45 t of food from Paris to Africa 
Royal Air Marco Cargo and Air Charter Service (ACS), a major provider of urgent humanitarian logistics services, teamed up to operate a charter flight last month, shipping nearly 45 t of food from Paris to Africa. The flight, commissioned by a renowned non-governmental... mehr
Linking Mali
Established in July last year, Sky Mali plans to add the first international destinations later this month. Until now, its network is limited to five domestic airports (Bamako, Gao, Kayes and Timbuktu). The new carrier in this landlocked country which is "a public... mehr
Agility: blue skies above Maputo
After opening warehouses in Ghana, Cote D’Ivoire and Nigeria, Agility has now launched its new African logistics park in Maputo. The 290,000 sqm park is located on the new Maputo ring road in the Marracuene-Chiongo district, providing road connections to the major highways... mehr
Logistics marathon continues
42 days after the first doses of Covax, the global mechanism for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, were shipped and delivered internationally, to Ghana, more than 38 million doses of vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Serum Institute of India have now been... mehr
Improvements for Egypt’s rail network
Egypt's current rail modernisation project (ENRMP) has received another financial boost: The African Development Bank (ADRF) has approved a EUR 145 million loan to enhance operational safety and increase network capacity on national rail lines. Egypt's rail passenger and... mehr
Building a dedicated agro airport in Nigeria
Kayode Fayemi, governor of the mainly agrarian landlocked Nigerian state Ekiti, has handed over the site of the "Ekiti Agro-Allied Cargo Airport" to the main contractor, CCECC Nigeria, to commence the construction of its 3.2 km runway. Describing this as a... mehr
Lösegeld lockt 
Die Piraterie im Golf von Guinea wird professioneller und zunehmend durch die Aussicht auf Lösegelder getrieben. mehr
50 years ago: early biplane retires
While the last A380 is about to be delivered, it is the 50th anniversary of the end of another double-deck aircraft. On 31 March 1971, the Bréguet 763 was withdrawn from civil service. Initial designs of a biplane were presented as a Breguet 760 at the air show in Paris in... mehr
FMCG warehouse in Kenya re-certified
Bolloré Transport & Logistics reports that the BRC global standard certification for storage and distribution for its dedicated FMCG warehouse in Nairobi (Kenya) has been renewed. The certification covers storage of ambient stable food products and consumer products as... mehr
Simply epic
Iata has launched its enhanced partner identification and connectivity (Epic) platform to support the digitisation of the global air cargo supply chain. It aims to simplify the complex process of making digital connections across the air cargo value chain - over 40,000 freight... mehr