Big Twin freighter gains further interest 
Gecas will exercise three options to firm orders with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to convert an additional three of the lessor’s B777-300ER passenger planes to freighters. This brings Gecas' total commitment since the launch of the "Big Twin programme" to 18... more
Major GE90 support contract in Asia
As an airline-MRO, and with an extensive technical development programme, AFI KLM E&M has acquired resources and expertise in GE90 engine overhaul and maintenance. Now the company has taken a new step in its Asia Pacific market and entered the Taiwanese market. The MRO... more
Riyadh: new airport management platform
Riyadh Airport Company (RAC), which operates King Khalid International Airport (KKIA) in Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is working with ADB Safegate to launch a next-generation airport management platform at KKIA. The platform will enable RAC to take... more
Fourkites optimises ETA visibility
Chicago-based real-time supply chain visibility platform Fourkites has introduced "dynamic ETA for air". The company’s latest AI-powered innovation enables to track air freight with highly accurate and automated estimated times of arrival (ETAs). This visibility... more
Turkish Cargo enters Vaqtec's partner network
Vaqtec has secured air cargo airline Turkish Cargo as another partner for its global network. The German company’s thermal containers will now continue to move within the extensive air freight network of the world's fastest growing air cargo carrier and thus ensure the... more
Certified pharma logistics in Caspian Sea region
Baku (Azerbaijan)-based Silk Way West Airlines, which has a fleet of twelve B747 freighters, has been awarded good distribution practice (GDP) certification. To further improve its capacity for a reliable handling of time- and temperature-sensitive cargo, the carrier from... more
First cargo investments at JFK in two decades
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (Panynj), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, has signed a long-term ground lease agreement with Aeroterm for the development of a USD 145 million, 32,500 sqm cargo facility. The first new cargo facility built... more
More maindeck services from Canada
Calgary-based Westjet is launching a new dedicated cargo service, today, 28 June 2021, using B737-800 converted freighters, as dedicated aircraft, to fulfil the larger-scale needs of Canadian businesses, freight forwarders, shippers and individual customers. The first of these... more
Easy access to air cargo data for Africa
Hong-Kong-based neutral air cargo solutions group Aero Africa recently launched its digital airfreight rate platform to cater to the needs of the African freight and logistics community. It will be available exclusively to freight forwarders and transport-related companies,... more
Black series with Let L-410 continues
Two L-410s crashed in unrelated incidents last week. While four parachutists out of a total of 19 people on board lost their lives in the crash of the aircraft with registration RF-94603 in Siberia, the failed take-off of a Kin Avia aircraft at Bukavu Airport (BKY), DRC, was... more