More Caribbean capacity out of Miami 
Caribbean Airlines Cargo is currently expanding its service. The airline, jointly owned by the people of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica, has updated its schedule and is increasing its weekly freighter capacity by 90 t to meet the growing demand for air cargo services... more
Turkish Cargo landing in Munich and Vancouver
Turkish Cargo hasn’t let the fact that the Air Cargo Europe trade fair isn’t taking place physically next week dampen its energy and has announced its arrival in Munich (photo). On Friday 7 May the airline is adding main-deck capacities to the southern German destination, which... more
Tapping into the potential of Prague
The Atlanta-based US infrastructure investment firm Ventus, which was founded last year and which focuses on Europe and North America, and the Singaporean company Sky Logistica have acquired Skyport. The central European air cargo infrastructure company is the leading cargo... more
Latam Cargo continues solidarity efforts
Latam Airlines Group will continue to transport vaccines at no cost in the countries where it operates in 2021, thus carrying on with a measure it first introduced after the arrival of the first shipments of vaccines to the region in December 2020. To date its ‘Solidarity Plane’... more
Treats that contravene regulations
On 14 April US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists working at Dallas Fort Worth airport intercepted a shipment of prohibited and restricted treats for pets that was manifested as men’s sweaters. The shipment didn’t contain any clothes, but... more
In one month at the museum
Russia's Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (АВС) has delivered over 200 museum exhibits on board its regular B747-8F flights from Moscow to Hong Kong. The delivery, organised and carried out in cooperation with ART-Сourier, contained 170 sets of exquisite court treasures from the... more
Emirates flies 5% of global Covid-19 vaccine doses
Governments and health authorities around the world are ramping up their efforts to protect communities from Covid-19 through a large scale vaccine roll-out. It has been estimated that more than 1 billion doses of vaccines have been administered globally. One out of every 20 -... more
Finally a new order for Boeing
Baku-based Silk Way West Airlines is expanding its international network with an order for five B777F. The deal with Boeing marks the first purchase of the long-range, high capacity twin-engine freighter in the Caspian region and Central Asia. Zaur Akhundov, Silk Way Group... more
An exceptional year for Cargolux
With 1.1 million t of freight sold in 2020 (+9.7% yoy), the year of its 50th anniversary proved to be exceptional for the Cargolux Group. The airline earned a net profit after tax of USD 768.7 million (2019: USD 20 million) with an ebit margin of 31.3%. With a flexible fleet of... more
Air Canada and WFS against Covid-19
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Air Canada are working closely with the Canadian government to transport vial caps for doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to support the country’s immunisation programme. Since December 2020, thousands of innovative plastic "RayDyLyo vial... more