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Top 25 cargo airlines: Freighter operators to the fore
WEBFedEx, UPS and Qatar were last year the largest air cargo carriers once again, but there were major winners and losers in the overall top 25 airlines as the Covid pandemic took its toll on the market (see full at end of article).
Emirates SkyCargo volumes continue to recover as revenues soar
WEBEmirates SkyCargo saw its volumes continue to recover in the 2021/2022 financial year while revenues continued to beat pre-Covid levels. For the 12 months ending March 31, Emirates SkyCargo saw its revenues increase by 26.6% year on year to AED21.6bn, which was also higher than the AED13.1bn registered in pre-pandemic financial year 2018/2019.
Work set to start on converting the first B777 into a freighter
WEBRich Greener, senior vice president and manager of Gecas Cargo, said: “We’ve begun executing on the dedicated freighter design developed by the IAI and Gecas Cargo team towards manufacturing the kits, and the actual conversion phase under a …
Shanghai airfreight remains under pressure from city lockdown
WEBCommenting on how Shanghai is coping with its extended Covid lockdown, Woodland said PVG is “open and operational” but added “freight being handled is mainly clearing of cargo that was delivered pre-lockdown”.
All-cargo hubs climb up the list of Europe’s busiest airports
WEBLast week, Leipzig/Halle was ranked as Europe’s fourth busiest airport whereas a year earlier it was ranked at number 68; East Midlands in the UK has jumped from 74 to 13; Milan Malpensa is up from 21 to 12; Cologne-Bonn has improved from 35 to eight; and Stansted is up from 24 to 19.
2020 in numbers: The year of freighters and preighters
WEBThe airfreight sector had just come out of its worst year for traffic in a decade, driven by weak global trade, with a 3.3% fall in freight tonne-kilometres (FTKs) during 2019, when the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
Top 25 air cargo carriers for 2021 revealed - Air Cargo News
WEBIATA World Air Transport Statistics (WATS) data for 2021 showed the top 25 cargo airlines last year had strong volume growth following a tough first pandemic year (full chart at end of article).
Europa Air & Sea predicts rising airfreight demand on transatlantic
WEBLogistics group Europa Air & Sea anticipates a “sharp recovery” in air cargo volume on the transatlantic route during the final months of 2021 and into 2022 as the US aviation passenger market reopens for business.