Another Irish lessor taps into freighter business 
Right after Avolon's entry into the freighter aircraft segment, Genesis has signed an agreement with Boeing to convert two 737-800 aircraft into freighters. The first aircraft will be ready to enter into service in spring 2022 with the second in early 2023. This move will... more
Regional sales expertise for Qatar Airways Cargo
Qatar Airways Cargo has appointed Budapest-based R-Bag Group as its new GSA in central eastern Europe (CEE). Since 1 October 2021, the company founded 20 years ago now represents the Doha-based carrier in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and... more
1,000th Atran flight at RIX
Atran Airlines, the Russian air express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, marked the end of last month with the arrival of its 1,000th flight to Riga airport (RIX), Latvia. The milestone flight after two years of service brought over 20 t of e-commerce shipments from China... more
Irish lessor discovers cargo business
Avolon is making a significant commitment to the global air freighter market to capitalise on the growth in e-commerce. The international aircraft leasing company based in Dublin has signed an agreement with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). Avolon will be the launch... more
Physical advantage for digital partnership
Maskargo, the cargo business unit of the Malaysia Aviation Group, is now the first carrier in the APAC region to offer its global capacity on the Cargo Ai digital air cargo solution platform. Maskargo Mark Jason Thomas: "We are a dynamic airline with a particularly... more
First A321 cargo conversion inducted in China
Luxembourg-based aircraft asset specialist Vallair, launch customer of the A321 freighter conversion, has delivered its third A321 freighter, bearing serial number 1017. This aircraft follows two A321Fs already delivered by Vallair that are presently in operation: MSN 835... more
Japanese carrier joins Pharma.Aero
Four years after becoming the first Japanese airline to be Iata CEIV Pharma certified, ANA Cargo is now the first Japanese airline to join Pharma.Aero, a non-profit organisation that works to improve end-to-end air transportation for pharmaceuticals and other critical health... more
PtL world premiere in northern Germany
In order to reduce air traffic’s carbon footprint, Atmosfair, a non-profit climate protection organisation based in Bonn, has inaugurated the world's first commercial-scale power-to-liquid (PtL) plant in Werlte/Emsland. To produce the fuel, CO2 from a biogas plant is used,... more
30 years of joint humanitarian missions
This year, two of best known names in the air cargo charter world are marking 30 years of collaboration in humanitarian missions. To celebrate, Konstantin Vekshin of Volga-Dnepr Group and Justin Lancaster and Dan Morgan-Evans of Air Charter Service (ACS) recently met on board an... more
Flying invitation to first Expo in Middle East
Emirates, the largest A380 operator, premier partner and official airline of Expo 2020 Dubai, has revealed a head-turning A380 livery dedicated to further carrying the global event’s messages worldwide. Even the iconic Emirates red belly branding, which can be only seen when... more