Air Cargo

Bahrain-based freight specialist Texel Air is rapidly expanding its fleet, as it rides the wave of surging e-commerce and other freight flows.

Etihad Cargo is considering exercising options for more Airbus A350F freighters, as cargo volumes—notably from China—continue to ramp up.

Logistics and small package specialist DHL Aviation plans to increase its footprint at Bahrain International Airport.

Singapore-headquartered ground services company SATS posted a 14.85% year-on-year net profit growth for the six months ending Sept. 30.

ATSG is slated to become a private company now that investment firm Stonepeak has agreed to acquire it in an all-cash transaction valued at $3.1 billion.

Cargo carrier One Air says it has secured regulatory approvals China, Japan and Malaysia allowing the airline to boost its Asia-Pacific presence.

The ES1000, from Beijing-based manufacturer Yifei Aviation Technology, uses distributed hybrid-electric propulsion and blown lift for short takeoff and landing.

Emirates Airline has placed a further order for dedicated freighter aircraft as the carrier significantly boosts its cargo capacity.

The facility has direct access from the aircraft to the logistics center, so that airport processing time for air cargo will be reduced.

All Nippon Airways has opened Cargo Building 8 at Tokyo Narita airport and will begin consolidating all of its cargo buildings there into a single unit.

Airship startup Flying Whales is aiming to establish its first Australian base as soon as 2028, despite not having a working prototype yet.

Amazon Air Cargo has begun advertising available capacity for ad hoc, charter, or blocked space services on a cargo fleet that is now more than 100 aircraft.

Singapore plans to build a second Airport Logistics Park at Changi Airport as the government prepares to increase the airport’s cargo handling capacity.

IAG Cargo plans to resume services to Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Tokyo Narita for the first time since 2020.

At the ISTAT Europe Middle East and Africa conference, several cargo airlines agreed their biggest challenge was access to suitable additional aircraft.

As their $1.9 billion merger proceeds, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines have announced leadership changes for their expanding cargo division.

The SATS and China-based Sinotrans Air Freight link-up will potentially see the pair set up gateway hubs for Sinoair in Belgium, Malaysia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia and Singapore.

One Air, which started operations in July 2023, has added a third Boeing 747 to its fleet and is considering branching out into 777F operations next year.

Confident the air cargo sector in Africa will exceed projected growth figures by 2025, an industry leader has urged the region’s airlines to play a larger role.

Dufour Aerospace has conducted the first hover flight of the production-ready prototype for its Aero2 tiltwing hybrid eVTOL UAS.

Eanan Al Samma's Rikaz is a multicopter electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle with four three-blade propellers mounted on arms.

Talks are underway over the possibility of creating a new, dedicated cargo airline for Saudi Arabia, according to well-placed sources in the Arab nation.

The closure of Russian airspace, along with China’s alignment with Russia over the war in Ukraine, is spurring the use of extra freighter capacity.

IAG Cargo has opened a new control center at its London Heathrow hub.

Teleport, Capital A’s freight and logistics venture, and Etihad Cargo are growing their capacity and network partnership.