Flying aid to Mozambique 
Over the past weeks, air cargo industry players have rallied to help Zimbabwe, Malawi and Mozambique following cyclone Idai. Cooperation between the UPS foundation and leading humanitarian relief organisations is bringing urgent relief by land, sea and air. Network Airline... plus
Dakotas: more celebrations ahead
Only days before reviving the Berlin airlift of 1948-1949, several of the more than 800 Douglas C-47 Skytrains (Dakotas) which participated in “D-Day”, when almost 160,000 Allied troops stormed the Normandy beaches, will come back to the place where they made history on 6... plus
Airlines deepen cooperation with pharma logistics providers
Ahead of the Logipharma event in Montreux (Switzerland) from today, 9 April 2019, until next Thursday, CSafe Global, a US provider of active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical products, has reported that American Airlines is the latest... plus
Atlas Air: new aircraft for Amazon and Qantas
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has entered into an amended and restated air transport services agreement with Amazon.com Services. According to the pact, Atlas Air's wholly owned subsidiary Southern Air will provide CMI services to Amazon using B737-800 series aircraft. The... plus
Finnair Cargo continues to grow
Finnair's available scheduled cargo tonne kilometres increased by 18.4% year-on-year in March 2019. Revenue scheduled cargo tonne kilometres rose by 19.6%, predominantly driven by the strong positive cargo market development in Japan and the Nordic countries. Year-to-date,... plus
Turkish Cargo big in South Korea
In the presence of airlines, handling agents and airport service providers operating across South Korea, Turkish Cargo was ranked first at "Cargo Airline of The Year group B’' level. The carrier scored the highest marks in the air cargo transport evaluation criteria.... plus
Azul - strong enough to go it alone
The Brazilian carrier, Azul Linhas Aéreas, has decided not to pursue a commercial agreement with Correios, Brazil’s postal service, to create an integrated logistics solutions company. The move had been approved by the country's competition authority a few months ago. In... plus
ABC adds second weekly service to Ohio
Launched exactly one year ago, Airbridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its scheduled freighter operations at Rickenbacker airport (LCK) to a twice-weekly frequency. This doubles its airfreight solutions for customers within a one-day drive to nearly half of the US population... plus
New light transport aircraft in the East
The first prototype of the IL-112V, built under a contract with the Russian Federation's ministry of defence, took to the skies on 30 March 2019. The first military transport aircraft, which was created from scratch in the post-Soviet period, can replace the AN-26, which it... plus
São Paulo Guarulhos airport augments market share
The approximately 100,000 sqm (37,000 sqm refrigerated), São Paulo Guarulhos airport (GRU) Cargo Terminal (Teca) has strengthened its position as Brazil's main airport logistics park, and collared 42% of the market share in 2018. Since the concession began in 2012, there... plus