Flying three fire trucks on one AN-124 
Antonov Airlines has safely transported three Rosenbauer Panther 6x6 fire trucks, weighing 21 t each, on a single AN-124-100M-150 flight from the Middle East to Central Asia. The carrier's team managed to find a solution within a week to get the trucks to destination after a... more
90 years ago – a postal aeroplane’s futuristic design
In 1930, Boeing created the revolutionary Monomail, which made traditional biplane construction a design of the past. The Monomail wing was set lower, was smooth, made entirely of metal and had no struts (cantilevered construction). The retractable landing gear, the streamlined... more
Air cargo between two Olympic host cities
After launching a new freighter service between Beijing (PEK) and Tokyo (NRT) last Friday, 2 July 2021, All Nippon Airways (ANA) is operating the second of this new twice weekly service today. The B767F was selected in response to increasing e-commerce and demand for PC-related... more
Qatar Airways: more flights to Southern Africa
The capitals of Zambia and Zimbabwe will become the Qatar Airways' fifth and sixth new destination launched in Africa since the start of the pandemic. Starting in exactly one month's time, on 6 August 2021, the new service to Lusaka and onwards to Harare is scheduled to be... more
Back to Finland after 20 years
As from today, 6 July 2021, Air France will re-start flights from Helsinki to Paris (CDG). Initially operated four times a week, the route will become a daily service from 19 July. It completes Air France’s offer in the Nordics, where the airline already serves Copenhagen and... more
Turkish Cargo flies 100 million vaccine doses
Turkish Cargo has carried 100 million Covid-19 vaccine doses, roughly 450 t, from the production centres to destinations in its network. Key and certificated destinations in Turkish Airline's network have been Baku, Belgrade, Copenhagen, Rome, Mexico City, Miami and Sao Paulo.... more
The end of ATSG's Boeing-only fleet
The Cargo Aircraft Management (CAM) leasing business of Air Transport Services Group, Inc., the world's largest owner and operator of converted B767 freighters, has committed to purchase its first two A321-200 passenger aircraft, one this year and a second in Q1/2022.... more
Seven more B737-800SF conversions
Aero Capital Solutions (ACS), based in Austin, TX, with offices in Dublin and Singapore, will be provided by Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) with seven additional B737-800SF freighter conversions. This news follows an AEI announcement in January 2021 providing ACS with ten... more
ANZL's second Australia-LAX cargo service
From tomorrow, 3 July 2021, and initially until 31 October, Air New Zealand weekly cargo flights between Melbourne (MEL) and Los Angeles (LAX) will be taking off after the airline was awarded the route as part of the Australian government's international freight assistance... more
New in Minneapolis and back in Southern Europe
Air Canada Cargo is now served at Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP) by Land Air Express, a full service expedited carrier serving customers with a fleet of over 300 vehicles in the USA and Canada. The Canadian carrier also announced that it is returning with a direct, widebody... more