Miami International Airport set to be a free trade zone
Miami International Airport is to become a designated free trade zone, delegates heard at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Hollywood Beach from 24-26 May. Miami-Dade Aviation Department aviation director, Emilio Gonzalez says the Florida hub wants to establish it in 2017, as it looks to become a global air cargo hub […]
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 […]
Seattle welcomes daily DHL service
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (Sea-Tac) has welcomed a daily cargo service by freight integrator DHL – which has relocated from Boeing Field at King County International Airport to access Sea-Tac’s enhanced cargo facilities. The express cargo carrier will operate 20 flights per week using Boeing 757 and 767 freighters. The addition of DHL marks the 7th new air carrier to […]
PEMCO redelivers 1st converted aircraft to Salam Aviation
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO), has redelivered its first Boeing 737-400 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft to Salam Aviation. The P2F aircraft for Salam Aviation, an aviation consultancy specialising in acquisitions, financing and logistics support, is set to be in service in the coming weeks. Performed at PEMCO’s headquarters at Tampa International Airport, the conversion was completed […]
Qatar Airways Cargo adds capacity to Atlanta
Qatar Airways Cargo has increased its capacity to Atlanta (US) with the launch of daily bellyhold flights to Atlanta on 1 June 2016. The world’s third largest international cargo carrier has served Atlanta with Boeing 777 freighters for almost five years. The introduction of daily widebody Boeing 777 passenger flights provides additional belly-hold capacity to the cargo carrier’s […]
Aer Lingus launches three new US bellyhold routes
Aer Lingus has celebrated its 80 anniversary by starting three new bellyhold US routes to Los Angeles, Newark and Hartford. Los Angeles began on 4 May, but Newark in New Jersey will commence on 1 September and to Hartford in Connecticut on 28 September. Aer Lingus chief executive officer, Stephen Kavanagh says: “We are delighted to celebrate 80 […]
American Airlines appoints African GSA
American Airlines Cargo is further expanding its reach into new markets with the appointment of its first general sales agent (GSA) in Africa. HAE Group has been chosen to cover sales across a number of countries in central, east and north, as well as South Africa. Effective this month, the HAE Group is responsible for selling […]
Brussels and Miami launch pharma organisation
Miami International Airport and Brussels Airport have signed a letter of intent to set up a pharmaceuticals organisation – pharma.aero. The two gateways announced the partnership at the International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Miami today. Both hubs say the organisation will be set up by October this year and it will create a […]
American Airlines Cargo supports earthquake affected Ecuador
American Airlines Cargo has shipped more than 20 pallets of water purification units to families across Ecuador whose lives were devastated when an earthquake hit the region last month. The massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake affected local water treatment plants and supply networks, which were severely disrupted in towns such as Manta and Portoviejo. American Airlines […]
Air India settles and brings price-fixing lawsuit to an end
Air India is the latest and last air cargo carrier to settle as part of an antitrust lawsuit over price-fixing after agreeing to payout $12 million. The settlement is subject to court approval by United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and it is the 28th to be made in the last decade. The total settled by […]
AEI signs agreement for 30 B737-800SF conversions
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed an agreement to provide up to 30 12-pallet position Boeing 737-800SF conversions but says the customer remains undisclosed. The deal is for 15 firm orders with an additional 15 options and AEI says the modifications will begin in late 2018 with deliveries beginning in 2019. To date, and including this announcement, AEI […]
Alaska upgrading fleet as it continues to diversify its business
Despite low oil prices reducing exploration activity, Alaska Airlines is remaining positive as it upgrades its fleet. The airline tells Air Cargo Week: “With the drop in fuel prices, we have seen a slowdown in oil exploration related activity in a number of places across our network. We foresee this trend continuing through 2016 as […]
DSV posts better than expected performance in Q1
Danish freight forwarder DSV has seen airfreight volumes rise in the first quarter (Q1) of 2016, which contributed to overall higher revenues – in its first quarterly report since buying UTi Worldwide for $1.35 billion on 22 January 2016. The world’s fourth largest forwarder says its Air & Sea Division delivered the best performance for the first quarter (Q1) […]
Atlas Air Worldwide sees net income fall in Q1
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has recorded a net income of $7.7 million for the three months ended 31 March, 2016, compared with $25.8 million in the first quarter (Q1) last year. Total operating revenue in Q1 2016, was $418 million, down on the $444 million in Q1 2015. Atlas says in the charter market, results on […]
Atlas Air strikes air cargo services agreement with Amazon
Atlas Air Worldwide will provide air cargo services to support Amazon’s package deliveries to its customers, which the carrier expects will boost earnings and cash flows over time. The long-term commercial agreements will include the operation of 20 Boeing 767-300 converted freighters for Amazon on a CMI (crew, maintenance and insurance) basis by Atlas Air […]
SEKO Logistics opens first UK excellence centre at Farnborough
SEKO Logistics has opened its first UK Aerospace & Aviation ‘Centre of Excellence’ at Farnborough Airport to deliver logistics and technology services for companies serving global customers in the sector. The company already has centres of excellence in Europe, the Americas and Asia Pacific and Farnborough was chosen as the location for its UK team of specialists because […]
Norwegian Cargo appoints dnata as new UK freight handler
Norwegian Cargo has appointed dnata as its new cargo handler in the UK with the cargo handler providing services from 1 May. dnata will provide Norwegian with a full range of cargo handling capabilities at all UK airports served by Norwegian – Gatwick, Birmingham, Manchester and Edinburgh. dnata will also manage Norwegian’s regional handling and […]
Fried: regulatory overload akin to being nibbled to death by ducks
Freight forwarders in the US feel the air cargo industry is a bit “lacklustre” at present according to Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried. He explains to Air Cargo Week that is the term members of AfA sum it up best while they have seen better, but have also seen worse. Fried says AfA […]
US carriers target bellyhold routes to Japan
American Airlines has applied to the US Department of Transportation proposing to operate a daily bellyhold service to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport from Los Angeles International Airport and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American’s application follows the historic signing of a new aviation agreement between the US and Japan in February to improve US carriers’ access at Tokyo Haneda. American’s […]
Air Canada Cargo and Cargojet announce freighter from Dallas to Mexico City
Air Canada Cargo and Cargojet have announced new freighter service from Toronto to Mexico City via Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport will begin on 9 June, 2016. The route is a result of a co-operative arrangement between Air Canada Cargo and Cargojet and will be operated with Boeing 767-300ER Freighter aircraft. DFW Airport executive vice […]
Air Logistics wins Wings OBC contract
Air Logistics Group has been appointed as the exclusive general sales and service agent (GSSA) by the Wings On-Board courier network in Europe, the US and Canada. The group will provide full sales and customer service support for the Wings network. Air Logistics Group managing director, Helmut Mair says: “We are very excited to be the GSSA […]
Approval for logistics centre near Portland International Airport
The Port of Portland Commission has approved a 14-acre, 50-year lease with locally based Capstone Partners and its investment partner PCCP to develop Phase III of the PDX Logistics Center. At more than one million square feet, the facility will have five state-of-the-art buildings; two of which are already leased to trade and logistics tenants. The […]
Aircastle completes loan agreement in Japan
Aircastle has completed a $120 million senior unsecured term loan with a group of seven Japanese financial institutions led by Development Bank of Japan, which served both as the transaction arranger and lender. The loan has a three-year term, and it will provide working capital for general corporate purposes, including aircraft acquisitions. Aircastle’s chief financial […]
Shippers to take centre stage at TIACA Executive Summit
Shippers utilising the air cargo industry will be given a voice at The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA)’s Executive Summit, which takes place from 24-26 May in Hollywood Beach, Florida, USA. Lars J.T. Droog, who was recently appointed to chair TIACA’s new Shippers’ Advisory Committee, will be leading a panel on shippers’ air cargo challenges […]
Volga-Dnepr president inducted into TIACA Hall of Fame
Volga-Dnepr Group president Alexey Isaykin has been inducted to the International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Hall of Fame. Isaykin will be formally sworn in at TIACA’s Executive Summit and Annual General Meeting this May in Miami (US). Isaykin has been President of Volga-Dnepr since 2002, during which time the organization has grown to a global group of […]
Seattle welcomes weekly AeroLogic freighter service
Seattle-Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International Airport has welcomed a new air cargo carrier in the shape of AeroLogic – a joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and DHL Express. The weekly freighter service begins started on Friday, and connects Puget Sound with Frankfurt. The aircraft is a Boeing 777 Freighter operated by AeroLogic, and its fleet is composed of […]
Letter of intent signed for 12 Lockheed Martin airships
Straightline Aviation (SLA) has signed a letter of intent to purchase up to 12 Lockheed Martin Hybrid Airships with a potential value of approximately $480 million. SLA is working with Hybrid Enterprises, Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship reseller, to finalise the purchase agreement. The developers says Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship represent a “revolution in remote cargo […]
FAA: US air cargo carriers will see 3.5% annual uplift over the next 20 years
US air cargo carriers will achieve a 3.5 per cent a year demand rises over the next 20 years, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The administration made the forecast in its annual market review and forecast for 2016-2036 – in which it also says US freight carriers will improve their share of the […]
FedEx saves $1 billion in fuel and cuts emissions
FedEx has surpassed its fuel efficiency goal and says it saved $1 billion in aircraft fuel and cut carbon emissions by four million tonnes since 2007. The integrator released the details in its annual Global Citizenship Report (GCR) – detailing updates on the company’s environmental, community and economic development initiatives. The report highlights FedEx has surpassed […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo appoints new US regional sales manager
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed John Giannitelli as regional sales manager in the US as it commences its biggest-ever transatlantic summer schedule. Based at New York’s John F Kennedy Airport in his new role, he joins from Aer Lingus, where he ran the airline’s sales and reservations operation for the US. Prior to Aer Lingus, he […]
