Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more

Air Charter Service steps up activity as Ukrainian refugee crisis escalates

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Charters

Leading aircraft charter company, Air Charter Service, has now arranged more than 20 relief flights to Poland and several more to Moldova on behalf of its customers carrying cargo such as tents and medical supplies, to aid the fleeing Ukrainian refugees in the country. ACS also has a team on the ground who have not only been facilitating the smooth flight operations, but have also been purchasing and delivering supplies to various border camps and driving refugees to other destinations in Poland.

Boeing’s tenuous recovery in China shaken by 737 jet crash

Bloomberg | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing Co. faces a new crisis after a 737 jet fell out of the sky in China, renewing concerns about its best-selling family of planes and extending one of the most turbulent periods in the aviation titan’s century-long history.

Russia offers to buy out jetliner fleet from foreign lessors

Bloomberg | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Etihad Cargo achieves Cargo iQ recertification for its global network

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Etihad Aviation Group, has successfully renewed its Cargo iQ certification in accordance with Cargo iQ Standards for quality management.

EUROCONTROL Data reports re-routing around Ukraine is disrupting traffic flows across a wide area

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

The unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has brought commercial flying there to a standstill, and stopped overflights of neighbouring Moldova. Elsewhere around the borders of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus, overflights are also much disrupted. Here we explore the changes in overflights between mid-February, before the invasion, and mid-March. We take Lithuania and Hungary as examples to illustrate what is happening more widely.

Lödige Industries has completed the automation technology of Turkish Cargo’s terminal

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Lödige Industries has recently completed the new fully automated terminal for Turkish Cargo. At the new location at Istanbul Airport, one of the largest and most efficient cargo terminals in the world has been built on a total area of around 300,000 square metres, offering a handling capacity of four million tonnes per year.

Retirement of GebreMariam, Ethiopian Group CEO

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airforwarders Association backs US maritime legislation

AJOT | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

Buried black boxes could solve China plane disaster mystery

Bloomberg | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Investigators sifting through the wreckage of the China Eastern Airlines Corp. jetliner that slammed into a hillside two days ago will glean the most conclusive evidence on what caused the crash from the two flight recorders, one of which has already been retrieved from the mangled parts.

China jet’s fatal dive took it near speed of sound before crash

Bloomberg | March 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Such an impact may complicate the task for investigators because it can obliterate evidence and, in rare cases, damage a plane’s data and voice recorders that are designed to withstand most crashes.

Bermuda revokes airworthiness status of Russian jets

Bloomberg | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

VINCI Airports sells its stake in Stockholm Skavsta Airport management company to Arlandastad Group and signs an agreement to develop a photovoltaic power plant

• VINCI Airports sells 90.1% of Stockholm Skavsta Flygplats AB to real estate Swedish Arlandastad Group, which will develop 484 hectares of land on the airport site • VINCI Airports and Arlandastad Group sign an agreement for the construction and operation of one of Sweden's largest solar power plants on the airport site and aim to jointly develop a photovoltaic farm programme in Sweden.

Chinese air travel faces mass cancellations after plane crash

Bloomberg | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

Kale and WFS pilot reduces truck wait times at JFK

AJOT | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Technology

The IT provider’s slot and dock management module of its Air Cargo Community System has reduced truck wait times by up to 66 percent for pilot participants at Worldwide Flight Services at JFK Airport, New York

Cathay to fly just once every 14 days when US, U.K. ban lifts

Bloomberg | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

China has largest and youngest Boeing 737-800 fleet in world

Bloomberg | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Hong Kong Airport to lift transit passenger ban from April 1

Bloomberg | March 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

Here’s everything we know about the China plane crash so far

Bloomberg | March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board went into a near-vertical dive and crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday. It was the country’s worst air disaster in nearly a decade. Here’s what we know so far:

Previous crashes may give clues to China jet’s mystery plunge

Bloomberg | March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

After cruising along at altitude on March 21, China Eastern Airlines Corp. flight MU5735 started nosediving in a matter of seconds, an unusual delineation that will be the focus of investigators trying to understand what brought down the Boeing Co. jet.