Etihad Cargo hosts Cargo iQ meeting 
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, will host Cargo iQ's first working group meeting of 2023, from 17-19 January in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi. The meeting will bring together over 40 attendees plus online members from around the world to... plus
Coyne Airways joins Airblox
London-headquartered cargo airline Coyne Airways has started listing freighter capacity with Airblox.com. Airblox is an online marketplace that enables brokers, freight forwarders and airlines to trade cargo capacity in the form of standardised electronic Block Space Agreements... plus
Astral Aviation switches from NAS to ALG
Astral Aviation has appointed Air Logistics Group (ALG) as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Europe, UK and USA, effective 1 January 2023. With the new commercial partnership the Kenyan cargo carrier aims to increase its service portfolio for its clients at home... plus
Last newbuild and first organ donor
Probably not until a month from today, on 16 February 2023, the last of 1574 B747s ever produced will be handed over to the customer Atlas Air, which will use it for Kuehne + Nagel just like the last but one B747. The historic date, which ends a 54-year production run, was... plus
Lithium battery certification for Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is the world’s second airline to be Iata Ceiv lithium battery certified, and Qatar Aviation Services is the first ground handling company to be certified globally. The certification aims to improve safety in handling and transportation of lithium batteries... plus
Liege Airport is ready for SAF
Liege Airport is Belgium’s first airport to be ready for the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel to its airline-customers. Its aviation fuel installations, as well as its fuelling staff, are ready to receive, store and distribute sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The... plus
Skulls instead of drugs
During a random check at Mexico's Querétaro airport on 30 December 2022, officials of the national security service came across a bizarre shipment. They became suspicious when X-rays were made of a package that was stored at a courier service and came from the state of... plus
Nicole, l’invitée surprise 
L’optimiste l’emporte à Tiaca ACF 2022, sur les nuages assombrissant le ciel du fret aérien. Quatre ans après la dernière édition à Toronto (cf. ITJ 45-46/2018, pages 18-19), l’Association mondiale du fret aérien a de nouveau organisé l’Air Cargo Forum. Le nombre nettement accru... plus
Colis (et ULD) pour l’anniversaire
ITA Airways Cargo choisit le premier canal commercial numérique. Il y a un peu plus d’un an, le 15 octobre 2021, ITA Airways a succédé à Alitalia. En raison de la pandémie, il existe certes des moments plus propices pour prendre son envol en trafic passagers. Sur un autre plan,... plus
Une alliance atlantique
Des B747F et AN-124-100M à la rescousse d’un AOG aux Açores. Afin que les frais d’immobilisation d’un «Aircraft on Ground» (AOG) ne «crèvent» pas le plafond, il faut d’urgence résoudre le problème. L’intervention récente de plusieurs acteurs chevronnés entre les USA et l’Europe... plus