Vaccines from China to Bahrain 
Gulf Air has operated a cargo-only flight, delivering 300,000 Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccines from China in support of the national vaccination campaign undertaken by the Middle Eastern kingdom. Since the onset of the pandemic, Bahrain's national carrier has supported the import... more
Joint efforts to strengthen Mexican maindeck capacity
ACC Aviation, a global aviation consultancy headquartered in the UK, has transacted a B737-400 from Lithuania's Getjet Airlines to Frontera Flight Holdings, USA. The 1991-built aircraft will be reconfigured from 168-seat passenger fit to dedicated freighter for onward lease... more
Halal-certified air cargo services in Japan
Nippon Express has expanded its domestic halal logistics services in Japan, whose Muslim population of about 200,000 will enter their holy month of Ramadan in exactly four weeks, on 16 April 2021, with the start of a new halal-certified domestic air cargo transport... more
Supporting the export of products "made in Qatar"
Qatar Airways Cargo and Qatar Development Bank have joined hands to support local manufacturers in Qatar. The cargo carrier is offering discounted rates to local Qatari manufacturers who are current QDB clients and hold a certificate of origin for their products, to export to... more
Serving Unicef Emergency Fund globally
Turkish Cargo is supporting the battle against the pandemic by carrying Unicef Emergency Fund's Covid-19 vaccines and health equipment all around the world. The carrier just recently delivered 1.7 million doses of vaccines from India to Kinshasa, in cooperation with global... more
Frankfurt and Hong Kong going high
Despite one day less than the same month the year before, February 2021 cargo traffic at Frankfurt airport (FRA) grew 21.7% to 180,700 t, of which 177,200 t were airfreight (+24%). During the first week of the month, right before Chinese New Year, there was a peak of 49,800 t -... more
Vaccines from China and India to Africa
Ethiopian Airlines transported the first batch of coronavirus vaccines from Mumbai to Addis Ababa on 6 March, and handed it over to the Ethiopian ministry of health in a ceremony held in the carrier's cargo terminal. This project was followed four days later by the transfer... more
100th joint cargo flight of reduced fleet
One year ago, Austrian Airlines built an air bridge between Europe and Asia on behalf of Time Matters, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, to directly transport urgently needed PPE to Vienna, Frankfurt and Linz. Over 2,000 t of goods could be moved on some 100 flights from Xiamen,... more
Bringing Thai Cargo back on track
Thai Airways International and Thailand Post Distribution (THPD) join forces on research and development in logistics and e-commerce, according to an MoU which has been signed by Suvadhana Sibunruang, the airline's EVP, aviation business units, and THPD managing director Peera... more
Very big transactions
Aercap, a global leader in aircraft leasing headquartered in Dublin, is to acquire its competitor GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas). GE will receive 111.5 million newly issued Aercap shares, USD 24 billion of cash and USD 1 billion of Aercap notes and/or cash. Upon... more