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Qantas, KLM fly passenger aircraft as freighters, Lufthansa and IAG may follow

Jeff Lee
March 18, 2020
Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Equipment, News, Production Freighters, Strategy, Widebody Conversions

[Note: Qantas has now decided to suspend all international passenger flying from the end of March until at least May 31, 2020.] As borders are severely restricted and passenger flights are cancelled around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic, more airlines are beginning to operate empty passenger aircraft for the sole purpose of carrying […]

Delta to operate passenger planes as freighters for charters

Jeff Lee
March 16, 2020
Aircraft, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, News, Strategy

Delta Air Lines will join the list of airlines operating passenger aircraft as freighters. The carrier’s entire trans-Atlantic belly network has been nearly eliminated as a result of the U.S. travel ban on foreign nationals from the Schengen Area, the U.K. and Ireland. Delta Cargo has begun offering charter flights in response to customer demand, […]

October 2019 cargo traffic: Peak is present, but it’s no 2018

Charles Kauffman
November 18, 2019
Carriers

Many of the world’s major carriers have now reported their results for October 2019 cargo traffic, and, as shown in the chart at right, annual comparisons are not spectacular. Peak season has been strong in recent years, and cargo traffic rose 3.1% year-over-year in October 2018. Air cargo demand in October 2019, although lackluster compared to last […]

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Qantas, KLM fly passenger aircraft as freighters, Lufthansa and IAG may follow

Delta to operate passenger planes as freighters for charters

October 2019 cargo traffic: Peak is present, but it’s no 2018

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