Pelican ready for take-off 

A2Z has begun to roll out its new flagship long-range delivery drone, the "RDSX Pelican". Capable of carrying payloads up to 5 kg on routes up to 40 km, the drone is claimed to be "a highly efficient platform for the last-mile fleet". Unladen it can travel 50... plus
UPS A300-600F retrofit completed 

Airbus has completed the cockpit upgrade project for 52 A300-600F and two simulators in the UPS Airlines fleet. The final delivery of an aircraft retro-fitted with state-of-the-art cockpit avionics in March was the culmination of a six-year project signed in March 2017, with... plus
One more year for Cainiao and Saudia Cargo 

Cainiao Network, Alibaba Group's logistics arm, and Saudia Cargo have signed a new twelve-month "space and service commitment" agreement which commenced on 1 April 2023 and will run till 31 March 2024. It reserves exclusively selected SACC freighter flights from Hong... plus
Magma Aviation: first regular flights into China 

Magma Aviation has added its first regular scheduled flights to China to its roster. The company’s China operations address a growing demand and broaden its access to customers in the Apac region. Available three to four times per week on a B747-400F, the routing is a return... plus
Air Baltic carries the Stanley Cup 

Latvia’s national airline Air Baltic was given a unique opportunity to transport the Stanley Cup – the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff champion. It was carried from the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto to Riga and afterwards to... plus
Connecting an exclave with a new airline 

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has granted funding for a feasibility study to develop a new airline that will service Timor-Leste’s Oé-Cusse Ambeno exclave (816 sqkm). The project will link non-contiguous regions of Timor-Leste through aviation, while enhancing... plus
Skycargo to double capacity in next decade 

Emirates Skycargo has added two Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet, showing its strong confidence in the global cargo market in a currently volatile environment. Emirates’ cargo division is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its... plus
SR Technics initiates “Sustainable Engine Alliance” 

At the MRO Americas 2023 conference which was held in Atlanta, Georgia last month, SR Technics joined forces with Kuehne + Nagel and Atlas Air, a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings to launch the “Sustainable Engine Alliance”. Together, the alliance members pledged to set... plus
IA combinée à P&P 

Système de robots pour palettes de fret aérien. Speedcargo, une start-up technologique de Singapour, et Güdel, un fabricant suisse de composantes de machines à haute précision, s’allient pour mettre au point ce qu’ils considèrent comme «première solution de handling end-to-end... plus
Des ambitions accrues 

Le fret aérien en Autriche, à Munich, Budapest et Zurich. Que ce soit sur de petits aéroports autrichiens, à Vienne ou sur des aéroports voisins de même taille: les deux dernières années ont éveillé l’ambition de laisser des traces plus profondes dans le trafic fret aérien. Tour... plus