Capacity & Demand
From the Cockpit with Alaska Air Cargo’s Drouhard
Alaska Airlines’ Adam Drouhard this year assumed leadership of the airline’s cargo division after a tenure at Alaska Air Cargo that began in 2007....
The Freight 50: All-cargo carriers reign in 2020
After a fairly underwhelming 2019 for the world’s largest cargo carriers, 2020 was a year of lofty peaks in the...
Asia-Pacific freighter capacity tapped out leading into peak
With carriers attempting to squeeze out any additional frequencies available from their freighter fleets, the capacity situation leading into peak...
Few alternatives exist as PVG freighter cancellations mount
Cargo moving through PACTL's Shanghai (PVG) facility. Photo/Royal Media On Aug. 23, roughly a third of...
Vaccine Passports keep Europe flying while China and the U.S. slow
The delta variant of Covid-19 is scything through aviation just as key markets were getting back on their feet. In...
China’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach delivers PVG airfreight disruptions
Airfreight rates on the trans-Pacific and Asia to Europe trade lanes have already risen by 20% to 40% in August...
FedEx reinjects MD-11 capacity ahead of peak
FedEx Express is reactivating stored MD-11Fs as it gears up for what will be another busy peak amid the prolonged...
Widebody freighter deliveries increase ahead of peak
Eighty-four freighter aircraft transactions were recorded in July 2021, reflecting a bump in production freighter deliveries, and redeliveries of freighter-converted widebodies. Freighter...
