Olympic flame flies with Ruslan freighter 
An AN-124-100 Ruslan cargo aircraft lifted Russia's 2014 Winter Olympic torch high into the sky above the city of Ulyanovsk on the first day after Christmas. As part of the official torch relay programme, the Olympic flame was encased in a secured lantern and placed in the... mehr
Boeing closes 2013 with record commercial deliveries
The US aerospace company Boeing ended the year with records. With the higher production rates achieved in 2013, all three Boeing Commercial Airplanes production sites in Everett and Renton (both WA) and North Charleston SC delivered 648 aircraft, a record for a single year.... mehr
Darwin chooses Volga-Dnepr for maintenance support
Volga-Dnepr Technics (VDT) in Germany has entered into a contract with the Swiss carrier Darwin Airline for aircraft maintenance support at Leipzig/Halle airport (Germany). The contract covers the use of Volga-Dnepr Technics' hangar facilities and equipment for maintenance... mehr
Oldest plane in US fleet retired
Delta Air Lines retired its remaining Douglas DC-9 aircraft after it completed the 16.20 (CST) flight from Minneapolis/St Paul MN to Atlanta GA on 6 January. It was the DC-9's last scheduled commercial flight operated by a major US airline. Delta was the launch customer for the... mehr
India's first air cargo community portal established
Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) and its strategic IT technology partner Kale Logistics have launched India’s first air cargo community portal "GMAX-GVK MIAL Air Exchange". The portal was officially launched by MIAL at the 40th ACAAI Convention... mehr
IAG Cargo and Waco System sign partnership deal
IAG Cargo has entered into a global strategic partnership with freight management network The Waco System. Under the agreement, Waco's members have been nominated as preferred forwarders by IAG Cargo, the merged freight business of British Airways and Iberia, whilst IAG Cargo... mehr
Skycargo: Pakistan und Südpazifik 
Eben hat Emirates auf der Flugausstellung vor ihrer Haustür die mit einem Listenpreis von 99 Mrd. USD grösste Bestellung in der Geschichte der zivilen Luftfahrt getätigt (vgl. ITJ Daily vom 19.11.), da kündigt die Frachtdivision der Flugline aus Dubai die Verstärkung ihres... mehr
Canadian lobsters land in Brussels
During the holiday period and especially at Christmas and on New Years' Eve, fresh lobster on the dinner menu remains one of the top choices of many Europeans. Every year about 3,700 t of live lobsters leave the Canadian coast of Nova Scotia to end up on European plates. About... mehr
Ethiopian finances freighter deliveries
Ethiopian Airlines has mandated Natixis as pre-delivery payment (PDP) facility lead arranger and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (PTA Bank) as PDP facility co-arranger to provide pre-delivery payment loan financing for the carrier's four new Boeing... mehr
Two more airlines grounded
Evergreen International Airlines Inc, an Oregon-based US provider of airfreight and transport services, sought bankruptcy protection after creditors asked a court to force the company to pay off debts. The petition filed in a US bankruptcy court in Wilmington DE, cited as much... mehr