ITA Airways Cargo connects to Cargowise 
ITA Airways has joined the ‘Wisetech global carrier connectivity programme’ that enables freight forwarders to plan, book, confirm and manage shipments with the carrier, in real-time from within the logistics execution platform Cargowise. The direct data connection via an... more
Transforming AWB data capture and comparison
Currently, over 60 million air waybills (AWBs) are being typed and compared by hand. "A2Z Scan" now aims to reduce the average human error rate and generate time savings of up to 80% by digitalising the processing of paper AWBs. The software was designed by Champ... more
Elroy Air demonstrates eVTOL cargo system for AMC
Elroy Air, the developer of the end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) cargo system, recently demonstrated its autonomous cargo delivery system at the Travis Air Force Base. The demonstration was part of Mobility Guardian 2023, a large Air Mobility... more
BBAM's first 737-800 BCF for Alaska Air Cargo
Alaska Air Cargo has received the first of two 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) aircraft on lease from BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM). Alaska Air Cargo plans to use the aircraft for expanded freight service in the state of Alaska and beyond in the coming months.... more
Flying a first satellite from Japan to New Zealand
Japan-based Yusen Logistics has transported ADRAS-J, Astroscale’s commercial debris inspection demonstration satellite, to Auckland. It will be launched by a rocket from a launch site in Mahia and is designed to obtain images and delivering observational data to better... more
"Vienna Cargo Day": a premiere in Airport City
On 9 October 2023, the first ‘Vienna Cargo Day’ took place at Airport City, directly followed by Fly Pharma Europe 2023 on 10 and 11 October 2023. More than 400 international air cargo industry representatives gathered at Vienna Airport on these three days to exchange news... more
Cargo performance in Africa
Afraa secretary general – Abderahmane Berthé, delivered a keynote address at the 53rd annual general assembly of the Airlines Association of Southern Africa (Aasa). In terms of cargo performance, Berthé reported that the average market share of African Airlines per cargo... more
A Peruvian premiere 
An ‘Airport City’ – a concept that’s rather new in South America – is slowly taking shape in Lima. Hub operator Lima Airport Partners (LAP), in which Fraport holds an 80.01% stake, has completed the commercial tender process for the new ‘South Cargo Zone’. more
China's Golden Week impact weaker than last year
Air freight fgures for week 40 (2-8 October 2023) show a 5% drop in tonnages, compared with week 39, while rates decreased by 3%, based on the +400,000 weekly transactions covered by World ACD’s data. But the week-on-week (WoW) drop was less pronounced than during last year's... more
Saudia Cargo secures Iata Ceiv Pharma
Saudia Arabia’s major freight carrier Saudia Cargo has been awarded the Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators (Ceiv) Pharma certification from Iata. Ceiv Pharma, a widely acknowledged Iata standard, verifies that pharmaceutical facilities, equipment, operations,... more