ST Engineering has revealed new business for its Airbus A321P2F programme at the Singapore air show, as it works towards securing certification for the freighter conversion later this quarter.
The modification is being developed by ST Engineering and Airbus, alongside their EFW joint venture. The first A321P2F post-conversion test flight was completed on 22 January from ST Engineering’s facility at Seletar in Singapore. ST Engineering expects to receive a supplemental type certificate from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency by the end of the first quarter of 2020.
Aircraft lease-management specialist BBAM has confirmed a letter of intent announced in June 2019 for “several” A321P2F conversions, says ST Engineering. It adds that BBAM’s first A321P2F entered the Seletar conversion facility in January. Modification of the second unit will begin in March.
Meanwhile Keystone Holdings, an ST Engineering leasing joint venture, has signed a letter of intent with Qantas for the conversion and lease of an A321P2F. The aircraft, which is currently operated on lease by Qantas Group in the passenger role, will be converted by ST Engineering and delivered at the end of 2021.
Qantas’s freight division is already set to be launch operator for the A321P2F, taking the first converted airframe later this year via lessor Vallair.
EFW chief executive Andreas Sperl says that the A321P2F offers up to 14 container positions on the main deck and 10 on the lower deck. He adds that the aircraft has “a payload-range capability to fly over 2,300nm [4,260km], carrying up to 27.9t”.
Source: Air Cargo News
Rating is based on the data for overall container turnover, without transshipment.
Record of market share growth (% of market share) in Ukraine belongs to:
- MAERSK: 4,47 p.p.,
- MSC: 1,44 p.p.,
- EVERGREEN: 0,73 p.p.
At the same time record of market share drop was shown by:
- CMA CGM: -3,27 p.p.,
- COSCO: -3,23 p.p.,
- ZIM: -0,62 p.p.
After merger between KLINE, NYK and MOL the united carrier – ONE, has started its activity in Ukraine since April 2018 and at the end of 2019 it had a market share of 2,32%.
Source: Informall
Leipzig/Halle Airport has received IATA CEIV Pharma certification, enabling it to process time-critical, temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical shipments around the clock.
Following a year-long process, IATA has certified PortGround GmbH, the ground handling and cargo specialist belonging to Mitteldeutsche Flughafen AG, which also owns the airport.
“Thanks to the CEIV Pharma accreditation, we are expanding our business area and now have a fully-certified process for sensitive pharmaceuticals,” says Alexander König, managing director of PortGround. “That means we can provide a full range of handling services at Leipzig/Halle Airport from a single source – from receiving deliveries, preparing and storing freight to loading it on the aircraft.”
The international CEIV classification in Pharmaceutical Logistics confirms that sensitive pharmaceutical goods are reliably handled in accordance with international standards.
Certification requires appropriate quality management and regular training for all those involved in the process, along with a suitable infrastructure. Leipzig/Halle Airport laid the foundations for this in 2017 with a new cold storage facility in the World Cargo Center. The facility offers direct access to the apron, ensuring that goods have to be transported only a short distance to and from the aircraft and lorries.
With a volume of around 1.24 million tonnes in 2019, and a 24-hour operating permit, Leipzig/Halle Airport is the fifth largest airfreight hub in Europe.
Source: Air Cargo News
The international air cargo event – Air Cargo India 2020 – that takes place in Mumbai, is both, an exhibition as well as a conference. The exhibition is aimed to give experts from the air cargo industry a perfect opportunity to exhibit their products and services. In the course of the conference a variety of topics regarding for example infrastructure facilities, new simplified procedures and technical possibilities are discussed. On the whole, the show constitutes a platform for air cargo professionals to come together, network and to do business.
The industries and business professionals gather and discuss possible issues related to transportation of cargos and come up with efficient techniques and solutions to promote a sustainable pollution free mode of transportation.
The professionals discuss various inventions and technologies that can be used to enhance the transportation business standards in the most optimal way possible.
Source: Aircargoindia.aero
In 2019, Ukrainian airports handled 24 million 336.6 thousand passengers, which is 18.5% higher than the result of 2018, the State Aviation Administration of Ukraine reported with reference to operational data.
21 million 995.6 thousand travelers (+ 19.8%) took advantage of international flights, 2 million 341 thousand passengers (+ 7.5%) flew domestic flights.
The actual number of passengers on domestic flights is half as much due to the specifics of data calculation.
A passenger departing on an international flight, for example, from Boryspil Airport to Vienna, is considered in Ukrainian statistics as one passenger departing. A passenger departing from Boryspil to Lviv is counted as two passengers – one departing in Kiev and one arriving in Lviv.
In 2019, Ukrainian airlines transported 13 million 722.3 thousand passengers, which is 9.5% more than in 2018.
12 560.4 thousand people were transported on international flights (+ 9.7%), 1 million 161.9 thousand passengers – on domestic flights (+ 7.4%).
Top-7 Ukrainian airports in 2019 by passenger flow:
- Boryspil Airport: 15 million 260.3 thousand passengers (+ 21.1%)
- Zhuliany Airport (“Kiev”): 2 million 617.9 thousand passengers (-6.9%)
- Lviv Airport: 2 million 217.4 thousand passengers (+ 38.8%)
- Odessa Airport: 1 million 694 thousand passengers (+ 17.1%)
- Kharkiv Airport: 1 million 340.8 thousand passengers (+ 40%)
- Zaporozhye Airport: 434 thousand passengers (+ 8.4%)
- Dnepropetrovsk Airport: 338.9 thousand passengers (+ 13.3%)
Airports reporting their activity. Data from Simferopol Airport, which is located in uncontrolled territory, is not included in the total passenger traffic information.
Source: Avianews
The Incoterms rules define the division of responsibilities between a seller and a buyer for the tasks, costs and risks involved in delivering merchandise. First introduced in 1936, they have been revised on a regular basis to reflect changes in international trade; since 1980 they’ve been updated every 10 years. The Incoterms revisions are changed in style and substance, improve certain aspects of the Incoterms and includes a detailed explanation of how to choose the most appropriate Incoterms rule for a sale contract.
The Incoterms 2020 consider of the growth of the economy, increasing attention to security in the transportation of goods, insurance coverage flexibility and on-board bill of lading under Free Carrier (FCA) rule.
As the international transport and logistics company Kuehne + Nagel International AG explains, differences between Incoterms 2010 and Incoterms 2020 are:
• The Incoterms® FCA (Free Carrier) now provides the additional option to make an on-board notation on the Bill of Lading prior loading of the goods on a vessel.
• The costs now appear centralized in A9/B9 of each Incoterms® rule.
• CIF now requires at least an insurance with the minimum cover of the Institute Cargo Clause (A) (All risk, subject to itemized exclusions).
• CIP requires at least an insurance with the minimum cover of the Institute Cargo Clause (C) (Number of listed risks, subject to itemized exclusions).
• The Incoterms® rules Free Carrier (FCA), Delivered at Place (DAP), Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) and Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) now take into account that the goods may be carried without any third-party carrier being engaged, namely by using its own means of transportation.
• The rule Delivered at Terminal (DAT) has been changed to Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) to clarify that the place of destination could be any place and not only a “terminal”.
• The Incoterms® 2020 now explicitly shifts the responsibility of security-related requirements and ancillary costs to the seller.
Source: Kuehne + Nagel International AG
Boryspil International Airport (Kyiv) in 2019 increased passenger traffic by 21.1% compared to 2018, to 15.260 million people. The figure on international flights over the indicated period amounted to 14.163 million people (an increase of 22.2%), on domestic some 1.096 million (an increase of 8.3%).
The number of flights in 2019 amounted to 110,660 for arrival/departure, which is 14.2% more than in 2018, in particular 97,428 international flights (16.1% more), and 13,232 domestic flights (1.4% more).
In December 2019, passenger flow at Boryspil airport amounted to 1.053 million people, which is 12.6% more than in December 2018. At the same time, passenger traffic on international flights amounted to 973,100 people (13.8% more), and on domestic flights some 80,600 (0.2% more).
The number of flights in December 2019 amounted to 7,800 for arrival/departure, which is 1.2% more than in the same period in 2018, including 6,865 (3.5% more) international flights, and 935 domestic flights (12.8% less).
Source: NV
Australian carrier Qantas tops a list of 20 safest airlines in the world for 2020 according to AirlineRatings.com – a commercial website covering airline safety and product reviews.
This is the seventh year that AirlineRatings.com has listed Qantas as the safest airline in the world. Runners up in the Asia-Pacific region include Air New Zealand in second place, followed by Taiwanese carrier Eva Air in third place, Singapore Airlines in sixth place, and Cathay Pacific in ninth place.
Here is the full list:
- Qantas
- Air New Zealand
- Eva Air
- Etihad Airways
- Qatar Airways
- Singapore Airlines
- Emirates
- Alaska Airlines
- Cathay Pacific Airways
- Virgin Australia
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Virgin Atlantic Airlines
- TAP Portugal
- SAS
- Royal Jordanian
- Swiss
- Finnair
- Lufthansa
- Aer Lingus
- KLM
The website said its rating system takes into account a number of different factors related to audits from aviation’s governing bodies, lead associations as well as the airlines own safety data. Details on the criteria can be read here. Every year, it produces a list of safest airlines in the world after monitoring 405 airlines.
Safest low-cost carriers
Low-cost carriers (LCCs) are a rapidly growing segment of the aviation industry. The website also compiled a list of top ten safest LCCs in the world for 2020. These are (in alphabetical order):
- Air Arabia
- Flybe
- Frontier Airlines
- HK Express
- IndiGo
- Jetblue
- Volaris
- Vueling
- Westjet
- Wizz Air
Source: Business Traveller
Airbus has become the world’s largest planemaker for the first time since 2011 after delivering a forecast-beating 863 aircraft in 2019, seizing the crown from embattled U.S. rival Boeing.
Airbus, which had been forced by its own industrial problems to cut its 2019 delivery goal by 2-3% in October, deployed extra resources until hours before midnight to reach 863 aircraft for the year, compared with its revised target of 860 jets.
Airbus declined to comment on the figures, which must be audited before they can be finalized and published.
Source: Reuters