Focalisation inchangée 
Lorenzo Stoll, qui a succédé il y a bien dix mois à Ashwin Bhat, est peut-être en ces temps qui courent l’homme parfait à la tête de Swiss Worldcargo: fils d’un Tessinois et né à Zurich, il a grandi essentiellement en Suisse occidentale où il a été, entre autres, au service de... plus
Hong Kong already tops pre-pandemic cargo volumes 
Hong Kong's Airport Authority has published Hong Kong International Airport's air traffic figures for 2021. The airport showed a resilient cargo performance, rising by 12.5% year on year to 5.027 million t and exceeding the 4.8 million t recorded in 2019, the year... plus
WFS for Geodis at CDG
Global logistics service provider Geodis has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a manpower contract to supply a dedicated team of cargo handling professionals for its facility at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport. The agreement will see some 28 WFS handling staff operate... plus
Dnata earns double recognition in Belgium
Global air and travel services provider Dnata has been certified by the International Air Transport Association’s (Iata) Centre of Excellence for Independent Vvalidators (Ceiv) for its industry-leading pharma and live animal handling processes at its cargo facilities and the... plus
Largest air carrier performs third flight test
Stratolaunch has completed the third test flight of "Roc", the world’s largest aircraft, with a 117 m wingspan. The aircraft took off exactly ten days ago, on 16 January 2022, at 8.47 h PST and flew for 4 hours, 23 minutes over the Mojave Desert. It reached an altitude... plus
Armed Forces transporter increases traffic
At Kassel Airport (KSF) in northern Hesse, which usually sees only modest volumes of passenger traffic and does not have any major ambitions in the air freight business, a German Armed Forces A400M is likely to generate unusual activity next Saturday, 29 January 2022, when... plus
Wingcopter lands USD 16 million contract
German drone delivery pioneer Wingcopter and Spright, a subsidiary of American air medical service provider Air Methods, has inked a new commercial agreement worth more than USD 16 million. As part of the deal, Spright is acquiring a large fleet of Wingcopter’s new flagship... plus
EFW re-delivers first A330P2F to Altavair
Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) has re-delivered its first Airbus A330 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) converted aircraft to Altavair, a global provider of commercial aviation finance and leasing for the cargo community. The re-delivered freighter kicks off a series of freighter... plus
Hörsching sur un nuage
L’aéroport régional de Linz-Hörsching a conquis une place stable dans le paysage logistique entre Vienne, Munich et Prague. Il a ainsi accueilli en 2021 un nombre record de gros porteurs, dont trois fois le plus grand avion du monde. plus
Airbus: aircraft lifecycle centre in China
Airbus has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the city of Chengdu and Tarmac Aerosave for the development of the first sustainable aircraft “lifecycle” service centre in China. This facility will offer sustainable solutions to manage the entire lifecycle of... plus