Finnair Cargo builds long and short air bridges 
While passenger traffic has been reduced to a minimum, Finnair's air cargo is still operating during this exceptional period. Last week, Finnair flew more than ten return flights to Seoul, Osaka and Tokyo, Guangzhou and Shanghai. They carry national emergency supplies to... more
Medium-sized forwarder performs batch of full charters
Due to the enormous demand for transports of protective masks, Emons Spedition, a Cologne (Germany)-based independent, family-run company with more than 100 branches in the world, is exploring new paths and chartering full aircraft under its own direction. Emons' "go... more
Baltic Exchange enters air cargo market
EU authorised benchmark administrator the Baltic Exchange has partnered with Hong Kong-based air cargo pricing publisher TAC Index Company. Both partners will provide new regional general air cargo rate assessments. Launched in 2016, TAC’s "Regional General Air Cargo... more
Spanning the Pacific Ocean
Aerolíneas Argentinas arranged its first two return flights to China last week. The flights took approximately 55 hours with 6 hours of estimated loading work, using an A330–200 specially prepared with nets to enlarge cargo capacity by up to an additional 84% (13 t). Taking... more
A freightful fifty years 
The history of Cargolux, founded half a century ago – on 4 March 1970 to be precise, with its first aircraft taking off on 11 May 1970 – represents a synopsis of the development that the aviation and airfreight industry has undergone in the last 50 years. This quieter phase than... more
Indian carrier spices up cargo services
Spicejet operated its first B737 freighter service to Singapore last week, carrying critical medical equipment and Covid-19 related medical supplies. Until then, the Indian airline had transported over 1,500 t of cargo carrying essential supplies since the nation-wide... more
Biggest total cargo volume ever flown
Witnessed by about 80,000 people in Warsaw (Poland), the AN-225 landed on 14 April carrying a record cargo volume of medical supplies. The day before, "Mriya", loaded with about 100 t of medicines, reagents for laboratory tests, medical masks and other protective... more
Nato members helping each other
Following an agreement between the UK and Turkey, 250,000 items of PPE equipment to the UK, including 50,000 N-95 face masks, 100,000 surgical masks and 100,000 protective suits, arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire last Friday. The supplies will be taken to a regional... more
Another good start and big plans in Brazil
An affiliate of the Miami (FL, USA)-based global private equity investment firm HIG Capital has invested, through convertible debt, into Modern Logistics, a major Brazilian one-stop-shop full service logistics firm. Terms were not disclosed. Modern Logistics, the only firm... more
Champ helps JAL to digitalise domestic ops
Working closely with its cargo IT systems partner Champ Cargosystems, Japan Airlines has launched an advanced digitalisation platform. Built on Champ's open cargo platform (OCP), the solution consists of an ergonomically-designed, workflow-based portal that enables the airline's... more