Hydrogen supplier Air Liquide and Airbus have signed a memorandum of understanding with Korean Air and the operator of Incheon International Airport to study the development of infrastructure required to support the deployment of hydrogen-powered aircraft.

U.S. startup Odys Aerospace has secured $12.4 million in seed funding to build a subscale demonstrator of an unconventional hybrid-electric aircraft that combines vertical takeoff and landing capability with high cruise efficiency to provide regional range at low operating cost.

Dubai Airports has announced the appointment of Majed Al Joker as its chief operating officer (COO).

Sydney-based Aviation H2 was founded toward the end of 2021 with the goal of flying Australia’s first hydrogen-fueled aircraft within 18 months.

To mark the occasion of the Chinese New Year, Etihad Cargo has launched a Mandarin edition of its website.

Brazilian startup Desaer has partnered with electric propulsion developer MagniX to develop a hybrid-electric version of its planned ATL-100 regional utility transport.

Potential military missions for the aircraft include “island hopping and distributed cargo logistics in the Indo-Pacific theater or operations in areas with limited infrastructure like Africa,” an Electra executive says.

The air cargo industry needs to ramp up digitalization, but it’s a slow path.