Seven charter flights to South Sudan 
Kintetsu World Express (KWE), in partnership with Chapman Freeborn, recently completed a series of seven A300F charter flights from Dubai (DWC) to Juba, the capital of South Sudan, uplifting over 230 t of aid and relief materials. The project was completed in less than three... more
Forgeries and fake ID in air cargo shipments
US customs and border protection (CBP) officers in Louisville, KY, where UPS is operating its global hub, have made no less than 400 seizures of counterfeit identification in the past six months, including 28 fake birth certificates, 5,063 counterfeit driver’s licences and 46... more
Tiaca to use Clive's market analyses
Tiaca will deliver the very latest market and route analyses to its members after signing an intelligence sharing agreement with Clive Data Services, creators of the new "dynamic load factor" analyses. A MoU supports the common interests of both partners to deliver... more
South Florida air cargo project takes new step
Airglades International Airport has broken ground on a new US customs and border protection facility that will replace the airport’s current general aviation terminal. The USD2.1 million, 4,000-square-foot (371 sqm) facility is made possible through partnership and coordination... more
Air Charter Service opens next office in USA
Believing that there is a large market for its cargo aircraft charter services in Chicago, Air Charter Service has opened a new office in the "Windy City", its tenth in the Americas. The highly experienced Caitlin Uhlmann will be heading up the operation, having... more
Hard days for Italian air freight specialists
Anama, the Italian Association of air freight agents, reiterates that, albeit with difficulty, the national air industry and airports are not closed. They operate and guarantee their service, which is essential for the country since more than 26% in value of its non-EU exports... more
Nallian chosen to implement CCS in Luxembourg
Handling almost 900.000 t of goods per year, Luxembourg airport is one of Europe's most important air cargo gateways. In order to respond to business needs, supported by Cargolux, Luxair Cargo and forwarders like Arthur Welter and Kuehne + Nagel, it has now engaged Nallian, a... more
Portuguese national carrier joins e-booking platform
TAP Air Portugal and the air cargo e-booking platform Cargo One have entered into a global partnership to support the growth of TAP’s cargo business by introducing new digital capabilities such as online distribution and dynamic pricing. It will also reinforce the airline's... more
Ready to compete 
The Wuhan coronavirus / Covid-19, having arrived in northern Italy, did not make our exchange with Massimo Roccasecca simpler. Brescia airport – part of the Save Group’s airport network, together with Treviso, Venice and Verona – handled 30,695 t of airfreight in 2019, or around... more
ANA keeps on dreaming
ANA Holdings has decided to acquire up to 20 more 787 Dreamliner airplanes. The agreement between Boeing and the Japanese group includes eleven 787-10s with a bellyhold capacity of 40 ULD, one 787-9 (36 ULD) and options for five 787-9s valued at more than USD5 billion at list... more