Champ accepts Challenge 
Strengthening a longstanding partnership, the Challenge Group, an international air cargo conglomeration offering tailored air freight industry solutions from handling, air, and ground logistics to aviation services, has signed an agreement for "Traxon Cargohub".... more
First user for Cargo Ai's new features
Just a few months after Lufthansa Cargo signed a letter of intent with Cargo Ai, marketplace users in the Netherlands, Italy and Spain now have access to routings and capacity information on all Lufthansa Group airlines serving those countries. General and express cargo can... more
MSR data loggers remain «air cargo approved»
MSR transport data loggers are used to monitor the transport and storage of sensitive or particularly valuable goods of all kinds. Due to the tightening of aviation safety requirements, the MSR data loggers were also tested by several major airlines in a strict procedure... more
VRR unveils first collapsible AAR container
The Dutch company VRR is launching the world’s first fully collapsible AAX at WCS 2022 next week. “Until now, it’s been a case of leaving containers behind or returning them unloaded. It’s not much of a choice. Well, now ULD fleet managers have a third option. They can fold them... more
ANA: faster insights with artificial intelligence
All Nippon Airways (ANA) will be the launch customer for Boeing's Insight Accelerator (IA), a new cloud-based digital solution employing artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and avoid high impact service disruptions. While the latest generation of... more
New cargo airline in Vietnam
Vietravel Airlines officially signed a cooperation agreement on investment and development of air cargo services (Vuair Cargo). With the intention to diversify products and complete the ecosystem of Vietravel Corporation, Vietravel Airlines and Asean Cargo Gateway (ACG)... more
When a tiger swallows eight cheetahs
A B747, whose nose had been decorated with a gigantic face of a tiger during its time with the Russian Transaero Airlines, which went bankrupt in 2015, transported five female and three male cheetahs from Namibia to India at the end of last week. The animals, which were... more
Air Belgium partners with WFS in South Africa
Air Belgium is partnering with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Johannesburg and Cape Town for the launch of its first services to South Africa. The airline has awarded a three-year contract to WFS to provide cargo handling for the 1,600 t per annum forecast to be carried... more
Continuing to catch up 
Iata ranks leading cargo airlines post Covid-19. Iata’s member airlines improved their air cargo performance when measured in ftk by approximately 18.7% last year, compared to 2020. The improvement vis-à-vis the previous (pre-pandemic) year stood at 6.9%. Some airlines are still... more
Plans for intercontinental capacity clarified
PSI Air 2007, a Philippine airlines that began flying in 2020, has acquired its first widebody jet, a B777F, to be used in launching in-house intercontinental cargo flights. In its application to the US department of transportation for exemption authority and a foreign air... more