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[…]

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[…]