Operators expect the current Red Sea/Suez problems will prompt a steady, gradual increase in airfreight volumes if the Houthi attacks - as predicted - last for some months despite western alliance military action.
Cirium Ascend data indicate it expects 3,590 freighters to be supplied over the next 20-year period, including 1,060 new builds (30 per cent) and 2,530 passenger to freighter conversions (70 per cent).
Germany's Lufthansa Cargo has parked two of its four A321P2F converted freighters after a 'fine crack' was found on the rear fuselage structure of one of them.
German logistics company Schenker, a subsidiary of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, says it expects more demand for air transport due to the Iran-aligned Houthi militants' attacks on ships in the Red Sea, despite air's significantly higher delivery costs.
SF Airlines, the aviation arm of China's SF Express, has opened a new air cargo route linking Ezhou Huahu Airport in central China's Hubei Province with Lahore in Pakistan.
Three weekly round-trips will carry up to 300 tonnes of cargo.
MSC Cargo’s latest B777 freighter - its fourth and last on order - has been delivered to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings under its long-term ACMI agreement with MSC.
Following its December 2023 announcement that it was fine-tuning its fleet, Miami-based US freighter operator Amerijet says it has completed a financial and operational restructuring and has returned six B757 freighters to lessors, has made modifications affecting its Boeing 767 fleet and has accepted a US$55 million capital infusion from existing lenders.
The biggest US B737 MAX 9 operators, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, are telling cargo customers some shipments 'could be delayed' due to the current MAX 9 grounding.
Operators expect the current Red Sea/Suez problems will prompt a steady, gradual increase in airfreight volumes if the Houthi attacks - as predicted - last for some months despite western alliance military action.
Cirium Ascend data indicate it expects 3,590 freighters to be supplied over the next 20-year period, including 1,060 new builds (30 per cent) and 2,530 passenger to freighter conversions (70 per cent).
Germany's Lufthansa Cargo has parked two of its four A321P2F converted freighters after a 'fine crack' was found on the rear fuselage structure of one of them.
German logistics company Schenker, a subsidiary of German rail operator Deutsche Bahn, says it expects more demand for air transport due to the Iran-aligned Houthi militants' attacks on ships in the Red Sea, despite air's significantly higher delivery costs.
SF Airlines, the aviation arm of China's SF Express, has opened a new air cargo route linking Ezhou Huahu Airport in central China's Hubei Province with Lahore in Pakistan.
Three weekly round-trips will carry up to 300 tonnes of cargo.
MSC Cargo’s latest B777 freighter - its fourth and last on order - has been delivered to Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings under its long-term ACMI agreement with MSC.
Following its December 2023 announcement that it was fine-tuning its fleet, Miami-based US freighter operator Amerijet says it has completed a financial and operational restructuring and has returned six B757 freighters to lessors, has made modifications affecting its Boeing 767 fleet and has accepted a US$55 million capital infusion from existing lenders.
The biggest US B737 MAX 9 operators, Alaska Airlines and United Airlines, are telling cargo customers some shipments 'could be delayed' due to the current MAX 9 grounding.
