Another month of double-digit growth 
Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered a year-on-year increase in its monthly cargo throughput for the third month in a row, with a 15.1% rise to 428,000 t in March. This uptick comes on the back of another successful year in 2023, with the airport once again... more
Eva and Egas gain Iata Ceiv Pharma again
Eva Air and Evergreen Airline Services (Egas) have both been re-certified by Iata’s Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (Ceiv Pharma). It confirms the highest standards in Eva’s and Egas’s cold chain air and ground service operations at... more
A second 737-800 freighter for Kenya Airways
GA Telesis (GAT), a leader in integrated aviation services, has delivered the second of two Boeing 737-800SF freighters to Kenya Airways. The aircraft is part of the GA Telesis' owned fleet and was delivered to Kenya Airways as part of a two-aircraft transaction. The GA... more
Partnership reaffirmed
The global airline and airport services provider Menzies Aviation has extended a major contract with Malaysia Airlines for a further five years. It will continue to offer passenger, ramp, and cargo services at five locations in Australia and New Zealand, including Sydney airport... more
FAA fines Asia Pacific Airlines
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proposes five civil penalties totalling USD 2.9 million against Asia Pacific Airlines, an B757F operator based in Guam: - USD 2.5 million for allegedly using unqualified pilots on 163 flights; - USD 250,000 for allegedly operating... more
Cargologic: like open-heart surgery
Day and night, the material flow computer of Cargologic, a subsidiary of Rhenus Group, processes thousands of shipment orders and keeps its centralised automated shuttle warehouse with 8,500 pallet spaces up and running. In partnership with the software company LplusR, a... more
Sharpening airfreight tracking data
Bonn (Germany) based-Bluebox Systems, a developer of intelligent airfreight tracking solutions, has gained a new customer for its airfreight tracking programming interface: Logicsols. The New York-based digital logistics solution provider enables its customers to manage their... more
Green transition completed
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has completed a transition from diesel to hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) for its 160-strong ground vehicle fleet at London Heathrow. HVO is a drop-in replacement for white diesel, made from plant waste... more
A third air cargo centre at Liège airport
Swissport International continues to grow at Liège airport, Belgium, one of Europe’s major gateways for international air cargo. The company’s third cargo centre, a custom bonded warehouse, was built in response to an increased demand for e-commerce and forwarder handling... more
Loss of a veteran
Both pilots died in the crash of a DC-4 shortly after take-off at Fairbanks Airport (FAI) last Tuesday, 23 April 2024. The 79-year-old Alaska Air Fuel aircraft was carrying 12,100 litres of fuel oil to the village of Kobuk (OBU), almost 500 km to the northwest. A few minutes... more