First Etihad Cargo 777F touches down in Miami
Miami International Airport (MIA) welcomed the first weekly Boeing 777F flight by Etihad Cargo on 7 November. The new scheduled freighter flights, make a stop in Columbus, Ohio before continuing to Miami, Amsterdam and Abu Dhabi. The route launch makes Miami the airline’s third US cargo route and fourth in the Western Hemisphere, joining Columbus, Tucson and […]
AEI to provide three more conversions to Aeronaves
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide Mexico-based Aeronaves T.S.M (TSM) with three additional MD-83SF freighter conversions. The first MD-83 aircraft will commence modification on 11 December, followed by the second in February of 2018 and the third in late April, 2018. All the AEI MD-83SF modifications will be performed by Commercial Jet’s […]
NAS and ANA Aviation strengthen Amerijet ties
Network Airline Services’ (NAS) Paris CDG office has extended its contractual territory with Amerijet International to include Malta. NAS says customers in Malta can now book their shipments on Amerijet’s flights through their local NAS office and transactions will be managed and directed through its team in France. ANA Aviation Services has also been appointed […]
EVA Air takes delivery of first Boeing 777F
EVA Air took delivery of its first Boeing 777 Freighter at the Boeing Everett Delivery Center in Seattle on Wednesday, 8 November. The carrier flew its newest freighter from Paine Field to Taiwan’s Taoyuan International Airport, departing shortly after delivery and arriving on Thursday, 9 November in Taipei. The airport welcomed Taiwan’s first 777F with […]
Revenues increase 31% in Q3 at ATSG
Air Transport Services Group’s (ATSG) revenues increased $60.8 million on the third quarter (Q3) of last year, or 31 per cent, to $254.1 million for Q3 ending on 30 September. Excluding revenues from reimbursable airline expenses, revenues increased $49 million, or 29 per cent. ATSG’s dry leasing, and maintenance and logistics businesses recorded double-digit revenue […]
TIACA ES: GACAG outlines five key priorities
Members of the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) outlined five key priorities at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Miami at the opening plenary session on 19 October, writes Justin Burns. GACAG is made up of TIACA, the International Air Transport Association (IATA), International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) and […]
TIACA ES: Astral to start testing the Flyox drone
African carrier Astral Aviation is to start testing its two-tonne Flyox drone in Malawi next month as it looks to start operating regular flights, writes Justin Burns. Speaking at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Miami in the ‘Unmanned aircraft and new airline technology’ session on 19 October, chief executive officer, Sanjeev […]
TIACA ES: Digital technology taking effect in the forwarding world
Digital technology is changing the freight forwarding marketplace and indeed much of the air cargo industry and those failing to invest and keep pace could well struggle, writes Justin Burns. This was the basis of a discussion at The International Air Cargo Association’s (TIACA) Executive Summit in Miami on 20 October in the ‘Rise of […]
Flexport looking to grow its footprint
Flexport is evolving fast and the rapidly growing freight forwarder has no plans to slow down. 2017 has been quite a year and in August the US-based forwarder opened its first warehouses in Hong Kong (HK) and Los Angeles (LAX). Speaking at TIACA’s Executive Summit in Miami on 18 October, Flexport’s global head of airfreight, […]
Miami launches MIA Cargo Flight Tracker
Miami International Airport has launched its its MIA Cargo Flight Tracker – the first real-time online cargo flight information display system in the US. The gateway unveiled the tool yesterday at Air Cargo Americas conference and exhibition in Miami. The tracker allows shippers, freight forwarders, customs brokers and logistics providers to easily view real-time cargo flight information on […]
CargoLogicAir adds Tel Aviv to scheduled freighter network
British freighter carrier CargoLogicAir (CLA) is adding Tel Aviv in Israel to its growing network of scheduled freighter operations – the third route it has launched this year. Starting on 10 November 2017, the London Stansted Airport based carrier will operate a weekly Boeing 747-400 Freighter service to Tel Aviv via Frankfurt. The flight will […]
Surge expected in 2018 as demand keeps growing
Following 17 per cent perishables growth so far in 2017, Qatar Airways senior vice president and acting chief officer for cargo, Guillaume Halleux is expecting a surge in demand in 2018, writes James Muir. The airline has transported over 135,000 tonnes of perishables to date, 17 per cent growth in 2016-17 compared to 2015-16, and […]
Chinese belly traffic boosts Brisbane’s cargo volumes
Belly traffic to and from China is driving cargo at Brisbane Airport (BNE) and more will follow as new services are operated, writes Justin Burns. In the first half of 2017, the gateway handled more than 54,000 tonnes, an 11 per cent uplift on the same period last year with 24 per cent growth in imports […]
Delta Cargo launches re-designed website
Delta Cargo has launched a totally re-designed website, deltacargo.com, providing customers with a one-stop shop for all their cargo needs, making the shipping process easier than ever before. Customers can now book, check-in, manage and track their shipments entirely online, via a computer or mobile device, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Plus […]
IATA: airfreight demand dips slightly, but still up 9.2%
Airfreight demand fell slightly in September, but was still up 9.2 per cent on the same month last year, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reports. Freight tonne kilometers or FTKs saw their slowest pace of growth seen in five months. However, it was still significantly higher than the five-year average growth rate of 4.4 per cent. […]
AEI wins contracts for two conversions with Pinnacle Partners
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has signed a contract to provide two CRJ200 SF freighter conversions to Pinnacle Partners. The first CRJ200 (MSN 7421) will commence modification in November with redelivery scheduled for March 2018. The second CRJ200 will commence modification in December, with redelivery scheduled for April 2018. Both freighter conversions will take place at Commercial […]
Royal Air Maroc launches new service with ECS Group
Royal Air Maroc (RAM) Cargo has launched a new service working with the ECS Group – dedicated to the shipment of personal belongings from the US and Canada to an extended number of countries in Africa. This initiative will have special promotional rates for all freight bookings made until the 15 November. This service will […]
Sheremetyevo posts 39.4% tonnage growth in first nine months
Moscow Sheremetyevo International Airport handled more than 200,000 tonnes in the first nine months of 2017 – an uplift of 39.4 per cent on the same period last year. The airport says the increase in traffic volume was due to a significant increase in cargo turnover on international airlines, but domestic carriers saw a fall […]
DSV reports stronger set of results than previously forecasted
Higher than expected business performance in both air cargo and sea freight have led to more upbeat results at Danish freight forwarder DSV. The company reported in its financial figures for the period from 1 January to 30 September, that operating profit before special items is expected to be in the range of DKK 4,700-4,900 […]
TIACA appoints Scholte as chairman and Polmans as vice chairman
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed Jan de Rijk Logistics chief executive officer, Sebastiaan Scholte as its new chairman and Brussels Airport Company head of cargo and logistics, Steven Polmans as vice chairman. Both were formally welcomed to their new roles at last week’s Annual General Meeting, part of TIACA’s Executive Summit in […]
IAI receives STC approval for 737-700 conversion
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has received a new Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for cargo conversion of the Boeing 737-700BDSF from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). IAI has recently completed its first ever conversion of a prototype aircraft from passenger to freighter configuration at its facility, including the installation of a wide cargo door. The […]
PEMCO holds ceremony for B737-700 conversion program
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has held ceremony to mark the cutting of a cargo-door opening in a passenger airframe for the conversion of its first Boeing Next Generation 737-700 Passenger-to-FlexCombi aircraft. The event is a milestone for Bahrain-based Chisholm Enterprises, the customer for this aircraft. Its subsidiary Texel Air, a non-scheduled cargo airline, will […]
Airport and cargo terminals to pilot TIACA online CSQ tool
TIACA has developed a new online Cargo Service Quality (CSQ) tool to help improve visibility and facilitate global standards across the air cargo supply chain – a step towards providing shippers with the ability to view the quality of service delivered in the air cargo supply chain. The initiative was launched at TIACA’s 2017 Executive Summit […]
Qatar Boeing 777F touches down in Pittsburgh for 1st time
Qatar Airways Cargo’s new Boeing 777 Freighter service touched down at Pittsburgh International Airport last Thursday – its 13th freighter destination in the Americas. The twice-weekly freighter flight takes off from Doha on Wednesdays and Saturdays, with stops at Luxembourg and Atlanta, Georgia before arriving in Pittsburgh. On the return from Pittsburgh on Thursdays and […]
WCA expands global presence to better serve growing network
WCA has recently opened additional membership service centres to further enhance its network relations. As of 22 September, WCA’s new offices in Dubai, New Delhi and the Ivory Coast are operational. Plans call for a new facility in Shenzhen, China to open in early 2018. The new service centers join already-established regional WCA facilities in […]
Johns elected to the board at ATSG
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has elected of Raymond Johns to its board of directors, effective today. Johns is currently executive vice president of FlightSafety International Inc. headquartered in New York, where he leads the design, manufacture, and support of flight simulation equipment and flight training services to government and military organizations worldwide. ATSG chairman, Randy Rademacher […]
Alaska Air Cargo launches real-time booking engine
Alaska Air Cargo has launched a new booking and tracking capability powered by SmartKargo. Alaska’s adoption of the SmartKargo Portal functionality now leverages all IATA standard C-IMP messages to communicate with the airline’s existing systems landscape. It also provides the technology to adopt the paperless transformation of key business processes, including e-AWB and the capability to digitally collect, store and […]
ACL teams up with CORE to develop ULD tracking technology
ACL Airshop and CORE Transport Technologies have announced a strategic alliance for bringing Bluetooth-enabled logistics technology to the air cargo industry, by jointly providing automated tracking of unit load devices (ULDs). Both say predictive analytics and big data are just part of the new efficiencies the innovation can bring to carriers, who will also be […]
Virgin and Delta open joint Pharma Zone at Heathrow Airport
Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo today launched a new Pharma Zone at their joint facility at London Heathrow Airport. This is the first joint venture cargo between the UK and the US, which is the world’s biggest trade lane for pharmaceuticals. The Pharma Zone will support the growing volumes of temperature-controlled healthcare and life science […]
Hurricane relief flights keeping ACS busy in the US
Air Charter Service (ACS) has had a busy last few weeks arranging humanitarian relief charters to hurricane-ravaged islands in the Caribbean. ACS president for the Americas, Richard Thompson (pictured below) says the charter broker has been involved with relief flights for Hurricane Irma charters. He explains: “We have been arranging lots of relief charter flights […]
