ATSG promotes Todd France 
Todd France, president of ATSG’s aircraft maintenance subsidiary, Airborne Maintenance & Engineering Services, will become president of ATSG’s aircraft leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, succeeding Brady Templeton, who will retire in April 2022. Mark Snook,... more
More automotive logistics hubs in New Jersey
Jaguar Land Rover has signed a five-year contract with UK-based Unipart Logistics to support its expansion in northeastern USA. A new 85,000 sqm aftermarket site in Mickleton NJ is the first US dual-brand site for Jaguar Land Rover, serving 90 retailers and the port of... more
Four Boeing 777 for Atlas Air Worldwide
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has ordered four new Boeing 777 freighters. The first of the 777-200LRFs is set to be delivered in November 2022 with the other three following in 2023. This investment will bolster Atlas’ 777 fleet, which currently includes 14 freighters that... more
No short-term injection of long-haul cargo services
Cathay Pacific Cargo will continue to implement very substantial reductions to its long-haul capacity in the first quarter of 2022, on account of the latest aircrew quarantine measures imposed by the government of the Hong Kong SAR, decreed in view of rising cases of infection... more
80 years ago – first commercial flight around the world
80 years ago, a Boeing 314 Clipper completed the first commercial flight around the world. When the flying boat set off from San Francisco CA (USA) on 2 December 1941 for a scheduled flight to Auckland (New Zealand), there was no sign yet of the feat – in contrast to 1929’s the... more
Strong start to 2022 – but clouds on the horizon
The container throughput index published by the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) rose from 123.9 points (seasonally adjusted) to 125.3 points in November, according to the latest flash estimate. The index... more
Barge service for Latin American exports
A new barge feeder service between the port of La Plata, close to Buenos Aires, and the port of Santa Fe, in the northeast of the country introduced by ICTSI’s Argentinian business unit creates a new and direct link to Brazil and Asia. International Container Terminal Services... more
First Saab 2000 cargo conversion under way
Täby Air Maintenance (TAM) is finalising a project to convert the high-speed turboprop Saab 2000 regional airliner into a cargo configuration. The conversion project is being spearheaded in close collaboration with launch customer Jetstream Aviation Capital, from Miami FL... more
A very short trip in Alaska
A DC-3 from Transnorthern Aviation made a very short flight last Wednesday, 8 December 2021, after experiencing a loss of engine power. According to Alaska chief of the National Transportation and Safety Board Clint Johnson, no one was injured in the emergency landing of the... more