Mammoth Freighters inks agreement with Aspire MRO for 777 conversions & maintenance

Mammoth Freighters has recently announced that the company has signed a multi-year contract with Aspire MRO (“Aspire”) to perform Passenger-to-Freighter conversions and maintenance-related work for the Mammoth 777- 200LRMF and 777–300ERMF freighter programs. Located at the Alliance Airport in Fort Worth,...

Sarah Kreienbühl to lead HR operations at K+N

Sarah Kreienbühl will become a member of the Management Board of Kuehne+Nagel International AG and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) on April 1, 2023, succeeding Lothar Harings, who will retire in June 2023.Harings, member of the Management Board and CHRO at Kuehne+Nagel, will retire at his own request...

Qatar Airways Cargo: trailblazing the next generation of air cargo biz

The world as we know it is changing! The pandemic has challenged long-serving, traditional structures and work processes. Digitalisation is finally taking off within the air cargo industry, and the past two years have shown that resilience, courage, and embracing change yield the best results. These...

Lufthansa Cargo to expand intra-European route network with new A321 freighters

Lufthansa Cargo will begin offering more capacity in its medium-haul network on specially converted Airbus A321 freighters in October 2022. In March 2022, the first freight flight of its sort took launched from Frankfurt to Dublin. Because of the good market reaction and ongoing high demand from the...

Management changes at Kuehne+Nagel Germany

Holger Ketz will join Kuehne+Nagel’s global Air Logistics management team in Schindellegi (Switzerland) as Global Head of Network and Carrier Management on January 1, 2023. As part of the strategic development of the Air Logistics business, the newly created role will bundle the global management of...

Draganfly deploys medical response drones for Ukrainian soldiers

Draganfly, an industry-leading drone solutions and systems developer, announces the delivery of next-generation Medical Response Drones to Coldchain Delivery Systems, LLC (Coldchain Delivery Systems) for the provision of Revived Soldiers Ukraine (RSU) with its highly specialized next generation Medical...

SEKO Logistics makes two key appointments to global airfreight team

SEKO Logistics signalled the next phase of international airfreight growth with two global appointments to leverage opportunities from client demand for critical products, expansion of cross-border e-commerce, and new business from acquired companies.Christopher Gregg joins SEKO as senior vice president...

Cathay Pacific extends carbon-offset programme to air freight services

Cathay Pacific announced the extension of its carbon-offset programme Fly Greener to its air cargo services.Fly Greener is powered by an integrated carbon emissions calculator, as part of the airline’s commitment to tackling climate change by achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.The new carbon...

WIZ Freight flags off R&D Centre in Chennai for enhancing cross-border shipping technology

WIZ Freight, a full-stack digital cross-border supply chain start-up, has set up the biggest of its kind Tech and R&D Centre in Chennai for logistics tech. The Tech and R&D Centre was today inaugurated and dedicated to the supply chain industry by Ramkumar Ramachandran, Co-Founder & Chairman...

Natilus selects Pratt & Whitney Canada as engines supplier for its autonomous cargo aircraft

Natilus, a U.S. company producing the world’s first purposefully designed and manufactured autonomous aircraft for air freight transport, has announced that it has selected Pratt & Whitney Canada to supply the engines for the first of the Natilus family fleet: the N3.8T. The company is initially...

Reliable Robotics gets FAA acceptance for G-1 issue paper

Reliable Robotics, a leader in autonomous aircraft systems, on Tuesday announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has accepted the certification basis of its advanced navigation and autoflight system.The final G-1 issue paper defines the certification basis for the company’s Supplemental...

IonQ, Airbus to collaborate on aircraft loading project with Quantum Computing

IonQ, an industry leader in quantum computing, today announced a collaboration with Airbus to explore the potential application and benefits of quantum computing for aerospace services and passenger experiences.The Quantum Aircraft Loading Optimization & Quantum Machine Learning project will be...

Chapman Freeborn's GSA ops get software boost

e-Cargoware — a UK-based SaaS company — announced that Gatwick-headquartered Chapman Freeborn has gone live with e-Cargoware’s GSA software solution — FR8Manage.With the move, Chapman Freeborn aspires to further expand its GSA operations. Chapman Freeborn has also opted for e-Cargoware’s powerful online...

GSP marks SC Aviation week with new cargo facility expansion

The Greenville-Spartanburg Airport District (GSP) marked South Carolina Aviation Week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate their new cargo facility expansion on August 17, 2022. The ceremony featured remarks from GSP leadership, South Carolina legislators, and representatives from the South Carolina...

Hamburg's first start-up for digitisation rakes in positive interim results

Hamburg-based DAKOSY — a software start-up specialising in digitisation — is ringing in its 40th anniversary this year. Founded in 1982, DAKOSY provides IT solutions for customs clearance, international freight forwarding and supply chain management.Following its initial success in the port industry,...

Caribbean Airlines Cargo is now live on CargoAi

 Caribbean Airlines Cargo has partnered with the air cargo digital solution platform, CargoAi, and is offering the capacity to and from the Caribbean. “CargoAi is delighted to announce that Caribbean Airlines Cargo successfully went live on the www.CargoAi.co platform on 08 June 2022. Caribbean...

In a first, Synhelion produces solar syngas on industrial scale

Synhelion has become the first company in the world to succeed in producing syngas on an industrial scale using only solar heat as an energy source.The Swiss solar fuel pioneer successfully demonstrated this on the multi-focus solar tower of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in Jülich, North Rhine-...

Skye Air partners with Flipkart Health to deliver medicines in West Bengal

Skye Air Mobility partnered with Flipkart Health, a medical branch of Flipkart Internet, to deliver pharmaceuticals by drone. The collaboration began with the launch of BVLOS flights from the Flipkart Health warehouse in Baruipur, West Bengal, to several Health Buddy OTC sites in Kolkata and suburbs.This...

OS Hub gears up to become 'central hub of info' for supply chains

In June this year, Open Supply Hub (OS Hub) launched its beta phase with an aim to enable more transparency in supply chains the world over.Starting off as Open Apparel Registry (OAR) in 2019, the non-profit had solely focused on the apparel sector. As it transitions to OS Hub later this year, the non-profit...

WFS to increase cargo capacity at Heathrow to 350,000 sq ft by Oct

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has increased its facility footprint at London’s Heathrow Airport after a 30 percent growth in volumes in the past year.WFS has signed a five-year lease on Building 578 in the airport’s cargo area, boosting its warehouse and office space by a further 27,000 sq. ft. The...

Azul awards ULD management agreement to Unilode

Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras has awarded a full-service ULD (unit load device) management agreement to Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced ULD management, repair, and digital services.Azul serves over 150 destinations worldwide and operates a fleet of more than 160 aircraft....

AerCap Holdings Q2 net income up 36% on higher lease rents

Dublin-based AerCap Holdings, the global leader in aviation leasing, reported a net income of $340 million, an increase of 36 percent, for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022.AerCap executed 184 transactions in Q22022 including 125 lease agreements, 16 purchases and 43 sales, according to a statement...

Windracers secures additional funding from UKRI's Future Flight

London — headquartered Windracers has received a third round of funding from UKRI’s Future Flight challenge to perform more rigorous testing of their middle mile logistics drones and high-reliability autopilot technology.Future Flight is advancing the development of new technology, societal understanding,...

SEKO Logistics acquires e-commerce fulfilment expert Pixior

SEKO Logistics announced the acquisition of Pixior, a leading 3PL and fulfilment services provider based in Commerce, CA.“With seven locations along the West Coast and one location in Connecticut, Pixior has become the region’s premier provider of e-commerce fulfilment and retail services, with an emphasis...

Hermes continues leadership team expansion with new Senior Product Manager

Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Terry McGregor as Senior Product Manager as part of a wider strategy to grow the company’s senior leadership team and strengthen technical expertise at the top level.Heading up HLT’s international team of cargo and product experts in the UK and India,...

E-commerce strongest demand driver for freighter conversions

 The P2F conversion market is at a crossroads. Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is an increased demand for freighter conversions while experts are cautious due to a potential oversupply. The industry is looking forward to seeing how this will turn out as the passenger belly capacity...