Stengg and SF Airlines to set up MRO JV in China 
ST Engineering has announced that its commercial aerospace business and SF Airlines have entered an agreement to set up a commercial airframe maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in Ezhou, Hubei, China. The joint venture, subject to regulatory approvals, will... more
Mena operations to launch from Bahrain
Asia Cargo Network (ACN) a group air cargo charter services provider in Southeast Asia, and Mena Aerospace, a Bahraini aviation services provider, have announced the start of their operations in the Mena region from the Kingdom of Bahrain. As part of its growth plan, ACN... more
Qatar Airways doubles cargo capacity in Munich
Qatar Airways Cargo is doubling its capacity at Munich airport. All four flights between Germany's fourth biggest air cargo gateway and Doha are operated on behalf of the logistics company DB Schenker. One of the carrier's new rotations continues from Munich to Chicago Rockford,... more
Another boost for digital cargo platform
Accelya, a global provider of technology solutions to the travel industry, is now powering Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s Voyager, its enterprise-wide cargo management platform. This new generation system, dubbed Voyager 7, relies on Accelya’s FLX Cargo platform to accelerate the... more
Changi tests autonomous baggage tractor
Since February 2022, the Changi Airport Terminal 5 Specialised Systems (T5SS) team has been carrying out trials to automate the driving of baggage tractors. Working with Aurrigo, an international provider of airport transport technology, the Indonesian T5SS team has explored... more
Deadmonton? No way! 
A Canadian airport after an eventful (freight) year. Edmonton, the ‘Oil Capital of Canada, has some less flattering nicknames too. In any case, as far as the city airport’s cargo activities are concerned, the past year was far from dead. Foundations for further growth were put... more
Antonov Airlines: grateful and resilient
Today, one year after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Dmytro Prosvirin, commercial director of Antonov Airlines, gave us an exclusive interview which appears in full in our next issue, ITJ 11-12/2023 of 3 March. Prosvirin said that he was grateful... more
Awery: a major roll-out for Cargobooking
Awery Aviation Software’s (Awery) chief commercial officer, Tristan Koch, has announced that the air cargo software developer is rolling out an open-access version of its online booking and quoting portal, Cargobooking, in South Africa, Switzerland, and Spain. Cargobooking... more
Dokasch and ANA sign master rental agreement
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest airline, and Dokasch Temperature Solutions have signed a master rental agreement. The German specialist for active temperature-controlled packaging solutions will henceforth provide its Opticooler containers to ANA’s Priopharma, a... more
"Italian touch" on two continents
Italy's Neos Air, which has experience in transporting stars and equipment for music tours, is partnering with Laura Pausini this coming weekend. To celebrate her 30-year career, the most awarded Italian artist will perform three concerts in three countries on two continents... more