Livestock from Western Europe to Western Asia 
Air Bridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) has completed two Boeing 747 charter flights from Europe to Kuwait delivering 355 heifers and ten bulls to their new home. The flights, which were organised from Liege (Belgium) and Leipzig (Germany) to Kuwait City were planned and operated by... more
Hawaiian cargo carrier orders Florida conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) from Miami, FL has been awarded a contract to provide Transair with an AEI B737-400SF Freighter Conversion. The Honolulu, Hawaii-based cargo carrier currently operates a fleet of five B737-200F freighters. This will be its first B737-400SF freighter.... more
A double dose to Mexico 
Geodis expanded its end-to-end air cargo solutions across the entire globe once the outbreak of Covid-19 reached pandemic proportions. In March its ‘air direct Mexico’ service, operational since November 2019, saw another Chinese destination added. more
Ready as a RACSF
In Hong Kong, Icao began its enhancement of international standards on air cargo security on 1 January 2020, and the fourth and final stage starts today, 1 March 2021. The Hong Kong-based U-Freight Group says that it is well placed to assist shippers as one of the first... more
Second of three new routes takes off today
DSV is introducing three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents. After a weekly direct route from Luxembourg to São Paulo GRU adding 100 t of capacity between Europe and Brazil since 21 February 2021, the global logistics provider is launching today, 1 March, a... more
Monitoring weather to prevent costly flight disruption
"eWAS Pilot", which was developed by Sita, a global specialist in air transport communications and information technology, monitors weather conditions to help reduce costs due to weather-related flight disruption. Already used by 50,000 pilots worldwide, it... more
Kale counters congestion
Truck congestion is a big problem behind the scenes at some major US airports. The coronavirus forced big industry changes that have exacerbated existing inefficiencies due to poor coordination and infrastructure. In order to avert truck congestion in airports across North... more
20,000 pharma consignments within two years
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group and Iberia, is celebrating the two-year anniversary of its pharmaceutical centre in Madrid, which is dedicated to its "constant climate" product for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical goods.... more
Avia Solutions Group member supports DHL Express
The Acmi and charter operator SmartLynx Malta, a family member of Avia Solutions Group, an aerospace business group from Central & Eastern Europe, and DHL Express have signed a partnership agreement for the introduction of two newly converted A321-200 freighters joining... more
Time-critical project cargo from Egypt to China
Deugro recently delivered a time critical project cargo for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, comprising a volume of 810 cbm and a total weight of 209 t, on schedule, even though cargo measurements were provided at the last minute. Deugro Hanau, Deugro Air Chartering in... more