Bye bye, Bei Bei! 
Today, 19 November 2019, Fedex "Panda Express" will fly again, for the 8th time. This time the specially decaled B777F will carry Bei Bei, a four-year-old giant panda, 13,700 km from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC (USA) to Chengdu, China. Bei Bei... more
Volumes down for 11th month in a row
The air traffic report for September & Q3 2019 released by the European airport trade body ACI Europe shows that freight traffic kept declining for the 11th consecutive month at -2.8% (-3% for Q3). The downturn is concentrated on the EU market (-4.4% in both September and... more
ACS gets bigger in the "Big Apple"
Founded in 2004 in Long Island in greater New York, the US headquarters of the global aircraft charter broker Air Charter Service (ACS) more than doubled its space last month to reach 1,860 sqm in order to facilitate future growth of the company’s nine offices across the region.... more
Wet lease ops between the USA and Canada
The US department of transportation (DOT) has approved 21 Air’s application for a statement of authorisation allowing US-Canada wet lease operations. 21 Air is currently in process with the Canadian transportation agency to obtain a Canadian foreign air operator certificate in... more
15th Air Cargo Americas - Business as usual? 
The last two editions of Air Cargo Americas, when compared, seem to reflect the current situation in the industry very aptly. What else did we take home with us from the meetings, other than the bare figures? Will the best come after the end this time? more
China Airlines Cargo to launch Indian maindeck destination
Starting tomorrow, 16 November 2019, Taiwan's China Airlines is to launch a freighter service from Mumbai (India) operating four flights a week, two per week coming from Taipei (Taiwan) to Mumbai and going forward to Amsterdam (the Netherlands), and two per week coming from... more
Partners achieve active pharma shipment record
Moscow-based AirBridgeCargo airlines (ABC) has recently completed a record transportation of 27 RKN Envirotainer containers on board a single flight, delivering an important and urgent vaccine product from Milan (Italy) to Beijing (China) for one of their global partners,... more
Thai Airways celebrates and expands
Thai Airways is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its arrival in Switzerland. On 4 November 1984 the Southeast Asian airline landed at Zurich airport for the first time, a milestone that was remembered at the airport a few days ago. Together with its customers, Thai Airways... more
ECS Group deepens footprint in Southeast Asia
Thai LCC Nok Air, represented by CEO Wutthiphum Jurangkool and Pravej Ongartsittigul, chairman of the executive committee (2nd and 1st from right), has concluded a total cargo management (TCM) agreement with AVS GSA Thailand, a subsidiary of ECS Group. The subsidiary,... more
Busiest day ever at Hactl
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has broken its all-time record for the number of freighters handled in a 24-hour period. On 3 November, Hong Kong’s largest independent cargo handler took care of 104 freighter aircraft – beating its previous record of 102, set on 5... more