New passive thermal solution from Italy 
Rome FCO-based company La Couverture aims no less than "to change the face of temperature-sensitive shipment handling in airports." Indeed, refrigerated trolleys and trucks are very expensive, and other solution currently on the market are not suited to the specific ... more
Matternet's drones in the skies above Berlin
Urban drone logistics platform developer Matternet from California has launched operations at Labor Berlin Charité Vivantes. The programme kicked-off last week with permanent operations expected to take flight next year, creating the first urban BVLOS (beyond visual line of... more
African carrier launches transpac cargo service
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services has launched Trans-Pacific routes with B777-200F, extending from Seoul Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage effective 9 November. Ethiopian Group CEO Tewolde GebreMariam: "Our new cargo service will cut total air transport time... more
40 airline partners to fight Covid-19
Unicef is looking to recruit some of the airline industry's biggest operators to help distribute a coronavirus vaccine to 92 of the world's poorest nations. Further to Bloomberg, the UN humanitarian relief agency held a call with about 40 carriers to make plans for the global... more
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