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
And the lessor is...
The lessor behind the two A321P2F, which Lufthansa Cargo will operate from early next year (see ITJ 31-35/2021, p. 13), is BBAM Limited Partnership. The aircraft leasing services provider headquartered in San Francisco has agreed to lease the EFW solution with a payload-range of... more
100 million vaccine doses shipped free of charge
Only two months after the distribution of 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, Latam Group exceeded 100 million doses transported free of charge within Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. The initiative is part of Latam's "solidarity plane", a programme that makes the... more
Logistics for peripheral Covid-19 cargo
Russia's AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has completed five B747F charter flights with packaging machines for Covid-19 associated materials from Frankfurt to Atlanta. Over 200 t of machinery were delivered with German forwarder Geis Air + Sea to support local production facilities... more
Gatwick airport pushes runway plans forward
A public consultation will start today, 9 September 2021, on plans to bring London Gatwick airport's (LGW) existing northern runway into routine use alongside its main runway, enabling dual runway operations. The scheme aims to help secure LGW's long-term growth, generating... more
Swissport takes next steps in digitisation
Swissport is equipping its cargo workers with a new mobile application and handheld devices to further digitise air cargo warehousing process and offer real-time visibility on shipments. Already operational in Basel, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki and Manchester, the app will... more
Geodis: AEO certification in Hong Kong
Geodis' Hong Kong division has been accredited as an authorised economic operator (AEO) by Hong Kong's customs and excise department. Christopher Cahill, managing director, North Asia sub-region: "This initiative affirms our continuous efforts to reinforce the... more