ANA HOLDINGS (ANA HD) and Wingcopter already enjoy a collaboration going back to 2019, when they carried out their first drone flight field tests. Now, work is starting in earnest to develop a drone delivery infrastructure for rural Japan. The first test phase took place 21-26MAR21. Read more >>

For months already, British carrier Virgin Atlantic has been operating cargo-only passenger flights connecting London-Heathrow (LHR) with Brussels and Milan respectively. Beginning soon, Frankfurt (FRA) has been added to the carrier’s pan-European feeder flight itinerary, with GSA ‘Kales Airline Services’ marketing the capacity of the aircraft. Read more >>

On 21APR21, Air Cargo Belgium will celebrate its 5th anniversary. The umbrella organization has brought Brussels Airport an impressive upgrade, CargoForwarder Global (CFG) learned from Chairman David Bellon and Director Geert Keirens. Read more >>

David Bellon and Geert Keirens are convinced that the community approach of ACB was crucial in tackling the challenges brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic. That is one more reason to maintain the local focus of the organization, they point out. Read more >>

After serving the Georgian city uninterruptedly for a quarter of a century, Coyne Airways (IATA: 7 C) had to pull out last year, stopped by the virus and the sudden lack of transport capacity after a partnering airline from the Middle East terminated a blocked space agreement. Now, Coyne is back on stage, finding in Spanish Swiftair a successor who fills the capacity gap by providing a B757 freighter aircraft. Read more >>

The sky is literally the limit for freight booking portal cargo.one. Proven by the increasing number of airlines that have signed an agreement with the Berlin, Germany-based agent that enables forwarders to digitally book their shipments on board a flight fitting their needs, at a given, real-time rate. So far, 15 carriers have joined - among them, heavyweights such as Lufthansa Cargo, Etihad, Air Canada, AirBridgeCargo, or Nippon Cargo Airlines, to name but a few. Now, the next airline has decided to join the bandwagon: Saudia Cargo. Read more >>

Presently, there is no intention to re-grant Maastricht Airport (MST) the full use of its 2,750 m runway, nor to lift its night flight ban. This was made clear by the outgoing Dutch minister of Transport, Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, in a response to a letter sent by MP Remco Dijkstra on the future of the airport. Read more >>

The air freight industry is not known for being particularly stingy with calls and appeals to improve processes in the short and also long term. “We ought to take action now,” is just one, perhaps the most common, of many incantations that can be heard constantly and repeatedly from panelists at conventions or trade shows. At some point, however, these invocations create an attrition effect, because in principle they say that little or nothing has been done to decisively advance the industry. Otherwise, they would have disappeared into oblivion long ago. Read more >>

At its recent Annual General Meeting, Cargo iQ, the IATA interest group that developed a Master Operating Plan (MOP) describing the standard end-to-end process of transporting air cargo, to ensure transparency and quality, announced that it aims to increase its reach and coverage this year. Read more >>

The express overnight network operated by Sovereign Speed, a specialist in the fast transportation of express and other urgent consignments, is now climate neutral. This is achieved by offsetting the CO2 emissions of its vehicles through reforestation projects in Uruguay and Peru. Leading auditor and certifier of decarbonization initiatives, ClimatePartner checks and verifies the emissions data of Sovereign, this way ensuring the project’s compliance with international quality standards. Read more >>

2024 is not that far away, really. That is the year in which UPS envisages taking delivery of the first ten BETA aircraft is has ordered, along with an option to purchase up to 150 in total. Green cargo flights are just around the corner. Read more >>