Nairobi, Kenya-based Astral Aviation uplifts 19.5 tonnes of vaccines on its maiden cargo service from Mumbai, India to Sanaa, Yemen on 18 April. The flight carrying nearly 360,000 doses from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport ➤
Ethiopian Airlines delivers its first Covid-19 vaccine shipment from Beijing (PEK) to N’Djamena (NDJ), via Addis Ababa (ADD). The 6 February vaccine delivery to the African continent is part of a partnership between Ethiopian Cargo ➤
Kenya Airways (KQ) and Avianor, an aircraft MRO and cabin integration specialist reach an agreement to jointly repurpose two of the carrier’s B787 aircraft cabins for cargo carriage. ➤
Astral Aviation is deploying its newly-acquired B767-200 freighter on the Nairobi (NBO) – Sharjah (SHJ) route, with effect from 3 February. ➤
DSV Panalpina is acquiring Globeflight Worldwide Express, a South African based courier company. ➤
Cainiao Smart Logistics Network is partnering Ethiopian Airlines to launch a special cold chain air freight solution for temperature-controlled medicines from Shenzhen Airport (SCX), including Covid-19 vaccines. ➤
Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Service launches a new transpacific route, from its Addis Ababa (ADD) hub to Incheon (ICN), and then Atlanta (ATL) via Anchorage (ANC). The service which kicked off on 9 November is ➤
IAG Cargo continues to expand its network and re-open more routes with a return to five key African cities from London Heathrow. The UK-based carrier group has now restarted regular services to Lagos, Cairo, Cape ➤
Qatar Airways is resuming passenger services to Nairobi, Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (NBO), and Kigali, Rwanda’s Kigali International Airport (KGL), giving a substantial boost to cargo belly capacity. With the resumption of passenger flights ➤
Bolloré Logistics is extending its special weekly cargo service – the WARA Air Service – between Europe and West Africa, until 31 July 2020. To respond to air transport demand and continue ensuring supply chain ➤
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