Cathay Pacific makes 600 redundant and scraps cargo director role

Cathay Pacific has reorganised its head office and made around 600 people redundant in Hong Kong and has also restructured the cargo department. The Asian carrier says in line with the reorganisaition it will “streamline” the structure by removing the role of cargo director. Last month, Cathay Pacific revealed that Simon Large was leaving his role as director […]

Atlas Air signs ACMI deal with Cathay Pacific for two 747-8Fs

Atlas Air is to place two Boeing 747-8 Freighters into ACMI service for Cathay Pacific Cargo. The aircraft will be operated by Atlas Air and will fly on behalf of Cathay Pacific Cargo through aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) agreements. The 747-8F service is scheduled to begin in May, and will supplement capacity Cathay […]

CHAMP kits out Cathay Pacific with its Cargospot suite

CHAMP Cargosystems has successfully implemented its Cargospot suite for Cathay Pacific’s worldwide cargo operations. The software has been customised for Cathay Pacific and has been further enhanced with CHAMP’s Business Intelligence tools. The two companies are now working on replacing the airline’s cargo revenue accounting systems with Cargospot Revenue, and a new air mail solution […]

Cathay Pacific to operate Brisbane Wellcamp’s first freighter service

Brisbane West Wellcamp Airport is welcoming its first dedicated international freighter service on 21 November with the arrival of a weekly Cathay Pacific Cargo Boeing 747-8F flight. The flight, which is still subject to government approval, will operate on a Hong Kong – Sydney – Melbourne – Wellcamp – Hong Kong route leaving on Mondays […]

Lufthansa and Cathay Pacific move under one roof in Hong Kong

Lufthansa Cargo and Cathay Pacific Cargo have reached an important milestone in their joint business agreement by moving under one roof into the Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal handling centre in Hong Kong. Under the agreement, both carriers will work closely on network planning, sales, IT and service enhancements, and they expect to transport the first […]

Cathay Pacific to add Portland to freighter network

Cathay Pacific Cargo will increase its US presence with the start of twice-weekly Boeing 747-8 Freighter services to Portland from 3 November. Portland, in the state of Oregon, will be Cathay Pacific’s 18th cargo station in the Americas, and will operate on a Hong Kong – Anchorage – Los Angeles – Portland – Anchorage – […]