Delta Cargo names Shawn Cole as vice president
Delta Air Lines has named Shawn Cole as vice president of its freight arm Delta Cargo. Cole will be responsible for ensuring the airline’s logistics division continues to deliver on commercial, financial and operational performance. The carrier says he joins the leadership team at a time when it is realising the benefits of its multi-year […]
Delta Cargo the highest performing US domestic carrier
Delta Cargo says it had the highest average NFD percentage for total airport-to-airport shipments amongst North American carriers over last 12 months at 81.31 per cent. This it says continues the improved operational reliability trend, which has seen it lead the North American carriers domestic belly-carrier market in average NFD performance for total airport-to-airport shipments […]
ACI: stronger global economy drives May growth of 11.1%
The strengthening global economy fuelled growth of 11.1 per cent in airfreight in May, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). ACI says after a period of economic uncertainty regarding US trade policy and risks related to the UK’s vote to withdraw from the European Union, global commerce is “no longer sidelined”. The association says […]
Swissport Cargo USA opens a new warehouse at Chicago O’Hare
Swissport Cargo USA opened a new state-of-the-art warehouse at the Chicago O’Hare International Airport on 20 July. The subsidiary of Swissport International says the 138,000-square foot warehouse is designed with a focus on customer needs as well as on safety and efficiency and includes the first automated material handling system in the region. A grand […]
WFS awarded three new ground handling contracts at LAX
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded three new ground handling contracts with Asian carriers at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). China Southern has selected WFS to provide ramp services at the airport for its 10 flights per week connecting Los Angeles and Guangzhou. Xiamen Airlines has also chosen WFS’ ramp services for its new […]
Community approach and cargo initiatives paying off at Schiphol
E-commerce, pharmaceuticals and perishables helped propel Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to year-on-year (YOY) tonnage of 8.5 per cent in the first five months of 2017. In May alone, there was a YOY uplift of 12.3 per cent and head of cargo, Jonas van Stekelenburg (pictured below) says the gateway is happy with the progress as various […]
China Airlines chooses WFS for handling in Honolulu
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is now offering China Airlines its full range of ground handling services in Honolulu after winning a new cargo handling contract. WFS has served China Airlines in Honolulu since 2001 when it was first awarded a passenger services contract. In 2005, it also won the airline’s ramp handling contract, and in […]
Delta takes delivery of first Airbus A350-900
Delta Air Lines has become the first North American operator of the belly cargo friendly Airbus A350-900. The Airbus A350 will continue Delta’s optimisation of its Pacific network, operating primarily on long-range routes between the US across the Pacific to Asia and initially it will service Tokyo-Narita, Seoul and Beijing. It will be first operated to […]
Icelandair Cargo recovering after fishing strike hits business
A fishing strike in Iceland in the first two months of 2017 hit seafood exports at Icelandair Cargo and the carrier is still recovering. Fisherman stayed on land after a disagreement with trawler owners over wages and industry taxes. Exports of seafood were affected and as the sector makes up most of its outgoing traffic […]
Amazon’s Prime Day set to be biggest yet as its aircraft fly
Amazon’s Prime Day is set to be biggest in its history for sales, the e-commerce giant announced yesterday as its fleet of Prime Air aircraft took to the skies. The annual event took place for 30 hours from Monday, 10 July and is one of the biggest online retail days in the US shopping calendar. […]
Mexican carrier Interjet signs contract with Swissport Canada
Swissport Canada has signed a contract with Mexican carrier Interjet to provide ground handling services for operations at Montreal Trudeau International Airport and Toronto Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Swissport will provide Interjet with ground handling services including passenger and ramp handling, baggage services, operations coordination and load control. Montreal services will start on 13 […]
Gatwick Airport posts 20.6% tonnage rise in June
New long-haul belly connections continue to drive cargo figures at London’s Gatwick Airport. The UK gateway handled 7,835 tonnes in June, a 20.6 per cent increase on the same month last year when Gatwick handled 6,494 tonnes. On a rolling 12-month basis from July 2016 to June 2017, tonnage is up 18.2 per cent to […]
New initiatives for TIACA and board members happy with progress
The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has been branching out and is running new initiatives as it looks to grow its global presence and industry influence. TIACA’s newest board member and Brussels Airport’s head of cargo, Steven Polmans (pictured below) sees the association playing a major role in future in bringing air cargo airport communities […]
President Trump arrival set to have a positive and negative effect
US freight forwarders’ biggest concern is the overload of regulations at home and abroad, according to Airforwarders Association (AfA) executive director, Brandon Fried (pictured below). On a positive note, Fried says the new US administration under President Donald Trump is promising to reduce the number of regulations and the AfA’s primary concern is dealing with […]
PEMCO pens agreement with GEMECO for P2F conversions
PEMCO World Air Services (PEMCO) has announced an agreement with China-based MRO Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Co (GAMECO) to perform Boeing 737-700, 400 and 300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversions in Asia Pacific. PEMCO is a division of Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services (AMES) and wholly owned subsidiary of Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) and the agreement follows […]
Virgin Atlantic Cargo makes senior sales team appointments
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has made two senior appointments to its sales team, which it says comes at a time it is seeing soaring volumes, most notably from its home market in the UK. Ryan Ellis (pictured above left) takes up the position of head of global accounts while Ray Wood (pictured above right) joins the […]
Widebody 777 belly routes added by United Airlines
United Airlines has grown its network after adding additional widebody routes utilising a Boeing 777-300ER – which is set to boost belly cargo volumes. The US carrier will service San Francisco – Beijing beginning 6 September 2017, San Francisco – Frankfurt from 5 October 5, 2017 and New York/Newark – Tokyo Narita from 28 October 2017. Boeing 777-300ER aircraft are already […]
WorldACD: fairy tale year for air cargo continues
The fairy tale continued in May for the air cargo industry, according to the latest figures monthly report by WorldACD Market Data. The analyst says in May showed a “formidable” year-over-year (YoY) increase in chargeable weight of 12.8 per cent (13.8 per cent in DTK’s), coupled with a YoY yield rise of five per cent in […]
Strong business at Qantas Freight driven by Asia and the US
Asia and the US are the most buoyant trade lanes for Qantas Freight and the main focus for the Australian carrier. Qantas Freight executive manager, Alison Webster says both are in high demand across its freighter and belly network, while services between Sydney and Auckland are also very strong. Domestically, Webster says the busiest lanes […]
Cargolux expands services between China and the US
Cargolux Airlines has added Atlanta in the US to its destinations served from its Zhengzhou (CGO) hub in China. The North American city becomes the second destination, after Chicago, to receive direct connections to and from Cargolux’s Chinese hub. The service from CGO to Atlanta, in combination with Chicago, on its flight CV9765 that originates […]
Lofty future sustainability targets set by UPS
UPS has announced new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources. The goals were detailed in the integrator’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report, and it says it supports its commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas emissions from global ground operations […]
Strong start to 2017 for Brussels Airlines Cargo
The first five months of 2017 have yielded volumes growth of 36 per cent for Brussels Airlines Cargo with African trade lanes driving the performance. Last month alone, in May, it saw a 46 per cent uplift and the strong performance is being put down to three factors. Vice president of cargo, Alban Francois (pictured […]
ACI: Global volumes up 6% in April despite global trade uncertainty
Global airfreight volumes increased six per cent in April despite uncertainty on global trade, Airports Council International (ACI) reports. It says business confidence remains strong despite global trade uncertainty and economic integration in the USA and United Kingdom. International trade made gains on the cyclical recovery in the global economy, translating into robust growth in […]
David Geer appointed new MD of Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has appointed a new managing director (MD) in the shape of David Geer (pictured below) who will succeed John Lloyd who will leave the airline in August after 30 years. Geer joined Virgin Atlantic in April 2012 and has spent the last five years with Virgin Holidays, most recently as commercial, product and business development […]
Delta Air Lines and Viva Air place Airbus orders
Delta Air Lines has placed an order for 10 more Airbus A321ceo aircraft and Viva Air signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for 50 A320s at the Paris Air Show. Delta’s order follows on from it signing for 30 incremental A321ceo last month and it now has ordered a total of 122 A321s. Delta’s senior vice […]
Tonnage surges 11.5% in May for Cathay Pacific
Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon combined carried 161,743 tonnes of cargo and mail in May, an increase of 11.5 per cent compared to the same month last year. The cargo and mail load factor rose by 4.1 percentage points to 66.3 per cent. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, was up by 1.2 per […]
Airbus: nearly 35,000 aircraft required in the next 20 years
The latest Airbus’ Global Market Forecast 2017-2036 has found 34,170 passenger and 730 freighter aircraft worth a combined total of $5.3 trillion will be needed in the next 20 years. Over 70 per cent of new units are single aisle with 60 per cent for growth and 40 per cent for replacement of less fuel efficient […]
Delta Cargo appoints Wilson as new global sales director
Delta Air Lines Cargo has appointed industry veteran Eric Wilson as managing director of cargo global sales, a role previously held by Rob LeBel. Effective today, he will lead Delta Cargo’s global sales team and sales partners around the world. Based in Atlanta, he joins the leadership team at a time when Delta says it is realising the […]
ACL Airshop makes two key senior appointments
Unit load device (ULD) company ACL Airshop has named Steve Townes as chairman and Gary Langford as chief financial officer (CFO). President and chief executive officer, Tony Morgan says: “Having exceptional leaders like this on our team is further strengthening our strategy for global expansion.” Langford has held senior finance positions with a number of diverse manufacturing […]
Transformation of Delta Cargo beginning to take shape
Delta Cargo is transforming its business and is focusing on operational reliability and customer service. Speaking at air cargo europe in Munich last month, managing director for cargo revenue management, marketing and alliance, Kristin Colvile (pictured below) says it is “all go” as it evolves cargo processes and operations. “We have been going through somewhat […]