Ontario and Anchorage airports flying high 
Only two US airports – Southern California’s Ontario International Airport (ONT) and Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) – experienced significant growth of commercial air freight shipments in the first five months of 2020 as consumers and businesses increasingly... mehr
Treffen und Bangen 
Die Freude stand Veranstaltern und Teilnehmern des Air Cargo Days der IG Air Cargo Switzerland Ende August ins Gesicht geschrieben: Nach Monaten war es endlich wieder möglich, einer grösseren Menge von Fachleuten im persönlichen Austausch zu begegnen. Für Motivation sorgen auch... mehr
High voltage onboard Volga-Dnepr Airlines
Russia's Volga-Dnepr Airlines demonstrated agility and flexibility while organising a charter flight with high voltage equipment onboard to empower the construction of the 450MW Thuan Nam 12 solar power plant project in Vietnam's south central coast region. One of its... mehr
EVA Air prefers maindeck capacity
EVA Air, an affiliate of the Evergreen Group, has revised its Boeing order backlog in light of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on future passenger and cargo demand. The privately held Taiwanese carrier which originally ordered eighteen B787-10 and two B777-300ER six... mehr
American all cargo carrier to operate "preighters"
Operating a fleet of B767 freighters until now, North Carolina-based 21 Air has entered into a long-term sub-service partnership agreement with AELF and Maleth Aero to begin charter operations with two A330-200 this month. They are configured as "auxiliary... mehr
150 years of airmail - "par ballon monté"
The Franco-Prussian war (cf. ITJ 36-39/2020, p. 26) gave rise to the start of the first regular air mail service. On 5 September 1870, in order to connect the beleaguered city and fortress of Metz in Lorraine to the outside world, Julien-François Jeannel, a pharmacist in the... mehr
UN: support express, air mail and cargo operators!
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and the Universal Postal Union (UPU) are encouraging national governments to support their designated postal operators, air cargo carriers, and express mail operators through financial aid and operational flexibility. A... mehr
First Antonov aircraft without Russian parts
Ukrainian Antonov Airlines has completed the jig assembly of the AN-178 airframe (series No. 006) intended for delivery under the contract between Spetstechnoexport and Peru's ministry of the interior. At the presentation on the eve of Ukraine's National Flag Day (23... mehr
Alha and Emirates warming up again
On 15 July 2020, Emirates restarted regular flights to/from Rome FCO, and its cargo operations are now back on track as usual, with a primary focus on controlled-temperature services for pharma products. Alha, as the airline's local cargo handling partner, is providing... mehr
African air spaces (not) re-opened
After a break of exactly five months, international flights to Malawi were permitted to resume operations on 1 September, whereby initially only the airport of Lilongwe (photo), the capital of the landlocked country in southeast Africa will be handling the traffic. The airport... mehr