CFA: Lack of widebodies, slot constraints to limit Asia-Pacific air cargo growth [VIDEO]

During a roundtable panel discussion at the 8th annual Cargo Facts Asia symposium held earlier this month in Shanghai, executives from Atlas Air and YTO Express discussed the most pressing bottlenecks to growth of the Asia-Pacific air cargo market and freighter fleet. Although airport slot shortages are certainly an issue, limited widebody freighter capacity could […]

• Charles Kauffman
• May 3, 2019

Freighter orders, deliveries slow in 1Q19

Freighter orders and deliveries fell 5.6% last quarter to 14 deliveries and redeliveries of production freighters and freighter conversions, Cargo Facts reports. Cargo Facts tracks global freighter aircraft transactions in its FAT database here. Starting with orders for production and converted freighters during 1Q19, totals were significantly slower than during 1Q18, when fifty-two orders or […]

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• May 2, 2019

Cargo Facts Asia: SF Airlines targeting 100 large freighters by 2022

SHANGHAI – China’s fastest-growing express carrier, SF Express, is planning to grow its widebody freighter fleet from just eight units today to more than 100 by 2022, according to remarks from George Li, VP, SF Express, during a presentation this morning at Cargo Facts Asia.   The expanded freighter fleet will play into SF’s three-tier aviation […]

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• April 17, 2019

Speakers from Cainiao, Finnair Cargo join Cargo Facts Asia speaker faculty

The lineup of air cargo industry visionaries speaking at Cargo Facts Asia 2019 in Shanghai has recently expanded to include Terry Xie, head of linehaul & planning, Cainiao and Fredrik Wildtgrube, head of global sales, Finnair Cargo. Cargo Facts Asia 2019 will be held 15-17 April at the Langham Shanghai. For more information, or to register, […]

• Charles Kauffman
• March 25, 2019

Executives from Flexport, MAB Kargo, SF Express join Cargo Facts Asia speaker faculty

The lineup of air cargo industry visionaries speaking at the Cargo Facts Asia 2019 conference in Shanghai has recently expanded to include George Li, group vice president of SF Express and president of SF Airlines; Neel Jones Shah, senior vice president and global head of airfreight at full-service air and ocean forwarder Flexport; and Ibrahim Mohamed Salleh, CEO of MAB Kargo. George […]

• Charles Kauffman
• February 26, 2019

Atlas fleet boost bumps 4Q18 earnings

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) reported a fourth-quarter net income of $211.0 million, up 0.7%  from net income of $209.5 million for 4Q 2017 on solid results from the company’s ACMI, Charter and Dry Leasing segments. Operating income rose 19.5% to $127.6 million and total operating revenues increased 21.8% to $765.0 million from substantial growth […]

• Charles Kauffman
• February 19, 2019

As SF Airlines takes redelivery of another 757 PCF, plenty of feedstock remains

Today, SF Airlines took redelivery of the fifty-second freighter aircraft, and the twenty-eighth 757-200F, to join the SF Express-associated airline’s fleet. The 757-200 was converted by Precision Aircraft Solutions and is the latest freighter to join SF’s rapidly growing fleet, which grew to fifty freighters by the end of last year following the addition of […]

• Caryn Livingston
• February 12, 2019

SF Airlines adds its 50th freighter

On 21 December, SF Airlines took redelivery of a 757-200PCF (27201) following its conversion to freighter configuration by Precision at the Ameco facility in Chengdu. The redelivery brings SF’s freighter fleet up to fifty units. The airline affiliate of SF Express has grown its freighter fleet at an impressive rate, from only ten freighters in […]

• Caryn Livingston
• December 24, 2018