Turkish freight forwarder builds bridge to Shanghai 
Bati Group responds to the significant increase of air freight rates due to the cancellation of numerous passenger flights throughout the world. "We are proud to announce that we will begin regular air freight charter services from Shanghai to Istanbul starting from 20... more
Gefco battles for cabin luggage space
Global logistics provider Gefco has transported a large shipment of medical supplies on special charter flights from Shanghai to Bratislava. The deliveries took place from 31 March to 1 April using two B787 temporarily converted to carry cargo - more than 64 t of medical... more
Heavy support for the Netherlands
Qatar Airways Cargo has begun using PAX aircraft as full-freighters into several markets like India (B777 and B787), Kuwait and Oman (A350). The carrier has also added maindeck capacity to Australia with twice-weekly B777F flights to Melbourne and Perth, adding 200 t of... more
An appetite for Philippine air freight
The Philippine company PSI Air 2007 began commercial cargo operations on 28 March 2020. The start-up cargo specialist based in Clark operated its first flight using B737-300(QC). Its fleet also includes two converted passenger aircraft, one B727-200 (photo) and one B737-300... more
Lithuania: drawing on air cargo know-how
Avion Express, a Vilnius (Lithuania)-based ACMI operator originally established as a cargo and passenger airline in 2005 and now part of the Avia Solutions Group, re-enters the airfreight market. It offers capabilities of up to 17/24 t of cargo in the cargo compartment and in... more
Silk Way West conquers the Far West
From today, 6 April 2020, Silk Way West is introducing weekly flights to Dallas Fort Worth, adding to its already existing thrice weekly scheduled operation to Chicago. The new service develops the Baku-based airline's customer and sales activities in the USA as a part of its... more
Airfreight in respiratory distress 
The aviation industry is in an unprecedented crisis. For once, it is likely to hit passenger aviation harder than the airfreight segment. But one cannot manage without the other, as the events of recent weeks have reminded us. The ongoing situation may change daily – or even... more
Fiji's first freighter flight on Sunday
Fiji Airways will operate its first freighter flight this Sunday, 5 April 2020, between Nadi and Sydney. One of the airline's two A350-900 will carry 41 t of fresh produce across to Australia. On the return sector, the airline will assist the Fijian ministry of health by... more
Geodis and Bolloré bring masks to France and Spain
In order to respond to requests from the French Government, Geodis is planning 16 flights over the coming weeks, representing in volume terms approximately 2,400 cbm of capacity weekly. This schedule could be extended into May with up to 1 billion masks being shipped. For... more
Kyrgyz cargo carrier to take to the skies this month?
Kyrgyz business people have commenced with the process of breathing life into the airfreight segment in their Central Asian home market, by deploying an Airbus A300F that was previously operated by the Georgian enterprise Global Charter Services. The freighter, which was built... more