Swiss WorldCargo extends suspension of services to Beijing and Shanghai
After thoroughly evaluating all currently available information on the Coronavirus, SWISS and Swiss WorldCargo have decided to suspend flights to/from Beijing and Shanghai until February 28, with immediate effect. Initially the flights had been suspended until February 9. Flight operations to/from Hong Kong will continue as planned. Together with the Lufthansa Group, SWISS and Swiss […]
SATS wins Riyadh cargo terminal concession
SATS Ltd (SATS), Asia’s leading provider of food solutions and gateway services, has announced that its subsidiary, SATS Saudi Arabia Company, has won a 25-year cargo terminal concession in King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The Riyadh cargo terminal will be the second cargo operation in Saudi Arabia for SATS, after its […]
Record pharma flight for AirBridgeCargo
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has moved a record 27 RKN Envirotainer containers on a single flight, delivering urgent vaccines to China. The shipment flew from Milan, Italy to Beijing, China on 30 October for Kuehne + Nagel Italy. All 27 containers were delivered to ground handling company Alha to be loaded on one of ABC’s Boeing […]
time:matters Sameday Air spreads across China
time:matters has added seven Chinese stations to its worldwide Sameday Air network, offering 157 direct flights a week to European hubs. Transportation of time-critical shipments will now be offered in Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Urgent shipments will be collected and cleared through customs on the same day and can reach their […]
Budapest Airport connected with modern Silk Road
Budapest Airport is helping to expand the modern Silk Road by signing agreements with two major Chinese cargo hubs at the “Belt and Road Forum” summit in Beijing. The aim is to turn the Hungarian airport into a major distribution and logistics base for China’s central and eastern region. The agreement was signed with Xi’an […]
SAS Cargo brings giant pandas to Copenhagen
SAS Cargo moved Mao Sun and Xing Er the giant pandas from Beijing to Copenhagen on 4 April on flight SK996. The pandas were moved from the Chengdu Panda base as a goodwill gesture from the president of China, Xi Jinping following Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark’s state visit to China in 2014. Mao […]
Mao Sun and Xing Er to fly with SAS Cargo
SAS Cargo will transport Mao Sun and Xing Er the giant pandas from China to Denmark, on their way to their new home at Copenhagen Zoo. The VIP travellers will travel on flight SK996 on 4 April from Beijing to Copenhagen, before being moved onto a specially decorated lorry for the final part of the […]
ABC flies polar bear from Krasnoyarsk to Beijing
A polar bear born at Novosibirsk Zoo flew with AirBridgeCargo Airlines from Krasnoyarsk to Beijing to his new home using a Boeing 747-8 Freighter. Transportation was arranged by Avanti, a Novosibirsk logistics company, and complied with IATA Live Animal Regulations, and the cargo was handled at Krasnoyarsk Airport by Sibir Cargo Services Company. The temperature […]
Air Charter Service doubles presence in Beijing
Air Charter Service has moved into larger premises in Beijing to enable the next step in its plans for expansion as the Chinese market continues to grow. The new office is in the heart of the business district and will double the size of its previous premises. ACS China managing director, Wanny Wu says: “This […]
Delta Cargo brings Pharma 4 to eight more destinations
Delta Cargo is making its Pharma 4 programme available at an additional eight destinations across its network, bringing the total to 49 stations. The airline has added Bogota, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Sydney, Sao Paolo, Frankfurt and Seoul, in addition to nine approved facilities across Europe that the airline operates in conjunction with its partners. […]
American Airlines flies Summer Palace treasures to the US
American Airlines Cargo has transported six tonnes of treasures from China’s Summer Palace to be exhibited in the US for the first time. The airline worked in conjunction with curators from the Bowers Museum of Orange County to bring important items from the life of Empress Dowager Cixi for the exhibition starting on 12 November. […]
China’s CASC signs up for 300 Boeing’s
Boeing and China Aviation Suppliers Holding Company (CASC) today signed an agreement for 300 aircraft during a ceremony in Beijing. It was part of the United States trade mission to China, and was signed by Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and chief executive officer, Kevin McAllister, in the presence of US President Donald Trump and China […]
American Airlines starts daily Los Angeles – Beijing services
American Airlines has launched daily nonstop flights from Los Angeles International Airport to Beijing Capital International Airport, its third route to the Chinese capital. The Boeing 787-8 service departs Los Angeles at 10.55h and arrives in Beijing at 16.20h the next day, and the return flight departing Beijing at 18.30h, arriving back in Los Angeles […]
Cargolux flies 14 racehorses to China from Budapest Airport
Cargolux Airlines International has flown 14 racehorses from Hungary to China on board a Boeing 747-8 Freighter. The 14 Friesian and Shagya Arabian horses took off from Budapest Airport in special freight containers, accompanied by a team of carers and vets. They flew to Cargolux’s Luxembourg base where they were prepared for the 12 hour […]
Delta takes delivery of first Airbus A350-900
Delta Air Lines has become the first North American operator of the belly cargo friendly Airbus A350-900. The Airbus A350 will continue Delta’s optimisation of its Pacific network, operating primarily on long-range routes between the US across the Pacific to Asia and initially it will service Tokyo-Narita, Seoul and Beijing. It will be first operated to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
WFS to handle cargo for Air China in Barcelona
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won a three-year contract to provide cargo handling services to Air China in Barcelona, extending its agreement in Spain to a sixth airport. Air China operates four Boeing 777 flights a week from Barcelona to Beijing and this will increase to seven with the launch of Shanghai operations. WFS already […]
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 […]
Shannon handles 76 thoroughbreds destined for China
Shannon Airport has handled 76 horses purchased for a Chinese businessman, with the Irish thoroughbreds flying to Beijing on board a Boeing 747 Freighter. The horses were purchased for Chinese businessman, Zhang Yuesheng by Kildare based bloodstock agency BBA Ireland, and at €3 million ($3.1 million), was the single biggest movement of Irish horses to […]
DOT picks American for Los Angeles – Beijing flights
American Airlines has been selected for new daily scheduled Los Angeles – Beijing flights by the US Department of Transportation (DOT). Both American and Delta Air Lines had submitted applications for the nonstop flights and the DOT chose the former, as it would add a third US carrier to the West Coast – Beijing market, […]
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 […]
MAG’s gateways continue cargo growth
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) continued to see strong growth in air cargo tonnage at Manchester Airport, Stansted Airport (pictured) and East Midlands Airport in September. MAG says runway capacity benefited its freight business, as it saw increases in tonnage across its principle three airports. The fastest year-on-year (YOY) growth was 11.7 per cent to 9,791 tonnes […]
Fraport signs MoU with Beijing Capital International Airport and Air China
Fraport, Beijing Capital International Airport and Air China signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 21 September in Beijing, for future co-operation in expanding flight frequencies between the two hubs of Beijing and Frankfurt. In addition to coordinating communications and marketing activities, the MoU will focus on developing special customised airport services at the representative […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACI: airfreight volumes lacklustre in May
The Airports Council International (ACI) says airfreight volumes remained in a “lacklustre state in May, due to the backdrop of sluggish global trade growth. ACI explains while the industry was vulnerable to the macroeconomic context, it was also competing with other modes of delivery as freight load factors continued to exhibit weakness. Total global freight […]
Hainan Airlines receives first 787-9
Hainan Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, and has become the first Chinese carrier to operate both 787-8s and 787-9s. The Haikou based carrier is leasing the aircraft through Air Lease Corporation. Hainan Airlines is the largest 787 operator in China, with 10 787-8s and plans to use the first 787-9 […]
United launches San Francisco – Xi’an services
United Airlines has increased services to China with the first trans-Pacific service to Xi’an from San Francisco, launched on 8 May. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner service will operate three times a week between 8 May and 27 October. The outbound flight will depart San Francisco International Airport at 13.25h on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, arriving […]
