Helping victims of cyclone Chido 
Since cyclone Chido struck the French island of Mayotte in the western Indian Ocean in December, Air Charter Service has been actively arranging charter flights to the region carrying humanitarian aid. So far, the company has flown in more than 1,000 t of aid there, with... more
Ethiopian Airlines re-certified under CEIV Pharma
Ethiopian Airlines has successfully been re-certified under Iata CEIV Pharma accreditation, both as an airline and as a ground-handling agent. In 2022 Ethiopian became the first airline in Africa to achieve CEIV Pharma accreditation (centre of excellence for independent... more
Aquaculture and whales
Two months after announcing the development of 1.1 sqkm dedicated zone for aquaculture and related industries the Kezad Group, from Abu-Dhabi, and Flying Whales, a French-Canadian aeronautical company, have signed a strategic memorandum of understanding. Kezad operates... more
Promoting belly capacity between Bangkok and Mumbai
The ECS Group, in the form of its subsidiary, AVS GSA Thailand, has entered into an agreement with Thai VietJet, creating improvements on the Bangkok–Mumbai route. The first shipment under this agreement was successfully transported on 21 January. The partnership allows Thai... more
Partnership to last four more years
A handling contract between Vienna airport (VIE) and Korean Air Cargo has been extended and will now run until the end of 2028. Thus the Austrian airport, represented by Julian Jäger (on the right), joint CEO and COO, and Michael Zach (on the left), senior vice-president for... more
Menzies expanding presence in South Asia
Menzies Aviation, a service partner to the world’s airports and airlines, has inaugurated its first global support office in Pakistan. To mark the inauguration of the new IT infrastructure and service desk there, Menzies’ group CEO, Philipp Joeinig, was joined by the Pakistani... more
NAV Aero and Oman Air Cargo join forces
Nav Aero, a global cargo GSSA and brokerage network, has entered into a partnership with Oman Air Cargo, a carrier recognised for its innovative airfreight solutions. This agreement enables Nav Aero to provide increased flight options, advanced scheduling flexibility and... more
Asia-Pacific to Europe tonnage fails to rebound
According to the latest weekly air cargo trends supplied by World ACD, global airfreight tonnage rose by 8% in week three of 2025. In the previous week tonnage rebounded by 29%. This means that tonnage is up to 90% of the level reported in the last week before Christmas. Average... more
Cargo volumes up in Singapore
A total of 1.99 million t of airfreight throughput was handled at Singapore Changi airport in 2024, surpassing 2023’s level by 14.6%. Growth was seen across all cargo categories – exports, imports and transhipments, driven by major improvements in flows between Singapore and... more
Digitalising manual e-mail processes
The ECS Group and CargoAi have begun a strategic collaboration, integrating CargoAi’s ‘CargoCoPilot’ API into the ECS Group’s operations to digitalise the handling of rate requests and quotations. The solution leverages generative AI to automate manual e-mail processing,... more