After U.S. and Japanese officials agreed in mid-February to add new landing and take-off slots at Tokyo Haneda Airport that will allow daytime flights to the United States for the first time, passenger carriers were practically licking their lips. Because of this agreement, Japanese and U.S. airlines will soon get five new slots each at[…]

Worldwide airfreight demand is off to a slow start, at least for the first two months of 2016, according to Holland-based consultancy, WorldACD. The market analysis firm published its February statistics, reporting a 3.8 percent drop in airfreight demand, based on chargeable weight, with the most significant drops in volumes originating from Asia and North[…]

Doha-based Qatar Airways launched nonstop Doha-Boston service, using its new A350-900, an aircraft that the airline does not intend to fly with an empty stomach; Qatar Airways Cargo expects the new route to transport 150 tons of cargo between the two cities each week, with paying customers on each deck. Heading to Doha from Boston[…]

About midnight on Feb. 7, 2006, the crew of UPS flight 1307 was alerted to a smoke indication in the cockpit as their DC-8 freighter was on its final approach to Philadelphia International Airport. The pilots immediately evacuated the airplane after landing, escaping with minor injuries as fire destroyed the plane and its cargo on[…]

An AirBridgeCargo 747-400F. Russia-based AirBridgeCargo increased the frequency of its scheduled 747 freighter service to Singapore to three times weekly beginning today, according to a company release. Citing strong demand for the added weekly departure, ABC’s new Friday service to Singapore from its Moscow hub will complement its existing Sunday and Thursday flights. Robert van[…]