As Singapore Airlines continues to reel from Covid-19 pandemic border lockdowns, its cargo division has continued to log high cargo load factors, hitting 88.7 per cent in December. ➤
MAB Kargo (MASkargo) makes its first charter flight for the year transporting approximately 20 tonnes of Covid-19 test kits from Seoul to Jakarta. ➤
Indonesian search and rescue teams delivered 16 body bags from a Sriwijaya Air B737-500 that crashed Saturday for further examination at a hospital in Jakarta, a police spokesman says, as the Indonesian Navy confirmed the aircraft’s flight recorders had been detected. ➤
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol announces another restructuring of its Cargo Division, one that will see the departure of a number of cargo veterans. ➤
Global air cargo demand improved slightly in November, with seasonally-adjusted demand up 1.6 per cent over October, but still significantly down on 2019. ➤
E-commerce and logistics giant, Amazon announces its first-ever purchase of eleven B767-300 aircraft for conversion into freighters for its in-house cargo airline. ➤
Qatar Airways Cargo takes delivery of three brand new B777 freighters, bringing its total freighter fleet count to 30 aircraft. ➤
Emirates SkyCargo successfully executes a cargo charter to transport the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1 from Sao Jose dos Campos (SJK), Brazil to Chennai (MAA), India. ➤
Turkish Cargo carries the first batch of the Covid-19 vaccines procured from China’s Sinovac, to Turkey. ➤
Cathay Pacific Cargo’s eco-system at Hong Kong airport (HKG) is now re-certified under IATA’s CEIV Pharma accreditation, as the initial doses of the Covid-19 vaccine begin trickling move around the world. ➤
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