LH Cargo partners with VIE Pharma 
The Vienna Airport Pharma Handling Centre (VPHC) is now also handling pharma freight for Lufthansa Cargo. As part of a cooperation between the Lufthansa Group's cargo subsidiary and Vienna Airport, all pharma cargo transported on board Austrian Airlines aircraft to or from... more
Strong recovery for Emirates Skycargo
As the 2021-22 results show, Emirates Skycargo contributed to 40% of the airline’s total transport revenue in the second year of the pandemic. By 30 June 2021, the carrier had restored services to over 90% of its pre-pandemic network. In June 2021, it invested to scale up its... more
Doubling efforts to bring joy to mothers
During the 2022 Mother's Day season, the second peak in flower exports from Latin America after Valentine's Day, Latam Cargo transported over 16,400 t of this delicate product to the relevant markets for its flower grower partners. For this "historical season", the... more
GIG Aviation boosts cargo services in Nigeria
Regional turboprop manufacturer ATR is about to finalise an agreement for the delivery of two ATR 72-500 freighters from its asset management portfolio to GIG Aviation, a subsidiary of GIG Group. The ATR 72-500s will initiate GIG Aviation’s journey as a freighter airline.... more
NAC is launch lessor for Embraer E-Jet P2F
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is a launch lessor for the E-Jet P2F – passenger-to-freighter – programme announced in March 2022. NAC, the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor, will convert up to ten of its fleet of E190s and E195s to freighter aircraft. The E190F and... more
Estonian cargo carrier leases AN-26 from Ukraine
Avem Aero has grown its Saab 340 fleet with a new aircraft, an AN-26 leased from the Ukrainian airline Constanta by an aircraft lease agreement without a due date. The Estonia-based cargo carrier is planning to deliver oil well equipment and other outsize freight to Sweden,... more
Cargologic Germany files for insolvency
Another victim of the war in Ukraine: the cargo airline Cargologic Germany, which only started operations in September 2019, has had to file for insolvency. The competent insolvency court in Leipzig appointed airline restructuring expert Lucas F. Flöther (Airberlin, Condor... more
Alliance Ground Intl acquires TAS
Alliance Ground International (AGI) has entered into a transaction to acquire passenger and cargo handling specialist Total Airport Services (TAS) as it continues to expand its ground handling operations. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. TAS... more
Abracadabra in Latin America's air transport business
Exactly 40 years after the Steve Miller Band released the pop classic "Abracadabra", the shareholders of Avianca (Colombia) and GOL (Brazil) have conjured the “Abra Group as a major air transportation group across Latin America” out of the hat. Subject to customary... more
Menzies Aviation and Agunsa to partner in Chile
Menzies Aviation has acquired a controlling stake in Agunsa Aviation Services, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Agencias Universales. Agunsa Aviation Services provides full ground handling and air cargo handling services to several major international airlines at... more