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
Finnair signs with Swissport once again
Swissport will again provide ramp handling services for the wide-body fleet of its long-time customer Finnair at Helsinki Airport, as the airline steps up its long-haul operations to Asia and USA. Swissport and Finnair have a long-standing partnership. Finnair has already... more
Atran: another route from China to Cologne/Bonn
Atran Airlines, an express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, founded in 1942, has launched a new route between Shenzhen, one of the major Chinese cities populated by over 17 million people, a global centre in technology, research, manufacturing, finance and a major... more
Ameriflight goes GE Digital
Dallas (USA)-based Ameriflight, the nation’s largest Part 135 cargo airline, has chosen GE Digital’s Aviation Asset Records software solution to provide more information for planning its flight operations. The solution features an automated dashboard that provides a visual... more
Cargo One and Cargowise announce new agreements
Latam Airlines Group and digital sales platform Cargo One have announced details of a new strategic relationship: Freight forwarders can look forward to booking the Latam Cargo carriers’ capacities from Europe and North America instantly on cargo.one from Q2/2022. Cargo One... more
Maiden flight for world’s first A320P2F
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW), the joint venture created by Airbus and ST Engineering, has completed the first flight of the A320 passenger-to-freighter aircraft, the A320P2F. The flight took place at ST’s facilities in Seletar Aerospace Park in Singapore and follows the conversion... more
Caribbean Airlines Cargo signs with Champ
Caribbean Airlines Cargo has signed for Champ’s suite of application programming interfaces (APIs) which include services for booking and pricing to be used in tandem with Champ’s flagship SaaS-based Cargospot solution. APIs empower digital collaboration by allowing businesses... more
Full freighters under Paraguay's flag?
In Paraguay, an airline designed for freight transport could start operations before the end of this year or at the very beginning of next year. Félix Kanazawa, president of the National Aviation Directorate (Dinac) has been working towards this goal in recent weeks and... more