6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (653+ words) Airfreight rates in August remained firm despite the air cargo market’s summer lull being in full swing. The latest Baltic Air Freight Index (BAI00) calculated by data firm TAC Index shows that overall rates were almost unchanged across the month, bucking…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) Kenya Airways is maintaining an ambitious target of 40% cargo market share, and is nearing an agreement to acquire a Boeing 777 freighter. Chief executive George Kamal, speaking during a half-year briefing, said the airline gave up a capacity arrangement with a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (354+ words) Qatar Airways Cargo will next month operate its first scheduled freighter service from Helsinki, Finland. This once weekly service will begin on 2 September on a Doha-Budapest-Helsinki-Doha route, said Qatar Airways Cargo. The new service will utilise a Boeing 777 freighter to…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (406+ words) Aviation group Air One has helped organise the transport of an industrial gas turbine from the UK’s East Midlands Airport to Kazakhstan. The turbine measured almost 3 metres and weighed more than 8.4 tonnes. The outsize shipment began its journey in Aberdeen…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (359+ words) Semiconductor and lithium battery shipments have helped grow Cathay Cargo volumes again in July, and the airline is confident that technology shipments will continue to be big business. Cathay Cargo carried 6% more cargo in July compared to the same month…...