New service between Milan and the USA 
A new large capacity freight service linking Milan-Malpensa (MXP) and Cincinnati was launched last week. From Tuesdays to Saturdays, an A330-200F of DHL offers around 15 t of freight capacity per roundtrip, used, amongst others, to transport goods "made in Italy".... more
Customs infractions even at smaller US airport
During the month of October, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Rochester Airport (ROC) port of entry targeted multiple shipments that totalled 193 seizures of items that were intellectual property rights (IPR), food and drug administration (FDA) violations... more
Turkish Cargo starts Covid-19 vaccine transport
Turkish Cargo has carried seven active cooling containers packed with Covid-19 vaccines, manufactured in China, to Brazil, from Beijing to São Paulo via Istanbul (17,000 km). By shipping pharmaceuticals to key destinations such as Amsterdam, Basel, Brussels, Dubai, London,... more
Long-range cargo dream lives on
Kenya Airways has received the go-ahead from its lessors to convert two of its B787 Dreamliners into makeshift cargo aircraft. As CEO Allan Kilavuka told Kenya's Business Daily Africa, Kenya's national carrier plans to convert the aircraft before the end of the year to operate... more
Unequal treatment of traffic to islands
USA and UK have completed the signature of the air transport agreement, with secretary of transportation Elaine L. Chao (photo) and secretary of state Mike Pompeo signing for the USA. Including the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, it meets all the criteria of... more
Competition for wide-body charter market
AELF Flightservice has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first A330-200 aircraft, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 that the company with offices in Chicago, Miami, and... more
ASL Group welcomes its first Saab 340
The Belgian ASL Group, which also specialises in low-volume cargo flights, until now based on a fleet of Beechcraft B200, has welcomed the latest aircraft to be added to its growing fleet, a Saab 340. It will be used to support the development of ASL Group charter flights... more
Another quarterly dividend and B767 freighter
The board of directors of Cargojet, a Canadian provider of time sensitive premium overnight air cargo services, has declared a cash dividend of CAD 0.2340 (USD 0.17976) per common voting share and variable voting share for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2020.... more
A hub for vaccines 
Emirates SkyCargo is setting up the first airfreight handling centre specially designed for Covid-19 vaccines. Emirates’ freight division is set to re-open its SkyCentral cargo terminal at DWC airport and use it as a hub for vaccines – once they’re ready. more
Helicopters from Poland to Philippines
Antonov Airlines has completed the transportation of five helicopters from Poland to the Philippines. An An-124 of the Ukrainian carrier loaded the large shipment manufactured by PZL Mielec, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin which had also previously acquired Sikorsky, the... more