Lithium battery certification for Qatar Airways 
Qatar Airways is the world’s second airline to be Iata Ceiv lithium battery certified, and Qatar Aviation Services is the first ground handling company to be certified globally. The certification aims to improve safety in handling and transportation of lithium batteries... mehr
Liege Airport is ready for SAF
Liege Airport is Belgium’s first airport to be ready for the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel to its airline-customers. Its aviation fuel installations, as well as its fuelling staff, are ready to receive, store and distribute sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The... mehr
Skulls instead of drugs
During a random check at Mexico's Querétaro airport on 30 December 2022, officials of the national security service came across a bizarre shipment. They became suspicious when X-rays were made of a package that was stored at a courier service and came from the state of... mehr
Nicole war nicht eingeladen 
Optimismus überwiegte an der Tiaca ACF 2022, trotz dunkler Wolken am Luftfracht-Himmel. Vier Jahre nach der letzten Ausgabe in Toronto (vgl. ITJ 45-46/2018, S. 18-19) konnte der Weltluftfrachtverband wieder das Air Cargo Forum durchführen. Dass deutlich mehr Aussteller und... mehr
Zum Geburtstag Pakete (und ULD)
ITA Airways Cargo wählt ersten digitalen Vertriebskanal. Vor etwas mehr als einem Jahr, am 15. Oktober 2021, hat ITA Airways die Nachfolge von Alitalia angetreten. Aus Pandemiegründen mag es bessere Momente geben, um im Passagiergeschäft durchzustarten. Seinen weltweiten... mehr
Eine atlantische Allianz
B747F und AN-124-100M verhelfen AOG auf den Azoren zum Hoch. Damit die Ausfallkosten bei einem Fall von «Aircraft on Ground» (AOG) nicht durch die Decke gehen, ist grundsätzlich dringender Ersatz erforderlich. Aufwändig, aber erfolgreich war der kürzliche Einsatz mehrerer... mehr
To Aurora Borealis with Austrian Airlines
On 17 December, Austrian Airlines is starting a new direct service between Vienna and Tromsø, northern Norway. Avinor, the Oslo-based company that runs 44 state-owned airports, considers this to be “yet another strengthening of the Lufthansa Group’s commitment to northern Norway... mehr
FCS now powered by renewable energy
Frankfurt Cargo Services’ (FCS) operations in Germany are now 100% powered by renewable energy, in line with the ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ programme of its parent company Worldwide Flight Services (WFS). The switch to renewable power, a core part of WFS’ environmental,... mehr
Flying gifts for Ethiopians in need
Boeing, through its ‘Humanitarian Delivery Flight Program’ launched in 1992, and Ethiopian Airlines have again partnered to bring humanitarian aid to those in need – this time using the airline's three recently delivered Boeing B737-8s to transport 5.4 t of supplies to Ethiopia.... mehr
Neo Air Charter scores in Doha
The on-board courier (OBC) division of the Frankfurt-based Neo Air Group recently shipped an urgent and valuable piece of broadcast equipment to Doha just 19 hours after an initial enquiry from Elite – despite severe restrictions on entry to the country on account of football’s... mehr