Malaysia Airlines to keep three A330Fs – for now

• Jeff Lee
• October 9, 2019
• Aircraft, Carriers, News, Production Freighters, Strategy

Malaysia Airlines is happy with the size of its freighter fleet for now and will instead focus more on strategic collaboration to achieve growth, the carrier tells Cargo Facts. But the airline says that, while there are no immediate plans to alter the cargo fleet, it is keeping its options open and may even decide […]

Turkish takes a sixth 777F

• Charles Kauffman
• October 3, 2019
• Aircraft, Equipment, Freighter Aircraft Transactions, News, Production Freighters

On Oct. 1, Turkish Cargo took delivery of a 777F from Boeing (66578) [FAT 005155]. This was Boeing’s fourth 777F delivery this week following two deliveries to Qatar, and one to DHL Express on Sep. 30. For Turkish, the incoming widebody freighter was one of three 777Fs the carrier had on order with Boeing. Previously, […]

August airfreight demand data reveals more of the same

• Charles Kauffman
• September 19, 2019
• Capacity & Demand, News

Airports and carriers almost unanimously reported lackluster August 2019 cargo traffic. This was no surprise given market performance over the past quarter, as air freight demand responds to slowing global trade. Indeed, FedEx cited lower volumes of German exports to China as a factor in its weaker-than-expected 1QFY20 results. This was echoed by Frankfurt Airport’s results and elsewhere […]

Freighter fleet growth pushes Atlas, Qatar and Turkish higher in 2018 traffic rankings

• Charles Kauffman
• August 14, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts, Capacity & Demand, Carriers, Features

Yesterday, part I of our two-part analysis of the world's top 50 cargo carriers in 2018 revealed three carriers, Atlas Air Group, Qatar Airways and Turkish Cargo, that had made notable increases in rank among the top 50. For each of the three carriers, a growing freighter fleet led to higher traffic. Today, we take […]

European, Middle Eastern carriers see growth return in May first look

• Brianne Ledda
• June 25, 2019
• All Posts, Capacity & Demand, Carriers

After a particularly weak April for air cargo traffic, carriers based in Europe and the Middle East saw growth return in our first look at May results. Among those carriers based outside Europe and the Middle East, only China Southern Airlines reported a year-over-year increase for May traffic, of 1.1%. Turkish Cargo reported the strongest […]

MNG and ULS keen to add A330P2Fs

• Jeff Lee
• June 5, 2019
• Aircraft, All Posts

MUNICH – Turkish carriers MNG Airlines and ULS Airlines Cargo are both considering A330P2Fs to renew their Airbus freighter fleets and could introduce at least five of the freighter-converted aircraft to Turkey over the next few years. On the sidelines of Air Cargo Europe 2019, executives from MNG told Cargo Facts the carrier is planning […]

Cargo traffic falls across the board in April first look

• Caryn Livingston
• May 17, 2019
• All Posts, Capacity & Demand

Despite a bounce back from earlier declines that major carriers reported for March, sharper year-over-year traffic slowdowns in April indicate the month was the worst this year for many of the carriers that have reported results so far. Of the carriers tracked by Cargo Facts, only Air France-KLM reported an increase in traffic, of 3.3%, for […]

Turkish Cargo’s April volumes plunge on international declines

• Caryn Livingston
• May 14, 2019
• Capacity & Demand, Carriers

In its April results, Turkish Cargo reported its first y-o-y decline in cargo tonnage since Cargo Facts began collecting regular data for the carrier in 2011. Overall tonnage fell by 12.9% to about 99,000 tonnes, representing a month-to-month decline of 28.4% from March, for the lowest monthly tonnage the carrier has reported since February 2018. […]