Exploring São Paulo's potential 
Intermodal São Paulo, which was scheduled to be held from today, 17 to 19 March, has been cancelled at short notice and been put off to probably the second half of July. According to the latest Agility Emerging Market Logistics Index, Brazil is the country with the... more
Singapore Airlines renews, expands and innovates
Singapore Airlines (SIA) Cargo has been re-certified under Iata’s CEIV Pharma programme since January 2020. Since 2017, when SIA was the first airline in Asia Pacific to be awarded the pharmaceutical product handling accreditation, it has been improving its pharma handling... more
Protective masks flying into Italy... from China
As part of the efforts to combat Covid-19, a first relief flight with nine pallets of medical equipment landed on Rome's airport FCO at the end of last week. The recipient was the Italian Red Cross that immediately forwarded the material to the government or distributed it on... more
Northern cargo hub imports Covid-19
An individual associated with an Anchorage-bound cargo flight was tested positive for Covid-19. The patient is a non-US national who developed a fever and respiratory symptoms shortly after arriving at Anchorage airport on 11 March 2020, before going to Alaska Regional Hospital... more
Building an air bridge between the Americas and China
Because the new coronavirus situation is so volatile, capacity planning is becoming a real challenge. Now Dachser Air & Sea Logistics is adding to its existing charter service between Frankfurt and China: starting today, 16 March 2020, the Germany-based freight forwarder... more
Coronavirus says goodbye to angels
With regret, Auckland Arts Festival has cancelled the outdoor aerial spectacle "Place des Anges". It was set to be performed at Auckland Domain during three days from today, 13 March 2020. The organisers called off the event coming from France because of major freight... more
Europe's biggest cargo gateway feels sick in February
This is no surprise: In February 2020, Frankfurt airport, Europe's biggest air cargo hub, witnessed cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) shrinking by 8% to 148,500 t. The impact of the coronavirus, particularly towards the end of the month, far outweighed the positive... more
Airport on Shetland's main island to close
Scatsta airport (SCS), the historic airfield on Mainland, the main island of Shetland, will shut down at the end of June. The airport was originally developed by the Royal Air Force 80 years ago. It was awakened in 1978 from the deep slumber into which it had fallen at the... more
CLA and coronavirus (don't) affect ABC
AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled carrier of Russia's Volga-Dnepr Group, is about to terminate lease agreements for five out of its 21 B747Fs. Talks are being held with Gecas and Sberbank Leasing. In other news, the carrier which calls itself "a strategic partner to... more
Etihad Cargo launches mobile tracking app
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, has expanded its digital portfolio by launching the first version of its mobile application, offering customers the ability to gain real time access to information on-the-go. Building on the carrier’s website... more