Pacific Air Express has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) for an allocation which would allow it to operate a second weekly freighter service between Brisbane and Port Moresby. The carrier said in its allocation that it is seeking an additional 17.5 tonnes of capacity on the route, which would allow
Cathay Pacific Cargo has announced that it will launch a twice weekly round-the-world freighter service from July 9. The airline will operate a Boeing 747-400 Freighter which will depart from Hong Kong and fly via Anchorage to Chicago, before crossing the Atlantic to Amsterdam, then onwards to Dubai and back to Hong Kong. In total,
Cathay Pacific and its major shareholder Swire Pacific have sold their shares in Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited, which is building a new HK$5.5bn (A$865m) state of the art cargo terminal at Hong Kong International Airport. Cathay owned a 10 per cent stake in the company, which came after the airline’s services division was
The International Air Services Commission (IASC) has granted an application from Qantas to will allow it to operate unlimited cargo services to and from Korea, while it has also been granted a separate determination allowing China Eastern Airlines to codeshare on Qantas services. The IASC has granted Qantas a 10 year allocation of unlimited cargo
Japan Air Lines and Air New Zealand are the latest airlines to face prosecution from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)’s long running investigation into air freight surcharges. Both airlines are accused of entering into arrangements with other carriers regarding fuel and security surcharges on air cargo between 2002 and 2006. Both carriers are
Qantas has lodged an application with the International Air Services Commission (IASC) seeking unlimited capacity and frequency for cargo services to South Korea. In its application, the airline states that it plans to operate services on a Sydney-Seoul (Incheon)-Anchorage-Chicago service utilising a Boeing 747-400 Freighter operated by Atlas Air. The IASC has made a call
