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
50 million vaccines to 50 countries
Right before tomorrow's World Health Day (7 April), Emirates Skycargo has become the first airline cargo carrier in the world to have transported over 50 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines (more than 220 t) on its flights. The carrier has also transported over 100 t of syringes... more
Hong Kong focuses on e-commerce
Hong Kong Air Cargo (2020: 238,000 t of cargo, +8.1%) has begun its partnership with Alibaba's logistics platform Cainiao Smart Logistics Network. Jeffrey Zhang, director, commercial: "It has always been our goal to establish Hong Kong as an express e-commerce hub and... more
Turkish carrier adds widebody capacity
MNG Airlines has entered into a contract with Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), joint venture of ST Engineering and Airbus, for the passenger-to-freighter conversion of two A330-300. The first aircraft was inducted for conversion on 1 April, while conversion for the second... more
ABC kissed by reindeer
No April fool's trick: Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) has delivered four reindeer from Moscow to Frankfurt. The project was accomplished in partnership with Astra Brokers for Moscow Zoo. Under the regular animals' exchange programme the reindeer were safely delivered to... more