Drone delivery in USA: Mesa Air partners Flirtey 
Mesa Air Group has signed an agreement with aerospace technology company Flirtey to order four delivery drones, with an option to order an additional 500 aircraft. With this agreement, Mesa becomes the first scheduled airline to launch drone deliveries in USA. The immediate... more
Astral picks Pilot Freight in Dubai
Kenya‘s Astral Aviation, which wants to expand its cargo business in UAE, has chosen Pilot Freight as its GSA in Dubai. The contract came into effect ten days ago, on 15 October 2021. Astral employs its B767-200F, which it added to its fleet almost a year ago, for twice weekly... more
Savino Del Bene connects Milan MXP to NY JFK
Savino Del Bene, a global logistics and forwarding company, has introduced new weekly charter services on the Italy – USA freight lane. Starting from 24 October 2021, the charter flight will connect Milan MXP to NY JFK, during the most dynamic period of the year. The decline... more
CBP officers rescue dogs from Antigua
On 4 October 2021 at Morristown Airport, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialists processed the arrival of 25 rescue dogs aboard the Wings of Rescue from Antigua. All the adopted dogs have homes within the tri-state area, an additional 50 dogs... more
PAC implements tracking and notification service
USA-based B747F operator Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) has introduced "Pactrak": fully integrated into the company’s website, the air freight tracking and partner notification service allows PAC’s partners to know the exact status of their shipment at any point in its... more
Meridiam wins concession to build airport
Meridiam has signed a 30-year concession with the state of Burkina Faso for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of the country's new international airport located 35 km northeast of the capital Ouagadougou in the Donsin region. The engineering... more
Vital cargo to Malawi for SADC summit
In August 2021, Chapman Freeborn South Africa transported vital cargo from Johannesburg International Airport (JNB) to Lilongwe International Airport (LLW) ahead of the 41st SADC summit. The SADC summit is an important event during which the 16 member states of the Southern... more
Clipped wings
After the main owner (82.5%), Chinese conglomerate HNA, had to file for bankruptcy at the beginning of the year, Hahn Airport in southwest Germany is now also insolvent. At the beginning of October, Hahn operations manager Christoph Goetzmann still maintained that he had... more
Another airport for Nigeria's agriculture
A few days ago, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, president of the senate of Nigeria, performed the ground breaking ceremony for the Wachakal airstrip located in the Karasuwa local government area of Yobe State. Lawan said the airstrip will provide "aen avenue for business people to... more
Hong Kong: double-digit growth
The Hong Kong airport authority has released the traffic figures for Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) for September 2021. Cargo throughput increased by 17.9% to 455,000 t, compared to the same month last year. Strong cargo demand endured in September 2021, with imports... more