NAS: 20 more years in Aqaba 
Kuwait-based National Aviation Services (NAS) has renewed its contract with the Aqaba Development Corporation and Aqaba Airports Company to operate and manage Aqaba Air Cargo Terminal (AACT) for another 20 years. The facility, located within the King Hussein International... more
Turning A330 PAX into "temporary cargo cabins"
Lufthansa Technik and Airbus are teaming up to offer customers a reversible cargo-in-cabin solution to satisfy urgent demand quickly and easily. The solution for the Airbus A330 family comprises the supplemental type certificate (STC) as well as material kits to modify the... more
Increasing cold chain capabilities in USA
American Airlines Cargo has expanded its solution for transporting temperature-controlled shipments to its entire mainline fleet. This expansion follows a number of tests and trials conducted in partnership with two experienced services providers. Through the use of CSafe... more
A first for Gameco
Last week, a delivery ceremony was held at Guangzhou-based Gameco to celebrate the first 737-800 Boeing converted freighter (BCF) completed for Bocomm Leasing and China Postal Airlines. It also marked the first time that the Chinese aerospace company has completed freighter... more
Qatar Airways Cargo deploys emergency convoy
Today, 3 May 2021, 300 t of aid from around the world are consolidated and transported in a three-flight cargo aircraft convoy from Doha directly to destinations in India where it is most needed. As part of the "WeQare" initiative, Qatar Airways is supporting... more
JV cargo operations in Baghdad
Masil, a joint venture of Menzies Aviation with Iraqi Airways, Air BP Limited and Al Burhan Group, has commenced cargo operations at Baghdad International Airport, with the launch of its "Cargo Go Live" initiative and manifesto for creating a world-class cargo terminal... more
More Caribbean capacity out of Miami
Caribbean Airlines Cargo is currently expanding its service. The airline, jointly owned by the people of Trinidad & Tobago and Jamaica, has updated its schedule and is increasing its weekly freighter capacity by 90 t to meet the growing demand for air cargo services... more
Turkish Cargo landing in Munich and Vancouver
Turkish Cargo hasn’t let the fact that the Air Cargo Europe trade fair isn’t taking place physically next week dampen its energy and has announced its arrival in Munich (photo). On Friday 7 May the airline is adding main-deck capacities to the southern German destination, which... more
Tapping into the potential of Prague
The Atlanta-based US infrastructure investment firm Ventus, which was founded last year and which focuses on Europe and North America, and the Singaporean company Sky Logistica have acquired Skyport. The central European air cargo infrastructure company is the leading cargo... more
Latam Cargo continues solidarity efforts
Latam Airlines Group will continue to transport vaccines at no cost in the countries where it operates in 2021, thus carrying on with a measure it first introduced after the arrival of the first shipments of vaccines to the region in December 2020. To date its ‘Solidarity Plane’... more