Chartersync increases platform capabilities 
Chartersync has established its active airline operator-base by adding over 100 cargo aircraft live onto its platform within its first six months of trading. Offering a bespoke charter booking platform connecting freight forwarders directly with airlines, the British company can... more
Biggest investment in widebody equipment
Air Greenland has entered into a large agreement with aircraft manufacturer Airbus for the delivery of a new A330-800neo (list price: USD 260 million), which is expected to be in route from 2021. The replacement of the company's only jet aircraft, an A330-200, is expected to fly... more
Cincinnati airport opens cargo maintenance hangar
FEAM Aero, a major aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul company founded in 1992 and headquartered in Miami, FL (USA), opened its new 9,570-sqm USD19 million hangar last week at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG), where it has been operating since 2015.... more
VX Capital orders three more converted B737 freighters
Miami (FL)-based Aeronautical Engineers has signed a contract to provide VX Capital Partners with three additional B737-400SF freighter conversions. The first aircraft providing an 11 pallet capacity will commence modification in March 2020, the third in August. All... more
Viva Cargo: Mexican LCC enters air freight market
Viva Aerobus, a Mexican ultra-low-cost carrier, is entering the air freight market with Viva Cargo, a service provided in cooperation with Aerocharter, a company responsible for the entire shipping process, involving customer service and sales. Initially, Viva Cargo covers... more
Setback for the world's biggest cargo hub
In 2019, Hong Kong International Airport’s total cargo throughput dropped 6.1% yoy to 4.8 million t. Vivian Cheung, executive director of airport operations for Hong Kong’s airport authority: "We went through a challenging year in 2019. I must thank the 78,000 members of... more
Warsaw airport expands cargo handling facilities
Warsaw airport, which, according to ACI Europe, handled 89,000 t of air freight in the first eleven months of last year, a 4.9% increase compared to the same period of 2018, has expanded and upgraded its cargo handling capacities. Welcome Airport Services, one of Poland’s... more
More pharma options at Seoul Incheon airport
CSafe Global widens its operational footprint with the opening of an enlarged and expanded service centre facility at Seoul Incheon airport. The new facility of the US provider of active temperature-controlled container solutions was strategically implemented to accommodate... more
Alitalia extends GSSA contract to Germany
ATC Aviation, which already acts as Alitalia’s exclusive cargo representative in Canada, Chile, Columbia, Peru and Switzerland, has now also won the Cargo GSA contract for Germany. The announcement, which came into effect 15 January 2020, sees ATC responsible for all cargo sales... more
Less losses at Europe's airports last November
According to European airport trade body ACI Europe, the drop in freight traffic somewhat eased at -0.3% in November 2019, thanks to a +9% increase in freight volumes at non-EU airports. The leading stations were FRA (175,000 t, -5.4%), CDG (157,000 t, -10.3%) and AMS... more