Air Cargo Carriers News

Cargolux Airlines International has started a twice-weekly freighter service linking Luxembourg to the booming Chinese interior city of Chongqing.

The cargo division of Malaysia Airlines has launched a new intra-Asia freighter service.

Japan Airlines Corp. (JAL) said on Monday that it posted a net profit of $2.33 billion on a consolidated basis in fiscal 2011, which ended on March 31, despite a decline in passenger numbers.

The October 2010 discovery of bomb-making materials from Yemen in express air cargo shipments bound for the U.S. served as a wake-up call for Customs and Border Protection.

Singapore Airlines said high fuel prices and poor cargo returns had contributed to its 69 percent profit slump in the year ended March 31.

Lufthansa Cargo carried 10.5 percent less freight in April than a year ago as it continued to slash capacity in response to softening global demand and soaring fuel prices.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co.

Cathay Pacific Airways said it would cut operating costs to combat a “challenging” business environment as the carrier issued a profit warning for its first half 2012 results.

Saudi Airlines Cargo has increased freighter frequency from its Jeddah hub to N’Djamena in Chad with the addition of a second B747F flight each week.

Global air traffic contracted 2.2 percent in March as 14 of the world’s top 20 freight airports experienced year-over-year declines, according to the latest figures from Airports Council Interna

UPS is expanding its premium air freight service into Nicaragua and Honduras, as the parcel giant taps the growing economies that share the U.S.

Declining cargo revenue and rising fuel prices devastated the profits of Asia’s leading airlines last year, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

When the European Union’s highest court in December ruled the EU could force all airlines to pay for carbon emissions from flights to and from airports in its 27 member nations, the reaction was

Emirates SkyCargo will offer its own freight capacity out of Vietnam in June, launching a service between Ho Chi Minh City and Dubai.

All Nippon Airways Co.

Package delivery giant UPS reported a 4.3 percent increase in first quarter revenue to $13.1 billion from $12.6 billion a year earlier.

International air cargo traffic carried by Asian airlines fell 4.5 percent year-over-year in March as key consumer markets remained weak.

Confidence regarding European air cargo improved slightly in April from the month before, but shippers and forwarders view most lanes connecting to the continent as “persistently lackluster,&rdq

Net income at Forward Air in the first quarter soared 30.6 percent to nearly $10.3 million, as the air freight trucker saw an increase in demand for its core services along with its logistics manageme

Qantas Freight Enterprises’ first scheduled freighter service linking Australia to the Chinese manufacturing hub of Chongqing and the U.S. will depart tomorrow.

Air cargo pilots, not just passenger plane pilots, would be subject to tougher regulation aimed at reducing fatigue in airline operations through a bipartisan-backed House bill.

Cathay Pacific Airways will launch a new twice-weekly freighter service to Hyderabad, India’s fourth most populous city and a centre for pharma production on May 17.

Singapore Airlines Cargo will boost its Asia Pacific coverage after agreeing to manage the bellyhold capacity of Scoot, a new entrant regional airline.

The launch of electronic products by manufacturers such as Samsung and Apple gave a significant boost to air freight exports from Asia in March.

Emirates SkyCargo has doubled freighter capacity on its service between Dubai and Australia.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume soared 24.5 percent in February from the same month of last year to 42,470 tons.

Lufthansa Cargo carried 12.6 percent less freight in March than a year ago as it sharp

International semiconductor sales in February fell 7.3 percent year-over-year and 1.3 percent from January, further illustrating the weak demand plaguing the air cargo industry.

International Airlines Group, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, reported cargo traffic down 2.9 percent in March as an 11.2 percent decline at the Spanish airline outweighed a 0.9 percent dro

Air France-KLM carried 3.4 percent less cargo in March than a year ago as traffi

Rising cargo income saw Oman Air’s total revenue jump 35 percent last year to OMR311.3 million ($807 million), but the Middle East still posted a year-end loss.

American Airlines Cargo will restart its daily service from Chicago to Helsinki on June 12.

Singapore Airlines’ cargo division reports bearish demand and will now maintain recent capacity cuts through the summer season.

Saudi Airlines Cargo will continue its expansion into developing markets later this month by boosting capacity into Bangladesh.

Lufthansa Cargo will make a final decision on investment at Frankfurt airport this summer after a <

Freight carried by Asian airlines in February rose 7.8 percent from the same period in 2011, as an earlier Chinese New Year skewed year-over-year comparisons but couldn&rsquo;t hide that traffic is do

The Middle East and Asia-Pacific accounted for more than 40 percent total air cargo traffic last year, according to figures from Airports Council International.

Saudi Airlines Cargo began weekly 747 freighter service to Ghana this week, expanding the Middle Eastern carrier&rsquo;s freighter service network to seven African countries, according to reports.

A German court today upheld a controversial ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport,

Lufthansa Cargo may sell its entire freighter fleet if a court upholds a ban on night flights at Frankfurt airport, the carrier&rsquo;s chief executive warned.