Rotate launches free cargo management tool
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- Wednesday, 22 November 2023
Modest 1pc gain in global cargo volumes
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- Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Using data that includes nearly 400,000 transactions from 90 airlines and 15,000 freight forwarders, Dutch air cargo data specialist WorldACD says the global volume of cargo moved this year compared to last year rose one per cent, helped by a solid result from Asia-Pacific.
Chaparral C1 takes first flight
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- Tuesday, 21 November 2023
Elroy Air says its Chaparral C1 hybrid-electric hVTOL aircraft has completed its first flight.
The Chaparral can handle 500-pound payloads over distances of 250 nautical miles and the company says it has a US$3 billion backlog (1,0000-plus units) of orders for the drone.
AfA concerned about opioid crisis, but wary of stepping in
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- Monday, 20 November 2023
The US government is considering whether freight forwarders can help tackle the country’s Fentanyl (opioid drug) crisis, but may be overestimating the access the group has to information and the transparency of shipments.
Air Charter promotes Tam
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- Saturday, 18 November 2023
Aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service has promoted Hong Kong-based Joseph Tam (pictured) to the position of cargo director for the company’s newly-defined Greater China region.
Tam has been with ACS for more than 12 years.
Alaska Air Cargo adding converted freighters
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- Saturday, 18 November 2023
Alaska Air Cargo has a new 737-800BCF sourced from Alaska Airlines' passenger fleet and will add another of the type early next year.
It already has three 737-700Fs in its fleet.
Oman Air adds a B737-800BCF
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- Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Muscat-based Oman Air says its cargo volume increased 42 per cent during the first half of 2023 (compared to the same period in 2022) and it now has a B737-800BCF with the ability to carry up to 23.9 tonnes of freight for 3,750 kilometres.
My Freighter takes delivery of converted freighter
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- Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) subsidiary Airborne Global Leasing has delivered a newly-converted B767-300 freighter on a multi-year lease to a new customer, Uzbekistan-based My Freighter.
Latam Cargo adds final B767F
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- Wednesday, 15 November 2023
Latam Cargo has added its third Boeing 767 freighter this year, the final unit of an expansion plan announced in 2021 to convert eight of the aircraft that now gives the carrier a total of 19 767Fs.
