Ten years of serving Sofia 
Qatar Airways marked a milestone in its history with Bulgaria, celebrating ten years since its first flight between Doha and Sofia on 14 September 2011. In October 2020, flights resumed post-Covid-19, as a tag on service with Bucharest, Romania. From 16 December 2021, flights... more
Cycling to air cargo in Brussels
The Flemish roads and traffic agency will build a new bicycle bridge over the Haachtsesteenweg in Steenokkerzeel from today, 15 September 2021. Lydia Peeters, minister of mobility and public works: "The bicycle bridge that is part of the F214 bicycle highway will... more
Looking beyond the crisis 
South African Airways is set to return to the skies later in September 2021, with its airfreight division expected to play a pivotal role in the provision of air cargo solutions in South Africa and the region. ITJ correspondent Thola Nzuza looks at the hopes associated with the... more
Emirates Skycargo opens bookings on "Cargowise"
Emirates Skycargo is launching a new technical solution for its customers that will enhance user experience and the efficiency of booking processes for cargo shipments. Working with Wise Tech Global, a provider of software solutions to the logistics industry, the cargo... more
WFS welcomes SriLankan at LHR
SriLankan Airlines has become the first new customer at Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) "Centerpoint" cargo handling terminal at London Heathrow. The airline has awarded WFS with a 32-month contract, commencing in September, to provide cargo handling and airside... more
Students to begin P2F conversion work soon
Wichita State University’s (WSU) National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) has received its first B777-300ER. As part of its growing MRO programme, WSU-NIAR WERX, in conjunction with the Kansas Modification Centre, will convert the passenger aircraft into a freighter that... more
Alitalia Cargo adds Mumbai service
The twice weekly "all-cargo" direct connections of Alitalia, whose successor ITA plans to begin operations on 15 October, to Delhi and Tokyo NRT will continue throughout the month of September. The company added a new connection from Milan MXP to Mumbai yesterday,... more
Securing NFG space ten days in advance
Southwest Cargo, the cargo division of Dallas-based Southwest Airlines, is now taking online bookings through a new portal accessed via its website. This booking experience allows customers to search for available space and book select next flight guarantee (NFG) shipments up to... more
Making mammoths fly
Founded in December 2020, Mammoth Freighters has now started its B777-200LR and B777-300ER passenger-to-freighter conversion programmes. The combination of management expertise - two experienced aviation industry executives, Bill Wagner and Bill Tarpley, are both serving as... more
Senator adds Tianjin to its SAB network
Another expansion: Senator International added China to its "SAB" network on 8 September 2021. After the Hamburg-based forwarder launched its own airfreight services with the "Africa Bridge" between Frankfurt-Hahn (HHN) and Johannesburg and with the... more