Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
After three days of intensive work at Sao Paulo’s Maintenance Center, LATAM Group announced the first Boeing 777-300ER reconfiguration. This aircraft’s Economy cabin had passenger seats temporarily removed to increase its cargo transportation capacity by 20%. This...
KlasJet, a family member of Avia Solutions Group and a private and corporate jet charter company, has added cargo services to its portfolio by collaborating with cargo airline BlueBird Nordic. The latter company’s newly acquired Boeing 737-300 will enable KlasJet to...
Despite a sharp fall in demand for air cargo in March, which fell by 15.2%, the sector is still posting better figures than during the Great Financial Crisis when it plunged 23%, according to IATA’s chief economist Brian Pearce. Pearce was speaking on a weekly audio...
The air cargo sector in Africa is reeling from the impact from COVID 19 with Africa-to Europe cargo traffic now down 70% year-on-year, causing the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) to call for industry and governments in the region to take action. “We are...
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 to...
EU authorised benchmark administrator the Baltic Exchange has partnered with air cargo pricing publisher TAC Index Company of Hong Kong. The Baltic Exchange and TAC will provide new regional general air cargo rate assessments. TAC’s Regional General Air Cargo Indices...
Aeronautical Engineers has announced that KF Aerospace is adding a second modification line to support AEI freighter conversion programs. KF Aerospace began converting freighters for AEI in February 2017 and is currently the sole Canadian-based authorized AEI...
In response to the Covid 19 downturn in passenger number Southwest Airlines announced that for the first time ever, the airline will be offering cargo-only charter services on its Boeing 737s. In a written statement, Southwest said it's looking to help get much-needed...
Originally established as a cargo and passenger airline back in 2005, Avion Express, leading ACMI operator with 15 years of experience, announced re-entering the airfreight market. This move comes as a response to a rapidly changing situation in the market. Although...
Global cargo volumes fell by 23% in March versus the same four weeks of 2019 with the week ending 29 March showing volumes were just half of what was moved in the same seven days of last year, according to the latest air cargo market intelligence from CLIVE Data...
Following the directive issued by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority, and the General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) of the United Arab Emirates to temporarily suspend all passenger services to and from the UAE, Etihad Cargo continues to...
Aeronautical Engineers has inked an agreement to provide Nauru Airlines with a 10-pallet position B737-300SF freighter conversion. The flag carrier airline of the Republic of Nauru will use the AEI B737-300SF freighter to transport fresh food, mail, medicines and...