Texas-based Sabre Corporation has announced the renewal and expansion of its"long-term distribution and technology agreement" with Royal Jordanian Airlines. The extension means Sabre will "continue to distribute the carrier's content" via its global distribution...
MRO News Archive
Maintenance, repair and overhaul news from around the world
Suid Cargo Airlines, South Africa’s Cargo start-up to begin operations from Q2, 2023
Suid Cargo Airlines, South Africa’s newest Cargo Airline, will begin non-scheduled flights from its hub at OR Tambo International Airport in the second quarter of 2023 utilising a leased Boeing 727-200F from Kenya’s Astral Aviation, in addition to Astral’s Boeing...
Munich Airport to get two additional Doha cargo flights
Munich Airport has announced that Qatar Airways is to double its cargo capacity from the Bavarian hub to Doha. The carrier is to increase from two to four flights a week, including one via Chicago Rockford. The flights are to be operated on behalf of logistics company...
Asia Cargo Network and MENA aerospace launch commercial operations from Bahrain
Asia Cargo Network (ACN) group and MENA aerospace (MEA) have kick started their operations from Bahrain. The ACN-MEA strategic partnership deployed two units of 737-300F aircraft that are currently in operations across the MENA continents. On this occasion, Iman...
Russian regulator approves Dubai-based MRO for their Airbus and Boeing aircraft repair requirements
Dubai based Global Jet Technic has won the approval of Russia’s Federal Air Transport Agency (FAVT), also known as Rosaviatsiya to maintain the Russian-registered Airbus and Boeing aircraft. FAVT awarded a certificate of conformity to Global Jet Technic. According to...
Oman Air plans to introduce first freighter by 2023-end
Oman Air is planning to introduce its first freighter towards the end of 2023. The airline recently took delivery of one Boeing 737 MAX 8. The airline currently operates a fleet of 12 B737-MAX 8. Meanwhile the carrier posted encouraging financial results for 2022....
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo launches new China-Brazil freighter service
Ethiopian Airlines Cargo launched a new freighter service connecting China and Brazil to meet demand. The airline plans to operate its new B777 freighter between Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport and Sao Paulo. Ato Abel Alemul, chief cargo officer of Ethiopian...
Ethiopian Cargo carried 750,000 tonnes of cargo in 2022
Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics services carried 750,000 tonnes of cargo in 2022 with flowers accounting for 110,000 tonnes. The airline released its 2022 achievements on twitter in which the airline reported operating 950 charter flights in 2022. The airline was also...
Qatar Airways Cargo transported 4,000-ton flowers in two-weeks leading up to V-day
Qatar Airways Cargo has achieved a milestone of transporting over 4,000 tonnes of flowers all around the world over a two-week period. The flowers were exported from two main destinations - Ecuador and Colombia in Latin America and Uganda and Kenya in Africa to five...
Air taxis to fly in Dubai in next three years – Al Maktoum
“Air taxis will start flying in Dubai in the next three years”, confirmed Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the prime minister of Dubai in a recent tweet. He further revealed that he had approved designs for air taxi stations at the World Government Summit in...
Ethiopian adds Xiamen and Shenzhen to cargo destinations
Ethiopian Airlines added Chinese cities of Xiamen and Shenzhen to its cargo destinations. The airline has already started two weekly freighter flights connecting Xiamen to São Paulo and the Chilean capital of Santiago via Addis Ababa, the airline said in a statement....
Emirates SkyCargo and Air Canada Cargo sign MoU for expansion of cargo network
Emirates SkyCargo and Air Canada Cargo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for greater cooperation on their cargo services, subject to regulatory approvals. The MoU will give the operators an access to each other’s extensive distribution networks. As part...