Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Global air cargo volumes have "partially bounced back" after a May 1 holiday dip, according to statistics collated by WorldACD Market Data. Figures for the second week of May showed an increase of 7% in tonnages and 1% in average global air cargo prices. Despite the...
IAG Cargo is adding transatlantic capacity for summer 2023, taking it to 400 wide-body weekly services between Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean. Flights between Madrid and Bogota are increased from 14 to 18 weekly services, with four Lima connections to be...
CMA CGM Air Cargo has opened a Paris-Mumbai cargo route, with the first of four A330F weekly flights taking off on May 12. The route was announced on May 17 as part of the company's partnership with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo Group,
FedEx Express pilots have voted to go on strike "if necessary", the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), said on May 17. The union said 99% of pilots who voted on the proposal were in favour of authorising a strike to get a new contractual agreement with the...
SATS-owned Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been given a cargo handling contract for Liege Airport in Belgium by DSV. "This latest agreement between the two companies reflects WFS’ diversifying role at the centre of the air logistics supply chain," WFS announced....
UPS has launched a daily flight connecting its Worldport air hub in Kentucky to Dublin in Ireland and East Midlands Airport in the UK. The carrier said it would be transporting healthcare and small package goods between the three countries. It said it is "making...
Canadian operator Cargojet has declared a cash dividend of $0.2860 per common voting share and variable voting share for the period from April 1 2023 to June 30. "The record date for determining shareholders of the Corporation entitled to receive payment of the...
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) said Bulgaria-based Cargo Air has ordered a fifth AEI B737-800SF freighter conversion, with the work due to start in June 2023 in Miami. “AEI has provided Cargo Air with sustainable freighter solutions since 2007. They have listened to our...
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has re-delivered China’s first-ever converted Airbus A330-300 Passenger to Freighter (A330 P2F) aircraft on lease to its customer, Sichuan Airlines. The A330 was converted by...
SpiceXpress, subsidiary of SpiceJet will receive an investment of $100 million from UK-based SRAM and MRAM Group. Both sides have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as part of the investment deal, the airline said in a statement. The MoU comes after a debt...
Air Zimbabwe is planning to bring one of its Boeing 767-200 from storage and covert it into a freighter. The aircraft is expected to enter service by the end of September 2023. Speaking to the Zimbabwe Independent, Edmund Makona, CEO, Air Zimbabwe said: “The move will...
Emirates SkyCargo has added 2 Boeing 747-400Fs to its freighter fleet and is expecting 15 more freighters to join its fleet from announced orders and its freighter conversion program. The new aircraft will add immediate capacity along with the expected deliveries of...