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... plus
Fret aérien à court de souffle 

Le trafic aérien est confronté à une crise comme il n’en a jamais connue jusqu’ici. Pour une fois le trafic passagers devrait en souffrir davantage que le fret aérien. Mais ils sont interdépendants ainsi que l’ont montré les événements de ces dernières semaines. La situation... plus
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... plus
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... plus
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... plus
Emirates Skycargo calibrates cargo ops 

Emirates Skycargo has announced a new flight schedule for its global operations which also includes cargo flights operated on Emirates' B777. These flights will offer around 40 t of lower deck cargo capacity per flight and will supplement the cargo capacity being offered on... plus
One Swiss belly to Beijing, two series to New York 

Swiss World Cargo will re-introduce additional capacity into its network. Ashwin Bhat, head of cargo, Swiss International Air Lines: "In addition to our three-times weekly service to EWR, we will offer a cargo-only belly capacity to JFK two times per week. To Asia we will... plus
More Latin American carriers link the world 

Colombia-based Avianca Cargo is providing uninterrupted freight transport service now with the support of aircraft and passenger crew, to contribute to the supply of food, medical equipment, toiletries, and medicines. On 26 March, a B787-8 made its first cargo flight between... plus
No April Fool: Greek carrier temporarily adjusts PAX cabin 

Star Alliance member Aegean and Hellenic Petroleum support the current effort to combat the Covid-19 crisis, by operating cargo flights for the transport of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. By further expanding their cooperation recently launched in Greece, the two... plus
Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights 

Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international network and shelve these plans which are... plus