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Cargo Facts Symposium
📅 Oct. 21–23 | Grand Hyatt Nashville
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Air Canada reported strong cargo revenue growth in the third quarter and expects it to continue.
"We are expecting the strongest October on record for our cargo business [and] much the same in November," Mark Galardo, CCO and president of cargo, said.
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Boeing has lowered its world cargo growth forecast to 3.5% per year through 2045 from 3.7% annual growth. The new figure appeared in Boeing’s biannual World Air Cargo Forecast, published on Oct. 28 at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami. hubs.la/Q04CXB0r0
Boeing forecasts that its global freighter fleet will grow 67% to 4,010 airplanes by 2045 from the current 2,395 aircraft. That’s nearly 16% higher than Airbus’ planned growth over the same 20-year time frame. hubs.la/Q04CQPwC0
Cargo Facts is pleased to announce Cargo Facts LATAM will return to Mexico City in 2027. hubs.la/Q04CQh440
Aircraft valuation experts say they will look at passenger yields, fuel prices and passenger aircraft retirements to determine the direction in which the freighter industry is heading. hubs.la/Q04CxDHc0
UPS reported a gain of $33 million on sales of parts associated with its MD-11Fs during its third-quarter earnings call today.
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Fuel consumption, emissions and noise regulations — alongside an aging 757 freighter fleet — could drive a wave of A321 freighter conversions in Europe in 2030.
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Atlas Air Worldwide is embracing AI as part of its corporate modernization after the company went private in March 2023. hubs.la/Q04CcRSl0
Three students and an aviation professional were named recipients of the first annual Robert V. “Bob” Dahl Memorial Scholarship at Cargo Facts Symposium this week. hubs.la/Q04CcJsC0
The second prototype A350F will complete its maiden flight by the end of the year.
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The number of converted 777 freighters could grow to as many as fifty by the end of next year.
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American Airlines reported $274 million in third-quarter cargo revenue, an increase of 29.1% year over year, and Southwest Airlines reported $48 million in cargo revenue in Q3, up 14.3% YoY.
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Engine scarcity and cost as well as maintenance backlogs are among the biggest concerns for fleet managers across the airfreight industry. hubs.la/Q04C4_pl0
FedEx has taken delivery of the world’s first ATR 72-600F large-cargo-door conversion from ACIA Aero Leasing.
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A year and a half after Air Transport Services Group became a privately held company, President and Chief Executive Greg Mays said he is working to make ATSG a more recognizable brand. hubs.la/Q04C4jXv0
Cargo Facts Consulting has reduced its 20-year freighter forecast by 2.2% percent to a total of 3,867 freighters in service by 2045.
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Amazon's first owned Airbus A330-300P2F waits in Hawaii to take to the skies under the operation of Alaska Air Group's Hawaiian Airlines. Unit 1359 landed in Honolulu (HNL) on Sept. 27.
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United Airlines transported more than 159,660 tonnes of cargo in the third quarter — the most the carrier has ever moved in a third quarter.
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