Strategic partnership for air cargo data 
Spire Global, a space-based Earth data analytics company headquartered in San Francisco, and TAC Index, a specialist publisher of air cargo data for both industry users and the financial markets from Hong Kong, have announced a strategic partnership to support the launch of TAC... more
Teleport injects cargo capacity to Southeast Asia
With the operation of its very first freighter, a dedicated B737-800F, and the use of two Air Asia A320 "preighters", Teleport, the logistics venture of Air Asia Digital, is further reinforcing its position as a regional air logistics player. The freighter will begin... more
From Miami and New York to Israel
American Airlines Cargo is launching transatlantic services from New York JFK (daily) and Miami (thrice-weekly) to Tel Aviv (Israel). Both are operated with B77-200 equipment and will initially carry around 15 t of freight per flight, depending on passenger load factors. Tim... more
Securing transatlantic capacity
The GSSA Aviacargo, headquartered in New York and founded in 2001, has performed a series of record-breaking flights between Bournemouth (BOH) in the UK and New York JFK. Operating the bellies of European Cargo’s A340-600 freighters, the company carried 55 t on a series of... more
Third Swiss humanitarian flight to South Asia
After supplying aid to India and Nepal during May, Switzerland is also helping Sri Lanka to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. On Monday 7 June 2021 Swiss Humanitarian Aid dispatched medical supplies weighing 16 t and worth CHF 3.5 million (EUR 3.2 million) to Colombo, including half... more
Further cooling down in Dubai
Emirates Skycargo is strengthening its temperature sensitive pharma and vaccine handling capabilities at its Dubai hub with the extension of its fully automated cool room with 94 airline pallet positions at its EU GDP certified dedicated pharma facility at DXB. This will... more
Second all-cargo GSA contract within ten months
Aviation Horizons has signed a global cargo GSA contract with Air One Aviation to support its launch venture into the all-cargo market for regional B737 freighter services. The Saudi-based private jet operator has taken delivery of its first B737-400SF conversion and two... more
New aerial solution for isolated communities
Airflow, a Californian aerospace company building a next-gen electric short take-off and landing (eSTOL) aircraft, announced a letter of intent with Ravn Alaska, an Anchorage-based regional airline, to supply 50 airplanes. This agreement brings its total order-book to over USD... more
Back to Auckland - but cargo-only
Today, 9 June 2021, after nearly 14 months of suspension, flights between Papeete, French-Polynesia, and Auckland, New Zealand, have been resumed, since Air Tahiti Nui (ATN) won a call for bids launched by the New Zealand Ministry of Transport last March. It is part of... more
Solidarity across the Indian Ocean
A week ago today, on 2 June 2021, Air Austral operated a special cargo flight from its hub on the French island of Reunion to Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. On board its B777-300ER were 45 t of medical supplies, mainly 2,000 emergency shelter kits and 4,000 tarpaulins for the... more