Slight improvement in April but Asia Pacific still struggling

Asia Pacific has seen a slight improvement in April with freight tonne kilometres (FTK) increasing by 0.1 per cent, but 2016 is still down on last year, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) says. April saw a year-on-year improvement of 0.1 per cent to just under 5.4 billion but the year is still down […]

Kuehne + Nagel’s airfreight improves in Q1

Kuehne + Nagel has increased its airfreight earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) by 7.4 per cent in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016, helped by strong export businesses in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Airfreight EBIT increased from 73 million Swiss francs ($75.6 million) in Q1 2016 compared to 68 million in the […]

ACS West Coast office expecting a record breaking year

Air Charter Service (ACS) says its US West Coast office is set for a record breaking year. ACS says it has arranged as many charters as it did in 2014 with two months of the financial year left, which finishes on 31 January. The year started strongly because of the US West Coast port strike […]

Cargo helps boost Air Charter Service in Asia Pacific

Air Charter Service’s (ACS) Asia Pacific offices have seen charter numbers rise by 59 per cent compared to 2014, with strikes in the US West coast seaports helping the cargo division. ACS says all three divisions at its China office in Beijing and in Hong Kong have seen large year-on-year increases. At its Beijing and […]