ACS volunteers keep test kit supplies flowing 
Air Charter Service has arranged hundreds of successful charter flights containing test kits into UK over the past 18 months. When the staff shortages affecting the cargo industry put the schedule of two new urgent flights in doubt, the global aircraft charter company called on... more
Four Boeing 777 for Atlas Air Worldwide
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has ordered four new Boeing 777 freighters. The first of the 777-200LRFs is set to be delivered in November 2022 with the other three following in 2023. This investment will bolster Atlas’ 777 fleet, which currently includes 14 freighters that... more
No short-term injection of long-haul cargo services
Cathay Pacific Cargo will continue to implement very substantial reductions to its long-haul capacity in the first quarter of 2022, on account of the latest aircrew quarantine measures imposed by the government of the Hong Kong SAR, decreed in view of rising cases of infection... more
80 years ago – first commercial flight around the world
80 years ago, a Boeing 314 Clipper completed the first commercial flight around the world. When the flying boat set off from San Francisco CA (USA) on 2 December 1941 for a scheduled flight to Auckland (New Zealand), there was no sign yet of the feat – in contrast to 1929’s the... more
First Saab 2000 cargo conversion under way
Täby Air Maintenance (TAM) is finalising a project to convert the high-speed turboprop Saab 2000 regional airliner into a cargo configuration. The conversion project is being spearheaded in close collaboration with launch customer Jetstream Aviation Capital, from Miami FL... more
Iata live-animal certification for Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo was recently certified according to ‘Iata CEIV Live Animal’ standards, following six months of process and product audits. Miguel Rodriguez Moreno, Qatar’s senior cargo manager for climate-control products, explained that the carrier has now become “the... more
A very short trip in Alaska
A DC-3 from Transnorthern Aviation made a very short flight last Wednesday, 8 December 2021, after experiencing a loss of engine power. According to Alaska chief of the National Transportation and Safety Board Clint Johnson, no one was injured in the emergency landing of the... more
From Kiev to orbit - via Istanbul and Miami
Turkish Cargo has transported the Ukrainian earth observation satellite Sich-2-30 to Miami for its launch with a connection flight at Istanbul. The satellite, which has been developed as part of Ukraine’s national targeted scientific and technical space programme, will blast off... more
Joy over second visit within a short time
After Linz Airport had to wait almost twenty years for the second visit of the Antonov AN-225, no one there would have thought that the third landing would take place just two months later, on 7 December 2021. "Since the only three visits to Austria to date have been in... more
Two more 737-800BCF conversion lines in 2022
Boeing and Taikoo (Shandong) Aircraft Engineering Co. (Staeco) have announced plans to create additional capacity for the 737-800 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) to help meet continued strong market demand. In 2022, Boeing will add two 737-800BCF conversion lines at... more