Second cargo route from Kenya to India 
Following the recent refurbishment of a B787, Kenya Airways Cargo has launched a direct freighter service between its Nairobi hub and the Indian capital New Delhi. The first uplift of 33 t from New Delhi included pharma, medical equipment, machinery and spare parts, time... more
Engine failure hits Boeing freighter too
The operators of B777 freighters are likely to get off with no more than a black eye. After the dramatic engine failure of a United Airlines B777 over Denver, pictured with spectacular photographs in the public media, Boeing recommends suspending operations of the 69 in-service... more
Now also every Wednesday to Chicago
Responding to increased demand for air freight transport options out of Europe, Dachser USA is expanding its dedicated Frankfurt-Chicago air cargo service, operated every Saturday, with the addition of a second flight. It will be operated by American Airlines with B777 / PAX... more
Vaccines to Greenland
Air Transport International (ATI), a passenger and cargo airline headquartered in Wilmington OH (USA), has expanded its wide-body freighter fleet by taking delivery of a B767-300ERF. Last month, the subsidiary of the Air Transport Services Group, which also works for the US... more
Aged UPS freighters undergo facelift
Airbus has handed over the first completed cockpit upgrade for UPS Airlines’ fleet of 52 A300-600 freighters. The aircraft, revitalised with state-of-the-art Honeywell cockpit avionics, was redelivered to UPS at Airbus’ US facility in Mobile, AL following the certification by... more
New freighter jets for North America
Miami-based Amerijet, which operates its own dedicated freighter fleet of B767 throughout the USA, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, as well as Western Europe, is to begin piloting A321-200P2F operations as early as this month. The company has signed a wet-lease... more
Putting on a great show 
Iata’s World Cargo Symposium, first scheduled for Istanbul in March 2020, has again been postponed (to October this year). Turkish Cargo has filled the gap by introducing a new event format. On 10 February it addressed today’s hot topics in its ‘Cargo Talk’. more
Three GSA's to bring back business
Following the recent lifting of the airspace ban by its Arabian neighbours, Qatar Airways has re-installed flights to Egypt (Alexandria and Cairo), Saudi Arabia (Jeddah and Riyadh) and the UAE (Abu Dhabi and Dubai). Effective 21 February 2021, Qatar Airways Cargo will... more
BER stays healthy
Representatives of the operator of the German capital's Berlin-Brandenburg airport (BER) gave the Air Cargo Club Deutschland (ACD) an overview of the airport's first 100 days of operation. They said that the airport had already proven its high level of performance and... more
US airlines increase freight volumes abroad
Completing the data analysed on p. 13 of today's ITJ 09-10/2021, US airlines carried 1,854,000 t of cargo in December 2020 (preliminary), which is 17% more than in December 2019. The rise was fuelled by gains of 16% in domestic cargo and 20% in international cargo, according... more