Swoop and Skyports opt for drones 
Australian drone logistics company Swoop Aero and British advanced air mobility (AAM) company Skyports are extending their partnership to deploy drone delivery networks in the Americas and Europe. The collaboration will combine Skyports' experience in drone delivery operations... more
Another flight to Namibia
It is rare to see such large visitors at Paderborn Airport (PAD) in northern Germany: at the end of July, six wide-bodied A340 aircraft of the Portuguese airline Hifly flew to Windhoek with only cargo on board. They carried over 200 t of medical protective equipment, which... more
The efficiency of the ground effect 
The erstwhile Soviet Union once had plans to transport huge loads over the Caspian Sea with its Ekranoplan aircraft. The wing-in-ground-effect units designed by Flying Ship Technologies are much smaller and thus more agile. Now the US enterprise has landed its first sales... more
10 million Covid-19 vaccines
IAG Cargo, the airfreight division of the International Airlines Group (IAG), has transported no less than 10 million Covid-19 vaccines. This figure includes 4 million doses hauled to Abuja (Nigeria) in collaboration with Unicef and its Covax initiative, and 300,000 doses... more
In the bellies of holiday jets
Lufthansa Cargo now markets the freight capacities of the new long-haul flights operated by Eurowings Discover, a new Lufthansa Group tourist airline. The German cargo carrier has thus added further frequencies directly from its Frankfurt (FRA) hub to the range of services it... more
More medical supplies to Namibia
A series of Volga-Dnepr charter flights to Namibia took off from Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ) recently, with two humanitarian flights to Windhoek this week. The cargo included medical supplies weighing more than 95 t, including masks and respirators needed by the Southern African... more
Supporting the constitutional referendum in Haiti
In May and June Chapman Freeborn transported material, needed for a constitutional referendum, from Miami and Johannesburg airports to Port-au-Prince (PAP), the capital of Haiti.The referendum was initially set to take place in a month, on 19 September, but has now been... more
A350 news from Toulouse and Tianjin
Airbus recently took another step in the ongoing expansion of its global footprint and of its long-term strategic partnership with China when it delivered the first A350 from its widebody completion and delivery centre in Tianjin (China).The A350-900 was delivered to China... more
July was special in Frankfurt
Cargo traffic at Frankfurt airport, Europe’s major hub, continued its growth momentum in July, despite the ongoing shortage of belly capacities on account of less passenger aircraft in the skies. Passenger traffic (2.85 million travellers) registered only a moderate recovery in... more
San Diego airport supports cargo needs
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority has completed an 8,640 sqm airline support building, which houses belly cargo, ground-handling equipment and storage areas for aircraft provisioning equipment.The facility also provides a convenient place for the public to pick up... more