Back into light 
Latam Airlines Group and its affiliates in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the USA - including Latam Cargo Chile, Latam Cargo Colombia and Latam Cargo Brazil, which will gradually increase their combined fleet from eleven to a total of up to 21 freighters by 2023 -... more
Serving ho, ho, Hobart again
Hong Kong's Cathay Pacific Cargo is reintroducing its seasonal charter service to Tasmania for produce from both land and sea originating in Australia's smallest state. The first flight is departing its capital Hobart today, 29 November 2021, and services, with refuelling in... more
Three weeks to express interest
M&A consultancy Falkensteg, based in Düsseldorf, has been commissioned to find one or more investors for the Frankfurt-Hahn Airport Group or its assets including real estate. The southwest German airport has, among other things, various operational properties and... more
Dnata expands into Africa
Dnata has signed a concession agreement with the government of Zanzibar: Dnata will oversee the operations of Zanzibar Abeid Amani Karume Intl Airport's (ZNZ) newly-built international terminal (T3), with Segap supporting the Zanzibar Airports Authority (ZAA) in a management... more
Two fly high
Flypop has partnered with Hi Fly airline to meet international cargo demand and commence its zero LOPA cargo operations. Hi Fly is the world's largest wide-body aircraft wet lease specialist with AOC’s in Portugal and Malta, and licensed to operate globally. The airline runs a... more
Streamlining multiple air cargo operations
New air cargo capacity provider Mena Cargo has partnered with Awery Aviation Software, based in Ras Al Khaimah (UAE), to streamline operations across its scheduled and charter services across underserved markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The Bahrain-headquartered... more
British electric cargo drones for South Africa
British technology start-up Samad Aerospace has signed an MoU agreement with Pretoria-based aviation services provider Aerosud Aviation for the development and manufacturing of its "starling cargo" aircraft. The fully electric VTOL with a payload of up to 60 kg... more
"Dirty" diapers
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted smuggled narcotics in a shipment of baby diapers from Texas en route to Australia. The shipment contained around 2 kg of methamphetamine concealed within the diapers. The diapers appeared to be firm... more
Wiremind enhances capacity-steering platform
Wiremind’s air cargo software and data-science team has spent the past months enhancing the company’s capacity-steering platform ‘Skypallet’. It already has more than 1,200 users in 100 countries – including Atlas Air, Chapman Freeborn, the ECS Group, Emirates, Qantas and United... more