American Airlines Cargo has made a significant enhancement to its temperature-control programme by adding the Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers to its lineup of healthcare shipping solutions. Effective 1 November, American will begin accepting both containers and is officially the first US passenger carrier to receive carriage approval for the larger RAP e2 unit and offer the full suite of Envirotainer products to customers. "American is extremely excited to have received our approvals for … [Read more...] about American Cargo receives approval for Envirotainer e2/e2
Virgin invests in lightweight cargo nets
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is to start using lightweight air cargo nets with Dyneema, as part of its ongoing contribution towards the airline’s target of reducing aircraft CO2 emissions by 30 per cent by 2020. The airline has initially ordered 600 of the nets, which at nine kg each represent a four kg saving on the weight of a traditional cargo net used to secure shipments on pallets. Th e nets are also designed to be highly durable and have a five-year operating life compared to an average 2-3 … [Read more...] about Virgin invests in lightweight cargo nets
Saudia appoints new GSA in South Africa
Saudia Cargo has appointed ACP Worldwide as its Cargo GSA across South Africa. Saudia Cargo operates a three times weekly B747 freighter flight from Johannesburg to Jeddah and Amsterdam, with shared frequencies to Nairobi. In addition ACP will also be able to sell belly space on the carrier’s thriceweekly B777-200 wide-body flights between Johannesburg and Jeddah, off ering total 50 tonnes of lower deck cargo capacity a week. “Following a competitive tender process, we were delighted to win … [Read more...] about Saudia appoints new GSA in South Africa
FedEx Pledges US$1 Million for European migrant crisis
FedEx Corp. has committed approximately US$1 million in cash and transportation support to deliver emergency supplies and critical medical aid to the thousands of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe, and provide ongoing assistance to both the people and the local communities affected by the crisis. "FedEx has been closely following the increasingly serious migrant crisis in Europe," said Karen Reddington, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific. "As a global express logistics provider, we … [Read more...] about FedEx Pledges US$1 Million for European migrant crisis
A repetitive story of stagnant volumes and falling yields
Noting the air cargo story of 2015 - stagnant volumes and falling yields - threatens to become repetitive, WorldACD Market Data said August showed a year-on-year (YoY) volume increase of just 0.9 per cent, while month-on-month (MoM) US$-yields fell again, this time by 1.2 per cent ( yields in Aug 2014 decreased by 0.8 per cent vs July 2014). One bright spot: Africa and Latin America, the smaller regions in terms of air cargo, bucked the trend. Africa was clearly the region-of-the-month, … [Read more...] about A repetitive story of stagnant volumes and falling yields
China’s YTO makes maiden flight, launches B737-800BCF programme
Boeing has announced it has entered into an agreement with YTO Airlines – a Hangzhou-based Chinese express cargo carrier – to provide the airline with 15 B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCFs) following a planned programme launch for the type. The order was announced during President Xi Jinping's ongoing visit to the US and delivery dates were not specified. YTO only just began operations with its maiden flight on 26 September with flights between Hangzhou and Chengdu. YTO acquired its … [Read more...] about China’s YTO makes maiden flight, launches B737-800BCF programme
