Singapore s Singapore Airlines (SIA) continues to do it tough in air freight. Its June data shows overall cargo traffic system wide (measured in freight-tonne-kilometres) was 6.3 per cent lower year-on-year, while cargo capacity decreased by 5.6 per cent. Consequently, cargo load factor...

Qatar Airways has launched a second weekly B777 freighter flight to Oslo. The new flight complements existing cargo capacity of 15 tonnes on the airline s daily passenger flight in addition to passenger baggage. The Doha-based carrier has so far launched six destinations this year Gassim (Saudi...

INTERNATIONAL air freight handled at Asia Pacific airports was down 1.1 per cent in May and fell 2.2 per cent in the first five months of the year, reported Airports Council International (ACI). "We are witnessing slowing growth or declines at major air freight exporters across Asia-Pacific....

SWISS WorldCargo has recorded a first-half cargo load factor (by volume) of 78.6 per cent, a decrease of 0.7 percentage points compared to the same period a year earlier. On the other hand, total cargo sales between January and June rose by 2.3 per cent in revenue-tonne-kilometre terms. In June...

Westwood Shipping Lines is entering the refrigerated container cargo market with the launch of its new fortnightly reefer service connecting the Pacific Northwest, including the container yards at Seattle and Vancouver, British Columbia, with the ports ofTomakomai, Japan, and Busan, South...

Emirates unveiled new expansion plans for Eastern Europe with the launch of daily service to KyivBoryspil International Airport in Kiev, marking its first route to the Ukraine. The service will begin Jan. 16, 2014. The service will be operated by an Airbus A340-500 and will provide global...

Boeing and Silk Way Airlines have announced an order for two Boeing 747-8 freighters valued at US$704 million. Silk Way Airlines vision is to be a successful and profitable cargo operator by investing in its fleet and services and continuing to increase its regional and international footprint,...

Lufthansa Cargo unveiled plans to boost its freighter network later in the year as the decline in its freight traffic flattens out while its leading European rivals continue to lose market share. Shipments fell 0.8 percent in June from a year earlier to 149,000 metric tons, leaving traffic in...

A second MD11F is going to be delivered to AV Cargo within the next two weeks and will enter service in early September. AV Cargo is a UK-based scheduled air cargo and charter company. The additional aircraft will enable more destinations to be added to the scheduled network as well as increase...

Hamburg Sud said it will raise its bunker adjustment factor on July 1 on the trade between the...

Ruslan International, which manages Volga Dnepr s and Antonov Airlines combined Antonov An-124...

South Korea's Hyundai Merchant Marines said it plans to deploy six large container vessels on its...

The Fair Trade Commission said it has obtained the corporate merger application for P3 Network from...

American Airlines has started a direct service between JFK International Airport and Madrid,...

The Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) said demand remained robust in September with...

Container shipping Maersk Line plans to raise freight rates from the Middle East and the Indian...

Container traffic through India s Port of Jawaharlal Nehru reached an all-time high in fiscal...

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced it would double the...

. Over 10,000 passenger jets to be replaced by newer fuel efficient models Airbus latest Global...