AN-12 cargo plane crash in the Ukraine
The aviation safety network reports that early last Friday, 4 October 2019, Ukraine Air Alliance flight 4050, an Antonov AN-12, crashed on approach to Lviv-Danylo Halytskyi International Airport (LWO), Ukraine. The aircraft departed Vigo Airport (VGO), Spain, in the evening of 3... more
Working together to alleviate damage
The Bahamas were recently hit by the worst natural disaster in the islands’ history, when hurricane Dorian turned the Caribbean country into hell between 1 and 3 September. The final toll registered 56 people killed and 608 still missing at the end of the month. For... more
Cargo partners continue cooperation in Zurich
Swiss World Cargo and Cargologic have agreed to continue their long-standing partnership for another seven years. The partnership will see the airfreight division of Swiss International Air Lines continue to use Cargologic’s airfreight handling competencies at its hub in Zurich,... more
Small passenger aircraft still deliver relief to the Bahamas
Air Charter Service’s Miami office in Florida (USA) recently filled up an empty passenger aircraft, on its way to perform an evacuation flight, with key supplies that it had purchased to help those in need following hurricane Dorian. Along with several evacuation flights... more
Chapman Freeborn takes Los Angeles on board
Chapman Freeborn OBC has expanded its global network of offices to Los Angeles, California to help provide dedicated support for customers in the US market. The on board courier (OBC) specialist delivers time-critical consignments of manufacturing components, prototypes, and... more
Wordwide GSSA network goes Down Under
40 years after it was founded in Australia, the GSSA Wexco has joined ECS Group. Through this acquisition, ECS Group is developing its presence all around the world. Grown into the New Zealand market in 2003, Wexco enjoys an excellent reputation in the Pacific region - a crucial... more
LOT improves pharma transport options
Qualified by LOT Cargo director Michal Grochowski as "a big step in our LOT Polish Airlines history", the Central European carrier recently signed a master lease agreement with CSafe Global, an innovative provider of active temperature-controlled air cargo containers,... more
Veterinary vaccines from A(rgentina) to B(olivia)
H & M Air Cargo, which has a member of the UFO network in Argentina for ten years, has recently handled another delicate air shipment of perishable veterinary vaccines. The cargo was moved from Argentina's capital Buenos Aires to La Paz (LPB) in Bolivia for the Pan-American... more
Capacities at the Cape
Cape Town, the host of this year’s Fiata World Congress, is set to be re-connected nonstop to the USA again from 15 December. The skies in neighbouring countries are also full of good news. Here’s a brief overview – without making any claim for completeness. more
Magma Aviation launches new Kigali service
Starting today, 2 October 2019, UK-based Magma Aviation, which provides worldwide air freight transportation on a regular and charter basis, continues to focus on its Africa services, launching a weekly B747F flight from Liège (Belgium) to Kigali (Ruanda). Flying on behalf... more