Formula-E cars flying from Europe to Riyadh 
Saudia Cargo has for the second year in a row transported the World Championship Formula-E cars, which took place last week-end at the historical Diriyah, carrying 67 cars in four shipments totalling 375 t. Formula-E cars departed from Milan, Italy, and Doncaster, UK, to... more
Legal immigrants from Latin America to the USA
Three Bengal tigers arrived at Miami airport in the USA yesterday, 25 November 2019, before completing the final leg of their journey by road to their forever home Big Cat Rescue in Tampa (FL). After banning the use of animals in circuses in 2017, the government of Guatemala... more
More Australian perishables flying into the Philippines
Australian fresh fruit producers can take advantage of 33 weekly flights and newly approved local cold treatment facilities to boost exports to the Philippines. If suppliers do not have an accredited facility, they can work with the facilities on the revised list to have their... more
New central Asian air cargo carrier
Kyrgyz Airlines Plus, a private cargo company founded by Almaz Matmusaev and Jenish Orozbaev (CEO) and owned by several citizens of the Kyrgyz Republic, has appeared on the Kyrgyz air market. Earlier this month, an A300B4 landed at Manas airport, serving the Kyrgyz capital city... more
LM-100J gains FAA type certificate update
The Lockheed Martin LM-100J commercial freighter, the modernised version of the Lockheed Martin L-100 freighter (Lockheed Model 382), received its type design update certification from the federal aviation administration (FAA) on 15 November 2019. Rod McLean, VP and general... more
NCA to suspend RTW service
Since this summer schedule, Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) has reinstated the use of all eight B747–8F under the direct operation of NCA. As part of the carrier's fundamental corporate policy to maintain a safe and reliable operation, NCA will optimise the flight network to... more
More capacity and new cargo platform
Cebu Pacific has signed a firm order with Airbus for 16 long-range A330neo. The order firms up the wide-body portion of a previously announced MoU, which also includes commitments for ten A321XLR and five A320neo single-aisle aircraft. It concerns a higher-capacity version of... more
Ghana to re-launch national airline
The Republic of Ghana intends to re-launch an airline starting with aircraft built in North America. During this week's Dubai Air Show in UAE, aviation minister Joseph Kofi Adda says that the carrier, to be based in Accra, would establish the capital city as a strategic hub that... more
Second Luxembourg-Jakarta service
Cargolux, whose fly-in this afternoon, 21.11.2019, will mark the official opening of the BUD Cargo City in the Hungarian capital, has launched a second weekly frequency to Jakarta. This additional flight complements the original weekly flight launched in June. Success... more
Key topics discussed in Dubai
The effect of automation, artificial intelligence and digitalisation were the key topics at this week's Cargo Connect conference at the Dubai Airshow 2019 (UAE). Portfolio director Rachel Sturgess: "The conference provided real opportunities for industry networking, with... more