Not yet automatic 
From January to June 2024 CBP stopped 155 shipments carrying 354 ‘Glock switches’, which are used to modify weapons to make them fully automatic. In the months of July, August and September officers seized 241 shipments containing 948 switches. Most of these seizures were... more
Higher freight volumes in Brazil and Spain
In 2024 the airports in the Aena Group (46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton airport and 17 airports in Brazil) handled more than 1,42 million t of freight, 18% more than in the year before. The airports in Aena’s network in Spain handled 1.28 million t of... more
Hong Kong GSSA happy to expand in Latin America
Two weeks after becoming China Cargo Airlines’s GSSA in the Philippines, the Tam Group opened a new office in Mexico City on 15 January. The expansion supports growing demand for air cargo services in Latin America, complementing the company’s operations in Brazil, Chile and... more
Efis Maroc partners China Eastern Airlines
Efis Maroc, a subsidiary of the ECS Group, has entered into a strategic partnership with China Eastern Airlines, further solidifying its leadership in African cargo logistics. The agreement introduces three weekly flights between Casablanca (CMN) and Shanghai (PVG) via Marseille... more
MSC lands in Maastricht
Today, 16 January, Atlas Air will conduct the second flight in a service scheduled for every Thursday on behalf of MSC Air Cargo from Maastricht Aachen airport (MST) to Asia (including China). The aircraft deployed is a one-year-old Boeing B777F. Dean Boljuncic, head of... more
Digitalising 42,000 ULDs
Unilode, which owns and manages the world’s largest digitised fleet of ULDs (more than 170,000), and Qatar Airways Cargo have entered into a partnership to digitalise the airline’s fleet of more than 42,000 ULDs. The move represents the largest ULD digitalisation programme ever... more
AF-KLM expands a strategic partnership
AF-KLM has signed an extension to a ‘power-by-the-hour contract’ (engine-change programme; PBHC) with Air China Cargo (ACC), through the former company’s unit called Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M). The unit has already supported ACC... more
An excellent year for Liège airport
Liège airport had an excellent year in 2024, with total throughput coming to lose to 1,2 million t. In terms of movements, the trend was also upward, with 37,029 aircraft movements recorded in 2024, compared to 33,652 movements in 2023. The vast majority of these concerned cargo... more
Easa safety guidance for Russian airspace – an update
Following the downing of flight MH17, the EU established a ‘EU Conflict Zone Alerting System’ to provide consistent advice to airlines. To ensure maximum flight safety in Russia’s ongoing illegal invasion of Ukraine, the new ‘Conflict Zone Information Bulletin’ of the... more
Antonov selects GFS as GSA in the USA
Global Feeder Services (GFS), a US provider of logistics solutions headquartered in Fort Lauderdale FL, has announced a strategic partnership with the Antonov Company. As part of this collaboration GFS started serving as the general sales agent for Antonov in the USA on 1... more