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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Canadian airline WestJet Cargo is to deliver Canadian cargo to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, where partner Flexport will fly it using dedicated freighters to key air freight hubs in Asia including Incheon International, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hong Kong.
DHL Express has opened its expanded global hub in Hong Kong, with peak shipment handling capacity increased by almost 70 per cent.
At full capacity, the hub can handle six times more shipment volume than when it was first established in 2004.
The newly-expanded express cargo facility handles over 200 dedicated flights per week. Moreover, it is complemented by a well-established Asia air network, which supports about 690 daily flights.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
Canadian airline WestJet Cargo is to deliver Canadian cargo to Chicago O’Hare International Airport, where partner Flexport will fly it using dedicated freighters to key air freight hubs in Asia including Incheon International, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hong Kong.
DHL Express has opened its expanded global hub in Hong Kong, with peak shipment handling capacity increased by almost 70 per cent.
At full capacity, the hub can handle six times more shipment volume than when it was first established in 2004.
The newly-expanded express cargo facility handles over 200 dedicated flights per week. Moreover, it is complemented by a well-established Asia air network, which supports about 690 daily flights.
