Korean Air has operated 10,000 cargo-only passenger flights as of August 1. The airline launched its first cargo-only passenger flight on the Incheon-Ho Chi Minh route in March 2020, and has operated these flights on 65 routes to North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, China and Japan, transporting 400,000 tons worldwide. Approximately 40 tons are transported […]
East Midlands Airport (EMA) is benefiting from increased cargo as passenger numbers drop. New figures show EMA, home to the UK’s largest air cargo operation, has increased its flight activity during the Coronavirus pandemic, handling over 1,000 tons of cargo a day as logistics giants DHL, UPS, FedEx and Royal Mail continue to operate. In the week immediately following the government’s announcement about stricter social distancing […]
London Heathrow Airport has posted a March cargo volume increase of nearly 13%, to 148,000 metric tons, its largest monthly growth in over five years. Long-haul emerging markets remain a driver of cargo performance, with significant markets in March including Mexico, with a 28% hike, Brazil, which was up 13%, and India, with a rise […]
More than 58,000 tonnes of cargo went through Chopin Airport in 2015, a 9% surge year-on-year and an all-time high for the airport. In 2015 cargo traffic at Chopin Airport was up by 9%. The Warsaw airport handled a total of 58,284 tonnes of freight in the twelve months of 2015, including 57,735 tonnes internationally […]
