Caribbean Airlines to add cargo services from Curacao

Caribbean Airlines will will tomorrow begin offering cargo services to/from Curacao after signing a deal with GSSA Maduro Air Freight Services. Through the deal, the airline will offer air cargo services in and out of Curacao to the wider Caribbean and international ports worldwide. Commenting on the launch, chief executive Garvin Medera said: “This new […]

La carga aérea enfrenta 5 retos ante el comercio electrónico

De acuerdo con la Asociación de Transporte Aéreo Internacional (IATA), el crecimiento del comercio electrónico es una de las principales razones por las que se pronostica que la industria de carga aérea se duplicará en los próximos 20 años. Según datos de IATA, se espera que para el año 2021 las ventas globales en línea […]

Trade War Impacting Air Freight Demand

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), contracted by 3.2% in July 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the ninth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes. Air cargo continues to suffer from weak global […]

JetBlue cargo reboot focuses on East Coast

JetBlue Airways is getting back into the cargo business. The New York-based carrier, largely absent from the freight market since 2015, will soon be carrying cargo in the bellies of passenger aircraft flying from Fort Lauderdale, the airline says. JetBlue is starting the service with a company called Aeronex Cargo, which will help manage the […]

Cathay introduces fire containment bags for lithium-ion battery shipments

Cathay Pacific Cargo has introduced a new fire containment bag that enables it to carry standalone shipments of lithium-ion batteries safely. Cargo products manager Alex Leung said: “These new fire containment bags have been thoroughly tested and meet our stringent safety requirements, and they have also been approved by the US Federal Aviation Authority (FAA). […]

More Connectivity and Improved Efficiency 2018 Airline Industry Statistics Released: IATA

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released performance figures for 2018 showing that global air connectivity continues to become more accessible and more efficient. The IATA World Air Transport Statistics (2019 WATS) confirms that: 4.4 billion passengers flew in 2018 Record efficiency was achieved with 81.9% of available seats being filled Fuel efficiency improved by […]

Delta Cargo focusses on investments

Over the last three years Delta Air Lines has invested four times the amount that it spent in the preceding ten years to develop its cargo business. Delta Air Lines vice president of cargo Shawn Cole tells Air Cargo News that much of the investment was made in Delta Cargo’s online platform. Cole says the […]

Aerolíneas Argentinas lanzará un servicio doméstico de puerta a puerta en 24 hs

Al tiempo que espera un déficit fiscal mayor que el del año pasado, Aerolíneas Argentinas apuesta a aumentar ingresos con nuevas estrategias. Según dijo la semana pasada el presidente de la compañía, Luis Malvido, una de las propuestas de la compañía es fortalecer los «servicios no aéreos» (como el transporte de cargas), que hoy representan […]

Ethiopian Airlines to Transport Cargoes to Southeast China

Ethiopian Airlines’ logistics and cargo department reportedly announced on Saturday to broaden its services to Chongqing, a town in southwestern China that will connect with Africa and South America. The connection will be through a weekly flight, which increases the development of China-Africa bilateral trade and extends the already Chinese growing project Belt and Road […]

Delta Air Lines records double-digit drop in cargo revenues

Delta Air Lines saw cargo revenues drop for the second quarter in a row on the back of traffic declines. The Atlanta-headquartered airline registered a 17% year-on-year decline in second-quarter cargo revenues to $186m. Revenues were also down in the first quarter of the year. Meanwhile, cargo traffic for the Q2 period was 12.2% behind […]