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East Africa keeps watch on intra-regional air cargo demand
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AFRICAN intra-regional demand for air cargo passing through the key hubs in Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda - are set to pick up again, reports London's Loadstar.
RwandAir's first dedicated freighter, a converted 737-800, is now operational on services to Sharjah twice a week.
Moreover, there are other planned freighter routes to Lusaka, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dar-es-Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Bangui, in Central African Republic, Nairobi, Entebbe and Brazzaville.
The Kigali-based carrier plans to expand its cargo fleet and is eyeing the A330 as a future candidate for acquisition or lease.
Recent data from aviation analysts at IBA suggests converted A330 values [depending on age] are typically between US$30 million and $45 million, with monthly lease rates of between $330,000 and $418,000.
Feedstock should still be good, due to large numbers of Rolls-Royce-powered aircraft delivered between 2008 and 2016. Currently, RwandAir services freight demand mostly for fresh goods like perishables and pharma.
Since the arrival of Astral Aviation's 757-200F last year, the Kenyan operator is using its 30-tonne capacity for uplift from DWC on scheduled and ad hoc charters to Djibouti, Mogadishu and Khartoum, in addition to Nairobi and onwards to intra-African schedules, including South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia.
The 757F complements a 767-200F at DWC as part of the company's Middle East air freight solutions flying programme. Additionally, Astral operates 747-400 and 727 freighters.
News that Ethiopian Airlines Group has partnered with MailAmericas should go down well for the region's growing ecommerce ambitions. The Latin American ecommerce solution provider plans to work closer with Ethiopian to develop cross border e-commerce services within Africa and the Middle East.
A source at Ethiopian said this was the right time for airlines to start thinking about an ecommerce solution as a game-changer platform. Consequently, Ethiopian is building its own dedicated ecommerce warehouse, with a 150,000-tonne annual capacity worth an investment of $50 million on a 15,000-square metre area.
Ethiopian operates 14 dedicated freighters, including four 737-800Fs with regional type capacity. The airline reconfigured 25 of its passenger aircraft to cope with demand during the pandemic, and four of these 'preighter' aircraft are still flying.
In the 2021/2022 fiscal year, Ethiopian recorded an annual cargo uplift of about 770,000 tonnes, with one million tonnes of cargo capacity. According to the airline, it is using the latest technologies for data, information and market intelligence, with 100 per cent e-AWB capability from its main hub in Addis Ababa.
Meanwhile, Kenya Airways also sees demand for ad hoc cargo, such as plants and livestock. The airline recently transported a 14-tonne shipment of macadamia plants from Nairobi to Brazzaville in Congom as well as live goats and sheep from South Africa to Mauritius - an uplift of 13,500 kg, the first of six charters to ferry 1,800 animals to Mauritius.
It's good news for the horticulture sector in Kenya too, the first vacuum cooling service was inaugurated in last month at the landside of the air cargo terminal facility in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said the vacuum cooling service was expected to boost the country's export earnings and increase the competitiveness of Kenya's exports in the global fresh produce market.
According to KAA, post-harvest losses in Kenya range from 10 to 50 per cent, depending on the type of produce, therefore the vacuum cooling service spells good tidings for cool chain sector. The new offering is a partnership between Mitchell Cotts Group, Perishable Movements and Fresh Handling Kenya.
RwandAir's first dedicated freighter, a converted 737-800, is now operational on services to Sharjah twice a week.
Moreover, there are other planned freighter routes to Lusaka, Johannesburg, Lagos, Dar-es-Salaam, Kilimanjaro, Bangui, in Central African Republic, Nairobi, Entebbe and Brazzaville.
The Kigali-based carrier plans to expand its cargo fleet and is eyeing the A330 as a future candidate for acquisition or lease.
Recent data from aviation analysts at IBA suggests converted A330 values [depending on age] are typically between US$30 million and $45 million, with monthly lease rates of between $330,000 and $418,000.
Feedstock should still be good, due to large numbers of Rolls-Royce-powered aircraft delivered between 2008 and 2016. Currently, RwandAir services freight demand mostly for fresh goods like perishables and pharma.
Since the arrival of Astral Aviation's 757-200F last year, the Kenyan operator is using its 30-tonne capacity for uplift from DWC on scheduled and ad hoc charters to Djibouti, Mogadishu and Khartoum, in addition to Nairobi and onwards to intra-African schedules, including South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia.
The 757F complements a 767-200F at DWC as part of the company's Middle East air freight solutions flying programme. Additionally, Astral operates 747-400 and 727 freighters.
News that Ethiopian Airlines Group has partnered with MailAmericas should go down well for the region's growing ecommerce ambitions. The Latin American ecommerce solution provider plans to work closer with Ethiopian to develop cross border e-commerce services within Africa and the Middle East.
A source at Ethiopian said this was the right time for airlines to start thinking about an ecommerce solution as a game-changer platform. Consequently, Ethiopian is building its own dedicated ecommerce warehouse, with a 150,000-tonne annual capacity worth an investment of $50 million on a 15,000-square metre area.
Ethiopian operates 14 dedicated freighters, including four 737-800Fs with regional type capacity. The airline reconfigured 25 of its passenger aircraft to cope with demand during the pandemic, and four of these 'preighter' aircraft are still flying.
In the 2021/2022 fiscal year, Ethiopian recorded an annual cargo uplift of about 770,000 tonnes, with one million tonnes of cargo capacity. According to the airline, it is using the latest technologies for data, information and market intelligence, with 100 per cent e-AWB capability from its main hub in Addis Ababa.
Meanwhile, Kenya Airways also sees demand for ad hoc cargo, such as plants and livestock. The airline recently transported a 14-tonne shipment of macadamia plants from Nairobi to Brazzaville in Congom as well as live goats and sheep from South Africa to Mauritius - an uplift of 13,500 kg, the first of six charters to ferry 1,800 animals to Mauritius.
It's good news for the horticulture sector in Kenya too, the first vacuum cooling service was inaugurated in last month at the landside of the air cargo terminal facility in Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, in Nairobi.
The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) said the vacuum cooling service was expected to boost the country's export earnings and increase the competitiveness of Kenya's exports in the global fresh produce market.
According to KAA, post-harvest losses in Kenya range from 10 to 50 per cent, depending on the type of produce, therefore the vacuum cooling service spells good tidings for cool chain sector. The new offering is a partnership between Mitchell Cotts Group, Perishable Movements and Fresh Handling Kenya.