Air Cargo

DHL’s hub at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky airport joins DHL’s two other super-hubs in Leipzig and Hong Kong as the international gateways for air cargo trade in those regions. CVG (the symbol for the Cincinnati airport, which is actually in Kentucky) is the gateway for the transshipment of DHL cargo moving to and from Latin America and the rest of the world.

Growth in global air cargo markets remained relatively flat in May, broadly following the trend of the last 18 months, according to the International Air Transport Association.

IAG Cargo has started offering Capacity Guarantee to customers moving smaller shipments on its Prioritise service, designed for express cargo shipments.

Singapore Airlines Cargo has appointed Lik Hsin Lee its new president, effective Aug. 1, 2013.

Air cargo operators in Asia are now finally seeing a few shafts of light after more than a year of gloom.

UPS has a new national master package contract, but Teamsters in many regions threw up roadblocks by voting down key supplemental agreements and a UPS Freight contract, forcing a new round of negotiations.

Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates moved 209,985 metric tons of freight in May, increasing 11.9 percent from 187,638 metric tons in May 2012.

Penny Pritzker was sworn in today as the U.S.’s 38th Commerce Secretary.

Airlines for America reported yield in April for domestic cargo was $73.05 per revenue ton mile, dropping 1.8 percent year-over-year, while yield for international cargo was $37.83 per RTM, sliding 0.2 percent.

Pilot Freight Services has opened a new station in A Coruña, Spain, a port city in the Northwest of the country.

Shippers aren’t only scaling back how much freight they plan to move this year and in early 2014, but also how much they plan to pay to transport their goods by rail, truck, air and sea.

The International Air Transport Association has called for strong partnerships to promote air cargo competitiveness through e-commerce technology.

The global courier and delivery services industry’s revenue is expected to rise 3.5 percent in 2013, according to an industry market research report from IBISWorld.

IAG Cargo will offer additional freight capacity between London and Rio de Janeiro.

Cathay Pacific Airways reported that Cathay Pacific and Dragonair combined carried 121,529 metric tons of cargo and mail in May, down 1.5 percent compared with May 2012.

Cargolux Airlines International has plans to double the frequency of its cargo flights from Hong Kong to Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, The Columbus Dispatch reports.

The air cargo downturn suffered by Asia’s carriers in 2012 has continued this year.

Total air freight traffic worldwide in April increased 1 percent year-over-year, although growth continued to be mixed across airports because about half of the world’s Top 20 air freight hubs registered declines for the month.

AMR Corp., the parent company of American Airlines and US Airways Group, has named the 12 members of the board of directors of the combined company, American Airlines Group, as well as the senior leadership team.

The parent of American Airlines, AMR Corporation, reported May cargo figures for its principal subsidiary, showing an increase to 161,732 million ton miles, up 4.1 percent from 155,303 million ton miles reported in May 2012.

The Express Association of America, representing DHL, FedEx, TNT and UPS, has formed an export committee to manage policy issues affecting the efficiency of their supply chains that move products out of the U.S.

The European Union and Israel today signed an air transportation agreement that will gradually develop an aviation area with common rules.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. (ANA) said that its international cargo volume rose for the second straight month in April on a year-on-year basis, increasing 6.7 percent to 47,696 tons.

Qatar Airways will launch a new freighter service between Milan and Chicago in July, doubling the Middle Eastern carrier’s cargo capacity out of the U.S.

International Airlines Group reported cargo traffic of 461 million metric-ton-kilometers in May, down 10.8 percent from 517 million metric-ton-kilometers of cargo in May 2012.

The world’s airlines will post a collective profit of $12.7 billion this year, 20 percent higher than an earlier forecast of $10.6 billion in March, as cheaper fuel and cost savings offset sluggish global economic growth, the International Air Transport Association said.

Etihad Cargo and Atlas Air Worldwide are partnering on a new round-the-world freighter service.

Turkish Cargo will increase its flights to Guangzhou, China, from one flight per week to two flights per week, starting June 6.

Air freight markets in April experienced “modest growth” of 1.4 percent compared with April 2012, helping to offset the 2.6 percent year-over-year decline in March and continuing an 18-month trend of flatness in the cargo markets...

Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates moved 199,985 metric tons of freight in April, rising 7.3 percent from 186,385 metric tons in April 2012.

Singapore Changi Airport handled 145,600 metric tons of cargo in April, dropping 1.8 percent compared with April 2012.

The International Civil Aviation Organization has confirmed that it received a letter from Qatar advising the United Nations agency that it has decided to withdraw its earlier offer to become ICAO’s new permanent seat.

Cargolux is resisting union demands that it repays $12.5 million of planned labor cost savings to employees if it returns to profit in 2014.

Turkish Cargo will launch freighter services to Entebbe, Uganda, and Kigali, Rwanda, effective June 3, and one weekly flight to Karachi, Pakistan, and Singapore, starting June 5.

European Union regulators approved a trans-Atlantic joint venture between Lufthansa, United Airlines and Air Canada after the carriers agreed to give up landing and take-off slots at Frankfurt and New York.

Cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport reached 342,000 metric tons in April, up 4.5 percent year-over-year.