Virgin Atlantic Cargo carried one of Hollywood’s biggest stars between Los Angeles and London to appear on a number of television shows including: The Graham Norton Show, BBC News, Channel 5 News, Blue Peter and Newsround to name a few. Uggie, a 10-year-old Jack Russell Terrier was the canine star of the Oscar-winning silent movie, The Artist. Virgin Atlantic has had a dedicated pet team since 2003, when it was the first airline to fly pets directly from the US to London Heathrow … [Read more...] about Uggie flies Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Air Logistics Asia
Virgin Atlantic cargo returns to Mumbai
Virgin Atlantic Cargo is growing its network covering 350 destinations worldwide with the return of flights to Mumbai, India’s thriving commercial centre from 28 October this year, a route it first served from 2005 to 2009. The new daily A330 passenger and cargo service from London Heathrow will provide a welcome boost in cargo capacity for customers to and from one of the world’s most buoyant freight markets, according to Virgin. New Delhi, served by daily flights, has been … [Read more...] about Virgin Atlantic cargo returns to Mumbai
More bang for the buck!
More bang for the buck! Now this next item, we have to give props to Nordisk (they are still called Nordisk right? You’ll have to excuse us, we’ve been having a hard time keeping track of who has bought who lately). Some clever boffin in Nordisk’s marketing department got more advertising mileage than they surely envisaged when they first conceived of the idea to put little cardboard ULD ‘piggie banks’ with a US$1 note sticking out the top in front of each seat at … [Read more...] about More bang for the buck!
CHINA – China’s SF Airlines to expand cargo fleet
While most of China’s domestic cargo airlines are experiencing operating losses due to sluggish market demand resulting from global economic uncertainty and China’s export slowdown Shun Feng (SF) Airlines, a Chinese privately run cargo operator, plans to expand its fleet. According to its chairman Li Dongqi the carrier will expand its freighter fleet from seven to more than 25 aircraft to meet growing demand for domestic express delivery services. Last year, Shun Feng’s … [Read more...] about CHINA – China’s SF Airlines to expand cargo fleet
Cathay warns of hard times ahead
Cathay Pacific Airways has warned that its financial results for the first half of 2012 are “expected to be disappointing”. In response to the changing market conditions and challenging business environment, the group is readjusting the capacity of both Cathay Pacific and Dragonair by reducing capacity on some long-haul routes while increasing capacity and introducing six new destinations in its regional network. Since the airline announced its annual results in March, fuel … [Read more...] about Cathay warns of hard times ahead
HONG KONG – April cargo plummets, Cathay ups India services
Cathay Pacific Airways combined Cathay Pacific and Dragonair traffic figures for April 2012 show another drop in cargo and mail tonnage against passenger numbers growing year-onyear. Cathay Pacific and Dragonair carried 124,531 tonnes of cargo and mail in April, a drop of 11 per cent compared to April 2011. The cargo and mail load factor was down by five percentage points to 63.3 per cent. Capacity, measured in available cargo/mail tonne kilometres, decreased by 6.8 per cent, while cargo … [Read more...] about HONG KONG – April cargo plummets, Cathay ups India services
