New seafood centre set to be built at Oslo Airport
Oslo Airport is considering new areas for air cargo and the possibility of building a new seafood centre at Norway’s main airport. Avinor wants to make new areas available for carriers with activities directly linked to air cargo in cooperation with the largest exporters within the seafood industry. The airport operator has worked on a feasibility […]
Biggest monthly uplift in tonnage for Etihad Cargo
Etihad Cargo has achieved its busiest month ever in October this year – uplifting 53,785 tonnes of cargo and thereby surpassing its previous best recorded in November 2014 – by 501 tonnes. The Abu Dhabi-based carrier says this reflected growth in perishables traffic from Africa, US inbound and outbound traffic, and volumes from Europe to Asia Pacific. […]
MAB Kargo adds another freighter route to China
MAB Kargo has launched a second new freighter route to Eastern China in the space of a week with flights to Guanghzou. The Malaysian cargo carrier will operate a twice weekly service to Guanghzou Baiyun International Airport from Kuala Lumpur International Airport from 8 November. MAB will operate an Airbus A330 on the route, which will […]
US gateway for perishables to expand facilities
Miami International Airport (MIA) is America’s principle perishables gateway, handling more than 66 per cent of all perishable imports and nearly 90 per cent of all flower imports coming into the US. This year, the perishables industry has continued to exhibit “strong growth” through MIA, explains Miami-Dade Aviation department division director of marketing, Chris Mangos. […]
Kenyan perishables in high demand
Perishables make up the bulk of cargo handled by Siginon Aviation at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi. This consists of flowers, which are 80 per cent of perishables it handles with the other 20 per cent vegetables and herbs. But aviation divisional manager, Jared Oswago (pictured below) says performance has been affected in […]
Panalpina blossoming after buying Airflo
Flowers and perishables in general are blooming for Panalpina in Kenya and across Africa and it expects this trend to continue over the next five to six years. Country manager for Kenya, Conrad Archer tells Justin Burns that growth has been considerable since the acquisition of Airflo last year – Kenya’s second largest freight forwarder, which […]
Emirates SkyCargo adds Oslo to its freighter network
Emirates SkyCargo has started weekly freighter services from Oslo to Dubai to cater for increasing Norwegian seafood exports, which have doubled in the last six years. The route will be served by a Boeing 777 Freighter with over 100 tonnes of capacity, which brings weekly capacity out of Oslo to 175 tonnes including bellyhold space […]
Trial operations at AISATS COOLPORT commence in Bengaluru
Air India SATS Airport Services has commenced trial operations of its integrated on-airport perishable cargo handling centre at Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2016. The 11,000 square metre facility, AISATS COOLPORT, is a joint venture between Air India and SATS, with a capacity to handle […]
SAS Cargo working towards gaining CEIV Pharma
The pharmaceutical cargo sector is proving to be a major opportunity for air cargo carriers and SAS Cargo is targeting growth in the market, reports Justin Burns. To grow its pharma volumes, the Scandinavian airline is working towards gaining the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV […]
Pockets of opportunity despite slow growth rates for American
American Airlines Cargo has faced the same headwinds with slowing growth rates, but senior manager – cargo strategy and partnerships, Lori Sinn Sr says there are pockets of opportunity. Sinn says American is expanding its Los Angeles hub into the Pacific, while investments in facilities like Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW) and San Juan will increase its […]
Airfreight volume rise of 8% for Panalpina
Panalpina’s airfreight volumes increased eight per cent in the first six months of 2016, while it says the market decreased by an estimated three per cent. The freight forwarder says volumes from acquired companies accounted for six per cent of air cargo growth and it saw higher volumes in the perishables sector, but lower volumes […]
Cherry season in full bloom from Seattle-Tacoma to Asia
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) is expecting a considerable increase in the number of freighters as the cherry season blooms. July and August are busy months, particularly for cherries for the Asian market. In 2015, Sea-Tac handled 12,700 tonnes of cherries for export worth almost $85 million, and the airport is hoping for another big year […]
Lufthansa Cargo: Perishable volumes might see fall
Flowers, fruits and vegetables volumes may fall as customers shift from scheduled freighters to charter services and belly flights, Lufthansa Cargo head of operations Fresh/td and cross functions, Oliver Blum tells Air Cargo Week. Blum says: “On the routes from Ecuador and Columbia, we have recently shifted from scheduled freighters services to our network on […]
Satisfactory growth across important trade lanes for Cargolux
Perishables have seen “satisfactory” growth, with steady volumes across important trade lanes, Cargolux Airlines International manager global product management, Stavros Evangelakakis tells Air Cargo Week (ACW). He says: “Perishable shipments have traditionally formed a major part of our cool chain business and our long expertise in this field, combined with a superior, high-quality product offering, […]
Brussels Airport on the recovery path after terrorist attacks
The terrorist attacks at Brussels Airport on 22 March had a huge impact, but the airport is recovering and getting back to its growth path. There was little disruption to freighters, which were only stopped for 24 hours before getting back to normal, but bellyhold cargo took a significant hit. The gateway’s head of cargo, […]
Imbalance between exports and imports continues in Israel
Exports from Israel are down and there continues to remain a market imbalance between exports and imports. CAL Cargo Airlines vice president for commercial Ronen Regerman explains to Air Cargo Week: “Exports from Israel are down and prices are lowered since most are highly dependent on the season, while import remains strong. There is stronger […]
AirBridgeCargo blooms in February thanks to flowers
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has reported a 15 per cent growth in its airfreight volumes in February, transporting over 37,000 tonnes across its global route network in Asia, Europe, North America and Russia. The airline’s freight tonne kilometres rose three per cent over the same month last year when the airline saw an extraordinary demand for […]
IAG Cargo targets perishables market in South Africa
IAG Cargo is to expand its reach into South Africa by adding a new route to Cape Town later this year, to target the flourishing perishables market. The carrier has today launched a new Boeing 777-200 route to Cape Town from London’s Gatwick Airport, which will operate three times a week. The new Cape Town route […]
Strong airfreight helps Kuehne + Nagel profit rise
Kuehne + Nagel has seen profits increase by 5.4 per cent to 679 million Swiss francs in 2015 ($680 million) with strong performance in the airfreight division. The airfreight division saw earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) increase from 238 million Swiss francs in 2014 to 265 million Swiss francs in 2015. This is despite […]
High quality perishables in demand
Changing demographics and growing incomes across the Asia Pacific region have stimulated demand for high quality perishables growing year-on-year for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Cargo (CPC). During 2015, it recorded increased perishable volumes moving from the Americas, Europe, Australasia and Japan into the region, and China in particular. Goods ranged from fresh fruit and vegetables […]
Perishables forecast to outpace hard freight growth
American Airlines Cargo (AAC) turned diverse weather and currency fluctuations over the course of 2015 – which posed significant challenges for the perishables business – into an opportunity to focus on the strong Latin America (LATAM) market. “Perishable movement within the USA, specifically domestic demand, was stronger for 2015 than we’ve seen in recent years,” […]
Emirates SkyCentral handles 35,000th tonne of cool chain
Emirates SkyCargo has shipped its 35,000th tonne of cool chain from its SkyCentral hub at Al Maktoum International at Dubai World Central. SkyCentral, which is where Emirates’ freighters have been operating from since it became operational in May 2014, has a 15,000 square metre storage area dedicated to temperature sensitive goods. To keep goods cool, […]