Next step from B737 to A320 family
Dubai-based Aerovista has completed the acquisition of two A321s to initiate its passenger to freighter conversion project. The two aircraft will go through a conversion programme, with a target to have the aircraft ready for freighter operations by Q3/2022 and Q1/2023. The... more
Landing in Ostend, flying lions to South Africa
Two years after Bcube Air Cargo started its adventure at Ostend-Bruges airport, the Italian air services provider has begun to handle Qatar Airways flights as the carrier has officially included the Belgian airport in its cargo network. "We are extremely proud of our... more
Admiral Container Lines ready for perishables
Admiral Container Lines is enhancing its equipment. The liner, which has been offering weekly and direct container shipping services in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea since 1998, is adding more than 150 new 40-foot, high-cube containers equipped with Carrier Transicold... more
The first of three new destinations from today
Two months after its first air freight services were launched, CMA CGM Air Cargo, the air freight division of CMA CGM Group, is now introducing regular connections between Liège and Dubai (DWC) from today, 19 May 2021. With its services to Dubai, a hub ideally located at the... more
Agility's GIL on a good footing
Global forwarder Agility has released its results for Q1/2021. A net profit of KWD 12.6 million (USD 42 million) represents an increase of 28.7% over the same period in 2020. Ebit surged by 31% to KWD 26.9 million (USD 89.4 million), while revenues went up likewise by 28.6% to... more
Green light for nine new routes
Hong Kong Air Cargo (HKAC) has received approval from the Hong Kong Air Transport Licensing Authority to operate scheduled cargo flights to nine new routes. In December 2020, HKAC formally submitted applications to add Chennai, Delhi, Jakarta, Liege, Manila, Melbourne,... more
Air bridge from Dubai to nine cities in India
Emirates has set up a humanitarian air bridge to support India in its fight to control the Covid-19 situation in the country. The Dubai-based carrier will offer cargo capacity free of charge on an "as available" basis on all of its flights to nine cities in India, to... more
Suez impact digested
The Port of Rotterdam is just one of the European ports that could call the whole thing off. The backlog caused by the grounding of the "Ever Given" is as good as processed. With this notification, the Suez consultative panel involving various sector organisations... more
Boxes on 800,000 seats
Emirates Skycargo is marking the first anniversary of loading urgently required PPE, related supplies and other vital cargo on the seats and inside the overhead bins of its B777-300ER passenger aircraft. Over the past year, over 3,100 flights with cargo on seats and in the... more
Express service from Asia to Persian Gulf
On 16 May, the NVOCC Cargogulf is launching a container service linking North Asia to the Persian Gulf with fixed weekly sailings. The North Asia Gulf Express (Nage) will connect the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo, Xiamen and Da Chan Bay (Pearl River Delta) with markets in the... more