Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Swissport has won what is said is a "major contract from Sky Airline" for ground services and cargo handling at the 15 airports the budget carrier serves in Chile The company has separately agreed with Düsseldorf Airport on a 74.9% shareholding in the airport's cargo...
Cargo carrier Air Menzies International has announced three sales appointments covering the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions. Raffaella Olah joined AMI as the head of sales for APAC in December 2022, the company said on March 21 2023. "She has over 20...
WestJet Cargo has been given the go-ahead by regulator Transport Canada for four 737-800 Boeing converted freighters. The approval means the carrier can, in partnership with GTA, "expeditiously implement three freighters into service, as dedicated aircraft that will...
IAG Cargo is opening new routes in the Americas on a British Airways-operated Boeing to carry "perishables, local produce and oil equipment". On March 20, the the cargo division of International Airlines Group announced it would be "operating a new route to Aruba...
Atlas Air Worldwide has now been acquired by an investor group led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, which manages assets valued at about $548bn, and by investment affiliates of JF Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital. The completion of the previously...
A.P. Moller - Maersk's inaugural freight flight between Billund in Denmark and Hangzhou is to take off on March 20, the shipping company has announced. The thrice-weekly flights, the first Denmark-Asia cargo service by air, are to be operated by Maersk's cargo airline...
Bluebird Nordic has added a fifth Boeing 737-800 freighter aircraft in what chief executive Audrone Keinyte described as a further strengthening of the Icelandic company's fleet. “These new aircraft have already proven to be excellent assets, providing reliable and...
Icelandic leasing and cargo airline Bluebird Nordic aims to get an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) in Slovakia as part of plans to double its fleet to 25 aircraft and add to its capacity in central Europe. “Slovakia is ideally positioned in the middle of Europe, which...
LATAM's February 2023 passenger traffic was up almost 30% on the same month the year before, with the load factor hitting almost 82%, a 2.1 percentage point year-on-year increase. The carrier group said it would start flying from São Paulo/Guarulhos to Passo Fundo,...
LATAM Cargo is to operate a new freighter service between Quito, Los Angeles, Houston, Manaus and Viracopos. The Ecuador-US-Brazil service will start at two flights a week but will double later in 2023. The flights are to deliver flowers from Ecuador and to supply...
Air New Zealand (NZ) Cargo has placed its capacity on CargoAi’s digital marketplace CargoMART to expand its online offering. With this Air New Zealand has become the first Australasian carrier to use CargoAi’s technology. With CargoMART, the carrier will benefit from...
Global Crossing is to add a second A321 freighter to its fleet in April 2023. The aircraft has been "completely booked" for the coming 12 months, the carrier added. The delivery is part of a consignment of six A321's that Global Crossing is to add to its fleet in...