LATAM Airlines adds Falkland Islands flights
LATAM Airlines Brazil will operate weekly flights to Mount Pleasant in the Falkland Islands from Sao Paulo, starting on 20 November. The Boeing 767 service, which will also stop in Cordoba, Argentina once a month will carry 190 passengers and increase freight capacity, mainly carrying perishables to and from the islands. LATAM was chosen to […]
LATAM Cargo flies bears to new home in Sao Paulo
LATAM Cargo Brazil has transported two bears from Fortaleza to Sao Paulo, on their way to a wildlife sanctuary. The bears were transported in partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) and the Fortaleza State Environmental Superintendence. The payload of 1.3 tonnes travelled on a Boeing 767-300ER, and the loading […]
HAE Group is looking for continued growth
Having entered the Latin American market eight years ago, HAE Group is looking at regional acquisitions to continue to grow, Americas president Ian Hutchinson tells Air Cargo Week. HAE Group entered the region in 2011 with an office in Sao Paulo, Brazil followed by Santiago, Chile in 2012. Offices in Lima, Peru and Bogota, Colombia […]
Carnival time as ACS doubles Sao Paulo presence
Air Charter Service has expanded operations in Brazil by moving to a new office in Sao Paulo. The new office is almost twice the size of the old one, and will give the company plenty of space for the next stage of its expansion plan. The team has almost doubled in size over the past […]
Ethiopian Cargo connects Chongqing with the world
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services has connected Chongqing with Africa and the Americas on a weekly cargo flight. The weekly Boeing 777-200 Freighter service was launched on 26 June and passes through Shanghai – Chongqing – Delhi – Addis Ababa – Lagos – Sao Paulo – Quito – Miami. Located in southwest China adjacent to […]
LATAM Cargo expands perishables hub at Guarulhos
LATAM Cargo Brazil is upgrading its perishable services with the construction of a cooler facility at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport, significantly increasing capacity. The perishables hub will be able to store 33% more perishable cargo than the existing hub, covering 17,620 square feet, of which 8,880 square feet will be coolers. The facility will include […]
Turkish Cargo moves Sao Paulo flights to Viracopos
Turkish Cargo is moving operations in Sao Paulo away from Guarulhos International Airport to Viracopos International Airport. Viracopos is located near Campinas, which is considered Brazil’s scientific, technological and industrial development centre. Exports from Sao Paulo include dried milk, vitamin pills, fruit and vegetables, poultry, unprocessed leather, automobiles and spare parts to Asia and the […]
Panalpina fills LATAM’s Sao Paulo to Lisbon service
LATAM Cargo’s service between Lisbon and Sao Paulo got off to a flying start with more than six tonnes of cargo from Panalpina. The Boeing 767 passenger service started on 3 September, providing five frequencies a week between Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport and Lisbon’s Humberto Delgado Airport, providing a link between South America and the […]
Marken to ship biological samples from Sao Paulo with UPS
Marken has received approval from Brazil’s ANVISA to ship biological samples from Sao Paulo’s Viracopos airport to the USA using UPS airline. The pilot programme approved by the Brazilian authorities will allow biologic samples to depart from Sao Paulo, allowing Marken to take advantage of existing UPS flights to any US city. The new hybrid […]
LATAM extends European network to Lisbon and Munich
LATAM Cargo is continuing to expand in Europe with new routes to Lisbon and Munich, in addition to connecting northern Chile with Miami. The flights from Sao Paulo Guarulhos Airport to Lisbon will begin in September, and the first half of 2019 in the case of Munich, which is still subject to regulatory approval. LATAM […]
LATAM Airlines becomes solo carrier between Israel and Latin America
Following the launch of its Tel Aviv-São Paulo-Santiago de Chile service, LATAM will be the only carrier to operate flights between Israel and Latin America. It will operate the Tel Aviv-São Paulo-Santiago de Chile service with a Boeing 787 aircraft three times a week from December 2018. The service connects Tel Aviv, Israel to Santiago, […]
Rhenus expands in Brazil with Piramide SeaAir acquisition
Rhenus Group has expanded its presence in Brazil by taking over Piramide SeaAir Comercio Exterior as part of its global expansion plans. Piramide has been operating as a licenced customs clearance broker for more than 20 years and has developed its own customs clearance software for this purpose. Rhenus says it can now not only […]
SAA Cargo help Toyota Gazoo race to glory in 2018 Dakar Rally
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has collaborated with the Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa Team as the airfreight partner for the 2018 Dakar Rally. The partnership has been in place since 2012 and involves transporting the racing vehicles to Sao Paulo, Brazil, en route to Lima, Peru for the start. The shipment consists of […]
AA Cargo flies French orchestra’s instruments to Latin America
American Airlines Cargo has transported musical instruments for the Orchestre Nationale du Capitole’s three-city tour of Latin America. 694 pieces of cargo including violins, cellos, double basses, three harps and a conductor’s podium were shipped from Paris to Buenos Aires on a wide-bodied flight, then on to Quito and finally Sao Paulo for the Toulouse-based […]
Network growth set to continue at Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has added new freighter routes this year, but is not finished yet and is eyeing more connections. In the last six months, it has started services to Sao Paulo, Paris, Johannesburg, Kano in Nigeria, Oslo and Antananarivo in Madagascar. Turkish Cargo sales vice president (Turkey), Omer Kilic (pictured) says all the new routes […]
Revenue and tonnage growth for Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo’s cargo revenue has grown 24.4 per cent and tonnage is up 26.1 per cent on a year-on-year (YOY) basis in the first half of 2017 to the end of June, as it continues to expand its services. The carrier says it has also grown YOY by 46.8 per cent in the Chinese market during the […]
Turkish Cargo says olá to Sao Paulo
Turkish Cargo is expanding its network with scheduled cargo flights to Sao Paulo, Brazil from 25 June. Sao Paulo is one of the largest industrial and trade centres in South America, and Turkish Cargo will operate one Airbus A330 Freighter flight a week on an Istanbul – Dakar – Sao Paulo – Dakar – Istanbul […]
Premium focus at Viracopos as volumes recover after 2016
After a challenging year in 2016 due to economic problems in Brazil, cargo at Viracopos International Airport has picked up in the first four months, director of operations Marcelo Mota tells Air Cargo Week. Viracopos near Sao Paulo (pictured) handled 124,561 tonnes of imported cargo in 2015, which fell 17 per cent in 2016 to […]
ECS Group grows its global footprint with Americas moves
French-headquartered general sales and service agent (GSSA) the ECS Group continues to grow its network with the latest expansion being in the Americas. ECS Group chief operating officer, Adrien Thominet (pictured) explains it has been focusing heavily on South America and indeed the Americas in general. “We already had Brazil, and Mexico and have opened […]
Avianca Brasil launches Miami-Sao Paulo route
Avianca Brasil will launch a daily bellyhold service between Miami International Airport and Sao Paulo on 23 June, 2017. The flights will be served by Airbus A330-200 aircraft and Miami will be the first US destination and only the second outside of Brazil for the airline, which has operated freighter service at MIA since 2015. Miami-Dade […]
ACL Airshop targets more stations, contracts and growth
Last year was a significant 12 months for ACL Airshop as it significantly grew its global presence. The US-based firm added six new unit load device (ULD) stations at Tokyo Narita, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Bogota, Mexico City and Sao Paulo, and is now located at 37 locations on six continents. ACL also won an […]
SAA Cargo transports vehicles to South America for Dakar Rally
South African Airways Cargo (SAA Cargo) has partnered with Toyota Gazoo Racing South Africa Team to transport vehicles and spare parts to South America for the Dakar Rally. The vehicles flew to Sao Paulo in Brazil, and the race starts in Asuncion, Paraguay; proceeding to La Paz in Bolivia before finishing in Buenos Aires, Argentina […]
Qatar Airways adds four new freighter routes in the Americas
Qatar Airways Cargo has launched freighter operations to four new destinations in the Americas starting from 2 February 2017. The Boeing 777 Freighter will fly twice a week to Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo, Quito (subject to government approval) and Miami in the US. The twice weekly freighters will depart from Doha via Luxembourg, the cargo carrier’s […]
ACS and Antonov deliver heaviest piece of cargo in the Americas
Air Charter Service (ACS) arranged the charter of the Antonov AN-225 to transport a 182 tonne transformer, the heaviest single piece of cargo flown in the Americas. The Brazil and Florida offices worked together to charter the giant aircraft to fly from Sao Paulo to Santiago de Chile, where it is a direct replacement for […]
Viracopos starts incentive program to attract cargo carriers
Sao Paulo’s Viracopos International Airport in Brazil is running an incentive program for cargo carriers as it looks to strengthen international hub’s cargo activities. The program aims to develop Viracopos as an international cargo hub, and the gateway’s operator – Aeroportos Brasil Viracopos – wants to increase the number of international flight routes and cargo frequencies. […]
American in for the long haul in Latin America
Despite regional instability and economic challenges, American Airlines’ managing director cargo sales Latin America, Carmen Taylor tells Air Cargo Week (ACW) the carrier is in for the long haul. Taylor says though Argentina and Brazil have been hit by economic and political instability, while they are recovering American will look to utilise its Latin American […]
LATAM doubles losses and cargo keeps struggling
LATAM Airlines Group has doubled its losses to $219.2 million in 2015, and its cargo division has continued to struggle. Losses increased by 99.7 per cent from $109.8 million in 2014 to $219.2 billion in 2015. In the same time, total revenue fell by 18.8 per cent to $10.1 billion and cargo saw a 22.4 […]
GRU Airport to run incentive initiative to draw in cargo flights
Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos International Airport (GRU Airport) has started an incentive program and will now no longer have landing fees for cargo flights. The ‘GRU Incentives Program’ is for carriers operating routes between Guarulhos and countries in Africa, North America, Asia, Europe or Oceania. The airport says it is encourage new international cargo flights and expand business […]
Cargolux to start Rio services for pre-Olympic Games demand
Cargolux International Airlines is to increase Brazilian services with flights to Rio de Janeiro from 4 March to cater for pre-Olympic Games demand. Flight CV7645 will leave Luxembourg on Fridays at 12.00h and arrive in Rio de Janeiro at 23.30h. The flight will continue to Viracopos before returning as flight CV7656, arriving in Luxembourg on […]
KLM transports Mondrian artwork to Brazil
KLM Cargo has flown 50 paintings and 25 drawings from The Hague’s museum for modern art to Brazil, where they will be exhibited for the year. The 50 paintings were from the Mondrian collection by Piet Mondrian, and the other work was done by De Stijl artists, Bart van der Leck and Theo van Doesburg. […]
