Singapore-based aviation services company SATS, the owner of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), has streamlined its organizational structure and made new executive appointments. SATS, which acquired WFS in April, will adopt a global model for operating and managing its gateway services business lines,... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Network Cargo Management (NCM) has been appointed as the GSA for Transcarga International Airways across the US. Caracas, Venezuela-based Transcarga International Airways operates charter cargo services. Javier Gonzalez, NCM’s Florida-based sales manager, said: “I am happy to confirm that we hav... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Japan Airlines (JAL) has begun converting Airbus A321 aircraft into freighters for use on a domestic freighter network due to launch in April next year. Conversion of the first aircraft began on May 8 in Singapore and is expected to be completed by mid-September, said the Tokyo-headquartered airline... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Qatar Aviation Services (QAS) has become the first ground handler in the world to receive IATA’s environmental management system certification – the IATA Environmental Assessment program (IEnvA) The IEnvA for Ground and Cargo Handling Service Organizations certificate, which is an expansion of t... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
IAG Cargo has officially opened a new cargo handling facility at London Heathrow Airport that enables it to more than double the amount of premium loose shipments it can handle daily. Measuring over 10,000 m2, the semi-automated New Premia facility will serve as IAG Cargo’s new home for handling p... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Royal Schiphol Group has purchased a 40% stake in Maastricht Aachen Airport (MST) as it looks to secure cargo capacity. The airport group yesterday finalised the €4.2m investment in Maastricht, becoming the second shareholder in the airport alongside the province of Limburg, which owns the remaini... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) has opened a renovated warehouse at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, AFKLMP Cargo’s third cargo hub. The renovated warehouse is designed to have increased capacity for pharma, plus 60% more plugs for ACT containers. This makes it possible to han... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Turkey-based cargo airline ULS Airlines Cargo said it will expand its fleet with two B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters (BCF). The Istanbul-Airport headquartered airline said the first aircraft will be delivered in September 2023 and the second aircraft will arrive in 2024. “The planes will be r... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Conversions will account for over 60% of new freighters over the next 20 years, according to the latest data from Airbus. In its latest Global Market Forecast (GMF), the airframer predicted there will be global demand for 2,510 freighter aircraft during the period 2023-2042. 920 of these will be new... » read more (via aircargoupdate.com)
Air Senegal ist die Lust auf den Airbus A220 vergangenen. Der einzige bisher ausgelieferte Jet steht aufgrund von Problemen mit den Triebwerken von Pratt & Whitney am Boden. Die afrikanische Airline drohte sogar, deswegen zusammen mit Air Tanzania den amerikanischen Motorenbauer zu verklagen. An... » read more (via aerotelegraph.com)
Die Berliner Luftsicherheitsfirma ESA bezahlt angeblich die Löhne nicht rechtzeitig. Das bemängelt... » read more (via airliners.de)
Der französische Flugzeughersteller Aura Aero hat auf der Paris Air Show Absichtserklärungen für ... » read more (via airliners.de)
Die ADAC Luftrettung und Volocopter testen den EInsatz von eVTOLs im Rahmen von Rettungs- und Notfal... » read more (via airliners.de)
Der US-Flugzeughersteller Boeing hat auf der Paris Air Show das neue "SAF Dashboard" vorgestellt. Da... » read more (via airliners.de)
Airbus erforscht, wie man Hilfsturbinen auf Wasserstoffantrieb umstellen kann. Ein als "HyPower" bez... » read more (via airliners.de)
Das DLR baut eine Dornier 328 zum "Flying Testbed" für die Wasserstoffforschung um. Das neue Forsch... » read more (via airliners.de)
Vor vier Jahren spielte sich am Flughafen Moskau-Sheremetyevo eine Tragödie ab. Flug SU1492 von Aeroflot war am 5. Mai 2019 Richtung Murmansk gestartet. Schon kurz nach dem Abheben bekamen die Piloten des Superjet 100 aber Probleme. Nachdem ein Blitz den Flieger getroffen hatte, schaltete das Flugz... » read more (via aerotelegraph.com)
Air India zurrt auf der Paris Air Show ihre Großaufträge mit Airbus und Boeing fest. Die Bestellun... » read more (via airliners.de)
Rolls-Royce hält sich bedeckt, ob der Triebwerksbauer demnächst wieder in den Markt für Antriebe ... » read more (via airliners.de)
Embraer hat auf der Paris Air Show eine Marktprognose veröffentlicht: Bis in 20 Jahren sollen mehr ... » read more (via airliners.de)