IAG Cargo

Qatar Airways, IAG and Malaysia Airlines propose joint cargo venture

Qatar Airways, British Airways’ parent company IAG Group and Malaysia Airlines on Tuesday announced plans for a joint air cargo venture to increase their collective route offerings and capabilities.

The alliance appears to resemble a long-running one among All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa and United Airlines, but details on how the new venture will function are still very limited. ANA in October 2023 temporarily suspended its participation in the cargo partnership with Lufthansa and United so as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/qatar-airways-iag-and-malaysia-airlines-propose-joint-cargo-venture

Cargo influences British Airways to use big jets on European hops

British Airways has substituted widebody passenger aircraft on more than two dozen short-haul flights in Europe normally carried out by single-aisle jets to accommodate extra demand for cargo, parent company International Airlines Group confirmed.

The airline is flying Boeing 777-200, 777-300 and 787-900 jets on certain routes from London Heathrow airport between January and April, said John Cheetham, chief commercial officer at IAG Cargo, the cargo handling division for British Airways, Iberia,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-influences-british-airways-to-use-big-jets-on-european-hops

European airlines boost capacity, cargo sales as US reopens to travel

A plastic-wrapped cargo pallet in foreground, with a Lufthansa Cargo jet in the background.

Major trans-Atlantic airlines are reporting full planes Monday as the U.S. reopens its borders to fully vaccinated travelers for the first time since March 2020. The new demand is stimulating airlines to add flights, bringing much-needed cargo space to a tight market for importers and exporters in the weeks leading up to Black Friday and other Christmas sales events.

Extra capacity introduced in recent weeks, along with shipment diversions to avoid ocean freight bottlenecks, helped European...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/european-airlines-boost-capacity-cargo-sales-as-us-reopens-to-travel

All Shipping has To Do To Beat Air Cargo To e-Freight

News that the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is frustrated with the lack of progress in digitising bills of lading will come as no surprise to those of us who have long-studied inaction in air cargo, reports Loadstar.

Need Marginal Enthusiasm

The DCSA is determined to avoid the same mistakes, and chief Thomas Bagge is laying down the gauntlet: can you, the ocean freight industry, make this inevitable change faster than air cargo has?

On the face of it – you can. You’d only need...

https://mfame.guru/all-shipping-has-to-do-to-beat-air-cargo-to-e-freight/

Role Reversal: Passenger airlines make more from cargo sales in Q2

A white British Airways jet with cargo pallets waiting to be loaded on a sunny day. British Airways contributed heavily to IAG Cargo's strong Q2 cargo results.

Add Air Canada (TO: AC) and IAG Group (LSE: IAG), parent of British Airways, to the list of passenger airlines that significantly increased cargo revenues in the second quarter even as the coronavirus crisis otherwise destroyed the industry’s finances. 

Air France-KLM (CXE: AF) also came out ahead on cargo in last week’s earnings results, something many competitors, such as Cathay Pacific (OTCUS: CPCAY) and Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL), were unable to do.

In each case, cargo revenues notably grew...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/passenger-airlines-make-more-from-cargo-sales-in-q2

Will shippers miss British Airways’ 747?

British Airways 747-400 jumbo jets lined up at the airport gate. British Airways is retiring the planes, which were not the most efficient from a fuel or cargo perspective.

British Airways’s decision to immediately chop all 31 Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets from its fleet represents a sizable loss of future cargo capacity until the global economy returns to normal. But their eventual replacement with newer, more fuel efficient, planes better suited for cargo will likely benefit airlines and shippers over time.

Passenger airlines, struggling to make ends meet, are accelerating the retirement of large aircraft already targeted for replacement because of higher operating...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/will-shippers-miss-british-airways-747