Cargo saves airline and patients 
Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines recently launched their 40th humanitarian delivery flight when the airline’s new 787-9 Dreamliner departed Everett, WA, carrying more than 9 t of humanitarian supplies. The shipment, including supplies for health care and family needs, will be... more
Quito performs better than last year
Export cargo numbers at Quito airport (UIO) show a clear trend. Andrew O'Brian, President and CEO of Corporación Quiport, operator and administrator of the airport of the capital of Ecuador: "In April, the worst month for cargo exports, there was a -33.5% variation compared... more
First Airbus solution for freight in A350 cabin
South Korea’s Asiana Airlines has become the world’s first airline to embody the Airbus solution to convert an A350 passenger cabin to carry freight. This solution was developed in cooperation between Airbus, European Union Aviation Safety Agency and Asiana. The project... more
Redelivery of IAI's first P2F B737-700 freighter
Israel Aerospace Industry (IAI) Aviation Group has delivered the first passenger-to-freight (P2F) converted B737-700 to Tianjin Cargo Airlines, which will become the first operator of this type of aircraft in China. The conversion work was carried out at the Tianjin MRO... more
From Dubai to a second point in Mexico
Emirates Skycargo is commencing twice weekly scheduled cargo flights to Guadalajara from this week. The service to Mexico’s tech hub will be operated by a B777F offering around 100 t of cargo capacity per flight. The carrier's second cargo destination in Mexico and its 15th... more
90 years ago today: the end of British airship plans
Exactly 90 years ago, on 5 October 1930, R101, with a length of 237 m the longest airship of its time, crashed on its first flight from Cardington (UK) via Ismailia (Egypt) to Karachi in modern Pakistan. The explosion near Beauvais (75 km north of Paris) killed 48 of the 54... more
Room to roam for a ‘cash cow’ 
Even an expert as experienced as Michael Laschet, Emirates SkyCargo’s cargo manager for Germany, hasn’t lived through times such as these yet. Before he took his present post in 2015, he worked for South African Airways in Frankfurt, Continental Airlines in the USA and for... more
Iran Air is back in Germany and cargo-ready
After the resumption of flights to Turkey on 25 September, Iran Air will be expected back in Germany (Frankfurt) as from tomorrow, 3 October. Meanwhile, the state-owned Iranian Airlines has completely overhauled its 32 years old B747. The works on the last jumbo of its fleet... more
The latest news from Germany's air cargo gateway
Tomorrow, 3 October 2020, Germany celebrates the 30th anniversary of its unification. Today, 2 October, the ITJ 41-42/2020 appears with a Germany special. And here is some more air cargo news from Frankfurt: Fraport, the owner and operator of Frankfurt airport (FRA),... more
Back to London, soon with maindeck capacity?
Rwandair will resume London and Brussels flights from tomorrow, 3 October 2020, as it reinstates its passenger network. The resumption of European services will see the central African carrier switch its UK operations from Gatwick, with commercial flights to Kigali now departing... more