Paycargo helps to set up America's first ACCS 
PayCargo has collaborated with Atlanta airport and India-based IT business Kale Logistics Solutions to set up the first air cargo community system (ACCS) in the USA. Lionel van der Walt, Paycargo president and CEO of The Americas: "In Europe they have been leading the way,... mehr
Chinese cargo carrier opens first international route
Tianjin Air Cargo, a subsidiary of HNA Group with a fleet of four B737 freighter aircraft, launched its first international all-cargo route exactly one week ago, on 8 January 2020, as it commenced a once-weekly B737-800F service from the central Chinese city Zhengzhou to... mehr
Swiss interest group shares know-how
For the first time IG Air Cargo Switzerland offered professional air cargo training in cooperation with Spedlogswiss in Q4/2019, welcoming nine participants mainly from the forwarding business. Building on this initial success, the interest group decided to offer a second... mehr
Big news from Airbus and Airlander
Beluga XL, an integral part of Airbus’ industrial system, made its first operational flight on 9 January 2020. This is the first of six units to replace the Beluga ST predecessors until 2023. At 63 m long and 8 m wide, it has the largest cargo bay cross-section of all existing... mehr
Bunt und dynamisch 
Als René Brechbuehl vor zwei Jahren in den Ruhestand ging (vgl. ITJ 43-44/2017, S. 22), hat Swiss World Cargo die Bearbeitung des gesamtamerikanischen Marktes neu aufgestellt. Für den Westen und Süden der USA sowie Lateinamerika ist Hendrik Falk zuständig. Den Weltenbummler mit... mehr
Qatar Airways Cargo launches freighter service to Japan
Qatar Airways Cargo, one of the world’s major air cargo carriers, is expanding its cargo network in Asia Pacific with the launch of a twice weekly B777F service to Osaka, Japan effective today, 14 January 2020. Approximately 200 t of cargo capacity will be offered per week... mehr
Emirates Skycargo is well poised for the future
At the start of a new decade, Emirates Skycargo, the freight division of Emirates, is geared up to facilitate global trade and cargo movement in 2020 and beyond through a combination of innovative product development and investment in "fit for purpose" infrastructure.... mehr
Baltic's biggest cargo airport aims even higher
In 2019, Riga airport (RIX) handled 27,300 t of cargo, 44.5% of which were direct mail shipments. Last year, almost half of all air cargo in the Baltics was handled in the Latvian capital. For Ilona Līce, chairperson of the board, the development of the cargo segment is one... mehr
(No) more conversions in 2020
Acia Aero Leasing, which was established in early 2000 to provide aircraft leasing and management solutions to a wide spectrum of clients and end users, has just completed another large cargo door conversion of an ATR72-200, the first of five targeted conversion completions for... mehr
Central Indian airport adds logistics park
GMR Hyderabad Aerotropolis Limited, a subsidiary of GMR Hyderabad International Airport, has formed a joint venture with ESR Hyderabad 1, a subsidiary of Hong Kong-headquartered ESR Cayman Limited, to develop a 268,000 sqm logistics and industrial park at Hyderabad airport city.... mehr