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 […]
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 […]
EL AL, United Airlines and AZAL among carriers to order Boeings
EL AL Israel Airlines has order three Boeing 787 Dreamliners at the 2017 Paris Air Show, firming up additional commitments originally announced in 2015. Valued at more than $729 million at current list prices, the order includes two 787-8s and one 787-9. EL AL now has six unfilled orders for 787s, with lease agreements in […]
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 […]
Panalpina upgrades IT platform in Germany, US next
Panalpina continues to upgrade its new operational IT platform and is in the middle of its roll-out in Germany and the US will be the next country market to be upgraded. The freight forwarder says ocean freight is currently the prime focus and will be followed by airfreight. Germany is already handling the highest number […]
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 […]
IATA reports e-AWB penetration rate up 1.3% in April
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) says the electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration rate was 50.7 per cent in April. This is still well below the 62 per cent target by December this year, but up 1.3 per cent on the previous month. IATA says the volume of e-AWBs was 730,762 in the month, which […]
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 […]
Pharma investments and focus continue for Cargolux
Cargolux Airlines is seeing strong pharma traffic on routes Europe to the Midwestern US and back, manager for products, Stavros Evangelakakis (pictured below) says. He also explains demand into Asia remains high, especially in China and it is also seeing growth in the Middle East and South America. He says despite growing competition in this […]
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 […]
Delta ups Asia connectivity with Atlanta-Incheon belly service
Delta has expanded links between the US and Asia with new nonstop service between Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Seoul Incheon International Airport. The inaugural flight departed on 3 June yesterday afternoon was at full cargo capacity with consolidated freight moves which included electronics, leather goods and hair care products. The daily nonstop flight will operate a […]
CEIV certified ABC joins Pharma Gateway Amsterdam
AirBridgeCargo (ABC) Airlines has joined Pharma Gateway Amsterdam (PGA), the second airline to join the 14-member quality pharma initiative. The carrier operates 22 flights per week from Amsterdam to significant pharma destinations in Europe, Asia, and the United States, including Moscow, Chicago, Shanghai, and Singapore. ABC is already IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in […]
Atlas to operate B747F on behalf of Yangtze River Airlines
Atlas Air Worldwide has announced the ACMI (aircraft, crew, maintenance and insurance) placement of a Boeing 747-400 Freighter with Yangtze River Airlines – a subsidiary of the HNA Group in China. The 747-400F will be operated by Atlas Air, and will fly on behalf of Yangtze River Airlines through an ACMI agreement. The new service will commence this month and will […]
Virgin adds 7th daily New York flight with Manchester service
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is now operating seven flights a day, seven days a week to and from New York with the addition of daily flights from Manchester to New York JFK. The Manchester flight is in addition to five daily services from Heathrow Airport to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport and the daily […]
E-commerce drives UPS’ planned new $180m Arizona facility
UPS has announced plans for a new $180 million package processing hub in Goodyear – Arizona – a rapidly growing commercial and residential community west of Phoenix – to meet demand for e-commerce. The integrator says e-commerce has changed the local landscape as it expands its capability for Saturday ground delivery and pickup service that began […]
FAA to shell out $527.8m in grants to airports
The US Department of Transportation has announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $527.8 million in airport infrastructure grants to 584 gateways across the US as part of the FAA’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP). Among them are $60 million to Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The first grant will allow construction phase of Runway 9C/27C to begin. The […]
Agnew named as new chairman of the board at Atlas Air
Atlas Air Worldwide has announced the election of Robert F. Agnew as chairman of the company’s board of directors. Agnew is president and chief executive officer of Morten Beyer & Agnew, an international aviation consulting firm and succeeds retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Frederick McCorkle, who served as chairman since 2014 and will continue as a director. Agnew says: “Fred’s […]
UPS and SF Express to set-up a joint venture
UPS and SF Holding – the parent company of SF Express – have revealed plans to establish a joint venture (JV) and collaborate to develop and provide international delivery services initially from China to the US, with expansion plans for other destinations. The two express operators say through this agreement they will leverage their complementary networks, […]
DHL Global Forwarding to keep the Norwegian seafood moving
DHL Global Forwarding is to accelerate the supply chain for the North Norwegian seafood industry by shipping live crabs and seafood from the Lakselv Airport Banak in Northern Norway to Asia and Northern America. On dedicated weekly flights, DHL will transport fresh seafood to the DHL terminal in Oslo, from where the freight is sent to South […]
Amazon Prime Air pilots picket at e-commerce giant’s shareholder meeting
Air cargo pilots who fly for Amazon Prime Air picketed outside the e-commerce heavyweight’s annual shareholder meeting in Seattle on 23 May. The 65 picketing pilots (pictured above) said they wanted to flag up the intensifying challenges at their airlines and potential risks for Amazon’s growing logistics operations as there is a “looming” pilot shortage, which […]
WFS reorganises its top management team
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced new appointments, which it says will further strengthen the company’s leadership team and signal its ambition to build its cargo and ground handling operations globally. WFS’ Europe, Middle East, Africa & Asia regions will be divided into two service product regions – cargo and ground handling – to facilitate the execution […]
Miami keeps the perishables flowing into North America
Miami International Airport (MIA) is the main gateway for perishables into the US and accounted for more than 64 per cent of all air imports last year. In 2016, the Florida hub’s perishable imports grew from 809,952 tonnes in 2015 to 846,787 tonnes in 2016 (4.5 per cent increase) as perishables continue to be very strong at MIA. The volumes of US […]
Alaska Air Cargo does first Seattle salmon season run
The season’s first shipment of fresh Copper River salmon made the 1,300-mile journey from Cordova, Alaska, to Seattle onboard an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 this morning – marking the start of the summer salmon grilling season. In addition to the 22,000 pounds of fish delivered this morning, Alaska has four flights scheduled throughout the day […]
Kalitta Air takes delivery of 747-400F from GECAS
Kalitta Air yesterday took delivery of the first of two leased Boeing 747-400F factory freighters from aircraft lessor GECAS. GECAS has previously provided debt financing to Kalitta on several 747-400’s (both factory and converted freighters), but this delivery is the first aircraft on lease to Kalitta from GECAS, adding capacity to Kalitta Air’s existing fleet […]
VIDEO: Delta Cargo’s Kristin Colvile
AZura Productions interviewed Delta Cargo’s managing director of cargo revenue management, marketing and alliances, Kristin Colvile last week at air cargo europe in Munich to hear about the carrier’s latest developments. She also talked about the challenges that Delta faces and gave her opinions on the future of the air cargo industry. Atlanta-headquarter Delta operates a mainline fleet of […]
UPS Express Critical service launches in Europe
UPS Express Critical service has launched in Europe for time-critical shipments that require special handling, such as an aircraft part needed for a flight or a surgical tool needed in an operating room. A UPS team will assess the shipping request through a round-the-clock contact centre, identify transportation alternatives and implement a delivery solution that […]
VIDEO: Jan Krems and Peter Gerber
AZura Productions spoke at air cargo europe to United Cargo president, Jan Krems and Lufthansa Cargo, chief executive officer Peter Gerber. The two carriers entered into a joint venture agreement earlier this year and they discussed how the air cargo industry must transform itself to meet the challenges of the future. Visit https://www.azuraproductions.com/portfolio-item/united-airlines/ for more information and […]
dnata acquires handling operator AirLogistix USA
dnata has reached an agreement with Lynx Holdings LP to acquire its AirLogistix USA cargo handling operations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport Houston (IAH) in the US. The 30,000 square feet facility includes the only dedicated perishable cargo facility at Houston airport. This state-of-the-art cargo handling centre is suitable for all perishable products including pharmaceuticals, […]