Cathay Pacific and Unilode are proud to announce 5 more years in their long-standing relationship with the contract renewal for full-service ULD management until 2027. Cathay Pacific will build on this milestone by partnering with Unilode on several projects, including a five-year digital roadmap to improve operational efficiencies, transparency and data accuracy throughout the supply chain. The two have partnered on ULD-related services and innovation projects since 2014 including the … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific extends partnership with Unilode
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Cathay hopes SAF purchase sends ‘right signal’
Cathay Pacific has signed an offtake agreement with Aemetis for the supply of 38 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), with delivery scheduled to start in the next 3 years. Cathay Pacific chief Augustus Tang said the airline hopes it sends the right signal to the SAF industry to encourage the much-needed investment and scaling up of its supply chain. Under the agreement, Aemetis will start delivering the supply in 2025 from San Francisco International … [Read more...] about Cathay hopes SAF purchase sends ‘right signal’
Cathay extends carbon-offset scheme to air freight
Cathay Pacific is taking the lead in aviation’s sustainability efforts in Asia with the extension of Fly Greener to its air cargo services. Fly Greener is a carbon-offset programme powered by an integrated carbon emissions calculator, as part of the airline’s commitment to tackling climate change by achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. Customers have already been able to estimate their potential carbon emissions by searching for flight connections with the emission calculator on … [Read more...] about Cathay extends carbon-offset scheme to air freight
Cathay takes stride to drive shipment visibility
Cathay Pacific is emphasising the need for suppy chain visibility, particularly the importance and usefulness of monitoring the point of handover from warehouse to ramp, as the carrier has implemented Cargo iQ’s newest freight planning and monitoring milestones, Freight into Warehouse control (FIW) and Freight out of Warehouse control (FOW) in Hong Kong. The airline has become one of the first to integrate the FIW and FOW milestones, which have been added to Cargo iQ’s Master Operating Plan … [Read more...] about Cathay takes stride to drive shipment visibility
Hong Kong opens third runway for operations
The community at Hong Kong airport is getting ready as ‘operation familiarisation’ commenced with the first government and commercial cargo flights descending upon the new third runway last week. A Government Flying Service plane landed at around 0824 hrs on 8 July, followed by a commercial cargo flight operated by Cathay Pacific (CX 3251) from Shanghai Pudong at 0827 hrs. The airport authority announced earlier that ‘familiarisation’ on the third runway, designated as the north runway, … [Read more...] about Hong Kong opens third runway for operations
Cathay Pacific brings back full freighter schedule
Big news for this month for Cathay Pacific, as the Hong Kong airline resumed its full freighter schedule with around 90 to 100 freighters each week. Tom Owen, cargo director, said it will operate 35 transpacific freighters a week for the Americas and a daily freighter service to Europe. Cathay is also planning to operate more than 500 cargo-only-passenger flights a month around the region as it looks to add capacity over the next few months to feed reactivated long-haul freighter services. … [Read more...] about Cathay Pacific brings back full freighter schedule