Amazon Air to start flights to Anchorage airport
Amazon Air will launch Boeing 767 flights to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on 27 June. The online retailer will utilise the Alaskan airport’s Kulis Business Park, located south of the East-West runways. On Anchorage Airport’s Twitter feed, airport manager Jim Szczesniak says: “This is the second new airline we’ve welcomed to Anchorage Airport this […]
ATSG extends leasing and operating deal with DHL
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has extended agreements to lease 14 Boeing 767s to DHL and operate eight of those in North America for three years. The agreement includes extending 11 leases between DHL and ATSG’s leasing subsidiary Cargo Aircraft Management. Leases for six 767-200s operated by a DHL affiliate airline in the Middle East […]
Panalpina fills LATAM’s Sao Paulo to Lisbon service
LATAM Cargo’s service between Lisbon and Sao Paulo got off to a flying start with more than six tonnes of cargo from Panalpina. The Boeing 767 passenger service started on 3 September, providing five frequencies a week between Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport and Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport, providing a link between South America and the […]
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 […]
UPS says it with flowers, 88 million of them
UPS has ramped up its lovegistics network to deliver an estimated 88 million flowers around the world in time for Valentine’s Day. The company will handle more than eight million pounds of blooms for US consumers, enough to fill 64 wide-body Boeing 767s. To ensure flowers are delivered in perfect condition, UPS transports the shipments […]
UPS returns to SBD International Airport for some seasonal joy
San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) has entered into an agreement with UPS to support growing seasonal demand for air cargo flights. In 2016, UPS operated four weekly flights through SBD during the holiday season. This year UPS will operate up to 18 flights each week during the holidays. The flight segments will include SBD – […]
Frankfurt Cargo Services and Air Astana extend handling contract
Air Astana has extended its handling contract with Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS) for its daily flights between Frankfurt and Astana. The airline operates a daily Boeing 757 flight on the route during the winter, and uses a Boeing 767 during the summer. FCS managing director, Hans-Georg Emmert says Air Astana’s cargo volumes have doubled in […]
Atlas Air pens deal with Boeing to convert 767s into freighters
Atlas Air has come to an agreement with Boeing to convert nine 767 passenger aircraft into Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). Four were previously announced at the Farnborough International Airshow in July, attributed to an unidentified customer. Boeing predicts in its current market outlook forecast that 400 widebody conversions will be needed over the next two decades, with […]
New Seattle service centre for DHL Express
DHL Express has opened a new service centre in Seattle near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to cater for demand from companies trading internationally, e-commerce shipping and from technology/software companies and retailers in Washington state. The 26,000 square foot facility capable of processing more than 1,000 pieces per hour serves greater Seattle and outlying areas for pickup, […]
IATA: Sluggish trade, Brexit and weak demand all risks to air cargo
Airfreight’s momentum is at risk from a sluggish trade outlook, the aftermath of Brexit and weak demand, though strong consumer confidence and low oil prices could reenergise growth, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. In its Q2 2016 Cargo Chartbook, IATA says air cargo continues to outperform the global merchandised trade but growth remains […]
Fewer deliveries causes Boeing Commercial Airplanes decline
Boeing has seen revenues and profits from its Commercial Airplanes division fall in the first quarter of 2016 because of fewer aircraft deliveries. Commercial Airplanes revenue fell by six per cent to $14.4 billion because deliveries during the quarter were down by four per cent to 176. Profits for the Commercial Airplanes division declined by […]
Atlas Air completes $110m acquisition of Southern Air
Atlas Air Worldwide has completed the acquisition of Southern Air Holdings in a deal worth about $110 million. The deal will give Atlas access to Southern’s fleet of crew, maintenance and insurance Boeing 737s and Boeing 777s. The five Southern 737s and five 777s will compliment Atlas’ fleet of more than 75 aircraft, which are […]
Aeroflot volumes fall 7% in 2015
Aeroflot has seen cargo and mail volumes fall by seven per cent in 2015 to 135,145 tonnes, though December only saw a modest drop of 2.5 per cent. In 2015, the Russian airline saw international volumes fall by 8.5 per cent to 74,619 tonnes while domestic cargo and mail was down by 5.1 per cent […]
Boeing delivers record number of aircraft
Boeing delivered 762 commercial aircraft in 2015, 39 more than 2014, which it says is a record. The manufacturer says it received 768 orders worth $112.4 billion, and at the end of 2015 had 5,795 unfilled orders. Of the 768 net orders, 588 were Boeing 737s, two were Boeing 747s, 49 were Boeing 767s, 58 […]