Cargo sales soar in 2017 for Oman Air Cargo
Cargo sales are up 27 per cent at Muscat-based Oman Air Cargo this year compared to the same time in 2016. Senior vice president for commercial cargo, Mohammed Al Musafir (pictured below) says: “Provided this trend continues until the end of December, with all relevant indicators supporting this expectation, we should end up somewhere in […]
Sheremetyevo posts 39.4% tonnage growth in first nine months
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport handled more than 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2017 – an uplift of 39.4 per cent on the same period last year. The airport says the increase in traffic volume was due to a significant increase in cargo turnover on international airlines, but domestic carriers saw a fall […]
Panalpina seeing fresh African perishable trends
Panalpina is well positioned to grow its airfreight perishable volumes from Kenya, but there are some new trends emerging and challenges ahead. In May, it said it would acquire Kenyan forwarder Air Connection, a specialist in the export of flowers and vegetables. This follows the buy-out last year of Airflo in Kenya and launch of […]
Panalpina sees strong Far East peak season and rates rise
Panalpina forecasts the Far East peak season will start earlier this year and be even stronger than 2016, while it also expects to see general airfreight rates go up for secured capacity. The freight forwarder also says although the summer period is usually calmer for airfreight, 2017 has been an exception and the strong market will […]
Volumes grow 7% in 1st half of 2017 at Panalpina
Panalpina recorded robust airfreight volume growth of seven per cent in the first half-year (1H) of 2017, but it says “higher freight rates and margin pressure persisted in a continuously challenging market environment”. The freight forwarder volumes reached 473,100 tonnes in the six months, which was largely driven by the strong growth of Far East […]
Sky Gates Cargo Airlines grows fleet by adding a B747F
After launching services between Russia, Europe and The Far East at the end of last year Sky Gates Cargo Airlines is going to increase their freighter fleet with another Boeing 747-400 Freighter. Senior vice president, Nidjat Babayev, responsible for the commercial development, says the next aircraft is going to be delivered by mid-June. It will be […]
Lufthansa Cargo looking to China and India in the Far East
China and India are the targets for Lufthansa Cargo as it sees these being the strongest Far East markets for cargo in 2017. The carrier says it expects the strongest relative growth of export and import to come from both these countries. Aside from the Far East it will focus its attentions on the North […]
American expands trans-Pacific fleet and network
American Airlines Cargo is focusing on expanding its network and fleet on trans-Pacific routes, having more than doubled its network in four years, managing director Asia & Pacific sales, Keijiro Ishii tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). American serves eight Asia Pacific destinations with over 100 flights per week, with new services from Los Angeles including […]