China Airlines: Building on cargo success 
China Airlines is purchasing four more new Boeing 777F freighters, which will eventually bring the fleet to ten aircraft in total. The deliveries are slated to commence in 2023 and six 777F freighters have progressively entered service since 2020. China Airlines is the fifth... more
Big order for Boeing's new freighter programme
Qatar Airways will be the 777-8 freighter launch customer with a firm order for 34 jets and options for 16 more, the largest freighter commitment in Boeing history by value (+USD 20 billion at current list prices). Boeing will build the type in its Everett, WA factory, where... more
CBP seizes two shipments of GBL and DMT
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Philadelphia seized two shipments of dangerous controlled substances – gamma butyrolactone (GBL), a date-rape precursor, and dimethyltryptamine (DMT), an LSD-like hallucinogenic – that arrived on 20 January 2022 in express... more
IAG Cargo adopts Iata DG AutoCheck system
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has adopted the International Air Transport Association’s (Iata) newly developed dangerous goods autocheck (DG Auto Check), to automate the acceptance of dangerous goods shipments from its London-Heathrow... more
Raising capacities in the Netherlands
Dnata, a Dubai-headquartered global air and travel services provider is planning to invest more than EUR 200 million in a fully automated cargo centre, "dnata cargo city Amsterdam", at Amsterdam Airport. Located at Schiphol South-East and scheduled to become... more
Delta Cargo rolls out SAF programme
As part of Delta’s net zero strategy, Delta Cargo has launched a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) programme to help increase the supply and availability of SAF. This programme will enable cargo customers to reduce their environmental footprint and create a more sustainable... more
Record cargo volumes at Katowice Airport
The Upper Silesian Aviation Group (GTL SA) – which manages Katowice Wojciech Korfanty International Airport – has summed up its cargo traffic results for 2021. From January to the end of December 2021, a record-breaking 32,104 t of freight, i.e. 11,729 t more (+57.6%) than... more
ACS delivers presents to remote village
Last month, Air Charter Service helped to buy, wrap and deliver more than 300 Christmas presents for children in the remote region of Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire, in the far north of Queensland. Paul Crook, CEO of ACS’s Sydney office: “The relatively complex set up of the... more
Qatar Airways Cargo to insource operations in Spain
Qatar Airways Cargo is insourcing its entire commercial operations in Spain from 1 February. “Qatar Airways Cargo extends its sincere and grateful thanks to ATC Aviation Services, which has helped over the past 16 years to build our Spanish footprint into what it is today.... more
Volatus wins first delivery slot for Natilus
Canadian Volatus Aerospace has secured the first production delivery slot for the Natilus N3.8T large autonomous drone. By adding Natilus aircraft to its repertoire, the company establishes the long-term direction for its aviation division. The freighters under development... more