airfreight capacity across its network in the lead up to ‘Black Friday’ especially on its Hong Kong and Indian routes. The shopping event takes place today, the day after Thanksgiving Day in the US and sees consumers come out in their droves to take […]

Cargo on the rise at Jet Airways and an integral part of business

Jet Airways is carrying more cargo than ever and the belly carrier is set to see this rise further as the Indian market grows and it expands its network and capacity. Speaking on 15 November to Air Cargo Week in London when the carrier launched its third daily Boeing 777-300ER flight from Mumbai International Airport […]

Cargo tonnage growth at HKIA slows in October to 2.3%

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw steady cargo growth in October as throughput went up by 2.3 per cent year-on-year (YOY) to 430,000 tonnes. The freight surge last month was mainly driven by four per cent YOY growth in exports. Amongst the key trading regions, Europe increased most significantly. Over the first 10 months of […]

Hong Kong Airlines signs AOG contract with B&H Worldwide

B&H Worldwide has signed an AOG and time critical freight services contract with Hong Kong Airlines. B&H will provide a range of time critical solutions to the Special Administrative Region’s regional carrier which serves more than 35 destinations across Asia and the Pacific. It will control the business from its 24/7 365 Hong Kong facility […]

Qatar becomes 1st carrier to launch freighter to Yangon

Qatar Airways Cargo has become the first international carrier to launch a freighter service to Yangon in Myanmar. The Doha-Yangon-Doha route is served once-a-week with the Airbus A330 Freighter, providing more than 60 tonnes of cargo capacity each way. Qatar Airways’ acting chief officer for cargo, Guillaume Halleux says: “We are delighted to launch our […]