Atlas Air returns to profit in Q1 as all business sectors boom
Atlas Air has returned to profits in the first quarter of 2018 with increased activity in all business sectors. The $0.7 million loss in the first quarter of 2017 was turned into a $9.6 million profit, with operating revenue rising from $475 million to $590 million. ACMI revenue rose from $200 million to $266.4 million […]
AFKLMP spreads the love with 3,000t of flowers for Valentine’s Day
Air cargo has helped spread the love for Valentine’s Day with airlines busily flying flowers in time for the big day. Over a two week period, Air France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo shipped around 3,000 tonnes of flowers from production and export nations including Kenya, Ecuador and Colombia to Europe. AFKLMP used Boeing 747-400 Freighter […]
DHL starts flying seafood from Oslo to Seoul and Shanghai
Oslo Airport is continuing to gain new routes with DHL launching two flights a week to Seoul and Shanghai. The Boeing 747-400 Freighter service was launched on 8 September, and will operate on Tuesdays and Fridays. The hub serving the capital of Norway has seen cargo growth of 32 per cent this year, and has […]
Qantas flies sailplanes inside a Boeing 747
Qantas has flown all kinds of items since it was founded over 90 years ago, but until recently it had never transported another aircraft, now it has flown two. It loaded two Jonker JS3 Rapture sailplane gliders into the hold of a passenger Boeing 747-400 and flew them from Johannesburg to Sydney for their onward […]
Atlas Air to provide FedEx with five B747-400Fs
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has signed a five-year agreement with FedEx Express to provide it with five Boeing 747-400 Freighters for peak flying seasons beginning in 2017 and lasting through to 2021. Peak season flying generally occurs in the month of December and potentially earlier. An agreement to provide five aircraft for the 2016 peak season […]
Lufthansa reconnects Munich with Tehran
Lufthansa has relaunched nonstop services Munich – Tehran with three times a week Airbus A330-300 services from today (4 July). Flight number LH602 will leave Munich at 22.10h on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays, landing in Tehran at 05.20h. The return flight, number LH603 will leave Tehran at 06.55h on Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays, landing back […]
Qantas Freight EBIT falls as group improves
Qantas Freight’s earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) fall to 38 million Australian dollars ($27.3 million) in the six months up to 31 December 2015, despite the group seeing significant improvements. The cargo division’s EBIT was down from 54 million Australian dollars in the same period of 2014 due to global weakness causing revenue to fall […]
Saudia takes delivery of first 787 Dreamliner
Saudi Arabian Airlines has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, as part of a delivery of two 787-9s and one Boeing 777-300ER [Extended Range]. The national airline of Saudi Arabia ordered eight 787-9s in 2010 and the latest delivery brings its Boeing fleet to 48 aircraft, including 777-200ERs, 777-300ERs and 747-400s. Boeing Commercial […]
