Cathay, Ethiopian and Allegiant award ground handling contracts to WFS in North America
Cathay Pacific, Ethiopian Airlines and Allegiant Air have awarded new ground handling contracts to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in North America. At Newark Liberty International Airport, Cathay Pacific has extended its passenger handling agreement of the past five years to now also include ramp, cabin cleaning and de-icing services for its daily Boeing 777-300 flights […]
HAFFA welcomes Hong Kong cargo concessions
The Hong Kong Association of Freight Forwarding and Logistics (HAFFA) has welcomed the Terminal Charge concession and encourages more airlines to follow suit. The concession will be introduced by Cathay Pacific on 1 April 2020, to which the Airport Authority Hong Kong will contribute 20% offered by an airline to freight forwarders for export cargo. […]
Hong Kong discounts makes cargo competitive again
Airport Authority Hong Kong will reinforce the hub’s competitive advantage by contributing 20% of the Terminal Charge concession offered by airlines to freight forwarders. The Terminal Charge Concession Scheme at Hong Kong International Airport will come into effect on 1 April 2020. The concession offered by an airline to freight forwarders for export cargo is […]
Exports remain resilient but imports are suffering
As trade tensions show no signs of easing, demand is proving weak, Beau Paine, regional vice president cargo – Australia at Menzies Aviation tells Air Cargo Week. He says shipment numbers with air waybill numbers are consistent but tonnage is down on average 6.5% compared to last year. Exports are proving resilient, down 3% and […]
Healy to succeed Slosar as Cathay Pacific chairman
John Slosar will retire as chairman of Cathay Pacific at the next board meeting on 6 November, to be succeeded by Patrick Healy. Healy joined the Swire Group in 1988 and spent 14 years with the China beverages division followed by four years as CEO of HAECO Xiamen. He is managing director of Swire Coca-Cola […]
Rupert Hogg and Paul Loo to leave Cathay Pacific
Rupert Hogg and Paul Loo will leave Cathay Pacific on Monday 19 August following the board of director’s decision that the airline needed new leadership. Augustus Tang will take over from Hogg as chief executive officer and Ronald Lam will fill Loo’s role of chief customer and commercial officer. Lam will also continue as chief […]
Cathay Pacific profitable again but cargo struggles
Cathay Pacific Group has returned to profitability in the first half of 2019, but cargo proved weaker due to US-China trade tension. Profits for the first six months of 2019 were HK$1.3 billion ($170 million) compared to a HK$263 million loss in the same period of 2018. Much of the success came from lower fuel […]
Cathay Pacific takes over Hong Kong Express
Cathay Pacific has completed the acquisition of Hong Kong Express Airways, making it a wholly owned subsidiary. Cathay Pacific Cargo has been appointed as the general sales and service agent for all cargo activities from 1 September. Hong Kong Express will work closely with the incumbent GSSA, Hong Kong Air Cargo Carrier to ensure a […]
World’s first CEIV Fresh certificate for Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific has become the first airline in the world to be awarded CEIV Fresh, IATA’s accreditation for perishable cargo handling. The CEIV certificate aims to help organisations improve handling, and CEIV Fresh ensures quality assurance and works towards reducing spoilage and wastage. Nick Careen, senior vice president, airport, passenger, cargo and security at IATA […]
Negative market trends hit Lufthansa Cargo’s profits
First quarter profits for Lufthansa Cargo fell substantially due to negative market trends particularly on Europe – Asia routes. Adjusted EBIT was down 67% to €24 million, with the adjusted EBIT margin declining by 7.3 percentage points from 11.2% to 3.9%. Revenue for the logistics business segment, which covers Lufthansa Cargo was down 4% to […]
IATA WCS 2019: CEIV Fresh certificate launched
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has launched the CEIV Fresh certificate, with Hong Kong International Airport being named the first certified community. The accreditation was pioneered by the airport, with Airport Authority Hong Kong (AA) working closely with members of the airport community including Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals, Cathay Pacific Services Limited and […]
Siemens and Cathay Pacific Services enter HK co-operation
Siemens Postal, Parcel & Airport Logistics (SPPAL) and Cathay Pacific Services have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for digitalisation of the cargo infrastructure at the Hong Kong airport. Innovative maintenance methods, such as predictive maintenance, and other levers are to be applied to the freight handling system installed by Siemens in 2013 to achieve […]
Unilode and Cathay Pacific complete Bluetooth tracking trials
Unilode Aviation Solutions has successfully completed Bluetooth tracking trials with Cathay Pacific providing end-to-end visibility for cargo shipments between Hong Kong and Melbourne. The project team consisting of Cathay Pacific, OnAsset, Nexiot and Unilode was able to deliver flawless data capture for all relevant supply chain events into the airline’s cargo management systems. The trial […]
Former IATA CEO Tony Tyler to join Qantas board
Former IATA director general and CEO, Tony Tyler will join the Qantas board as a non-executive director, subject to shareholder approval. Qantas chairman, Leigh Clifford announced the move, saying Tyler will bring significant experience in commercial aviation as well as overseas markets when he formally joins the board in October. Clifford says: “His industry knowledge […]
Muscle car move is no challenge for Wellcamp Airport
Cargoclear International has taken advantage of Cathay Pacific’s weekly freighter flight from Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport to move a Dodge Challenger for a customer in Hong Kong. The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat was imported by Brisbane company SCD American Vehicles, which remanufactures cars to right-hand drive for domestic and international sale. The Hong Kong-based customer […]
Transhipments drive growth in July at Cathay Pacific
Cargo and mail volumes for Cathay Pacific Group have continued to grow in July, mainly driven by increased transhipment volumes. In July, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 184,935 tonnes of cargo and mail, an increase of 2.9 per cent compared to the previous year. Capacity measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTK) was down […]
Cathay Pacific reduces losses while cargo revenue increases
Cathay Pacific has significantly reduced its losses for the first half of the year while the cargo sector experienced strong growth. Revenue for Cathay Pacific Group was up 15.7 per cent to HK$53 billion ($6.7 billion) while losses attributable to shareholders being reduced from HK$2 billion in the first half of 2017 to HK$263 million […]
Track and trace trials prove successful for Cathay Pacific and Unilode
Cathay Pacific and Unilode Aviation Solutions have successfully concluded trials for next generation track and trace services with OnAsset Intelligence. The trial to enable end-to-end shipment tracking with real-time information using Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons in the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal in Hong Kong focused on the practicality of using wireless devices in the multi-storey, […]
Cathay Pacific welcomes the A350-1000 to its fleet
Cathay Pacific has welcomed the first of 20 Airbus A350-1000s to join its fleet, flying to Hong Kong from Toulouse using a blend of biofuel. Eight of the aircraft will be delivered this year with the remainder arriving by 2021. After initial rounds of regional services starting with the first commercial flight to Taipei, Taiwan […]
Cathay Pacific to power its A350-1000s with biofuel
Cathay Pacific is planning to use a blend of alternative jet fuel to fly its new fleet of Airbus A350-1000s home to Hong Kong. The airline has 20 of these aircraft on order for delivery over the next four years, with the first A350-1000 departing Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, France on 19 June, with a […]
Airlines look to create partnerships with specialists
The formation of partnerships between airlines and aircraft manufacturers with maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) and supply chain specialists is a growing trend in the industry, writes Stuart Flitton. Where an airline owns its aircraft, maintenance will involve use of its own spare parts in its own storage facilities and be performed by its own […]
Cathay Pacific cargo volumes grow 11% in 2017
Cathay Pacific Group has ended 2017 with cargo and mail tonnage growing at double digit rates, finishing with a strong month in December. The group covering Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon handled 2.05 million tonnes of cargo and mail in 2017, 10.9 per cent higher than in 2016, and volumes grew by 10.2 per cent […]
Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport soar past 500,000 tonnes
Cargo volumes at Brussels Airport have soared by 8.3 per cent in 2017 to 535,634 tonnes, the highest volume in the past 10 years. The airport serving Belgium’s capital saw particularly strong growth in belly cargo, rising 13.8 per cent, helped by Hainan Airlines launching Boeing 787 flights to Shanghai and Emirates introducing a second […]
Cathay’s double-digit cargo growth in November
Combined Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon traffic figures for November 2017 released today show a 12 per cent cargo growth over November 2016. The two airlines carried 187,545 tonnes of cargo and mail last month. Cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.5 percentage points to 71.6 per cent. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne […]
Asia Pacific remains the perishables sector’s biggest growth market
The perishables sector shows clearly the new conventional wisdom – that China is mightily important – but also sketches out the considerable mileage still to tap. There can be no doubting the scale or the importance of the sector as bigger players in the market testify. “Perishables is a major cargo segment handled at Changi […]
DHL Express and Air Hong Kong extend agreement until 2033
DHL Express and Air Hong Kong have signed a 15-year block space agreement, enabling the carrier’s overnight air services to continue supporting the DHL Express network until 2033. As part of the agreement, DHL will sell its 40 per cent stake in Air Hong Kong (AHK) to majority-owner Cathay Pacific, and purchase eight of AHK’s […]
Cathay Pacific continues to post tonnage growth
Cathay Pacific Airways grew its cargo tonnage and freight figures in October compared to the same month in 2016. Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 180,706 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 4.8 per cent compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 1.2 percentage […]
Cathay Pacific awarded CEIV Pharma certification
Cathay Pacific has become the first airline in Hong Kong to be awarded the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) CEIV Pharma certification. The carrier says this underlines its capabilities in the treatment and transportation of high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products with “speed, consistency and efficiency”. Cathay Pacific director of commercial and cargo, Ronald Lam […]
Near 10% tonnage uplift for Cathay in September
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon carried 177,691 tonnes of cargo and mail in September, an increase of 9.6 per cent compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 3.1 percentage points to 68.1 per cent. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, was up by 2.6 per cent […]
Perishables traffic drives Christchurch Airport tonnage
Trade officials at Christchurch Airport in New Zealand are forecasting a strong peak season this year as tonnage continues to grow. The gateway handled more than 30,000 tonnes in the year ending 30 June 2017 – a five per cent rise on the previous 12 months, but in the last quarter tonnage was up 15 […]
