Air Cargo Carriers News

Air cargo carriers news and analysis from the Journal of Commerce covers updates of air cargo carriers, pricing, air craft carrier capacity, rates, routings and technology.

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Above average air cargo growth slows

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
All regions, expect Latin America, reported higher traffic.
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Cargolux, Emirates SkyCargo form partnership

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Cargolux Airlines and Emirates SkyCargo have signed a memorandum of understanding for an operational partnership in the latest tie-up between carriers in the challenging air transport market.
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IAG cargo growth stalls despite Asia boost

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Traffic on the Europe-Asia Pacific routes surged 34 percent in the quarter driven partly by “sea freight restraints.”
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Air France-KLM sees cargo upturn

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Capacity was trimmed by 1.1 percent during the quarter.
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Global air cargo growth accelerates

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The strong March performance resulted in first-quarter traffic growing nearly 11 percent year-over-year.
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Lufthansa Cargo back in the black

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Traffic measured in revenue cargo tonne kilometers grew 6.3 percent.
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Cargolux profit shrinks as volume rises

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Cargolux posted a sharply reduced profit and lower revenue in 2016.
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Japanese air cargo poised for more growth

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
Japan’s international air cargo trade will rise for the second successive year.
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Solid demand lifts Asia air cargo by double digits

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
March was a good month for the Asian air cargo industry, with the recovering markets accelerating further on rising regional import-export activity.
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Lufthansa and United forge trans-Atlantic cargo pact

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The partnership was struck after more than a year of negotiations.
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Europe air cargo rallies on ocean slot shortage

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
European airlines accounted for half of the increase in global air cargo traffic to a five-year high in 2016.
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IAG Europe-Asia traffic soars on container capacity shortage

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Freight volumes have surged 23 percent in the first two months of 2017.
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Shippers take to the skies to beat Europe-Asia space constraints

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
BCOs are looking to air freight as an alternative to shipping cargo from North Europe to Asia as ocean space remains tight.
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Market recovery gives solid lift to Cathay’s cargo volume

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
The first quarter for Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific is looking good, at least from a cargo perspective, following strong air freight growth in January and February.
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EU reimposes $830 million air cargo cartel fines

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
“Working together in a cartel ... does not fly with the Commission.”
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Lufthansa Cargo swings to 2016 loss

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Lufthansa Cargo sank into the red in 2016.
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Cathay delivers worst annual result since 2008

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
Fierce competition and overcapacity in 2016 led to Cathay Pacific recording its worst annual result in eight years.
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EU poised to reimpose air cargo cartel fines

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The fines could total $850 million.
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IATA chief: Air cargo not meeting service expectation

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
Air cargo needs to modernize and improve its service levels to meet customer expectations, according to IATA's chief executive.
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Air cargo rally rolls into 2017

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The global air cargo rally continued into 2017.
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IAG cargo volume, revenue down

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
<p>The competitive trading environment of 2015 continued into 2016.</p>
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Japanese air cargo growth to slow

Tomoo Yatsuhashi, Japan Special Correspondent |
The increase will be the second consecutive year of growth.
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Air cargo grows at five-year high

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The global air cargo market grew to a five-year high in 2016 but is facing threats.
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Cathay Pacific, Lufthansa share Frankfurt cargo terminal

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Cathay Pacific has relocated its cargo-handling operations in Frankfurt to Lufthansa Cargo’s terminal at Europe’s biggest air freight hub.
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Air cargo surge could continue through 2017

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
The modal shift to air cargo following the collapse of South Korean container line Hanjin Shipping may have contributed to the increased demand.
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Air cargo peak season volume healthiest in years

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
It has been a long time since the air cargo industry had a peak season to remember for the right reasons, but a solid end to 2016 has done the trick.
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Antonov, Volga-Dnepr fly solo

Joseph Bonney, Senior Editor |
Heavy-lift cargo airlines Antonov and Volga-Dnepr have gone their separate ways.
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Air cargo growth fastest in 18 months on Hanjin failure

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Global air cargo traffic grew at the fastest rate in 18 months in October, driven by several one-off factors, including the collapse of Hanjin Shipping.
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Pilot strike affecting Amazon shipments sends early holiday warning

Reynolds Hutchins, Associate Editor |
Industry insiders say that although the work stoppage hasn’t roiled holiday shipments, it has frustrated Amazon’s trademark fulfillment process and should be an early warning for the retailer, which is expected to move a record number of shipments this holiday season.
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Russia’s AirBridgeCargo notches another record year

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
AirBridgeCargo Airlines has notched up its 13th record year of growth with two months to go.
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Asian airlines express concern at rising anti-free trade attitudes

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
Airlines in Asia take a dim view of the anti-free trade rhetoric that has emerged from the United States.
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Asia’s carriers, airports report solid peak season volumes

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
Cargo volumes have been robust out of Asia in the last two months, with carriers and airports reporting decent increases.
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Air Canada Cargo adds Frankfurt to expanding freighter network

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Air Canada Cargo will start an all-cargo service between Toronto and Frankfurt.
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Global air cargo strongest since US West Coast port crisis

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Global air cargo traffic in September rose at the fastest rate since the industry benefited from the disruption caused by the US West Coast ports strike in February 2015.
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Air France-KLM Cargo awash in red ink

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Air France-KLM Cargo’s third-quarter operating loss soared by almost one-fifth from a year ago as it scrambled to downsize its unprofitable freighter operations.
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Lufthansa Cargo stuck in the red but eyes recovery ahead

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
Lufthansa Cargo on Wednesday posted its sixth consecutive quarterly loss, but it sees a brighter future ahead.
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Solid air cargo demand lifts carriers ahead of peak season

Greg Knowler, Senior Europe Editor |
The air cargo industry is showing signs of recovering from a tough year with demand rising and higher hopes of a solid peak season.
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IAG cargo volumes, revenue still sinking

Bruce Barnard, Special Correspondent |
International Airlines Group posted a further steep decline in freight traffic and lower revenue in the third quarter.
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Global air capacity expansion outpaces growing demand

Dustin Braden, Shipper Relationship Manager |
Global air cargo demand continued to show signs of strength in August.
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Japanese air cargo set to buck downward trend

Hisane Masaki, Japan Special Correspondent |
Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting has announced its expectations for Japan's air cargo trade in fiscal year 2016.
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