Widebody 777 belly routes added by United Airlines

United Airlines Boeing 777-300ER

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 […]

FTK rise in April for Icelandair

Icelandair’s freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) grew by one per cent in April this year compared to the same month last year. The Iceland carrier carries freight on two Boeing freighters and has an expansive belly operation and FTKs were 8.7 million in the month, up on the 8.6 million in April last year. In the […]

Vietnam Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air to up belly routes

Indochina carriers Vietnam Airlines and Cambodia Angkor Air are to increase the number of domestic and international bellyhold routes they operate. The airlines are to start new and additional connections between Vietnam and Cambodia, as well as further links to and from Laos and Myanmar during 2016. Vietnam Airlines holds a 49 per cent stake in Cambodia Angkor […]

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