Brisbane West Wellcamp has become Australia’s latest international airport with the arrival of a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747-8F. The Cathay freighter, registered B-LJA, touched down a little after 1430 local time on Monday from Sydney and was due to be on the ground for about 90 minutes while cargo such as chilled beef, mangoes, pecan nuts and
Brisbane West Wellcamp has secured its first international flight with Cathay Pacific to operate a one-off Boeing 747-8F freighter service to Australia’s newest airport in late November. The freighter will touch down at the airport, which was built by private company Wagners and opened its doors for the first time almost a year ago, on November
Global freight markets posted modest growth in March, with declines in European and Latin American markets offset by encouraging signs in the Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said cargo volumes, measured by freight tonne kilometres, (FTK) rose 1.6 per cent in March, compared with the prior corresponding period.
Australia’s local airlines cut the number of domestic seats for a fifth straight month in November as capacity discipline remains the order of the day amid soft passenger numbers and sluggish demand for air travel, new figures show. A Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Economics (BITRE) report says the number of available seats for
Emirates is looking to add a fourth weekly freighter service out of Australia as the carrier builds its cargo capabilities at the new Dubai World Central (DWC) airport. Currently, Emirates SkyCargo operates three dedicated freighter services a week to Sydney with 777F aircraft which make a stop in Singapore in both directions. Emirates divisional senior
The recent rebound in cargo led by markets in the Asia-Pacific, North America and the Middle East may be tempered by global political uncertainty and economic jitters, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) says. Cargo volumes, measured by freight tonne kilometres (FTK), rose 5.1 per cent in August, compared with the prior corresponding period. It
