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
Aeroflot becomes first Russian A350 operator
Aeroflot has presented its inaugural Airbus A350-900, becoming the first operator in Russia of this widebody passenger aircraft that has a bellyhold capacity for 36 ULD. Named after the composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky (born on 7 May 1840), the new aircraft featuring a new livery... more
VRR reveals first inflatable AKE container
Planned to be officially displayed during the Iata World Cargo Symposium, which was scheduled this week in Istanbul but had to be postponed, the Dutch ULD provider VRR has revealed the "Air7", the first ever inflatable solution for ULD, now ready for certification.... more
Back to a more "normal" load factor?
Market analyses by Clive Data Services for February show that conducting a basic year-on-year comparison of airfreight volumes would have produced a decline of close to 2%. However, adjusting the analyses for the early Chinese New Year (-3%) and the Leap Year, with an extra day... more
First African B737-400SF on approach
The American aircraft passenger-to-freighter conversion specialist Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has entered an agreement to provide Nigeria-based Allied Air with up to four AEI B737-800SF freighters. The agreement calls for two firm orders with an additional two options. The... more