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Emirates SkyCargo Pulls Out All Stops

Emirates SkyCargo has utilized the cargo capacity on its Boeing 777 freighter and Boeing 777-300ER passenger freighter aircraft to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE during the Covid-19 pandemic. The air cargo carrier has helped import more than 34,000 tonnes of food into the country between January and April 2020, out of which 13,000 tonnes were imported between March and April. In the month of April alone, Emirates SkyCargo helped bring in food ... [+]

HAECO Aircraft Co. Combines Passengers and Freight

HAECO Cabin Solutions, a business unit of HAECO Americas headquartered in Greensboro-High Point, NC, has launched a new initiative that will convert main passenger aircraft cabins into a hybrid passenger-freight space. With airlines shifting to meet the demand for social distancing as a result of COVID-19, HAECO’s Interior Stowage Devices will use packages ... [+]

Saudia Cargo lifts record payload between Lahore to Riyadh

Saudia Cargo says it made a record payload carrying essential food supplies from Lahore, Pakistan to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh, using a passenger aircraft turned into an all-cargo flight, a new trend that emerged in the ongoing fight against the Coronavirus pandemic. ... [+]

WFS Supports ‘Maersk Bridge’ Operation in Copenhagen

Denmark’s efforts to control the spread of coronavirus have been significantly aided by the rapid supply of medical equipment to Danish hospitals from around the world, with Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) cargo handling team in Copenhagen at the forefront of the response to help move PPE shipments to front-line ... [+]

45 Cargo Flights in May: DB Schenker starts China-Shuttle

Three Boeing 767 passenger aircraft from Icelandair converted exclusively for DB Schenker • Further connections planned, including to Chicago • Urgently-needed capacity to tackle bottleneck from Coronavirus Essen/Munich, April 30, 2020 - Capacities against the bottleneck: DB Schenker has set up a new daily air cargo ... [+]

Delta Cargo gains approval to transport goods in the passenger cabin

As demand continues to grow to move essential goods around the world during the COVID-19 pandemic, Delta is set to increase its cargo capacity by utilizing storage areas in the passenger cabin. Delta has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to utilize overhead ... [+]

SAL Launches state-of-art facilities at KKIA

Saudi Arabian Logistics (SAL) has moved some of its services to the newly-launched facilities at King Khalid International Airport (KKIA). This comes in line with SAL new operational plan aiming to enhance ground-handling services and streamline the cargo acceptance procedures through the village, which ... [+]

IATA and ICS: Governments must facilitate ship crew changes

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) are jointly calling on governments to take urgent measures to facilitate crew change flights for seafarers. Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, seafarers are having to extend their service onboard ships after ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo goes nuts for special charter flight

Everyday, around the clock and across the globe, staff from Emirates SkyCargo are working hard to ensure that essential supplies are being flown to those who need them the most. So when the call came to deliver a special kind of essential commodity, the ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo expands freight capacity

In cooperation with Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa Cargo is further expanding the currently particularly scarce airfreight capacity between Europe and Asia. At present, 14 flights a week with Boeing 777F wide-body freighters with a standard load capacity of around 103 tons operate between Frankfurt ... [+]

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