Newly-launched Virgin Australia Cargo has announced the appointment of John Mason as general manager commercial. Mason has 25 years’ experience in the air cargo, aviation and transport logistics industries within Australia and across the Asia Pacific region and will start with Virgin Australia Cargo on 20 July 2015. Mason has worked in Transport and Logistics at Australian Air Express, Air New Zealand, Lloyd Aviation and SkyWest Airlines and most recently held the role of business and … [Read more...] about Virgin Oz Cargo announces new commercial GM

Pending government approval, Japanese airline ANA will launch daily flights between Tokyo Haneda and Sydney from 11 December 2015.  All flights will be operated using ANA’s newest aircraft type, the B787-9 Dreamliner. ANA is focusing on the expansion of its international network as part of a new longterm strategy, through which it is aiming to increase revenue from international flights by 50 per cent over the next 10 years. The airline launched direct flights to Houston last month, and will … [Read more...] about ANA to launch new Sydney route

Scoot, the Singapore-based longhaul, low-cost division of Singapore Airlines, has added two new Asian cities to its route map: Osaka and Kaohsiung.  The carrier started flying to Osaka on 8 July with the B787 Dreamliner service running three times a week with a stop in Bangkok. A day later on 9 July, the inaugural flight bound for Kaohsiung, the second largest city in Taiwan kicked off its three times weekly service which also continues onwards from Kaohsiung to Osaka, meaning that Scoot now … [Read more...] about Scoot expands Asian network

Total air cargo volumes uplifted by all Philippine flagged carriers in the first quarter of 2015 rose 9.4 per cent to 58,900 tonnes from 53,820 tonnes in the same period last year, according to the latest data from the country’s Civil Aeronautics Board. Low-cost carrier Cebu Pacific remained in top position with a 43.9 per cent share of the total uplifted cargo. During the first three months of 2015, Cebu Pacific carried 25,860 tonnes of air cargo, a slight 0.1 per cent lower than the same … [Read more...] about Philippine air cargo up 9% in Q1

Cathay Pacific Airways has released its combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for June 2015 that show a marginal increase in the volume of cargo and mail along side a healthy rise in the number of passengers carried compared to the same month in 2014. Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 141,136 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, an increase of 0.5 per cent compared to June 2014. The cargo and mail load factor fell by 2.2 percentage points to 62.7 per cent. Capacity, … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific group sees flat cargo growth in June

China-based leasing company Bohai Leasing is to buy a 20 per cent stake in Ireland-based Avolon Holdings for US$429 million. A unit of China’s aviation and shipping conglomerate HNA Group, Bohai expects the offer to be formally launched by end-July following the approval of its shareholders. The transaction will provide HNA access to a global aircraft leasing market that is currently dominated by GE Capital and AerCap Holdings. Avolon chairman Denis Nayden said: “Our objective at Avolon is to … [Read more...] about Bohai Leasing to take 20% stake in Avolon Holdings