Avianca Cargo: all four Iata certifications 
The company has successfully completed another Iata certification programme, thus adding Ceiv Live Animals to the previously obtained Ceiv Fresh, Ceiv Pharma, and Ceiv Lithium Batteries. Avianca is now the only airline in the Americas to have achieved all four certifications.... mehr
Holiday season ends, air cargo rebounds
World ACD’s data reveal that global tonnages increased in the third full week of August (21 to 27 August), following a similar pattern as one year ago, mainly driven by Europe rebounding from the holiday season, while rates remained stable. Comparing weeks 33 and 34 (14 to... mehr
Air Nostrum orders ten more
Hybrid Air Vehicles (HAV), a UK-based provider of sustainable aircraft technologies, and Air Nostrum Group, which includes Hibernian Airlines in Ireland and Mel Air in Malta, have agreed to double the number of Airlander 10 under reservation, to a total of 20 aircraft. Under... mehr
Maskargo flies panda cubs home to China
Maskargo, the air cargo arm of Malaysia Aviation Group, successfully flew panda cubs Yi Yi and Sheng Yi back to their new home at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China via flight MH6476 which departed KL International Airport at 22:45 h on 29 August 2023.... mehr
ANA expands "Prio Temp" container range
ANA will add Csafe, Va-Q-Tec and SkyCell containers to the container lineup of ‘Prio Temp’, a dedicated product for transportation service using temperature control containers except for pharmaceuticals. ANA has only offered ANA's containers, Envirotainer and Dokasch for... mehr
A whale at MUC
Munich Airport welcomed a very rare guest recently: An Airbus transport aircraft "Beluga ST" picked up fuselage segments for the production of long-haul aircraft in Munich and flew them to the Hamburg Airbus plant in Finkenwerder. Normally, these flights are... mehr
Switzerland: guidelines for seven aerodromes
At its meeting on 30 August, the Federal Council approved the amendments to the structural plans for the aerodromes of Saanen (Icao: LSGK), St. Stephan (LSTS), Zweisimmen (LSTZ) and San Vittore (LSXV) as well as new structural plans for the aerodromes of Pfaffnau (LSXP), Bad... mehr
‘Cargo Eye’ to maximise flight cargo capacity
Global air and travel services provider Dnata has partnered with Speedcargo, a specialist for logistics technology solutions, to deliver cargo services to Etihad Cargo at Singapore Changi Airport (SIN). Speedcargo’s AI-based 'Cargo Eye' and 'Assemble' solutions installed at... mehr
Egyptair Cargo wins contract with DHL Aviation
Egyptair Cargo has signed a new contract with DHL Aviation to serve its cargo flights through the Egyptair cargo complex in Cairo. Engineer Yehia Zakaria, chairman and CEO of Egyptair Holding called this new contract a new success for Egyptair Cargo that contributes to... mehr
Upgrading cargo operations at DTW
In August 2023, Lufthansa Cargo and its local GHA Avflight started moving operations onto the apron at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW). Initially, they will operate out of a former aircraft hangar that was converted into a temporary cargo warehouse. In a... mehr