Alaska Air Cargo's soaring seafood season 
The 2019 commercial fishing season is underway in the 49th US state, and Alaska Air Cargo is now delivering fresh, wild Alaska seafood all over the country. Halibut shipping is up 32% to date, and the Copper River salmon opener in Cordova was celebrated with the first fish... more
SIA Cargo opens two new pharma corridors
Launched in September 2018, Thrucool, SIA Cargo's cold chain service to transport high-value, time-sensitive and temperature-controlled pharmaceutical cargo with speed and reliability, has been extended to the airports of Amsterdam (the Netherlands) and Ho Chi Minh City... more
Ethiopian: new flights to JFK and more services to Istanbul
Starting today, 17 June 2019, Ethiopian Airlines operates a thrice-weekly service between Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Abidjan (Ivory Coast) and New York JFK (USA). With the addition of the new flights to the existing four-weekly service to Newark via Lomé (Togo), the Star Alliance... more
Purple island hoppers 
For the second year in a row Emirates SkyCargo cooperated with Gargash, a large luxury car distributor in the UAE, as part of the latter’s involvement in the Gumball 3000 Rallye. Four racing cars were transported to Mykonos and then picked up again on Ibiza. more
Asky launches services to South Africa
The Pan-African Airline Asky will launch daily flights from its Lomé (Togo) hub to Johannesburg, beginning tomorrow, 15 June 2019. South Africa's financial and economic capital will be connected to Asky's network of 23 other destinations within west and central Africa via Douala... more
GLS partners with Mexican cargo carrier
The Amsterdam (Netherlands)-headquartered GLS Group has expanded its commitment in North America with a new partnership. From this month, Estafeta Mexicana will deliver GLS consignments in Mexico and, in a second step, will feed parcels for the European, US and Canadian markets... more
EFL charters Qatar Airways Cargo service to Pittsburgh
The Sri Lanka-based logistics services provider Expo Freight (EFL) recently launched an exclusive weekly charter to Pittsburgh (USA). The inaugural shipment was moved on a B777F operated by Qatar Airways Cargo from Doha (Qatar) to Pittsburgh. It offers customers a total... more
Third converted B757 freighter for Asia Pacific Airlines
Precision Aircraft Solutions has completed its third B757-200 passenger-to-freighter conversion for Asia Pacific Airlines (APA). The conversion of MSN 25140 began earlier this year and was completed at Flightstar Aviation in Jacksonville (FL, USA). Put into service soon... more
IAG Hangar 51 programme invites to Spain
In collaboration with Vueling and Iberia, IAG Cargo is seeking applications for the 2019 International Airlines Group (IAG) Hangar 51 global innovation programme. Start-ups of all sizes and growth stages from around the world are invited to apply before 2 August 2019 to join the... more
Kenya Airways finds GSAs for new routes to Europe
Kenya Airways has appointed GACSA as the Cargo GSA in Geneva (Switzerland) with Swissport providing the warehouse element. In Rome (Italy), Air Cargo IAS has been appointed GSA and the warehouse appointment will be XPH. Both will provide cargo services for the new four... more