LAN Cargo has converted an option it was holding for an additional Boeing 777F freighter into a firm order.
Boeing says that the international air cargo traffic will triple over the next 20 years, with the industry already rebounding strongly from the global financial crisis. In its latest World Air Cargo Forecast, Boeing predicts that global volumes of air cargo will grow by an average of 5.9 per cent per year until 2029, aided
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has issued an interim determination which will allow Pionair to operate two weekly cargo services from Brisbane and Cairns to Port Moresby and other destinations in Papua New Guinea. The carrier has been granted a cargo capacity allocation of 12 tonnes per week on the Papua New Guinea route
Boeing has confirmed the planned delivery of the first 747-8 Freighter has slipped from the last quarter of this year to mid 2011. After hinting at July’s Farnborough Airshow there may be a slip into 2011, Boeing announced the “schedule change” on September 30, attributing it to “recent flight-test discoveries” which include a low-frequency vibration
Tasman Cargo Airlines has operated the final flight of an Australian registered Boeing 727, with the aircraft now to be replaced by a 757. TCA operated the last 727 service from Auckland to Sydney and return to Auckland with 727-200F VH-DHE on the night of August 31, with the aircraft now retired. The 727’s retirement
Following its sale of the DPEX Worldwide business, Qantas has rebranded its courier and baggage delivery service as Qantas Courier. “Qantas Courier will complement the Group’s existing domestic logistics ventures by utilising the network of the Qantas Group and third party suppliers, including Australian air Express and Star Track Express, to offer courier and baggage
