Indonesia resumes Boeing 737 Max flights, Ethiopian Airlines to follow suit

 In a significant development, the Indonesian government has recently lifted the ban on the Boeing 737 MAX, three years after a deadly crash on one of the aircraft operated by Indonesian airline Lion Air led to the loss of all 189 people aboard.The Boeing 737 MAX which was one of the best selling...

Etihad, Henan Province Airport Group sign deal

 Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, and Henan Province Airport Group, the parent company of the Zhengzhou Xinzheng Airport (CGO), is aiming for a strategic partnership to strengthen aviation ties between the UAE and China.Etihad and Henan Province Airport Group signed...

SpiceXpress to test electric cargo planes

SpiceXpress, the hived off cargo operations of SpiceJet, and Pifore Group have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop electric cargo planes.While the official spokesperson of Spice only confirmed that the MoU was signed some time back without sharing other details, Sunil Tiwari, founder...

Ethiopian Airlines becomes first African airline to bag IATA's CEIV pharma certification

 Ethiopian Airlines, the largest aviation group in Africa, has recently announced that it has received IATA's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) certification as an airline and in ground handling in December 2021. Incidentally, the 75 year...

PayCargo Capital, Evolve to fund freight forwarders, cargo owners

 PayCargo Capital has signed a deal with Evolve Bank & Trust (Evolve) to allow freight forwarders (FFs) and beneficial cargo owners (BCOs) get credit access at the point of paying freight costs.PayCargo Capital is the exclusive lending partner to users of PayCargo, LLC's payment platform for...

SAL Saudi Logistics Service extend Jeddah Station to increase cargo capacity

 SAL Saudi Logistics Services, a member of Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation, launched the extension of its new Jeddah Station on Sunday 19 December 2021. The Jeddah station extension is expected to increase SAL's annual cargo capacity to over 800K tons in 2030 while providing retailers and companies...

Turkish Cargo gives wings to E-automaker Togg's world launch at Las Vegas

 Global air cargo brand Turkish Cargo became the logistics solutions partner of Togg (Turkey's Automobile Joint Venture Group), which was founded in 2018 with the vision of becoming Turkey's most valuable global mobility brand. Turkey's national brand is all set to carry the country's first electric...

After a record-setting year, Delta Cargo eyes 2022

 Delta Cargo had a lot to celebrate in 2021: the division marked its 75th anniversary and is likely to record the best revenue year in its history, exceeding $1 billion.Whether transporting life-saving pharmaceuticals, organs for transplant, fresh flowers, seasonal produce or beloved pets — Delta...

Menzies Aviation achieves IATA pharmaceuticals handling accreditation

 Menzies Aviation's Sydney and Melbourne bases are recognised by IATA with the Center of Excellence of Independent Validators for Pharmaceutical Logistics accreditation (CEIV Pharma) accreditations. The CEIV Pharma programme is a multi-stage process of independent audits, validation and training,...

easyJet and Rolls-Royce collaborate for aviation sustainability research

 easyJet, low-cost airline based in Switzerland and Rolls-Royce have confirmed they will be working together on research into industry-wide sustainability solutions for commercial aircraft.The study, which will commence in January 2022 and run for up to two years, will seek to explore alternative...

Airbus firms up order for A350F freighters with CMA CGM

 Airbus announced that it has firmed up an order for the purchase of four A350F freighter aircraft with the CMA CGM Group, a world leader in shipping and logistics. This order will bring CMA CGM’s total Airbus fleet to nine aircraft, including four A330-200F and one A330-200 to be converted...

Qatar Airways becomes first in industry to perform Carbon Exchange Transaction with IATA

 Qatar Airways and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that Qatar Airways became the first carrier to make a transaction on the IATA Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE) using IATA Clearing House (ICH).The IATA Aviation Carbon Exchange (ACE) is a centralised marketplace where...

WestJet Group announces Alexis von Hoensbroech as the new CEO w.e.f 2022

 The WestJet Group today announced that Alexis von Hoensbroech will be appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the WestJet Group. The official start date for von Hoensbroech is subject to the timing of a successful immigration process, which is expected to be completed before the end of the...

Chapman Freeborn appoints new Cargo Regional Manager IMEA

 Chapman Freeborn promotes Gerhard Coetzee to Regional Manager IMEA – Cargo.Gerhard has worked at Chapman Freeborn for almost 7 years, starting in 2015 as Cargo Account Manager – South Africa and then as Cargo Charter Manager – South Africa from 2018.His new role as Regional Manager IMEA – Cargo...

Emirates SkyCargo delivers 600 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine

 Emirates SkyCargo has globally delivered about 600 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines. Since October 2020, the carrier has transported more than 2.8 million kilograms (2800 tonnes) of Covid-19 vaccines from 35 origins to over 80 destinations."Emirates SkyCargo remains committed to the rapid distribution...

Lufthansa Cargo appoints Dietmar Focke as Chief Operations and Human Resources Officer

 Dietmar Focke, will join the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo on March 1, 2022. He is currently the Vice President of Engine Services at Lufthansa Technik. Focke will be responsible for Operations and Human Resources. He succeeds Harald Gloy, who is leaving the company at his own request. "Dietmar...

Silk Way West Airlines joins WebCargo for digital cargo booking platform

 Silk Way West Airlines partners with WebCargo for an air cargo booking platform to provide access to real-time pricing and booking across their fleet for over 10,000 freight forwarder offices globally. "It has become clear that the pandemic and increased global logistics demand has accelerated...

Air France-KLM orders full freighter aircraft from Airbus to increase cargo capacity

 Air France announces to purchase of 4 Airbus A250F Full Freighter aircraft, with purchase rights for 4 additional aircraft. In the context of steady and sustainable growth of demand for air cargo, this order would increase Air France-KLM’s cargo capacity.Air France-KLM would be among the launch...

Cathay Pacific Cargo launches new cargo-booking platform in South Asia

 Cathay Pacific Cargo launches Click & Ship, its new digital booking platform across its South Asian network starting this month. Click & Ship promises to book transparency and speed, day and night. Customers in South Asia, including India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka can view...

AviaAM Leasing continues strengthening its P2F conversion project

 AviaAM Leasing, a global aviation holding company, continues its complex Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion project, their commitment of having 25 converted aircraft of different types in the upcoming four years.The ongoing Passenger-to-Freighter (P2F) conversion project was the first of...

Maersk signs deal with Unilever for global logistics

 A.P.Moller-Maersk (Maersk) has signed an international freight supply chain management partnership with Unilever w.e.f 2022."The four-year agreement will see the development and management of Unilever’s International Control Tower Solution – an operational management solution which will consolidate...

Wingcopter expands to Latin-American market with SYNERJET as new investor

 German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter has secured SYNERJET Corp, a leading business aviation specialist in Latin America as its next investment with operations in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Panama and Guatemala. For Wingcopter, the partnership represents an important gateway to the Latin...

Astral Aviation partners with TechEagle for drone delivery network

 TechEagle, the Drone delivery startup, in collaboration with Astral Aerial Solutions which is an established all-cargo airline is entering into the GCC region in a strategic partnership. The two companies have come into an agreement for creating a safe and reliable drone delivery network...

FedEx Express expands air cargo capacity at Miami International airport

 FedEx Express recently completed a major expansion of its air cargo hub located at Miami International Airport. The expansion will increase capacity and capabilities at the company’s Americas gateway, which connects the U.S. and Canada to Latin America and the Caribbean.The $72.2 million expansion...

Japan Airlines extends partnership with CHAMP Cargosystems

 Japan Airlines (JAL) and CHAMP Cargosystems have extended their partnership for a further five years. By extending their partnership with CHAMP, Cargospot will remain the IT keystone of JAL’s cargo business, enabling the airline to take advantage of the solution as it continues to evolve for the...

dnata digitises cargo handling with Descartes CORE

 Descartes Systems Group, the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, announced that dnata, one of the world’s largest air services providers, is using Descartes CORE BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) real-time tracking solution to help manage its mobile assets for cargo handling...

CSafe acquires Softbox to consolidate position in temperature-controlled solutions

 Thermal shipping solutions provider CSafe Global has acquired Softbox Systems, a provider of passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for the pharmaceutical, life sciences and cold chain logistics industries."Together, they will provide the most comprehensive suite of thermal shipping...

LATAM transported 200 million vaccines free of charge to South America

 LATAM Airlines Group exceeded 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines transported free of charge within Brazil, Chile, Ecuador and Perú. The initiative is part of LATAM’s 'Solidarity Plane' program, which provides LATAM’s connectivity and cargo and passenger transport capacity for the benefit of...

FedEx completes one-year of delivering first Covid-19 vaccine

 FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. delivered the first shipments of the Covid-19 vaccines to dosing centers in the United States a year ago. The day marked a turning point in global efforts to control the Covid-19 pandemic as transportation companies like FedEx, healthcare companies and...

Additional freighters to expand cargo business between China and Hungary

 The Budapest Airport has recently announced expanding its cargo operations between China and Hungary with the addition of new freighters from Wizz Air and China Eastern Airlines.Over the weekend, the Hungarian government-owned all-cargo air carrier, Hungary Air Cargo, started commercial operations...

Wipro selects Oracle Cloud to speed digitalization of air cargo processes

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, has chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to power its next-generation Cargo Reservations, Operations, Accounting and Management Information System (CROAMIS) Application suite. This will...

Singapore Airlines to replace Boeing 747-400F with new A350F freighters

Singapore Airlines (SIA) signs a Letter of Intent with Airbus to purchase seven A350F freighter aircraft. The new aircraft will replace the airline’s existing Boeing 747-400F.The agreement includes a swap with 15 A320neo and two A350-900 passenger aircraft that are in the SIA Group order book. This...

UPS delivers one billion vaccine doses by adapting unique global efforts

UPS marks the delivery of one billion Covid-19 vaccine doses with near-perfect on-time delivery. This milestone was achieved just one year after the first vaccine was delivered by UPS. UPS incorporated some unique global efforts like Ultra-cold freezer donations and in-kind vaccine deliveries to...

Qantas to purchase 10 million litres of SAF from 2022

 Qantas, the national carrier has signed an agreement with strategic partner Air bp to purchase 10 million litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in 2022 with an option to purchase up to another 10 million litres in 2023 and 2024 for flights from Heathrow Airport. This represents up to 15 per...

ATRAN Airlines transports over 80 pigs from Moscow to Vladivostok

 ATRAN Airlines, an express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has successfully delivered 89 pigs from Moscow (Vnukovo, Russia) to Vladivostok (Russia). The flight was organized in cooperation with Intradco Global, the world's leading animals’ transportation air charter specialist. The thoroughbred...

Avensis partners with FlightService to convert Airbus A330 and A340

 AELF FlightService (FlightService) announced their partnership with Avensis Aviation to purchase ten Medius passenger to freighter conversion kits for 2022. FlightService, operated by its sister company, Malta-based Maleth Aero with Avensis will convert its Airbus A330 and A340 fleet beginning...

2021: Rollercoaster year for air cargo

 The global air cargo industry experienced very strong and sustainable airfreight demand from the beginning of 2020 which continued in 2021 as well. However, limited capacity for cargo transportation increased the freight rates accordingly. Air cargo industry professionals rate 2021 as a real rollercoaster...

Over 50 per cent logistics workforce feel AI, automation spell threat to their jobs: DHL survey

 Covid-19 has greatly transformed the way the world goes to work and has accelerated an already growing adoption of new technologies like automation, artificial intelligence in logistics. This has in turn raised concerns for professionals across the world about their job security and the future...

GEODIS partners with Unilode for ULD management solutions

 GEODIS has entered into a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply, management and repair agreement with Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced ULD management and repair services.At present, GEODIS leases one A330-300 aircraft, converted into a freighter, and flies to Amsterdam...

Cargolux and IBS Software collaborate for next generation Cargo Management System

Cargolux and IBS Software have signed a strategic long-term deal for the replacement of its cargo management system. Cargolux will deploy IBS Software’s iCargo SaaS solution to transform and manage its global air cargo business.The iCargo implementation will enable Cargolux to further deliver and improve...

SpiceJet to introduce SpiceXpress drone service to target mid mile deliveries

 SpiceJet demonstrated its Drone delivery capabilities at the Gwalior Drone Mela at Madhav Institute of Technology & Science. The airline plans to introduce SpiceXpress drone delivery service to strategically expand its logistics platform while building a unique and seamless supply chain competence...