Air bridge between Birmingham and Belgium 
Priority Freight, a major British time-critical logistics specialist, and charter airline company Jota Aviation have agreed a strategic partnership to keep supply chains moving through new customs challenges since the UK left the European Union. They have set up an "air... more
RAM Cargo pushes pharma offerings
Royal Air Maroc has signed a global master lease agreement (MLA) with Envirotainer. Through this partnership, Royal Air Maroc is now able to provide its customers with on-demand leasing options for temperature-controlled containers, including the RAP t2 and the RAP e2 containers... more
Qatar Airways loves Seattle
Qatar Airways Cargo has taken delivery of three Boeing 777 freighters in Everett, near Seattle, marking Boeing’s 200th delivery of the B777F. With the arrival of the freighter trio, Qatar Airways Cargo now operates 24 of this airplane model along with two B747-8F. Qatar... more
Lufthansa Cargo creates KTW base
Since yesterday, 4 January 2021, Lufthansa Cargo consolidates freight from various locations in Poland, including from Lviv, Koszyce and Ostrava, at Katowice airport (KTW). Lufthansa Cargo is, in addition to DHL Express, UPS, Fedex/TNT and Amazon, the next big operator who... more
Flourishing counterfeit shipments
As the NFL 2020/2021 season heats up, fraud activities are also on the increase. Over the first week of December, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized 200 counterfeit jerseys determined to have several athletes’ autographs that were unapproved and... more
Cooperation between Champ and CargoAi
Air service provider Champ Cargosystems has announced a partnership with CargoAi. By connecting their systems through APIs, the partners will provide users with new connections and capabilities for the future. Champ offers increased visibility to CargoAi for its more than 100... more
WFS welcomes Asiana Cargo at MXP
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won the handling contract for Asiana Airlines’ freighter services at Milan Malpensa airport (MXP). The South Korean carrier operates three Boeing B747 freighter flights a week from the Italian cargo hub to Seoul. WFS expects to handle 15,000 t... more
Delivering the first ATR 72-600F
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp, has taken delivery of the first purpose-built turboprop regional freighter in its fleet. This follows the company’s 2017 signing of a firm order for 30 aircraft, with the option to purchase 20 more. The aircraft will arrive at Shannon... more
Bringing back a mother goddess
Trafficked abroad back in 1970, a statue of Cybele dated back to the third century A.D. has been returned to its home by Turkish Cargo. The statue of the mother goddess, an ancient Greek symbol and guardian of abundance, was brought to Istanbul from New York on 12 December... more
First Covid-19 vaccine shipment at Cairo airport
Egyptian cargo services provider CACC Cargolinx has handled the first Covid-19 vaccine shipment to arrive at Cairo airport (CAI) onboard Emirates Skycargo’s aircraft on 10 December 2020. In order to safeguard the integrity of such sensitive a product, the team of the first... more