Virgins with more capacity to Asia, Africa and USA 
In exactly four months’ time, commencing on 29 March 2020, Virgin Atlantic’s new summer schedule will give cargo customers more capacity on prime routes to India, Africa and the USA. The carrier is introducing a second daily service between London (UK) and Delhi (India), which,... more
Indigo increases visibility and cargo shares
The Indian LCC Indigo received its Iata membership certificate this week at its office premises in Gurgaon. The membership will help the airline align with global practices developed by Iata and further strengthen the carrier’s partnership portfolio. Indigo recently announced a... more
Sweden and Switzerland: new pharma targets
CSafe Global, a US provider of active temperature-controlled container solutions for pharma logistics, has expanded its cold chain service offerings in Europe by opening two new technical service centres - one in Zurich, Switzerland, and one at Stockholm Arlanda airport, Sweden.... more
Flying Whales and small AI-controlled airships
Québec intends to invest at least CAD 30 million (EUR 20 million) in the Flying Whales airship project in southwestern France and in a new local subsidiary, Les dirigibles Flying Whales Québec. The plan to invest public funds to open up remote areas of the Canadian province to... more
Bcube implements handling solution from Champ
Bcube, one of Italy's largest and most dynamic air cargo handlers and logistics companies, has implemented "Cargospot Handling". The solution of the global IT logistics provider Champ Cargosystems is a cargo operations and terminal management system which is... more
Leipzig/Halle airport sets new monthly record
Last month, a total of 112,587 t of cargo were handled at Leipzig/Halle airport (LEJ), the second largest cargo airport in Germany and number five in Europe. This represents a year-on-year increase of 6.5%, marking a new absolute record month in the company’s history. From... more
All-cargo pilots need rest too
The pilots of the air line pilots association (Alpa), the coalition of airline pilots associations, including the independent pilots association, and the international brotherhood of teamsters local 1224, join US house of representatives leaders to introduce legislation that... more
ATC Aviation chosen by Sichuan Airlines
Sichuan Airlines, which took delivery of an A330-200F on lease from BOC Aviation only yesterday, 26 November 2019, has launched a new bi-weekly cargo service between Brussels in Belgium and Xian (China) and has appointed ATC Aviation Services as its GSA in Europe. From Xian... more
Achievement and postponement
Alitalia has received the Iata CEIV Pharma certification. The three-year certification was also issued to the airline’s ground handling in Rome FCO (Italy), which oversees the loading and unloading of medicines from aircraft, carried out for both Alitalia and other airlines at... more
Emirates paves way for Peru maindeck service
At the beginning of this month, 50 Peruvian companies travelled to the Expo Peru Dubai in the UAE and established important contacts. Now, the impending launch of a freight service between Dubai and Lima has been announced. Edgar Vásquez Vela, Peru’s minister for foreign trade... more