One bright spot amidst the gloom of the season under review was freight traffic.
Despite the slowdown, five airlines managed to post a double-digit cargo growth rate, with
Malaysia Airlines (MH 36.9%) and
All Nippon Airways (NH 24.2%) leading the group, followed by
EVA Air (BR 16.8%),
Thai Airways International (TG 14.3%) and
Asiana Airlines (OZ 12.7%).
FTKs rose 16.5% for the 12-month period under review.
Capacity increased 11.5%, which resulted in a load factor of 68.9%, an improvement of 2.9 percentage points.
What saves some asian airlines in this gloomy period?
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The figures are not only valid for Asian carriers. Take EK, their increase in cargo traffic for yhe last 12 months was about 36%...
As soon Qatar Airways will start his full cargo operation, we will observe the same figures.
The first airline to have a separate profit center for cargo was UTA. In the years I worked for them and for Air Afrique, we saw year in year out, an increase of 10 to 20%. Cargo was representing about 40% of the total Company revenue with lower investments.
Actually, more and more airlines are separating cargo and pax operations, cargo is more flexible than pax ops and can quickly adapt his position following the market situations.
As soon Qatar Airways will start his full cargo operation, we will observe the same figures.
The first airline to have a separate profit center for cargo was UTA. In the years I worked for them and for Air Afrique, we saw year in year out, an increase of 10 to 20%. Cargo was representing about 40% of the total Company revenue with lower investments.
Actually, more and more airlines are separating cargo and pax operations, cargo is more flexible than pax ops and can quickly adapt his position following the market situations.
The more the western industries outsource in the East
The more the western industries outsource in the East the more cargo there will be.
It's time for quota's and equal shares?
Flexibility is of course easier with cargo as it usually travels one way and doesn't care much about schedules and routes.
It's time for quota's and equal shares?
Yes, See QF.suetens wrote: more and more airlines are separating cargo and pax operations, cargo is more flexible
Flexibility is of course easier with cargo as it usually travels one way and doesn't care much about schedules and routes.
Cargo out of Macau
Air Macau, whose main business comes from Taiwanese passengers stopping at the airport before flying into China, is considering establishing a cargo service on the Nanjing-Macau-Taipei route, with up to six Boeing B727 freighter services a week from October.
Shanghai Airlines has launched three freighter services a week to Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China, after it was granted increased onward cargo space to Taiwan. The expanded services are part of the new through transportation agreement that allows the Shanghai carrier to transport up to 1,600 tonnes of cargo a month on Taipei bound EVA Air flights out of Macau. At present direct flights between China and Taiwan are banned.
Shanghai Airlines has launched three freighter services a week to Macau, a Special Administrative Region of China, after it was granted increased onward cargo space to Taiwan. The expanded services are part of the new through transportation agreement that allows the Shanghai carrier to transport up to 1,600 tonnes of cargo a month on Taipei bound EVA Air flights out of Macau. At present direct flights between China and Taiwan are banned.