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 […]

CF EMEA: Regulation limits potential of cargo drone embrace

• Charles Kauffman
• February 26, 2020
• All Posts, Cargo Facts EMEA 2020 - Video Series, Carriers, Equipment, Events, News, Video

AirBridgeCargo sees multiple use cases for drone applications on its expansive home turf in Russia said Andrey Andreev, the carrier’s vice president, during a panel discussion at Cargo Facts EMEA 2020 earlier this month in Frankfurt. “Covering deliveries over the last mile, is quite an interesting challenge,” Andreev said, referring to the vast distances between […]

Not a November to remember

• Charles Kauffman
• December 17, 2019

After phenomenal growth for airfreight demand in November 2017, followed by more tempered increases in 2018, November 2019 is not shaping up to be a month to remember. Among the carriers reporting November 2019 traffic, most operators reported modest declines. This trend was not unanimous – in each of the three regions we cover, at […]

IAG Cargo’s Head of Innovation joins Cargo Facts EMEA 2020 speaker faculty

• Jeff Lee
• December 17, 2019
• Cargo Facts EMEA, Carriers, Strategy

Carly Morris, head of innovation at IAG Cargo, will be speaking in Session 5 at Cargo Facts EMEA 2020. Given that innovation is a core aspect of Cargo Facts EMEA, we’re excited that Morris will be joining us. In her role, Morris looks at the latest technologies and assesses their suitability for the air freight […]

22 of top 25 cargo carriers operated freighters in 2018

• Charles Kauffman
• August 13, 2019
• All Posts, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Features

Among the world’s top twenty-five cargo carriers in 2018, ranked by freight tonne kilometers (FTKs) carried, twenty-two of twenty-five carriers operated freighters. Expand the list to the top fifty cargo airlines and thirty-three carriers operated freighters. The remaining 34%, mostly comprised of mainline carriers with large widebody passenger fleets, made the list without significant maindeck […]

Asian carrier traffic fell steeply in February

• Charles Kauffman
• March 20, 2019
• Capacity & Demand, Carriers, News

Major carriers based in Asia are reporting steep declines in cargo demand for the month of February, compared to the same month in 2018. Although distortions can be expected when it comes to annual comparisons for the months of January or February due to the timing of the Lunar New Year holiday, this year’s declines […]

Fresh flower shipments propel volumes in February

• Charles Kauffman
• February 14, 2017
• Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Video

Today on Valentine’s Day, much of the air cargo industry has reason to celebrate. If not for the chalky, sugary, heart-shaped candies with sappy phrases inscribed on them, or for that special loved one, then definitely for the seasonal boost resulting from fresh-cut flower shipments across the globe. In celebration of Cargo Facts’ adoration for anything […]

50 years of flying with The Who

• David Harris
• January 20, 2017
• Carriers, Video

A lot has changed in the worlds of music and logistics in the fifty years since four young guys leveraged their success as a rock band in England to start touring. One thing that hasn’t changed in all those years is that The Who still work with IAG Cargo to move their shows from town […]