Boeing responds to strong demand for freighters 
Boeing has announced a firm order from an unidentified customer for two 737-800 Boeing converted freighters (BCF), as well as agreements to open additional conversion lines in Guangzhou, China and Singapore to meet strong market demand. The new B737-800BCF line at Guangzhou... more
Cargolux, Fracht Italia and Fomas did it again
While Covid-19 impacts the heavylift logistics sector, three partners just repeated another big project. Twelve months after a similar piece was sent from Italy to China, Fomas Group from Osnaga together with freight forwarder Fracht Italia, sent another jumbo piece onboard a... more
Fly like migratory birds
Airbus, two customers and three air navigation service providers plan to demonstrate the operational feasibility of a demonstrator project for reducing aviation emissions. "fello’fly", inspired by biomimicry, replicates the behaviour of birds, which fly together to... more
Converting Koreans choose Columbus
In partnership with global airfreight forwarders and Korean Air Cargo, Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) recently became the world’s only airport serving Korean Air Cargo’s new fleet of cargo-converted passenger aircraft. In these uncharted times, Korean Air... more
Reconnecting Morocco and the UAE
As today's ITJ 39-40/2020 is featuring the Maghreb countries, the two big UAE carriers are re-installing belly capacity to and from Morocco. Starting today, 18 September 2020, Emirates resumes passenger services to Casablanca. The resumption of thrice weekly flights to the... more
VD Group H1/2020 revenues up 40%
Volga-Dnepr Group enters the second half of 2020, the year of its 30th anniversary, in stability and consistency. Total revenue across Volga-Dnepr Airlines, AirBridgeCargo Airlines and Atran Airlines is up more than 40%. "This", the Moscow-based group explained,... more
First ATR 72-600F takes flight
The European regional aircraft manufacturer ATR celebrates the successful maiden flight of its new purpose-built regional freighter aircraft. The flight took off on 16 September 2020 from its Toulouse Saint-Martin site and lasted two hours. During the flight, crew onboard... more
Scheduling more charters from Italy to the USA
From Sunday, 20 September 2020, Savino Del Bene, an Italian global logistics company focussed on traffic flows from Italy to the United States, is starting with charter flights from Rome to New York. "The goal of these charters is to assist with our customers' supply... more
Flying a mobile hospital from South to West Africa
Chapman Freeborn's cargo team recently completed an operation to transport vital Covid-19 medical equipment from Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) to Conakry, Guinea. A mobile hospital which was explicitly designed for the Covid-19 pandemic and where up to 200 people can receive... more
CBP identifies stowaways from Thailand
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Cincinnati were inspecting large bags of dried chili peppers imported from Thailand in April (the news was only made public last week), when they noticed something strange.The specialists took a closer look, and... more