Boeing awarded governmental contract 
Boeing has received a performance-based logistics contract valued at USD 477 million from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) for supplies, full supply chain management and logistics services, to ensure sustainment of multiple weapon systems platforms. Work will be performed... more
12th Latam Cargo route between Brazil and Miami
Bringer Air Cargo’s first cargo charter operated by Latam Cargo Brazil on the Miami–Belo Horizonte/Confins route landed on 7 October. Two months after launching the new Miami–Florianopolis route, the airline's 12th cargo route from Miami to Brazil will be operated every... more
Recovering from Covid-19
Brussels airport is welcoming back All Nippon Airways today, 13 October 2020, as ANA has resumed flights between Tokyo NRT and BRU. The route will be operated three times a week with Boeing B787 passenger aircraft that will be used for cargo only, thus providing a 35-t belly... more
Dangerous goods from northern Vietnam
FedEx Express now accepts class 9 dangerous goods (DG) shipments to and from its Hanoi gateway. The new service will enable customers from select cities and provinces served by the gateway, including Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, and Vinh Phuc, to ship and receive... more
'Cargo toolbox' app to serve whole sector
KLM Cargo’s ’compliance knowledge centre’ (CKC) has developed a ‘cargo toolbox’ app, which can be used for co-loading segregation checks based on Iata norms (for example for DG). Air France KLM Martinair Cargo will be the first operator to start using it. It is based on the... more
South America's "most modern import air cargo terminal"
The first stone was laid at Tabacarcen cargo logistics centre for the construction of the new import cargo distribution area located at the Quito airport. The investment for the work is USD 2 million, and it is expected to be completed in mid-2021. Santiago Gómez de la... more
Mesa's first cargo flight for DHL Express
Phoenix, AZ-based Mesa Air Group operated its first revenue cargo flight for DHL Express last week from its crew and maintenance base at Cincinnati airport. Under a previously announced agreement, Mesa will operate two B737-400F aircraft on behalf of DHL for a five-year... more
90 years ago today: the Graf at Basel’s first airport
On 12 October 1930 LZ 127, the most successful airship in the history of aviation, which transported more than 100 t of cargo on 1.7 million km between 1928 and 1937, landed at Basel's Sternenfeld airport, which had been inaugurated exactly one year and one month earlier, on 12... more
Freight a mighty player 
Airfreight forwarders are continuing to struggle to find space on aeroplanes for their customers’ cargo as the months go by. Ever more airlines have ascertained how lucrative main-deck opportunities currently are, so Boeing has increased its conversion capacities. more
Frankfurt cargo handler ready for pharma
FCS Frankfurt Cargo Services, an affiliate of the global cargo handling company WFS Worldwide Flight Services and Fraport AG, the owner and operator of Frankfurt airport, has concluded Iata's CEIV Pharma process, confirming that it officially meets the high standards that apply... more