Cathay Pacific will push back deliveries of two Boeing 747-8 Freighters in response to weak cargo demand. The airline said it will still take delivery of four 747-8Fs next year but will delay two others to 2013. The move will cut the carrier’s cargo capacity growth in 2012 from 17 per cent to 10 per
International air travel across the Asia Pacific continued to grow in October but freight markets remained weak, according to figures release by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA). Carriers based in the region took on 16.5 million international passengers for the month, a five per cent increase over October 2010 and in line with
More than 100 historic manuscripts from Berlin’s State Library have arrived in Canberra on an Etihad Airways flight, the carrier says. The original documents, including handwritten works by such luminaries as Bach, Beethoven, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, Martin Luther and Napoleon Bonaparte, will be on display at the National Library of Australia between November 26 and
Cathay Pacific unveiled its new 747-8 Freighter today as part of a ceremony marking the completions of its updated cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. The new 747-8 was shown off in special livery marking it as the ‘Hong Kong Trader’, in recognition of the city’s place as a hub of international commerce. Boeing
Emirates Airline’s freight subsidiary, Emirates SkyCargo, has announced that it will operate its first dedicated weekly freight service to Australia from September 12, utilising its new fleet of Boeing 777 Freighters on the route. The new freighter service, flight EK9920, will fly the Dubai-Singapore-Sydney-Hong Kong-Dubai route on a weekly basis, arriving at Sydney Airport every
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has ended its cargo cartel investigation into Air New Zealand, clearing the airline of any wrongdoing in the United States. The announcement comes after Air New Zealand received a letter from DOJ Federal Prosecutors confirming that the airline was “no longer a subject or target of the ongoing grand
