FedEx Express has placed an order for 24 new freighter aircraft from Boeing in the latest show of strength in the cargo sector. The global transport company has ordered 12 767 freighters and 12 777 freighters, it was announced on Tuesday (US time). It is the world’s largest operator of both the 767 and 777
Boeing’s 747-8 final assembly line at its Everett facility looks set to keep churning out the iconic aircraft well into the 2020s thanks to a new order from United Parcel Service (UPS) for up to 14 freighters amid “unprecedented demand” in its air freight business. UPS said on Thursday (US time) said the order was
Boeing has shown an autonomous drone designed to carry cargo and bulk shipments with its unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype. Built in three months, the prototype successfully completed initial flight tests at Boeing Research and Technology’s Collaborative Autonomous Systems Laboratory in Missouri, the company said on Wednesday (US time). Boeing chief
Global freight markets are on track to post their strongest year since 2010 as improved business confidence and the growth of e-commerce lifts cargo demand, new figures show. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said cargo demand, measured by freight tonne kilometres (FTK), rose 8.8 per cent in November 2017, compared with the prior corresponding
Cathay Pacific is encouraged by the performance of its freighter service out of Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport after a little over a year of operations. The oneworld alliance member established a regular cargo link between Queensland’s Darling Downs and Hong Kong in November 2016 with a Boeing 747 freighter. The flight operates as part of a
On the tarmac at Adelaide Airport, container after container is being loaded into the hold of China Southern’s Airbus A330 aircraft. The advent of the Chinese carrier’s nonstop service between Adelaide and Guangzhou in December 2016 has brought a surge in air exports from South Australia to China, with trade on the route growing by
