Yusen opens first Switzerland outpost

Yusen Logistics announced that it is opening a branch office in Switzerland on January 1, 2017. The new, office, located near the Zurich Airport increases the number of outposts in its European network to 78 locations. The operation is the company’s first in Switzerland. The new outpost will offer air and ocean freight services, land[…]

Air freight demand continues to grow in November

Many of the world’s major cargo carriers and airports have reported their November results, with gains appearing almost as strong as they were in October, it still looks like a very good month. Strikes at Lufthansa impacted not only the carrier, but also its main hub at Frankfurt (FRA), and neither Cathay Pacific nor Hong Kong[…]

Amazon drone deliveries ramping up in Cambridgeshire, UK

Amazon Prime Air now officially includes a drone fleet after the online retailer made its first customer delivery by drone. The Cambridgeshire delivery took place near Amazon’s UK drone-testing plant, where the company has been working with the government to test longer-distance deliveries. Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO broke the news on twitter today, announcing that[…]

PEMCO redelivers first of three 737-300Fs to Longhao Aviation Group

Pemco World Air Services (PEMCO) has redelivered its first freighter-converted 737-300 aircraft to China-based Guangdong Long Hao Aviation Group, better known as “Longhao Aviation Group.” With the delivery, Longhao edges closer to the receipt of its Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC), which the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) is expected to grant once Longhao has[…]

Pilot unrest not isolated to the U.S.

Will ASL’s 737Fs continue to fly uninterrupted? Last week pilots from ASL Airlines Belgium (what remains of TNT Airways after ASL Aviation Group acquired the airline component of TNT Express from its new owner FedEx, in May 2016) issued a strike call, and threatened to disrupt the airline’s peak season operations. A statement released by[…]

West African fuel shortages prompting flight cancellations in Nigeria as Ghana runs dry

The price of Jet fuel has almost tripled in Nigeria over the last year, and now carriers are considering reducing flights into the country due to a fuel crisis that local media has called “panicked.” The aviation fuel in question, Jet-A1, must be imported, and with the naira’s collapse entering its third year, Muhammadu Buhari’s[…]