Budapest Airport cargo connects to Western China 
Budapest Airport welcomed a new airline to its cargo carrier roll call last week, as the Hungarian gateway celebrated the arrival of Sichuan Airlines. Inaugurating a route from its base in Chengdu, the regional airline of Western China will operate a three times weekly service... plus
Nine Mammoth-converted B777-200s for DHL Express
DHL Express has ordered nine Mammoth-converted B777-200LR freighters from Jetran. The first cargo aircraft will be delivered in 2024, with the remaining aircraft to be supplied until early 2027. This agreement is part of the overall sustainability priority to modernise DHL... plus
Turkish Cargo targets Ceiv Li-batt certification
Turkish Cargo, the air cargo brand of Turkish Airlines, has joined the "Ceiv Lithium Battery" (Li-batt) certification programme created by the International Air Transport Association (Iata). The carrier formalised its participation in the initiative, which comprises... plus
One Air: the UK's youngest all-cargo airline
The United Kingdom has a new British cargo airline with the launch of Boeing 747-400 freighter operator, One Air. The new airline has been awarded its Air Operators’ Certificate by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). One Air expects an initial demand for flights from UK... plus
Dnata’s Air Dispatch issues 7 millionth loadsheet
Air Dispatch, part of Dnata and a global supplier of centralised load control (CLC) services, recently celebrated the production of its seven millionth load sheet. The milestone document was issued from the Prague facility, ensuring safe and efficient operations of a Titan... plus
UTC's urgent charter shipment to Chicago
UTC Overseas recently arranged a charter to transport aero-derivative gas turbines from Cairo and Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, to Chicago, IL, USA. Once they arrived at ORD, UTC further coordinated the last-mile transport to multiple destinations to support power stations. In total,... plus
Une caravane de Seattle... 
...et bientôt des Dreamliner de Charleston. Avec des avions flamblant neufs construits aux USA, le carrier national irakien déploie de gros efforts pour répondre aux normes internationales. C’est un pas important pour être rayé de la liste noire de l’UE. plus
Hong Kong airport expands services to mainland
Fred Lam, CEO of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong (AAHK), introduced the novel sea-air intermodal cargo transhipment initiative to John Lee, chief executive of the Hong Kong special administrative region (HKSAR), and a group of legislative council members. Under this... plus
Pharma offer diversified
Qatar Airways Cargo has relaunched and expanded its services offer to the pharma industry which was first introduced in 2014. Instead of two sub-categories, the carrier's portfolio now includes five sets of services – pharma critical advanced, pharma critical passive, pharma... plus
Cargo Ai: cargo capacities stable in March 2023
Q1/2023 closed on a positive note showing signs of stability in terms of global capacity, tonnages as well as air freight yields, as may be seen in the report which compares month-on-month (MOM) data from March 2023 vis-à-vis February 2023, based on the total capacity on... plus