Incheon joins the Asian tonnage growth party
Incheon International Airport in South Korea saw international cargo grow year-on-year (YOY) by 7.7 per cent in May to 238,000 tonnes, continuing the strong growth trend it posted in the first quarter. The gateway says the gradual recovery in the country’s exports in core products such as semiconductors and display manufacturing equipment was one reason […]
HKIA celebrates “fruitful” year with record cargo volumes
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) has retained its position as the busiest cargo airport for the seventh consecutive year as it celebrates a “fruitful” 2016/17 fiscal year. Cargo volumes grew 6.7 per cent to 4.6 million tonnes, an all time high, and passenger numbers and flight movements also broke all time records. Revenue increased 2.4 […]
Widebody 777 belly routes added by United Airlines
United Airlines has grown its network after adding additional widebody routes utilising a Boeing 777-300ER – which is set to boost belly cargo volumes. The US carrier will service San Francisco – Beijing beginning 6 September 2017, San Francisco – Frankfurt from 5 October 5, 2017 and New York/Newark – Tokyo Narita from 28 October 2017. Boeing 777-300ER aircraft are already […]
WorldACD: fairy tale year for air cargo continues
The fairy tale continued in May for the air cargo industry, according to the latest figures monthly report by WorldACD Market Data. The analyst says in May showed a “formidable” year-over-year (YoY) increase in chargeable weight of 12.8 per cent (13.8 per cent in DTK’s), coupled with a YoY yield rise of five per cent in […]
Wellcamp targets more freighters after Cathay Pacific success
Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is looking to add more freighters over the next year to the weekly Cathay Pacific Cargo service started in 2016. The freighter has been well received with payload of a mix of oversize cargo like machinery, turbines and artwork, and beef and dairy products. Wellcamp general manager, Sara Hales says Cathay […]
Beijing’s new gateway on track to open in 2019
Beijing’s new international airport is developing fast and the steel structure of terminals was completed on Friday, according to media outlets in China. The Xinhua News Agency website says the gateway which is currently known as Beijing Daxing International Airport is expected to begin operations in 2019. The official name of the hub has yet to […]
New agreements set to boost Cargolux into the future
The first six months of 2017 have been quite something at Cargolux Airlines International as it penned two significant agreements and looks to expand its business. In May, the carrier signed a strategic operational partnership with Emirates SkyCargo and last month took a 25 per cent stake in new freighter carrier Henan Cargo Airlines to […]
Kerry Logistics launches rail service between Europe and China
Kerry Logistics has launched a weekly scheduled less than container load (LCL) rail freight service between Duisburg, Germany and Shanghai via the Yiwu terminal in the Yangtze River Delta, China, using its own consolidation containers. Last week, fellow freight forwarder CEVA Logistics also launched a new rail service linking Shilong in southern China’s Guangdong province to […]
Strong business at Qantas Freight driven by Asia and the US
Asia and the US are the most buoyant trade lanes for Qantas Freight and the main focus for the Australian carrier. Qantas Freight executive manager, Alison Webster says both are in high demand across its freighter and belly network, while services between Sydney and Auckland are also very strong. Domestically, Webster says the busiest lanes […]
Cargolux expands services between China and the US
Cargolux Airlines has added Atlanta in the US to its destinations served from its Zhengzhou (CGO) hub in China. The North American city becomes the second destination, after Chicago, to receive direct connections to and from Cargolux’s Chinese hub. The service from CGO to Atlanta, in combination with Chicago, on its flight CV9765 that originates […]
CEIV Pharma certificate for CEVA in Singapore
CEVA Logistics has been awarded the International Air Transport Association’s CEIV Pharma certificate at its facility in Singapore. The freight firm’s staff in Singapore have undertaken the training program conducted jointly by IATA and Changi Airport Group, in readiness for the certification. A quality team was established at the company’s facility at the Air Logistics […]
Strong start to 2017 for Brussels Airlines Cargo
The first five months of 2017 have yielded volumes growth of 36 per cent for Brussels Airlines Cargo with African trade lanes driving the performance. Last month alone, in May, it saw a 46 per cent uplift and the strong performance is being put down to three factors. Vice president of cargo, Alban Francois (pictured […]
Myanmar office opened by CEVA Logistics
CEVA Logistics has opened an office in Myanmar’s capital, Yangon – as part of its strategic expansion in the emerging Mekong markets. For the last five years, CEVA has been operational in the country through a network partner, providing Freight Management services to a number of multinational and local customers. From June 2017, the company […]
Air cargo service set to run between India and Afghanistan
India and Afghanistan are set to start a dedicated air cargo service over Pakistan in the next couple of days, according to reports in the Indian media. Reports claim it will help increase bilateral trade hampered by their troubled ties with Pakistan, which disallows Indian goods along the road route. The Hindu’s online edition quotes […]
Robust exports help HKIA grow 12.9% in May
Cargo volumes at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) have grown by 12.9 per cent in May, with exports proving particularly robust. HKIA handled 409,000 tonnes of cargo in May, with exports growing 21 per cent, and Europe and North America increasing most significantly. Volumes have increased 11.3 per cent in the first five months of […]
China a key focus for Turkish as it plans new freighter frequencies
Turkish Cargo is looking to increase its freighter services to Shanghai and Guangzhou and in the first quarter saw growth of 30 per cent to China. The carrier says China is a dynamic market and one of the biggest trade partners of Turkey. In 2016, export airfreight volume from Turkey increased around 25 per cent. […]
Innovation improving in China but more needs to be done
China’s central government has done well in adopting the needed policy and legislative framework to enable air cargo but some areas still need to be tackled although innovation by companies is seeing the sector power ahead. Beijing has ratified the relevant international conventions needed to enable electronic air waybill (eAWB) and support development of the […]
New Finnair Cargo terminal in Helsinki on track
Implementation of a new cargo management system (CMS) late in 2016 helped stabilise Finnair Cargo in January and 2017 has started well. Head of global sales, Fredrik Wildtgrube (pictured below) says the CMS has driven customer confidence in the right direction. “In addition we have executed our roadmap relentlessly with a clear customer mindset that has further […]
Tonnage surges 11.5% in May for Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon combined carried 161,743 tonnes of cargo and mail in May, an increase of 11.5 per cent compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 4.1 percentage points to 66.3 per cent. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, was up by 1.2 per […]
Airbus: nearly 35,000 aircraft required in the next 20 years
The latest Airbus’ Global Market Forecast 2017-2036 has found 34,170 passenger and 730 freighter aircraft worth a combined total of $5.3 trillion will be needed in the next 20 years. Over 70 per cent of new units are single aisle with 60 per cent for growth and 40 per cent for replacement of less fuel efficient […]
Cargolux takes stake in new Chinese carrier Henan Cargo Airlines
Cargolux, HNCA, the Henan Airport Group and the Xinggang Investment Group Company have signed a “Joint Venture Equity Contract’ to establish an all-cargo carrier, which will operate under an Chinese AOC. The name of the airline will be Henan Cargo Airlines with the first flight planned for sometime in the fourth quarter of 2018. 75 per cent of the shares […]
PACTL posts 13% traffic uplift in May
The Shanghai Pudong International Airport Cargo Terminal Co (PACTL) handled 154,319 tonnes in May, up 13 per cent on the same month last year. This was PACTL’s second strongest month of the year so far and in May it handled 88,847 tonnes of outbound freight (+9.6 per cent) and 65,471 tonnes of inbound traffic (+18.1 […]
Hainan Airlines adds Shanghai to Brussels belly route
Hainan Airlines has added a direct flight between Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Brussels Airport three times a week, which is set to give bellyhold cargo traffic a boost at the Belgian gateway. The flights are scheduled on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and will be operated by a Dreamliner 787-9. Services will start from 25 October 2017. […]
Delta ups Asia connectivity with Atlanta-Incheon belly service
Delta has expanded links between the US and Asia with new nonstop service between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Seoul Incheon International Airport. The inaugural flight departed on 3 June yesterday afternoon was at full cargo capacity with consolidated freight moves which included electronics, leather goods and hair care products. The daily nonstop flight will operate a […]
MASkargo launches new express freighter service
MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) launched a new express freighter service from Kuala Lumpur to Kota Kinabalu and Kuching from today (6 June) – to meet demand in the growing cross-border e-commerce sector. The new service flies from its home base at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to the two cities in East Malaysia, on the island […]
Incheon posts strong growth and to build new facilities
Seoul’s Incheon International Airport posted a 9.9 per cent year-on-year (YOY) increase in volumes in April – handling 246,268 tonnes. In April, inbound cargo was up 12.2 per cent to 121,298 tonnes and outbound was up 7.4 per cent to 124,970 tonnes. The gateway says this was fuelled by the gradual recovery of Korean exports […]
Hyderabad International Airport starts mango exporting initiative to Korea
GMR Hyderabad International Airport (GHIAL) – the operator of Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) – has started exporting mangoes to South Korea as it looks to boost perishables traffic through the indian airport. The gateway says it is part of envisioning Indian PM Narendra Modi’s vision to increase the income of Indian farmers. It has exported an initial […]
Qatar Airways Cargo expands pharma route network
Qatar Airways Cargo has added Colombo in Sri Lanka and Dublin in Ireland to its extensive Pharma Network – bringing the total it services to 73 destinations. Colombo was added to its Pharma Network on 15 May, while Dublin’s pharma operation begins on 12 June, when Qatar Airways commences its B787 Dreamliner flights to the same city. The carrier […]
UPS and SF Express to set-up a joint venture
UPS and SF Holding – the parent company of SF Express – have revealed plans to establish a joint venture (JV) and collaborate to develop and provide international delivery services initially from China to the US, with expansion plans for other destinations. The two express operators say through this agreement they will leverage their complementary networks, […]
DHL Global Forwarding to keep the Norwegian seafood moving
DHL Global Forwarding is to accelerate the supply chain for the North Norwegian seafood industry by shipping live crabs and seafood from the Lakselv Airport Banak in Northern Norway to Asia and Northern America. On dedicated weekly flights, DHL will transport fresh seafood to the DHL terminal in Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South […]
