Second London office 
Chapman Freeborn has opened a new satellite office in London Bridge, which will provide an easily accessible hub in the city to accommodate the charter broker's expanding team, while supporting operations in its Gatwick headquarters. The central location will offer advice... more
LH Cargo: more flights to Asia, Africa and Mexico
Lufthansa Cargo's 2023/2024 winter flight schedule expands capacity in the international route network with 83 weekly connections. These result from frequency increases to destinations in high demand as well as the addition of new destinations. Furthermore, the Boeing 777... more
Cargo iQ welcomes new member
Air cargo group Cargo iQ has welcomed LOT Polish Airlines as its newest member. “LOT has a precise vision of innovation and continuous development, and we recognise Cargo iQ as a first league community which provides a gateway to achieving this,” said Michał Grochowski, cargo... more
Fully digital is the Korean style
Korean Air Cargo has just started its full-scale digital transition to electronic air waybills to replace paper air cargo transport documents. The digital transition is intended to streamline the entire process from reservations to delivery, thus improving the quality and... more
Network Airline Management adds another 747
Network Airline Management (NAM) recently took delivery of its latest Boeing 747 production freighter aircraft, expanding its current fleet to four B747Fs. The additional aircraft will join the fleet based at Network’s European hub, Liège – Belgium, and will allow NAM to... more
Collapsible AAX containers now unfolded
VRR’s 'AAX Collapsible' units, introduced six months ago, will be used by a large company on a specific trade route. It will become the first firm to deploy this innovative loading device in a commercial setting. It has the same shape, capacity, and durability as the... more
A sustainable balance
Alaska Air Cargo has launched a programme to carry up to 22,670 kg of recyclable waste each year out of Nome, Alaska, supporting clean-up efforts in rural communities and saving valuable local water resources. The recyclables, electronic waste items left over from used... more
Qatar Airways Cargo freighters return to Bahrain
Qatar Airways Cargo has resumed its freighter services to Bahrain, effective 1 September 2023. In addition to the 21 weekly narrow-body passenger flights to Bahrain, Qatar Airways Cargo has launched three weekly freighter operations, adding more than 200 t of weekly cargo... more
Go-ahead for drones beyond visual line of sight
Matternet, a developer of urban drone delivery systems, has announced that its partner, UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF), a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS, has received approval by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to operate the Matternet M2 drone beyond the visual line of... more
Brazil's contribution to the industry
Azul Linhas Aéreas is honouring the French-Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos-Dumont, who was born 150 years ago, with a special livery on one of its E2s. The Embraer aircraft was the protagonist of a celebration organised by Azul on 3 September 2023 in collaboration... more