January continued the downward plunge for Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair whose combined traffic figures for the month indicated another hefty fall in cargo and mail tonnage. The two airlines carried a total of 101,154 tonnes of cargo and mail last month, down 26 per cent on January 2008, while capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, fell by 15.9 per cent. The cargo and mail load factor dropped by 4.5 percentage points to 59.1 per cent. … [Read more...] about Cathay and Dragonair continue to suffer
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Cargo to decline 5% at Singapore's Changi
Cargo traffic at Singapore's Changi airport is expected to fall by 5.1 per cent in 2009, to 1.77 million tonnes in 2009, from 1.85 million tonnes, according to a Reuters report. Singapore's Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Finance & Ministry of Transport, Lim Hwee Hua, told parliament the global financial crisis started taking a toll on Changi's traffic in the fourth quarter of 2008, but "the full impact of the global downturn can be expected to be felt in 2009". … [Read more...] about Cargo to decline 5% at Singapore's Changi
Changi relief package includes cargo
Changi relief package includes cargo The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has announced a further S$70 million (US$46.2 million) relief package to help airlines and airport partners cope with the economic crisis. The new package is in addition to the S$130 million Air Hub Development Fund (AHDF) that CAAS had already extended to airlines and airport partners. Included in the relief package are enhancements to the AHDF to establish a Cargo Incentive Scheme. Under this scheme, CAAS¡¯ … [Read more...] about Changi relief package includes cargo
Singapore Airlines’ profit nose-dives
Singapore Airlines has posted a fiscal third-quarter net profit down 43 per cent amid significant fuel-hedging losses, shrinking demand for cargo and passenger travel. Of the parent airline's four other business units - SATS Group, SIA Engineering, SilkAir and SIA Cargo - the cargo division was the only one to turn in a loss, amounting to S$46 million (US$30.4 million), compared with a profit of S$73 million for the same period a year earlier. SIA Cargo carried 14.2 per cent less freight (in … [Read more...] about Singapore Airlines’ profit nose-dives
JAL and NCA to cargo code-share
Japan Airlines (JAL) and Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) have agreed to begin code share cargo flights from 29 March. The agreement will begin with code-share flights between Narita, Tokyo and Chicago and Los Angeles with a later expansion to New York, Seoul and Shanghai, pending approval. JAL currently operates freighter-only flights on 27 routes worldwide with 70 flights per week, and with this code share agreement, the number of cargo flights a week increases to 75. … [Read more...] about JAL and NCA to cargo code-share
Maximus’ cargo carrying jumps
Middle East heavy lift specialist Maximus Air Cargo has reported a four-fold increase in freight-tonne kilometres (FTKs) to 278 million FTKs in the nine months to September 30, 2008. … [Read more...] about Maximus’ cargo carrying jumps
