Air Freight News
Fitch Ratings: Resilient air cargo volumes benefit some airports amid pandemic
Air cargo volumes have been more resilient to coronavirus pandemic-related effects than passenger traffic activity, but the overall effect on stabilizing airport revenues is mostly…
Swiss WorldCargo adds Boston and San Francisco
Swiss WorldCargo will begin weekly flights to Boston (BOS). Beginning on 3 September, Swiss WorldCargo will operate a weekly flight on a modified Boeing 777-300ER…
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Emirates nears deal on Boeing 777X, 787 deliveries
Emirates has decided on its preferred mix of new Boeing Co. wide-body planes, with the focus likely to be on smaller aircraft rather than jumbo…
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Volga-Dnepr steps in to speed up completion of power plant project in Vietnam
Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the world’s leader in oversized and super-heavy air cargo transportation, has once again demonstrated agility and flexibility while organizing a charter flight with…
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Boeing 777 Freighter Joins the Volga-Dnepr Group
A Boeing 777 Freighter today joined the Volga-Dnepr Group fleet of 24 Boeing freighters today, departing Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The fuel efficient twin-engine…
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Price per kg dropping by 9% worldwide - volumes on the rise
Since air cargo developments started to completely go “off the charts” in March 2020, every month the question arises whether the next month will be…
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Sky Gates adds new Russian airfreight service
As a result of successful technical landings over the last weeks, the Russian cargo airline Sky Gates Cargo Airlines is launching new scheduled airfreight services…
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Annual rise in US airlines June cargo (over 9%) largest increase since January 2018
U.S. airlines carried 9.4% more cargo by weight in June 2020 than in June 2019, the largest annual gain since January 2018 fueled by a…
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Cargolux celebrates 50 years of success
Today marks a remarkable milestone for Cargolux as the all-cargo carrier celebrates its 50th anniversary. Exactly half a century ago, Luxembourg’s national carrier Luxair, Iceland's…
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AN-22 aircraft delivers urgent cargo for deep-water repair
Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday 12th August 2020 the world’s largest turboprop aircraft AN-22 of Antonov Airlines performed the charter flight from Ostend, Belgium to Istanbul, Turkey…