Increased flying for Cainiao, Alibaba’s capacity-hungry logistics affiliate, may further increase block hours flown by Belgium-based Challenge Airlines and its affiliate, Israel-based CAL Cargo, absent fleet additions. Block hours rose from around 9,000 in 2019 to 14,000 in 2020 without any major changes to the in-service fleet. The group’s forecast for 2021 projects 19,000 block […]