Digitally embracing air cargo from Dakar 
Africa-based carrier Air Senegal will deploy the Smartkargo solution across all functional areas of its cargo business serving 19 destinations, including New York, Washington and Paris. The US technology aims to digitally transform the West African carrier's operations and... mehr
Happy Valentine's Day for Latam Cargo
Latam Cargo carried over 15,500 t of fresh flowers from Colombia and Ecuador during the 2022 Valentine’s Day season, 16% more than in 2021. To achieve this result, the carrier doubled its regular offer to face the high demand created between 17 January and 6 February. Over... mehr
Dnata partners with Lödige Industries
Air and travel service provider Dnata has contracted Lödige Industries, which specialises in cargo terminal solutions, to supply its new cargo terminal at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, already mentioned in our article. The new building is scheduled to become operational in... mehr
Two B777Fs for Western Global Airlines
Boeing and Western Global Airlines have announced a firm order for two B777 freighters, the first new-production freighters for the all-Boeing cargo operator based in Estero FL (USA). The order was finalised in January 2022 and is currently listed as unidentified in Boeing’s... mehr
RATs everywhere
Operating nine charter flights through to 20 February 2022, Air New Zealand is currently helping to bring in tens of millions of rapid antigen tests (RATs) to support the country's Covid-19 response over the coming months. General manager cargo Anna Palairet: "We've been... mehr
Not only flowers from Kenya
Since early January, Kenya Airways Cargo has been shipping fresh produce exports, such as avocadoes, fish, chilies, mangoes, pineapple, peanuts, bananas and green vegetables, directly from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to the rest of the world. Kisumu's county... mehr
Sky Express signs for Champ’s TGC
Sky Express has chosen Champ’s customs compliance solution Traxon Global Customs (TGC). The growing airline will use the service between Greece and UK. The airline needed a solution to automate and efficiently handle all customs requirements now and in the future. TGC... mehr
Eastern Air and Flexport cooperate
Eastern Air Holdings and Flexport, a global logistics platform, have signed a multi-year contract for cargo services that will bring net-new capacity to the global air freight market. Eastern is expected to begin flying its B777 express freighters, once approved by the... mehr
Pushing profitability without passengers
In line with last year's transformation into a combination carrier with equal emphasis on both cargo and passengers, Air Asia X (AAX), the medium haul, low-cost affiliate of Malaysia's Capital A (formerly Air Asia Group), has secured full belly space utilisation for one third of... mehr
Etihad Cargo switches to Airbus
Etihad Airways has signed a letter of intent (LoI) for seven A350 freighters to add to its existing fleet of five A350-1000 passenger versions. The announcement was made at this week's Singapore Airshow. The UAE flag carrier has also selected Airbus’ flight hour services (FHS)... mehr