13% more cargo, 15 million vaccine doses 
In March 2021, Hong Kong International Airport’s (HKIA) cargo throughput saw a year-on-year increase of 4.9% to 397,000 t. Cargo handled over the first three months of 2021 rose 13% to 1.1 million t. Also in March, the local airport authority jointly completed a pilot... more
ANA also finds drone partner from abroad
After Japan Airlines announced plans to partner with the urban drone logistics provider Matternet, ANA Holdings, the parent of Japan's biggest airline All Nippon Airways, is collaborating with German drone manufacturer and service provider Wingcopter to accelerate the... more
Key to failure
In the six weeks between the beginning of March and the middle of this month, April, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 1,196 counterfeit keys, key fobs, key fob covers and decals bearing protected trademarks of multiple vehicle manufacturers.... more
45 t of food from Paris to Africa
Royal Air Marco Cargo and Air Charter Service (ACS), a major provider of urgent humanitarian logistics services, teamed up to operate a charter flight last month, shipping nearly 45 t of food from Paris to Africa. The flight, commissioned by a renowned non-governmental... more
Flypop finally finds aircraft lessor
Having been in discussions with a number of leasing companies over the past few months, Flypop has finally signed a multiple aircraft A330-300 lease deal with Ireland-based Avolon. (Nino) Navdip Singh Judge, CEO & principal of the new British budget airline: "With... more
More service for Western-built aircraft in Moscow
Aeroflot has put into operation a new 15,000 sqm hangar in the Northern Terminal Complex of Moscow SVO. All types of Western- and Russian-built aircraft will be serviced there - simultaneously a wide-body aircraft (for instance, B777 or A330) and two SSJ100s. The Russian flag... more
Open nose, open skies
Antonov Airlines has transported automotive parts from Indonesia and Vietnam to the USA to support increasing demand from vehicle manufacturers as plants across the states reopen. The open skies agreement between Ukraine and USA, which promotes an increase in travel, trade... more
Dutch RFS platform eases pandemic pressures
Since last year's launch of the "Trucking CDM" platform developed by the Amsterdam-based Cargo IT software provider Cargohub, several leading operators have been successfully testing the system. Under added pressure since the pandemic, cargo handlers Dnata and... more
Japanese expand in Belgium and Netherlands
Nippon Express Nederland, the Dutch subsidiary of Nippon Express, has opened a logistics centre in Nijmegen in the southeastern province of Gelderland. The new 200,000 sqm facility will serve as a gateway for air and ocean cargo and will cater to the company’s customers in... more
Autonomous runway sweeping, only in Norway
Avinor, the wholly-owned state limited company which is responsible for 44 state-owned airports in Norway, is stepping into the future of winter operations and committing itself fully to autonomous runway sweepers. It has signed a framework contract for a period of eight... more