Boxes on 800,000 seats 
Emirates Skycargo is marking the first anniversary of loading urgently required PPE, related supplies and other vital cargo on the seats and inside the overhead bins of its B777-300ER passenger aircraft. Over the past year, over 3,100 flights with cargo on seats and in the... more
Acting for passive cold chain solutions
Envirotainer, a provider of cold chain solutions for air transportation of pharmaceuticals, has launched "Releye® RLP", a temperature-controlled air freight container which is said to "fill a substantial gap in the cold-chain pharma air freight market". ... more
Medical supplies from Switzerland to India
An aircraft of Swiss International Airlines carrying over 13 t of medical supplies, valued CHF 3 million, left Zurich for New Delhi last Thursday, 6 May 2021. The consignment contained 600 oxygen concentrators, purchased by Swiss Humanitarian Aid from private sector... more
CBP acts against forced labour
In March, the USA’s Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP) instructed staff to seize gloves produced by the Top Glove Corporation in Malaysia at US ports of entry. Now personnel in Cleveland have seized 3.97 million Top Glove disposable gloves, due to information... more
Chorus and Purolator enter charter deal
The Voyageur Aviation Corp, a subsidiary of Chorus Aviation, has completed a six-month trial service and signed a three-year contract with Purolator for the provision of air cargo charter services. Voyageur will replace two aircraft used in the trials with two Dash 8-100... more
Latam Group’s 30-year strategy
Latam Group, a major aviation operator in Latin America, has launched its ‘sustainability strategy’, which aims for carbon-neutrality, no waste to landfills and the protection of ecosystems in South America. Latam will collaborate with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to develop... more
Creating a Korean conversion cluster
More passenger-to-cargo (P2F) aircraft conversion facilities are needed around the world in order to meet the expected rise in demand for widebody freighter aircraft. That is why Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) Aviation Group signed a memorandum of agreement with Incheon... more
Pigs in airspace
As China has to import pigs due to losing half of its native population (i.e. approximately 30 % of the world's population) to African swine fever since 2018, 1,030 purebred breeding pigs flew approximately 11,000 km from London STN to Chengdu in a B747-8F last week. The... more
Securing dry ice supplies in the desert
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Aviation Group, has strengthened its ability to transport Covid-19 vaccines around the world after receiving UAE General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) approval to expand dry ice carrying capabilities... more
Eight pallets of relief supplies to Aral Sea
Uzbekistan Airways and Boeing recently delivered eight pallets of humanitarian relief supplies donated by Project CURE to the Aral Sea region of the Central Asian country on board the airline’s newest B787-8 Dreamliner. The third humanitarian delivery flight partnership... more