More Latin American carriers link the world 
Colombia-based Avianca Cargo is providing uninterrupted freight transport service now with the support of aircraft and passenger crew, to contribute to the supply of food, medical equipment, toiletries, and medicines. On 26 March, a B787-8 made its first cargo flight between... more
No April Fool: Greek carrier temporarily adjusts PAX cabin
Star Alliance member Aegean and Hellenic Petroleum support the current effort to combat the Covid-19 crisis, by operating cargo flights for the transport of medical and pharmaceutical supplies. By further expanding their cooperation recently launched in Greece, the two... more
Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights
Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international network and shelve these plans which are... more
United Cargo supports the troops
United Cargo is increasing the frequency of cargo-only flights between the USA and military bases around the world. Last week the carrier began operating 40+ cargo-only flights weekly, using Boeing 777 and 787 to fly freight and mail to and from US hubs and key international... more
Maskargo flights to fight Covid-19
MAB Kargo, the logistics arm of Malaysia Airlines, is working to ensure that Malaysians have access to much-needed medical equipment and supplies, using Maskargo flights and cargo space management of goods flown into the country, mostly from China. The initial movement... more
UAE carriers upgrade cargo capacities
As Emirates ground crews around the world bid farewell to their last operating flights back to Dubai last week (pictured Prague), the Dubai-based air cargo carrier which is concentrating its entire operations to DXB, has unveiled a new schedule of "cargo-only" flights... more
Air Baltic uses all A220 capacities
After a request from the national health service of the Republic of Latvia this weekend (28 and 29 March 2020), Air Baltic performed a special cargo flight to and from Ürümqi in China, bringing 900,000 face masks and 80,000 respirators made in Zhengzhou and Yiwu regions to... more
First freighter for Sun Country in landing approach
In December last year, the American LCC Sun Country Airlines formed a partnership with Amazon Air for the operation of ten B737 converted freighters (see ITJ 05-06/2020, p. 18). It seems that one of these aircraft will arrive shortly. At any rate, a B737-800BCF, which, in... more
Innovating in "an extremely difficult time"
Observing that "this is undoubtedly an extremely difficult time for our airline with a significant reduction in capacity due to reduced travel demand," Air New Zealand general manager cargo Rick Nelson mentions the introduction of innovative measures to keep Kiwi... more
Turkish Cargo adds capacity on PAX aircraft
Turkish Cargo has started to operate cargo flights with Turkish Airlines’ PAX aircrafts in addition to its flights with 25 high capacity freighters in order to prevent any mishaps in the supply chain and carry the medical cargo that are of vital importance. Having operated... more