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
"Big Brown" works with "Bikini" carrier
Vietjet, a private Vietnamese carrier whose female flight attendants are known for posing on calendars, and UPS have entered an agreement which they call "historic". It provides Vietjet with access to the integrator's global network via UPS’s "browntails"... more
More freight and new investment
Calculated in US currency, Korean Air generated a turnover of USD 1.32 billion and an operating profit of USD 6.57 million in the third quarter. It therefore posted a profit in the second quarter in a row – thanks to an increase in freight operating rates (Q2: USD 988... more
Level brings IAG's cargo to Latin America
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) and its sister airline Level, have announced a return to regular services from Barcelona to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. Level's services were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but will now resume... more
Moscow DME renews Isago certification
Moscow Domodedovo airport (DME) has successfully met the requirements of the Iata safety audit for ground operations programme (Isago), renewing its certificate. For the latest certification, the Isago team assessed Domodedovo in the following categories: organisation and... more