FAA awards USD 2.7 million for drone research 
The US department of transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has awarded USD 2.7 million to support research on how drones can assist in disaster preparedness and in emergencies. The research will explore the use of drones in providing effective and efficient... more
Hydrogen factories 
Studying the production of e-kerosine in Europe. Europe’s manufacturers of sustainable fuels could produce 1.83 million t of e-kerosine by the year 2030. Lawmakers haven’t yet provided the concomitant incentives, however, as Transport & Environment has established. more
Sharing the dream of rebuilding AN-225
Ukrainian technology company Awery Aviation Software has pledged its support for an initiative, launched yesterday, the nation's 31st Independence Day, aimed at the protection and development of the country's aviation industry, including the rebuilding of the Antonov... more
LAX marks its most valuable month ever
In June 2022, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) trade by value totalled USD 8.86 billion in imports and USD 6.07 billion in exports. The total of USD 14.9 billion is a single-month record, a 22.9% increase over June 2021 (and 16.6% more than in May 2022). For H1/2022,... more
Mountain Air Cargo to add ATR72-600 freighters
Mountain Air Cargo (MTN, Kinston) is planning to add one ATR72-600F to its fleet for use in interstate and foreign charter cargo operations under contract with US logistics giant Fedex Express (FX, Memphis Int'l), according to a regulatory filing by the US department of... more
Unveiling the P2F conversion programme
At a media event and celebration last week, Wichita State University’s National Institute for Aviation Research (Niar) Werx and Erickson Precision Ventures unveiled their first collaborative passenger to freighter (P2F) conversion programme of an Airbus 321. In May, the duo... more
Zhengzhou airport more than doubles cargo capacity
Dimerco Express worked with Cathay Pacific to arrange its first flight for the new Zhengzhou North Cargo Terminal in Henan Province. The 160,000 sqm addition to CGO can handle 600,000 t of annual freight, bringing the airport’s total air cargo capacity to 1.1 million t. The... more
Globeair to build own hangar at Linz Airport
Globeair, its majority owner Friedrich Huemer and CEO and co-owner Bernhard Fragner have decided to build a hangar for the company's own maintenance operations at Linz Airport in order to improve fleet availability to meet increasing customer demand and optimise ongoing... more
Zurich Airport generates profit
Traffic volumes at Zurich Airport recovered significantly after travel restrictions and preventive measures were lifted at the beginning of the first half of the year. The upturn is also reflected in the key financial figures: the airport operator generated consolidated profit... more
Singaporean platform opens Caribbean capacities
Caribbean Airlines Cargo, headquartered in Trinidad and Tobago and with hubs in Miami, New York, Kingston, Guyana and Barbados, has entered into a partnership with the digital air cargo solution platform CargoAI. CargoAI users have thus had access to more connections between the... more