767-300s and 737-800s dominate March FATs
Cargo Facts logged seventy-nine freighter aircraft transactions (FATs) in March, nearly on par with February 2021 (eighty-one), up from fifty-eight in January and well above average. ...
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Cainiao launches 7 weekly Singapore-Hainan charter flights
Alibaba logistics arm Cainiao has announced plans to launch seven weekly chartered flights from Singapore to Hainan to ship goods...
ACL Airshop acquired by infrastructure investment firm
Unit load device (ULD) manufacturer and manager ACL Airshop has been acquired by Alinda Capital Partners, a global infrastructure investment...
Alphabet’s Wing seeks expanded US drone flight permissions
Alphabet Inc.’s Wing Aviation LLC is asking U.S. regulators to allow it to expand drone operations as a way to...
Top 5 air cargo carriers that invest in greener skies
A growing number of carriers and freight forwarders have been implementing sustainability efforts to help reduce carbon emissions, including investing...
Cargo Facts Asia: Pandemic fuels need for cool-chain logistics tech integration
Efforts to improve airfreight’s cool-chain capabilities for pharmaceutical cargo were put to the test due to the recent need to...
Virgin Atlantic launches cargo-only services between LHR and FRA
Virgin Atlantic will launch a twice-weekly, scheduled cargo-only service on its passenger-freighter aircraft between London Heathrow (LHR) and Frankfurt (FRA)...
Cargo Chat: Swiss WorldCargo’s Stoll on cargo’s digitalization potential
Swiss International Air Lines, a passenger-focused combination carrier within the Lufthansa Group, is one of many combination carriers that adapted...
