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FedEx, UPS and Qatar were last year the largest air cargo carriers once again, but there were major winners and losers in the overall top 25 airlines as the Covid pandemic took its toll on the market (see full at end of article).
Federal Express (FedEx) retained its position as the top cargo airline in 2021, albeit with a lower growth level than many of the other top-performing airlines. The US express giant saw its volumes increase by 5.1% year on year to 20.7bn CTK.
Cargo airline. A Boeing 777F of FedEx Express, which is the largest cargo airline in the world. Cargo airlines (or air freight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines mainly dedicated to the transport of cargo by air. Some cargo airlines are divisions or subsidiaries of larger passenger airlines.
10 maj 2023 · Revenue: $1.9 billion. Lufthansa Cargo is the air cargo division of Lufthansa Group, a major airline based in Germany. With its 10 cargo aircraft, the Cargo offers air cargo services to 300 destinations worldwide, transporting cargo including pharmaceuticals, automotive parts and live animals.
28 lis 2023 · The top 14 air cargo carriers account for hundreds of aircraft, billions of dollars in revenue and thousands of freight ton kilometers (FTK) - which measure a metric ton of freight carried one kilometer. This list includes leaders in one or both categories when it comes to revenue and FTK.
8 sie 2017 · But there is more to the world of air freight than just FedEx and Emirates, and today we begin a multi-part analysis of the world’s top fifty cargo carriers, ranked by freight tonne kilometers flown in international, domestic, and total service in 2016. (You can read Part II here.)
FedEx is investing in 30 new ATR 72-600F aircraft overall for shorter feeder routes. Furthermore, the company retired its MD-10 fleet at the end of 2021. The annual report showed the fleet consisted of 696 owned and leased aircraft, compared with 684 a year earlier.
