UK carrier British Airways says total traffic for the month of July was up one per cent, capacity was down 2.7 per cent from a year ago and passenger load factor was up 3.1 per cent compared to last year. The remaining northern summer holiday months are expected to help all European carriers loads and yields, but BA added that yields will be under pressure from the year-on-year impact of lower fuel surcharges, exchange movements andmix. BA cargo business has been hit even harder, with … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Outlook uncertain says British Airways
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TAIWAN: EVA Air sees cargo revenue plunge 51%
Taiwanese carrier EVA Air saw its cargo revenue plunge 51 per cent in the first half of this year as falling Asian exports sliced the carrier’s freight traffic by nearly a third. EVA, which operates 17 widebody freighters contributing more than 40 per cent of its revenue from cargo, reported US$574 million in cargo revenue in the first six months of 2009. EVA’s freight traffic measured in freight tonne kilometers flown fell 31.6 per cent from the first half of 2008, with … [Read more...] about TAIWAN: EVA Air sees cargo revenue plunge 51%
EUROPE & CIS: Outlook uncertain says British Airways
UK carrier British Airways says total traffic for the month of July was up one per cent, capacity was down 2.7 per cent from a year ago and passenger load factor was up 3.1 per cent compared to last year. The remaining northern summer holiday months are expected to help all European carriers loads and yields, but BA added that yields will be under pressure from the year-on-year impact of lower fuel surcharges, exchange movements andmix. BA cargo business has been hit even harder, with … [Read more...] about EUROPE & CIS: Outlook uncertain says British Airways
All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
All Nippon Airways, Japan's second-largest airline, says its business will dip into the red for the first time in six years and it expects a group net loss of JPY9 billion for the year to March 31 instead of a previously projected profit of JPY17 billion. It had a JPY64.1 billion profit the previous year. But the group's revenue from its international cargo operations increased 9.8 per cent during the April-December period from a year earlier to JPY 59.2 billion (US$660.7 million). … [Read more...] about All Nippon sees cargo revenue rise
