Central Asian carrier returns to Volgograd 
After a 16 year break, Uzbekistan Airways is resuming operations between its hub Tashkent and the southern Russian city of Volgograd today (18 September). The central Asian carrier will operate this route once a week, using an Airbus A320 aircraft. www.uzairways.com more
Turkish Airlines increases Algiers service
From today (18 September 2013) until 26 October, Turkish Airlines is offering more connections to Algeria. The carrier is adding four flights on its Istanbul Ataturk – Algiers route, bringing the total number to eleven per week instead of seven. www.turkishcargo.com.tr more
World's new highest airport commences operations
Air China is reported to have launched daily A319-100 flights from Chengdu to Daocheng Yading with effect from 16 September 2013. Situated at 4,411 m above sea level in the eastern part of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, Daocheng Yading Airport has become the highest operational... more
UTair Group increases freight business
In the first eight months of 2013, the Russian UTair Group's aircraft delivered nearly 19,000 t of cargo, 6.3% more than in the same period in 2012. This volume growth between August 2012 and August 2013 was aided by the increased overall efficiency of the UTair route network... more
Saudia Cargo to expand freighter operations
Saudia Cargo is increasing its belly and freighter capacity on a number of routes across its global network. In its scheduled freighter service network, the cargo airline will add one additional flight per week from Guangzhou (China) to Brussels (Belgium), bringing the total... more
Zurich notes more airfreight in August
Zurich airport handled 35,116 t of freight in August 2013, equating to a 3.5% increase compared to August 2012. The Swiss airport’s overall volume for the first eight months of the year amounted to 275,394 t of cargo, 1.3% less than in the comparable period a year ago. Whilst... more
Ruslan moves giant rotor from China to Lithuania
Ruslan International has arranged the transport of a giant rotor from Chengdu, (China) to Šiauliai (Lithuania) on board one of the 17 Antonov AN-124s which it manages for its shareholders Antonov Company and Volga Dnepr Airlines. The load – which weighed a total of 116,800 kg... more
Delivery of last US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III
The US airframe manufacturer Boeing delivered the 223rd and last US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III airlifter last week, fulfilling the production contract more than 20 years after the first delivery. The aircraft left Boeing's Long Beach CA facility to fly to its assignment at... more
Volga-Dnepr fast tracks oil and gas equipment to Yakutia
Two of Volga-Dnepr Airlines' Antonov 124-100 freighters have fast tracked the delivery of 180 t of oil and gas equipment from St Petersburg to Bratsk for the Talakan field located in the Yakutia region (Russia). Volga-Dnepr's planning specialists conducted a preliminary... more
More airlines join Iata's multilateral eAWB initiative
Qatar Airways and American Airlines Cargo have joined the elite group of carriers to sign the Iata multilateral electronic air waybill (eAWB) agreement. This moves the airlines one step closer to paperless airfreight operations. Developed collaboratively by Iata and industry... more