Major facility expansion at Canadian airport
KF Aerospace, a Canadian company which provides maintenance and engineering services and operates cargo feeder services to British Columbia, is adding a CAD30 million (EUR 20 million) extension to its aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul facility at Hamilton airport (YHM),... more
Online booking increase and product range alignment
Delta Cargo is rebranding its international products to align with Skyteam Cargo, providing customers with a common product portfolio across the global alliance. With immediate effect, Delta Cargo’s international product range will rebrand to "general" (formerly... more
Emirates uses technology to raise KBL capacity
Emirates Flight Operations has developed a new navigation technique that allows the airline to carry additional cargo into Kabul international airport (KBL) which is situated in a wide valley at an elevation of 1,750 m and is surrounded by mountains with a height of over 3,350... more
Three die on Atlas Air/Amazon B767 freighter crash
Atlas Air Worldwide has confirmed that the three people on board Atlas Air flight 3591 did not survive the accident on 23 February 2019, just before landing at George Bush intercontinental airport in Houston, Texas (USA). The B767 flight from Miami to Houston was a cargo... more
Saudia Cargo opens sales office in Dubai
Saudi Airlines’ cargo company has inaugurated a brand-new cargo sales office in the free zone of Dubai international airport (DXW). It has been operational since 27 January 2019. The opening of the new sales office is part of the company’s strategy to develop its... more
ABC - D(haka)
Dhaka (DAC) becomes the 14th destination in Airbridge Cargo’s Asian network. ABC will offer customers twice-weekly frequencies to the capital of Bangladesh to accommodate the country’s emerging export flows, which have seen westbound volumes grow robustly in recent years. The... more
Maskargo enhances shipment real-time visibility
MAB Kargo (Maskargo), the cargo division of Malaysia Airlines, is further enhancing the digital transformation of its business using two secure cloud-based Unisys Digistics digital logistics solutions. Under a five year engagement signed in November 2018, Maskargo will join... more
Virgin Atlantic to launch Tel Aviv widebody service
In exactly six months' time, on 25 September 2019, Virgin Atlantic’s new daily A330-300 flights between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv will provide more import and export opportunities for customers in the UK, USA and Israel seeking additional cargo capacity to... more
US Air Force carries aid to Central America
Over a weekend-long combined humanitarian and training mission, three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and their reserve citizen airmen crews from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston SC (USA), recently delivered humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Haiti and... more
Air Tanzania returns to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is currently facing pressing foreign currency shortages and airlines operating in the country are failing to repatriate more than USD 140 million that is stuck there. Given this scenario, carriers such as Proflight Zambia and Rwandair are suspending their services. In... more