NAM and Astral sign wet lease deal for B747F with Air Atlanta
Network Airline Management (NAM) and Kenya-based Astral Aviation have signed a long-term wet lease with Air Atlanta Icelandic adding a factory-built, nose-loader B747-400 Freighter to their existing managed fleet of three MD11Fs. The B747-400F made its inaugural flight from London Stansted Airport to Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport yesterday, expanding NAM’s capacity to East Africa. […]
CargoLogicAir starts scheduled services to Dubai and Hong Kong
CargoLogicAir has launched its second scheduled service with weekly flights connecting London and Frankfurt with Dubai and Hong Kong. The Boeing 747-8 Freighter with 135 tonnes of cargo capacity will depart London on Saturdays from Europe to the Middle East and Hong Kong, with a direct Hong Kong – Stansted service arriving in the UK […]
Stansted Airport aiming to play a bigger freight role
London Stansted Airport is a key gateway for air cargo into the London region and its operator the Manchester Airports Group (MAG) believes it can play an even wider role. MAG head of cargo and business aviation, Conan Busby feels Stansted is well established as London’s “premier freighter airport” and this is unlikely to change, […]
New Stansted CEO calls on vision to unlock spare capacity
London Stansted Airport’s new chief executive officer, Ken O’Toole has called on the UK Government to set out a vision to unlock spare airport capacity. He urges a national aviation strategy that not only supports airports to grow, but ensures the spare capacity available today is used to generate the biggest positive impact for consumers and […]
MAG airports continue to boost UK trade in August
Manchester Airport Group (MAG) operated hubs are continuing to boost the role they play in international trade with growth across all three airports in August. Manchester Airport saw the strongest growth with a 22.7 per cent increase in August to 12,027 tonnes, with East Midlands Airport up 11.3 per cent to 29,229 tonnes and Stansted […]
Antonov seeing good demand for defence and aerospace payloads
Oversized cargo payloads are Antonov Airlines’ main expertise and focus and in 2017 business has been consistent since it went it alone. The decade-long Ruslan International joint venture between the Antonov Company and Volga-Dnepr Group came to a close on 31 December 2016 and since then Antonov’s sales and marketing has been handled by Dreamlifts […]
CEOs of Manchester and Stansted swap jobs
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has made changes to its executive committee, with the chief executive officers (CEO) at Manchester and London Stansted airports swapping jobs. Ken O’Toole has led Manchester Airport since February 2013, and was appointed chief executive in April 2016, and is executive director of MAG. He will be responsible for providing additional […]
CargoLogicAir makes new appointments to its executive team
British all-cargo airline CargoLogicAir (CLA) has announced two new appointments to its executive team at London Stansted Airport. John Nicholas (pictured left) has joined the airline as technical director and will be responsible for all technical matters relating to the airline’s Boeing 747 Freighter fleet and air safety programme. He has previously worked for British airways and […]
Pegasus to open four Russian routes and flights to Abu Dhabi
Pegasus Airlines is launching five new flights from London Stansted to locations in Russia and to the United Arab Emirates. The new thrice weekly routes from Stansted via Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen include the launch of Grozny on 12 April, and flights to Samara and Volgograd on 19 June and Nizhny Novgorod on 20 June, as […]
Antonov flies giant compressors from London to Seoul
Antonov Airlines has transported three giant compressors from its UK base at London Stansted Airport to Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea. The UK-manufactured parts, each weighing 23 tonnes and measuring 648cm long, 284cm wide and 358cm high, travelled in modified crates designed to work with the Antonov AN-124-100 unique on-board crane system. Antonov […]
Extra capacity helps MAG cargo volumes fly high
Cargo volumes at Manchester Airports Group (MAG) operated hubs continue to expand in March with Manchester and Stansted seeing double-digit growth and East Midlands up 5.5 per cent. Manchester Airport grew 14.9 per cent to 9,933 tonnes, while Stansted Airport was up 10.2 per cent to 24,250 tonnes and East Midlands Airport by 5.5 per […]
CargoLogicAir flies 100t of flowers in time for Mother’s Day
CargoLogicAir has helped satisfy demand for fresh flowers for Mother’s Day by flying over 100 tonnes of roses, carnations and other flowers to Stansted Airport from Bogota. UK Mother’s Day is a busy time for the flower market, with £200 million being spent on gifts. The airline operated the flight on behalf of its general […]
New long-haul routes drive tonnage growth at Manchester
Tonnage at Manchester Airport continues to surge due to new long-haul routes being added as in February it handled 8,066 tonnes of freight – a year-on-year (YOY) rise of 11.2 per cent on the same month in 2016. Other Manchester Airport Group (MAG) gateways didn’t see the same growth as Stansted Airport’s tonnage was flat on the […]
Antonov Airlines transports helicopter from new UK base
Antonov Airlines has carried out its first charter operation from its new UK headquarters at London Stansted Airport using machinery, which it designed to speed up loading of a giant helicopter. The cargo, a British-manufactured helicopter measuring almost 4.4 metres high, travelled from the UK to Southeast Asia on one of the airline’s seven AN-124-100 […]
Asia and Middle East driving non-EU MAG cargo growth
China has become the second most important non-European Union trading partner for Manchester Airports Group (MAG) airports, with markets in Asia making up most of the top five markets. According to figures released by the group, which operates Bournemouth Airport, East Midlands Airport, Manchester Airport and London Stansted Airport, exports to China have grown 358 […]
Racehorses fly first class to Kuwait with Etihad Cargo
Etihad Cargo has transported 72 elite racehorses from the UK to Kuwait following the European racing season. The racehorses, worth a combined £36 million ($45 million) travelled from Stansted Airport to Kuwait City on board a Boeing 777 Freighter, where they will spend the winter months training and racing. Etihad Cargo has transported more than […]
Etihad Cargo adds Stansted, East Midlands and Copenhagen to network
Etihad Cargo has expanded its European freighter network to nine destinations with new routes to Stansted Airport and East Midlands Airport in the UK, and Copenhagen Airport in Denmark. The routes will be served using Boeing 777 Freighters, and joins Amsterdam, Frankfurt (both Main and Hahn), Milan, Brussels and Zaragoza as Etihad Cargo freighter destinations. […]
Strong growth at Heathrow, Gatwick plans more Chinese services
Heathrow Airport’s cargo volumes have continued strong growth in October while Gatwick Airport’s double-digit recovery continues as it plans more Chinese routes. Heathrow’s volumes shot up 6.7 per cent to 141,444 tonnes with particularly strong growth from markets in Latin America and East Asia. It says Mexico was up 28 per cent, followed by China […]
MAG’s gateways continue cargo growth
The Manchester Airports Group (MAG) continued to see strong growth in air cargo tonnage at Manchester Airport, Stansted Airport (pictured) and East Midlands Airport in September. MAG says runway capacity benefited its freight business, as it saw increases in tonnage across its principle three airports. The fastest year-on-year (YOY) growth was 11.7 per cent to 9,791 tonnes […]
MAG’s big three gateways see cargo growth in August
All three of the Manchester Airports Group’s (MAG) biggest gateways saw increases in cargo in August. Manchester Airport, boosted by rising bellyhold traffic through network development handled 9,837 tonnes, which was an 11.9 per cent rise on the same month last year. August was the busiest month of the year for passenger traffic at Manchester […]
Manchester cargo growth driven by Chinese routes
Manchester Airport and Stansted Airport posted year-on-year (YOY) tonnage growth in July, but East Midlands Airport recorded a YOY fall in the month, according to latest figures released by the Manchester Airports Group (MAG). In July, Manchester handled 10,118 tonnes, up 14.2 per cent on the same month last year, as its route network continues […]
Online shopping and new routes give MAG’s cargo a boost
Manchester Airport Group (MAG) has seen cargo income increase by seven per cent to £22.7 million ($29.8 million) with group volumes up 4.8 per cent due to new routes and online shopping. The group saw revenue between 1 April 2015 and 31 March 2016 increase by 5.5 per cent to £778.8 million. Among the group’s […]
Strong April for cargo across MAG airports
The MAG Group has seen cargo volumes surge in April compared to the same month last year at Manchester Airport, East Midlands Airport and Stansted Airport. Manchester handled 9,202 tonnes, a year-on-year (YOY) rise of 8.9 per cent, Stansted processed 20,826 tonnes, a YOY uplift of 12.6 per cent and East Midlands handled 27,198 tonnes, […]
CHEP to provide ULDs for CargoLogicAir
CHEP Aerospace Solutions is to support CargoLogicAir’s ambitious growth plans having signed a unit load device (ULD) management agreement with the new British airline. The ULD management company will cater for the increasing number of units needed and stations covered over the new few years. CargoLogicAir, based at London’s Stansted Airport, operated its first charter […]
Tonnage on the up at Stansted and East Midlands
London Stansted Airport and East Midlands Airport saw surges in cargo volumes in February according to operator of the gateways the Manchester Airports Group (MAG). Stansted handled 19,041 tonnes, a rise of 9.4 per cent on the same month last year, as it was boosted by CargoLogicAir starting operations and on Valentine’s Day it saw strong […]
Volga Dnepr delivers spacecraft payload module
Volga-Dnepr Airlines has delivered the payload module of a spacecraft and three tonnes of support equipment from Russia to the UK using an Ilyushin IL-76TD-90VD. The cargo was transported from Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport to London’s Stansted Airport and organised by DG Terminal. A specific temperature was maintained during the flight and monitored constantly to maintain […]
Airport bosses back remaining in the EU
The chief executives of Heathrow Airport and Manchester Airports Group (MAG) have added their support to the UK staying in the European Union (EU). The UK is to hold a referendum on whether it wants to leave the EU on 23 June. Heathrow Airport chief executive officer (CEO), John Holland-Kaye, and MAG, which operates Manchester […]
AirBridgeCargo starts African services
AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has started twice weekly Boeing 747 Freighter services to Africa, starting in the UK, then onto Germany, before flying to Gabon and South Africa, returning via Kenya. The first service flew on 14 February and will operate on Thursdays and Sundays under an aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance (ACMI) contract with CargoLogicAir […]
MAG’s strong growth continues in January
Manchester Airports Group (MAG) has reported strong cargo growth in January across its airports, with London Stansted Airport seeing the largest increase at 10 per cent. In January, Stansted saw cargo volumes increase by 10 per cent to 20,260 tonnes, East Midlands Airport was up by 6.7 per cent to 26,266 tonnes and Manchester Airport […]
CargoLogicAir cleared for take-off and set for five 747F’s by 2018
CargoLogicAir has been cleared for take-off, having received its air operator certificate (AOC) from the UK’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The Volga-Dnepr subsidiary is based at London’s Stansted Airport and has taken delivery of one Boeing 747-400 Freighter from Air Castle, with a second to be added in July. It expects to have five 747Fs in […]
