"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
Baltic Exchange's air freight indices take off
The Baltic Exchange, which already provides benchmark assessments for the maritime markets, has launched weekly air freight indices. As announced earlier this year, it has partnered with Hong Kong-based air cargo pricing publisher TAC Index, published since 2016, and the new... more
One month to go for MAP candidates
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will accept applications from airport sponsors through 17 December 2020, under the fiscal year 2021 military airport programme (MAP). The MAP, for which the FAA has funded approximately USD 753 million since 1991, provides funding... more
Livestock ex St Louis
St Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) has added livestock as a new type of air cargo. Last week, approximately 200 breeding pigs departed STL for São Paulo VCP. The pigs left the airport aboard an Atlas Air B747-400F. STL director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said that... more
Gameco's first B737-800BCF completed
The Chinese MRO services provider Gameco has announced the completion of the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou facility. The conversion was completed on 15 October 2020 and comes roughly four months after Gameco launched its BCF conversion programme... more
Connecting the USA with Europe and India
Delta has launched cargo-only flights between the United States, Europe and India. Shawn Cole, VP – cargo: "Given the travel constraints within Europe, we are strategically adding cargo capacity in Spain, Ireland and Germany to support overall passenger and cargo... more
Alitalia to return to South America next month
After suspending these services in March and April this year, Alitalia will resume its weekly scheduled flights to Argentina and Brazil in mid-December. The services from Rome FCO to São Paulo GRU, which are set to begin on 15 December, and those to Buenos Aires, which will... more