Air Cargo

By Helen Massy-Beresford
This moves forward the logistic company’s expansion in the air cargo market.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
Leisure travel continues to defy expectations, but demand is likely to tail off, according to London Heathrow Airport’s CEO.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
One Air, which is the only UK Boeing 747 operator, says it plans to add a second 747 freighter to its fleet in the fourth quarter of this year.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
A decline from the big numbers of the COVID-19 pandemic is attributable to geopolitical tensions and other disruptions to global trade and supply chains.
Airports & Networks

By Graham Warwick
French company Flying Whales plans to develop and operate the LCA60T, a 200-m-long (660-ft.) rigid airship with a payload capacity of 60 metric tons.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
Etihad launched 2X-weekly freighter flights between Abu Dhabi Airport (AUH) and Wuhan Tianhe International Airport (WUH) in April.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Israel Aerospace Industries VP Yaacov Berkovitz speaks to ShowNews at the Paris Air Show about the company's capacity-building and expansion ambitions.
Paris Air Show

By Aaron Karp
Qatar Airways has launched a freighter service between Doha and Rwanda's capital Kigali.
Airports & Networks

By Jens Flottau
The company said May 3 that “the industrial planning for this variant is being slightly adjusted with the entry-into-service now slipping into 2026.”
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines aims to convert three of its Boeing 767-300ERs to freighters and begin operations within 12 months.
Airlines & Lessors

By Aaron Karp
The warehouses are part of a wider redevelopment of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport ’s cargo facilities.
Airports & Networks

By Victoria Moores
The airfreight sector continuing to evolve with UK-based One Air preparing for launch and DHL Express signing up for 777LR conversions.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
The pork cycle economic theory may have parallels with today’s air cargo market.
Aircraft & Propulsion

Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Airways has a long and proud history in passenger and cargo operations but with no domestic market.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Recently privatized Air India is exploring dedicated freighter operations and pushing ahead with refreshing its branding.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa is growing its nascent A321F fleet as the number of narrowbody freighters in Europe is on the rise.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
FedEx has accelerated retirements of its MD-11 fleet to the end of fiscal 2028, two years earlier than anticipated.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
The logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is opening an air freight center at Shenzhen Bao’an to ramp up its air cargo operation with Atlas Air.
Airports & Networks

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo and CMA CGM Air Cargo combined cargo networks, full freighter capacity and services.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford, Jens Flottau, Guy Norris
Listen in as Aviation Week editors discuss the McDonnell Douglas MD-11’s legacy now that FedEx and UPS have both announced plans to retire the trijet.
Check 6

Aviation Week Network Staff
AirBridgeCargo used to be Russia’s largest freight carrier but ceased operations after the introduction of Western sanctions following the invasion of Ukraine.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
After posting a $4.75 billion loss for 2022, China Southern wants to capitalize on the return of passenger demand and also plans to spin off its cargo arm.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Under its “mail as cargo” mantra, the Cathay Mail system integrates mail-handling data with air cargo systems using the postal air waybill.
Airlines & Lessors

By Christine Boynton
WestJet Cargo says it is ready to disrupt the Canadian air cargo industry.
Airlines & Lessors

By Guy Norris, Helen Massy-Beresford
The two largest remaining operators of the McDonnell Douglas-developed MD-11 freighter have announced plans to begin retiring their fleets of aging trijets.
Airlines & Lessors