Sputnik V to India, Mexico and Moldova 
144 thermo-containers with Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccines were recently delivered onboard charter flights of Volga-Dnepr Group's carriers – Air Bridge Cargo Airlines and Atran Airlines - to Hyderabad, Kishinev and Mexico City. The transportation of over 25 t of special cargo... more
Iata CEIV Pharma for Atlas and Polar Air
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has announced that its companies Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide have each achieved Iata's centre of excellence for independent validators (CEIV) corporate pharma credential, confirming their commitment to meeting pharmaceutical... more
Amazon Air now in Kansas City and Pittsburgh
An Amazon Air B737-800F touched down at Pittsburgh airport (PIT) for the first time last week, adding the Western Pennsylvanian airport to its expanding US cargo network. The airport describes the daily service as its "biggest cargo". Through a partner lease... more
Toronto with baggage 
The freight operator Air Canada Cargo is opening the first regular trans-Atlantic cargo link to and from the EuroAirport. Canada’s national carrier will initially connect Basel to Toronto, the country’s largest airport. more
Proponent partners with Sine Draco
Proponent, a Californian aerospace parts distribution business, has been selected by Sine Draco Aviation Technology to serve as a Tier 1 supplier of machined parts and other conversion hardware for Sine Draco's A321 freighter conversion programme. Under the deal, the team of... more
Green light for nine new routes
Hong Kong Air Cargo (HKAC) has received approval from the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority to operate scheduled cargo flights to nine new routes. In December 2020, HKAC formally submitted applications to add Chennai, Delhi, Jakarta, Liege, Manila, Melbourne,... more
Boeing to convert B737-800 in Costa Rica
Boeing will open the first of two 737-800BCF conversion lines with Cooperativa Autogestionaria de Servicios Aeroindustriales (Coopesa) in Alajuela, Costa Rica early next year. The US aircraft manufacturer forecasts that 1,500 freighter conversions will be needed by 2040 to... more
Making the best of the situation
Jan Krems has worked in the USA for 15 years now. The Dutchman first crossed the Atlantic with KLM Cargo; since 2014 he has headed United Airlines’ freight division. What Krems likes about the business culture in the USA is that “it’s very straightforward. People simply go for... more
Air bridge from Dubai to nine cities in India
Emirates has set up a humanitarian air bridge to support India in its fight to control the Covid-19 situation in the country. The Dubai-based carrier will offer cargo capacity free of charge on an "as available" basis on all of its flights to nine cities in India, to... more
