RATs everywhere 
Operating nine charter flights through to 20 February 2022, Air New Zealand is currently helping to bring in tens of millions of rapid antigen tests (RATs) to support the country's Covid-19 response over the coming months. General manager cargo Anna Palairet: "We've been... more
Not only flowers from Kenya
Since early January, Kenya Airways Cargo has been shipping fresh produce exports, such as avocadoes, fish, chilies, mangoes, pineapple, peanuts, bananas and green vegetables, directly from Kisumu International Airport (KIS) to the rest of the world. Kisumu's county... more
Sky Express signs for Champ’s TGC
Sky Express has chosen Champ’s customs compliance solution Traxon Global Customs (TGC). The growing airline will use the service between Greece and UK. The airline needed a solution to automate and efficiently handle all customs requirements now and in the future. TGC... more
Eastern Air and Flexport cooperate
Eastern Air Holdings and Flexport, a global logistics platform, have signed a multi-year contract for cargo services that will bring net-new capacity to the global air freight market. Eastern is expected to begin flying its B777 express freighters, once approved by the... more
Pushing profitability without passengers
In line with last year's transformation into a combination carrier with equal emphasis on both cargo and passengers, Air Asia X (AAX), the medium haul, low-cost affiliate of Malaysia's Capital A (formerly Air Asia Group), has secured full belly space utilisation for one third of... more
Etihad Cargo switches to Airbus
Etihad Airways has signed a letter of intent (LoI) for seven A350 freighters to add to its existing fleet of five A350-1000 passenger versions. The announcement was made at this week's Singapore Airshow. The UAE flag carrier has also selected Airbus’ flight hour services (FHS)... more
Turkish Cargo partners with WFS in Texas
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has extended its cargo handling partnerships with Turkish Airlines in North America Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. The new contract at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport will begin in March and will see the local WFS team handle... more
Downturn, but no reason for concern
Even though the corona pandemic has continued to keep a firm hold on airports during the first weeks of 2022, the German Airports Association (ADV) expects the trend to reverse at Easter. In the cargo sector, volumes are down slightly for the first time in over a year, but they... more
Opticooler approved by JAL and ANA
Dokasch Temperature Solutions has obtained technical approvals for its “Opticooler” active containers from Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA). Forwarders can thus now use the temperature-controlled packaging solution on all flights operated by Japan's two largest... more