Artifact from Iran intercepted at US airport 
Exactly one month ago, on 19 May 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, KY inspected a shipment from the UK, containing an antique amber glass bottle purporting to be from the 9th-10th century. An expertise revealed that the bottle was actually... more
Latam Cargo keeps Argentina connected
As a result of current market conditions, exacerbated by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and the difficulty of building structural agreements with local industry actors, which has made it impossible to foresee a viable and sustainable long-term project, Latam Airlines... more
East Midlands-based airline strengthens fleet
UK specialist aviation services provider RVL Group has increased its capacity with the addition of a further Beechcraft King Air B200 aircraft to its East Midlands Airport (EMA)-based fleet. It brings to four the number of King Air aircraft in operation with RVL, and adds... more
Construction begins at biggest Baltic airport
Construction of DHL's regional facility was started at Riga airport (RIX) last week. The centre will be among the most advanced express shipment handling and logistics centres in the Baltics. The agreements provide that in cooperation between RIX, DHL Latvia and Castor... more
Very international charter operation
The Hong-Kong-based U-Freight Group chartered a reconfigured Russian passenger aircraft to airfreight over 2,000 cartons of urgently needed PPE from China to the USA. The client, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of quality laboratory equipment and... more
‘Preighting’ plus pooling 
The market is still suffering from a dearth of intercontinental airfreight capacities. In March, the forwarder Fracht AG and Swiss WorldCargo started close collaboration on new airfreight options from China to Europe and the Americas. Sebastian Furler, Paolo Spagnuolo and Omar... more
Unresolved issues for aviation in Africa
The Solidarity Fund took delivery of a consignment of PPE which arrived in South Africa earlier this month as part of its humanitarian intervention to provide much-needed PPE for frontline health workers. The delivery was made possible by a partnership with South African Airways... more
Kick-off for "Kickcharter" platform
Global air cargo capacity has changed substantially recently. Although capacity is growing, it is still scarce. Gaps in scheduled networks are filled by charter services, but not all shipments justify a full-freighter solution. Air France KLM Martinair Cargo has resolved... more
Flying a rocket booster from Alabama to Florida
Initially scheduled to launch in exactly one month, on 17 July 2020, an Atlas V-541 rocket booster for Nasa's next Mars Rover Mission was transported from Huntsville, AL to Cape Canaveral, FL by Volga-Dnepr Airlines last month. The AN-124-100 "Ruslan" is the only... more
Another solution to use passenger cabins
After its EASA approved "Cargo Seat Bags", launched earlier this year, Colibri Aero has joined forces with J&C Aero to develop another new product to help airlines generate extra revenues in these turbulent times, the "Cargo Container" for widebody... more