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AIR CARGO

Hong Kong remains on top of A(ACI) World unveiled the
irports Council International
busiest cargo airports worldwide preliminary top 10 busiest airports
worldwide for 2023 with Hong
Kong International Airport (HKIA)
remaining in top rank followed by
Memphis International Airport and
Shanghai Pudong International
Airport. Anchorage Airport ranks
4th and is followed by Incheon
International Airport in 5th. HKIA
handled 4,331,976 (4.3 million) tonnes
of cargo in 2023, an increase of 3.2%
YoY while down by 9.9% compared
to 2019. HKIA has maintained the
top position, followed by Memphis
International Airport and Shanghai
Pudong International Airport. Doha
International Airport rejoins the top
10, jumping to number 8 with a
growth of 6.3% over 2019.

First Embraer E190 converted CMA CGM Air Cargo

freighter takes to the skies orders four more

he Brazilian aircraft in which Embraer is converting its Airbus A350Fs
Tmanufacturer Embraer existing E-Jet passenger planes
has completed the maiden into cargo freighters, mainly the
flight of its first E190F aircraft E190 and E195. The E190F was
in São José dos Campos, Brazil. airborne for approximately two
The Embraer E190F is a new hours, during which the Embraer
narrowbody freighter aircraft that team evaluated the aircraft.
was launched in the year 2022, The company has announced
It is a converted version of the its intention to conduct further
E190 passenger jet and a part of assessments before the aircraft
Embraer’s E-Freighter programme, enters into operation.

MA CGM Air Cargo has placed an order for four A350Fs
Cin addition to the four A350Fs ordered in 2021. CMA
CGM became the second company to sign up for Airbus’
new A350 freighter as the French logistics group continued
its expansion in the air cargo market. The shipping giant,
which launched its CMA CGM Air Cargo business in 2021,
had signed a memorandum of understanding covering the
purchase of four A350F. The commitment came days after
Air Lease placed the first provisional order for seven of the
type during the Dubai air show.

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