Aercap to lease Four Big Twins to Fly Meta
Aercap Holdings has signed lease agreements for four Boeing 777-300ERSF aircraft with Hong Kong-based global air cargo charter company Fly Meta. The aircraft are scheduled to be delivered in 2024 and 2025. The Boeing 777-300ERSF, also known as 'The Big Twin', is the first... more
Dachser Turkey: an urgent shipment to Abidjan
At the end of last year, Dachser Turkey’s air & sea logistics team operated a charter flight from Turkey to West Africa. The task was to transport an urgent, high-volume shipment from Turkey to the Ivory Coast. Dachser’s team in Hamburg, which knew the customer and its... more
IAG Cargo flies the dinosaur
The British Natural History Museum (NHM) confirmed IAG Cargo as its official exhibition logistics partner for its upcoming exhibition "Titanosaur: Life as the biggest dinosaur" back in November 2022. Now, the cargo division of International Airlines Group has... more
Etihad Cargo boosts China capacity
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, is further expanding its capacity offering for the Chinese market with the introduction of an additional weekly Abu Dhabi – Shanghai freighter flight from today 2 February 2023. This will increase the carrier’s... more
Aapa: 2022 a difficult year for cargo
Preliminary traffic results for the full calendar year 2022 recently released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (Aapa) showed robust recovery in international passenger markets after more than two years of prolonged lockdowns and strict border control measures that... more
Preighters between Phuket and Penang
Effective today, 2 February 2023, Qatar Airways Cargo will operate an A330 passenger freighter to Penang (Malaysia) via Qatar Airways’ passenger flights to Phuket (Thailand), four times a week. This adds over 70 t of available capacity each week that will feed into the carrier’s... more
Turkish Cargo enters Cargo Ai's marketplace
Turkish Cargo is now live on Cargo Ai’s marketplace solution "Cargomart" for users in four countries. In the pilot phase, users in France, Spain, Netherlands, and Singapore will have access to booking Turkish Cargo’s new services "TK Smart" (general cargo... more
Malaysia: double-digit growth for domestic cargo
Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), a private company that manages 39 airports in Malaysia as well as Istanbul's Sabiha Gökçan Airport (SAW), reports that overall cargo movements for the network of airports remained resilient for 2022, registering a growth of 3.6% to 1,063... more
Zongteng Group chooses WFS
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded a contract to handle Zongteng Group’s new Boeing 777 freighter flights at Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The service started on 16 January 2023 as mentioned in our article. Zongteng Group provides cross-border... more
El Al opts for Dokasch's "Opticooler" solution
Dokasch Temperature Solutions, a German provider of temperature-controlled packaging solutions, and El Al Israel Airlines have signed a master rental agreement for the use of Dokasch’s Opticooler containers. The carrier can now deploy the active cooling containers for its pharma... more