Air freight volumes showed modest growth for the month of June at 2.1 per cent year-on-year, with international freight experiencing weakness as volumes inched up by only 0.9 per cent, whereas domestic freight traffic increased by 4.8 per cent, according to the Airports Council International (ACI). Although the rate of growth in air freight markets has slowed compared to 2014, air freight has grown by 3.4 per cent for the first half of 2015 as compared to the same period the previous year, ACI … [Read more...] about Global air freight up 3.4% in first half
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Dubai Int'l grows April cargo, pax despite ash
The volcanic ash cloud that grounded flights around the world for six days last month had a minimal impact on growth at Dubai International as April cargo and passenger numbers rose 19.6 and 13.9 per cent respectively, year-on-year. The airport handled 178,357 tonnes of cargo in April and 3.9 million passengers. … [Read more...] about Dubai Int'l grows April cargo, pax despite ash
Dubai Int’l grows April cargo, pax despite ash
The volcanic ash cloud that grounded flights around the world for six days last month had a minimal impact on growth at Dubai International as April cargo and passenger numbers rose 19.6 and 13.9 per cent respectively, year-on-year. The airport handled 178,357 tonnes of cargo in April and 3.9 million passengers. … [Read more...] about Dubai Int’l grows April cargo, pax despite ash
Cathay pacific reports only 1.9% drop in cargo for Oct
Cathay Pacific Airways reported cargo and mail tonne kilometres fell by 1.9 per cent in October, while passenger numbers were down 3.9 per cent to two million, but this was still, by far its best month of the year to date. Passenger load factors fell 6.8 percentage points to 82.3 per cent, with a 10.1 per cent capacity reduction This includes the operations of both Cathay and its subsidiary Dragonair. General manager cargo sales and marketing Titus Diu said strong demand from Hong Kong and … [Read more...] about Cathay pacific reports only 1.9% drop in cargo for Oct
No green shoots for Europe’s carriers
Latest figures from the Association of European Airlines cast doubt on the idea that the industry is seeing green shoots of recovery. Overall cargo traffic for the continent’s carriers was 15.1 percent year on year in August, compared to 16.8 percent in July. Leading carriers also showed no significant improvement. Air France traffic remains 20.4 percent down (-19.5 in July), Lufthansa is 14.1 percent down (-14.9 percent in July), Cargolux 16.5 percent (-17.2 percent in July), and KLM … [Read more...] about No green shoots for Europe’s carriers
JAL sees stability start to return
Japan Airlines delivered another stable month in terms of cargo volumes in August, with volumes down 10.8 per cent year-on-year. That compares with a first-quarter figure to 31 June that was down 10.3 per cent year-on-year and second-quarter volumes down 8 per cent. … [Read more...] about JAL sees stability start to return