Boeing: commercial orders and deliveries in 2022 
Boeing reported 774 commercial orders last year after cancellations and conversions, including 561 orders for the 737 family and 213 orders for the company's twin-aisle airplanes. Boeing delivered 69 commercial jets in December, including 53 737 MAX, bringing total deliveries... mehr
Alternative aus Alberta 
Tiaca-Begegnung mit Kirsten de Bruijn, EVP Cargo, Westjet. Die Niederländerin kennt und liebt Miami, wo sie acht Jahre zu Beginn ihrer Berufslaufbahn arbeitete – zunächst im Hotelsegment, dann in der Luftfracht. Nach weiteren Stationen im Mittleren Osten leitet sie seit Mai den... mehr
Etihad Cargo hosts Cargo iQ meeting
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, will host Cargo iQ's first working group meeting of 2023, from 17-19 January in the UAE's capital, Abu Dhabi. The meeting will bring together over 40 attendees plus online members from around the world to... mehr
Coyne Airways joins Airblox
London-headquartered cargo airline Coyne Airways has started listing freighter capacity with Airblox.com. Airblox is an online marketplace that enables brokers, freight forwarders and airlines to trade cargo capacity in the form of standardised electronic Block Space Agreements... mehr
Astral Aviation switches from NAS to ALG
Astral Aviation has appointed Air Logistics Group (ALG) as its general sales and service agent (GSSA) for Europe, UK and USA, effective 1 January 2023. With the new commercial partnership the Kenyan cargo carrier aims to increase its service portfolio for its clients at home... mehr
Last newbuild and first organ donor
Probably not until a month from today, on 16 February 2023, the last of 1574 B747s ever produced will be handed over to the customer Atlas Air, which will use it for Kuehne + Nagel just like the last but one B747. The historic date, which ends a 54-year production run, was... mehr
Lithium battery certification for Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways is the world’s second airline to be Iata Ceiv lithium battery certified, and Qatar Aviation Services is the first ground handling company to be certified globally. The certification aims to improve safety in handling and transportation of lithium batteries... mehr
Liege Airport is ready for SAF
Liege Airport is Belgium’s first airport to be ready for the distribution of sustainable aviation fuel to its airline-customers. Its aviation fuel installations, as well as its fuelling staff, are ready to receive, store and distribute sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The... mehr
Skulls instead of drugs
During a random check at Mexico's Querétaro airport on 30 December 2022, officials of the national security service came across a bizarre shipment. They became suspicious when X-rays were made of a package that was stored at a courier service and came from the state of... mehr
Nicole war nicht eingeladen
Optimismus überwiegte an der Tiaca ACF 2022, trotz dunkler Wolken am Luftfracht-Himmel. Vier Jahre nach der letzten Ausgabe in Toronto (vgl. ITJ 45-46/2018, S. 18-19) konnte der Weltluftfrachtverband wieder das Air Cargo Forum durchführen. Dass deutlich mehr Aussteller und... mehr