Cargolux Italia connects Malpensa with Incheon
Cargolux Italia has opened a new route from Milan to Incheon, connecting the main gateways of Italy and South Korea twice a week. The services started on 16 July, flying from Milan Malpensa Airport to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport on Tuesdays and Sundays. The service operates on a Malpensa – Incheon – Zhengzhou – Malpensa […]
10 years of success for Cargolux Italia
In 10 years of operations, Cargolux Italia has become Italy’s number one cargo carrier, a position it will work hard to maintain in the future. The Italian subsidiary of Cargolux Group has four Boeing 747-400 Freighters operating on routes to North America, the Middle East and Asia Pacific from Milan Malpensa Airport. The airline registered […]
La dolce vita as cargo grows in Italy
Think Italy and you might think fashion and fast cars – and Milan. What you might not think, is a Russian-owned airline and one with links to Luxembourg, that are transporting Italian goods around the world, writes Stuart Flitton. The Russian all-freight airline AirBridgeCargo (ABC), with a key base in Vignate, began operations from Milan’s […]
Cargolux and Nippon Cargo Airlines pen cooperation agreement
Cargolux has signed a cooperation agreement with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) today that allows both partners access to each other’s capacity through code-share and space swap agreements. Cargolux now has access to NCA’s flights from Frankfurt Hahn to Tokyo Narita while NCA has access to its flights from Luxembourg to Narita. The carrier says it […]
Pharma investments and focus continue for Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines is seeing strong pharma traffic on routes Europe to the Midwestern US and back, manager for products, Stavros Evangelakakis (pictured below) says. He also explains demand into Asia remains high, especially in China and it is also seeing growth in the Middle East and South America. He says despite growing competition in this […]
Cargolux Italia flying high after roller coaster 2016
Business in 2016 was a “roller coaster ride” ending with a very strong final quarter, something that has carried over into 2017, Cargolux Italia chief executive officer, Pierandrea Galli tells Air Cargo Week. He says the first nine months of 2016 were weak but the final quarter was “exceptionally good”, pushing freight tonne kilometres up […]
Consolidation for Cargolux Italia
Cargolux Italia is the largest Italian all-cargo carrier and has steadily grown its presence and network in recent years, which has helped it through a tough year writes Justin Burns. 2016 has been a difficult with negative market headwinds impacting performance, especially on certain Asian routes such as Hong Kong and other Chinese destinations. Cargolux […]
Milan boosting Cargolux bottom line
Cargolux Italia is planning on increasing freighter frequencies between Milan and its new hub in Zhengzhou (China). The Luxembourg carrier is targeting more services into the city where it launched its new venture – Cargolux China. Asia is where its sees growth and Cargolux Italia sees the ripest opportunities to be picked in Japan and […]
Cargolux union talks collapse
Negotiations over the collective work agreement (CWA) between Cargolux Airlines International and the Letzebuerger Chreschtleche Gewerkschaftsbond (LCGB) trade union have collapsed with both sides blaming the other for the failed talks. Cargolux and the union had reached an agreement on principle on 1 December, which included new pilots and aircraft in Luxembourg and implementing the […]
Cargolux Italia adds second weekly flight to Zhengzhou
Cargolux Italia has started a second weekly flight from Milan (Italy) to Zhengzhou (China), leaving on Sunday and travelling via Novosibirsk (Russia). Flight number C8 8777 leaves Milan Malpensa Airport on Sunday at 11.50h and is the second weekend flight to Zhengzhou. It is also the first Cargolux service to Russia. Cargolux says it is […]