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Data published by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) on January 9 show air cargo volumes falling year-on-year in Europe and North America in November. According to the IATA, which represents 300 airlines, North American carriers posted a 6.6% decrease...
Asia-Pacific airlines saw their air cargo volumes decrease by 18.6% in November 2022, compared to the same month in 2021, according to International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA further revealed that this was the worst performance of all regions and a...
Etihad Cargo has increased its US capacity by adding three weekly flights to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) from April 24, 2023. The additional flights will bring Etihad Cargo’s total cargo capacity to over 600 tons out of the US per week. The flights...
Lufthansa Cargo recently released a positive outlook for 2023 predicting return to operational normalcy and highlighting key areas of freight capacity, digitization and artificial intelligence, and sustainability. Lufthansa predicts that although supply chains woes...
AviaAM Leasing purchased two more Boeing 737-800 aircraft for Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversions. The aircraft with serial numbers 29769 and 28225, are the fifth and sixth Boeing 737-800 respectively inducted to cargo conversion, with the previous three already...
Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the first time for several cargo flights from Amsterdam in November and December 2022 at Schiphol airport. Thrilled at the achievement, Hitoshi Watanabe, Vice President & General Manager,...
DHL Express has taken the re-delivery of its 10th A330-300P2F aircraft from Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) just in time for the upcoming holiday season leading to high e-commerce and cargo demands. DHL Express plans to induct eight more aircraft on firm order to be...
Fedex's operating income fell from USS $1.68 billion to US $1.21 billion during the second quarter of 2022, driven in part by a 64% fall in operating income for its Express division. The cargo giant said weaker demand played a part in the Q2 results, but added it had...
Air China recently conducted a successful commercial cargo flight using sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for the first time. The bio-jet fuel was produced by Sinopec Zhenhai Refinery, a subsidiary of China Petrochemical Corp. The flight took off from Hangzhou City in...
SF Airlines has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to provide scheduled freighter services at New York's JFK International Airport. SF Airlines operated twice-weekly flights from Hangzhou, the capital of China's Zhejiang province, to New York. WFS expects to...
Holiday seasons and a frenzy of online shopping have given Qantas a reason to celebrate. Qantas Freight is gearing up for a record Christmas season with domestic freight volumes up almost 75% on pre-COVID levels, as online shopping deliveries ramp up. Across December...
Atlas Air Worldwide subsidiary Titan Aircraft Investments said it has delivered a Boeing 737-800SF converted freighter to Georgian Airlines on long-term dry lease. Titan Aviation is to manage the aircraft for the Caucasus-based airline, Atlas said in a statement. “We...