"Hard" October at US customs 
Earlier this month, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago seized a shipment containing 15,000 tablets marked and packaged as Viagra 100 mg tablets (photo) and varying brands of honey mixed with Sildenafil. The consignment was shipped by a company in... more
Almost 100 direct Turkish Cargo connections
Turkish Cargo has increased the number of destinations of its direct cargo operations to 95. As of September, the carrier incorporated Heathrow Airport (LHR) in London, one of the world’s busiest airports, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi (BKK), one of the largest airports in Southeast... more
A new option for Etihad pharma transports
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based Etihad Aviation Group, partners with CSafe Global, an US provider of active, passive parcel and cell and gene temperature-controlled container solutions, to introduce its latest container, the CSafe RAP,... more
No "aloha" for freight from next month
Hawaiian Airlines, which reduced its workforce by nearly 2,500 employees this month when the coronavirus aid, relief and economic security payroll support programme (PSP) expired, will suspend its "‘Ohana by Hawaiian" passenger flights between Honolulu (HNL) and... more
Direct despite the distance 
Not many passengers find their way into aeroplanes in these days of the pandemic. Pilots, of course, are crucial to the continued operation of the system – or were? The current crisis would appear to have pushed technology forward, as witnessed by several drone projects. more
Air freight handler prepares for vaccine deliveries
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), one of the world’s biggest air cargo handlers, has launched "Project Coldstream" to co-ordinate its response to the anticipated global transportation of some 16 billion doses of Covid-19 vaccine, expected to commence in late 2020 and to... more
Cargo capacity no longer required
A C-130 Hercules aircraft used as a static trainer for US airmen since the early 1980s finally met its end as part of a defence logistics agency disposition services scrap contract at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. The 30-m-long aircraft, locally known as "Hulk", had... more
B737 freighter from Wales to Uganda
Prodigy Aviation Solutions (PAS), a provider of aviation services based in London (UK), has transferred a B737-800F to Uganda. With a technical stopover in Cairo, a French crew flew the aircraft belonging to Elite Aviation from Saint Athan (DGX) airport in South Wales to... more
Brussels cargo business happy without bellies
In September, for the fourth consecutive month, air freight at Brussels airport has seen an increase in volumes transported, 46,832 t, up 18.9% compared with the same month in 2019. Express services (23,028 t) are maintaining their growth compared with last year (+33.8%),... more
New Boeing, damaged Antonov
The South American airline Aer Caribe, which operates a total of ten freighters from two bases in Columbia and one in Peru, took over its fourth B737-400F at the beginning of this month. With the new aircraft, the company intends to expand its network in Latin America and the... more