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 […]

Boeing predicts freight to grow slower than passenger in 2015

Airfreight volumes are expected to grow by about four per cent in 2015, compared with passenger increases of six per cent, according to the Boeing vice president of marketing, Randy Tinseth. Tinseth delivered the Boeing current market outlook at a press event, which Air Cargo Week attended at Luxembourg Airport, where Boeing was delivering Cargolux’s […]

Cargolux considering five more 747s for China project

Cargolux Airlines International is looking at buying up to five more Boeing 747 Freighters as it considers whether to launch a Chinese airline based in Zhengzhou, under the project name Cargolux China. At a press event at Luxembourg Airport attended by Air Cargo Week on 29 September, Cargolux president and chief executive officer, Dirk Reich […]