Finnair starts weekly service from Helsinki to Guangzhou, China
Finnair will operate a weekly service between its Helsinki hub (HEL) and Guangzhou (CAN) in China, starting 6 September. The flight will be operated with an Airbus A350 aircraft, with departures from Helsinki on Tuesdays and departures from Guangzhou on Thursdays. Flights are available through Finnair’s direct sales channels. The Guangzhou flight offers connectivity to […]
time:matters Sameday Air spreads across China
time:matters has added seven Chinese stations to its worldwide Sameday Air network, offering 157 direct flights a week to European hubs. Transportation of time-critical shipments will now be offered in Shanghai, Shenyang, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Chengdu and Guangzhou. Urgent shipments will be collected and cleared through customs on the same day and can reach their […]
MASkargo restarts Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou flights
MASkargo will relaunch freighter flights between Kuala Lumpur and Guangzhou to take advantage of the e-commerce boom in both regions. The first Kuala Lumpur – Guangzhou service is set to commence on 4 June until December 2019, operating on day 2 and 5, departing Kuala Lumpur at 22.10 and arriving in Guangzhou at 02.15 the […]
DHL Express and EHang tackle the last mile with drones
DHL Express has entered a strategic partnership with autonomous aerial vehicle company EHang to launch drone deliveries to tackle last mile challenges in China. The launch ceremony was held on 16 May at the EHang Command and Control Center in Guangzhou with senior executives from both companies in attendance. The customised route has been created […]
South African Airways to fly to Guangzhou
South African Airways (SAA) will open its first new route since implementing its turnaround strategy, by providing a link between Johannesburg and Guangzhou, China. The flights to the heart of China’s export led manufacturing industries will start on 18 September, operating three times a week using an Airbus A340-300 and taking around 13 hours 40 […]
Saudia Cargo restarts Mumbai and Guangzhou flights
Saudia Cargo has strengthened its presence in China and India by resuming freighter flights to Guangzhou and Mumbai. Weekly freighter services started in April to meet growing demand for cargo operations and stimulate trade movements, in addition to operate five flights a week to Dhaka, Bangladesh and seven a week to Hong Kong. Omar Hariri, […]
Vallair delivers first 737-400F to Longhao Airlines
Vallair has delivered the first Boeing 737-400 Freighter to Guangdong Longhao Aviation Group, to be operated by Guangzhou-based Longhao Airlines. The aircraft, MSN27916 was previously operated by Japan Transocean Airlines and converted at Gameco in Guangzhou under a Pemco supplemental type certificate (STC). The group operates 737-300Fs using its own fleet as well as leased […]
JD.com launches cargo flights with Tianjin Air Cargo
Chinese retailer JD.com has partnered with Tianjin Air Cargo to ship goods on cargo aircraft as the e-commerce giant ramps up its logistics business. The service will fly six round trips a week between Tianjin and Guangzhou using a Boeing 737 branded with the JD Logistics logo. JD.com says the dedicated capacity will fulfil same-day […]
CORE improves ULD tracking with greater speed, range and capacity
CORE Transport Technologies has upgraded its COREInsight Bluetooth Tracking, improving ULD tracking with greater speed, range and payload capacity. The upgrade was unveiled at the ULD Care global symposium in Guangzhou, China where the company showed off implementing a BLE resilient mesh network incorporating military grade security, which can support hundreds of low cost nodes […]
Finnair Cargo picks Air Logistics Group as GSSA for China
Finnair Cargo has appointed Air Logistics China as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) in Mainland China. The Air Logistics Group company started working with Finnair Cargo in Nanjing on 1 August, and the agreement in Guangzhou, Xi’an and Chongqing will be effective from 1 September. Finnair Cargo sales director for Asia, Tomi Asikainen […]
Yusen Logistics launches express service in Guangzhou
Yusen Logistics has launched an emergency arrangement service targeting air cargo arriving in Guangzhou, with cargo being collected from the terminal within six hours. Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is third largest airport in China after Shanghai and Beijing, and has been growing rapidly due to improved transport infrastructure and the expansion of science and technology […]
FedEx Express speeds up services between Europe and Vietnam
FedEx Express is speeding up services between the European Union and Vietnam by connecting Hanoi with its hub in Guangzhou, China. The new route will significantly cut the delivery time between Europe and Vietnam, and substantially improve transit time for all inbound flights to Hanoi. The European Union and Vietnam are finalising a trade and […]
Hactl makes light work of outsized machinery components
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) has handled two charter flights for AirBridgeCargo Airlines each carrying 20 metre long machinery components weighing almost 19 tonnes. The outsized loads were carried on two brand-new Boeing 747-8 Freighters from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands to Hong Kong, on their way to their final destination in Guangzhou, […]
FedEx connects Memphis and Guangzhou hubs for the first time
FedEx Express has connected its FedEx World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee with its APAC Hub in Guangzhou, China for the first time. The route is being served with five flights a week from Tuesday to Saturday using an MD-11 Freighter, which will be upgraded to a Boeing 777 Freighter in May. The flights in April […]
Cargo growth slows at Changi but still up five per cent
The growth in cargo volumes at Changi Airport has slowed in October but was still up five per cent year-on-year. The airport in Singapore handled 185,800 tonnes of cargo in October 2017 compared to 177,000 tonnes in the same month of 2016. Year-on-year growth in October was lower than the previous three months; July had […]
Surge expected in 2018 as demand keeps growing
Following 17 per cent perishables growth so far in 2017, Qatar Airways senior vice president and acting chief officer for cargo, Guillaume Halleux is expecting a surge in demand in 2018, writes James Muir. The airline has transported over 135,000 tonnes of perishables to date, 17 per cent growth in 2016-17 compared to 2015-16, and […]
China Southern and AF-KL-MP strengthen cooperation with new MoU
China Southern Airlines Cargo and Air France KLM Martinair (AF-KL-MP) Cargo have signed a new memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further strengthen and shape strategic cooperation. The two airlines signed a MoU in September 2015 focused on strategic cooperation between the two parties, and they plan to collaborate in a number of areas over the […]
Gebruder Weiss USA starts operations in five locations
Gebruder Weiss has formed a country organisation in the USA in five locations following expansion projects in Germany, China, Hong Kong and Singapore. The brand commenced operations in the USA on 3 July, taking over Atlanta, Boston and Los Angeles from a former US joint venture and opening two further locations in New York and […]
China a key focus for Turkish as it plans new freighter frequencies
Turkish Cargo is looking to increase its freighter services to Shanghai and Guangzhou and in the first quarter saw growth of 30 per cent to China. The carrier says China is a dynamic market and one of the biggest trade partners of Turkey. In 2016, export airfreight volume from Turkey increased around 25 per cent. […]
Extra China flights as Lufthansa Cargo upgrades network
Lufthansa Cargo is to upgrade its network with extra freighter flights to China, and use belly-hold capacity on passenger aircraft. Cargo operations to China will be increased with nine Boeing 777 Freighter flights a week to Shanghai, up from seven, and it will exclusively use 777Fs instead of mixing it up with Boeing MD-11 Freighters, […]
China Southern to start second daily Heathrow-Guangzhou flight
Heathrow Airport is to get extra capacity to China with a second daily China Southern Airlines flight to Guangzhou from 1 June. Guangzhou is located 75 miles up the Pearl River bay from Hong Kong and is one of China’s most vibrant business markets and its biggest port. The new service will boost trade capacity […]
22% growth in perishables, but Qatar expects more in 2017
Perishable trade grew by 22 per cent in 2016 and Qatar Airways chief officer cargo, Ulrich Ogiermann (pictured below) tells Air Cargo Week (ACW) staff writer, James Muir that he expects the numbers to keep growing in 2017. Qatar Airways Cargo launched six new freighter services in 2016 to Dallas, Budapest, Ho Chi Minh City, […]
ECS Group wins major Asian contract with Finnair
ECS Group has been chosen as Finnair’s general sales and service agent across six important air cargo markets in Asia. Under the contract, ECS Group will market, promote and sell cargo products on behalf of Finnair in Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and Cambodia, and extending the main deal in Singapore. ECS Group chief executive […]
Finnair’s network expansion helps it grow in August
Finnair’s cargo capacity in scheduled traffic measured in available tonne kilometres (ATK) grew by 4.9 per cent, and revenue tonne kilometres (RTK) increased by 8.7 per cent year-on-year (YOY) in August. ATK was 121.8 million, while RTK was 69.4 million and for the year so far ATK is 923.4 million, a YOY rise of 7.1 […]
Emirates upgrades services to China and Sudan
Emirates will operate an Airbus A380 on bellyhold services between Dubai and Guangzhou from 1 October this year, adding to its recent announcements of A380 deployment on its Milan and Johannesburg routes. Since the route’s inauguration in 2008, Emirates has been flying a two-class Boeing 777-300ER aircraft on its daily flights between Guangzhou and Dubai. Once the A380 […]
PEMCO to provide Longhao Aviation Group with 737-300P2Fs
Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) is to assist Guangdong Long Hao Aviation Group’s aviation business having signed an agreement for a Boeing 737-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion with options for additional aircraft. The aircraft will converted by PEMCO’s partner, STAECO in Jinan Shandong, China, and is scheduled for redelivery in October. The PEMCO 737-300 P2F has […]
ACS and Saudia Cargo sign charter deal
Air Charter Service (ACS) has signed a deal with Saudia Cargo on the second day of the Air Cargo China 2016 tradeshow in Shanghai. ACS cargo sales director – Greater China region, Joseph Tam and Saudia Cargo director of charter and strategic partnership, Mike Duggan signed the agreement, which will see telecommunications equipment transported from […]
Air China appoints ACP Worldwide as GSA for first African flight
Air China has appointed ACP Worldwide as its general sales agent (GSA) for South Africa, as the carrier starts the first non-stop China to Africa flights on 29 October. The Chinese airline will fly to Beijing from OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays using a Boeing 777-300 Extended Range. The […]
