First North American airline on e-booking platform 
Having raised over USD 60 million in two funding rounds in 2020 to support its expansion, with North America as a key focus, cargo.one has signed a letter of intent with Air Canada to offer its cargo capacity on the German air cargo booking platform. Jason Berry, VP cargo at... more
USA invests in airports
The US department of transportation’s federal aviation administration (FAA) will award more than USD 627.7 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY/2021 airport improvement programme. The funding includes 449 grants to 390 airports in 39 states, Puerto... more
Emirates Skycargo signs GHA with SAL
Saudi Arabian Logistics Company (SAL), which provides ground handling services for many airlines at Saudi Arabia’s local airports and logistic support with cargo chain solutions, has signed a cargo ground handling agreement with Emirates Skycargo, as part of its strategy to... more
Rom Top Aviation wins contract in Tel Aviv
Etihad Aviation Group began its scheduled twice-weekly Abu Dhabi-Tel Aviv service on 6 April 2021. Before the launch, Etihad Cargo, its cargo and logistics arm, had already selected Rom Top Aviation as its general sales agent (GSA) for Israel. Martin Drew, Etihad SVP... more
Test kits follow masks to central Germany
Following the delivery of protective masks from China the month before, the first of four initially planned freighters carrying corona test kits for the whole of Germany landed at Erfurt-Weimar Airport (ERF) at the end of March. Loaded were 480,000 corona tests with a total... more
Building a dedicated agro airport in Nigeria
Kayode Fayemi, governor of the mainly agrarian landlocked Nigerian state Ekiti, has handed over the site of the "Ekiti Agro-Allied Cargo Airport" to the main contractor, CCECC Nigeria, to commence the construction of its 3.2 km runway. Describing this as a... more
Covid test kits from China to Austria
To meet the high demand for rapid Covid-19 tests and fill the gap of lost bellyhold capacity, Gebrüder Weiss has built an air bridge consisting of five charter flights between China and Austria. Using a chartered A330 specially converted for transport, the Austrian logistics... more
Using Amazon-owned widebody cargo aircraft
Deepening their partnership forged in 2019, Cargojet has entered into a new air transportation services Agreement with Amazon Canada fulfilment services. As part of this arrangement, which has a four-year term with three successive two-year renewal options, Cargojet... more
Civilian mission to Brazil
The German Air Force has brought 80 ventilators from stocks of the federal ministry of health to Manaus. The transport, which was commissioned by the German foreign office, began at Cologne-Wahn air base, which has direct access to Cologne-Bonn Airport. There, an A310MRTT... more
“Excellent news” 
Adrien Thominet’s main complaint about the pandemic is that he’s misses the direct contact with his teams and with customers. It is people who keep the machines of the industry moving, and they must once again take centre stage for a sustainable upswing to be realistic after... more