Antigua’s Wadadli Cargo rebrands as Island Cargo
Wadadli Cargo (Antigua) has rebranded as Island Cargo ahead of its launch as it now wants to connect not just… Read More »
China’s New Hypersonic Aircraft Will Be Larger Than A Boeing 737
In a recent study published in Physics of Gases, scientists in China’s Mars and moon missions have revealed a new… Read More »
DHL Express will deliver packages sustainably with fully-electric aircraft
DHL Express, a world-leading express service provider, and Eviation, the global manufacturer of fully-electric aircraft, wrote aviation history on August 3… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia agrees with lessor early return of 9 Boeing 737 jets
Flag carrier Garuda Indonesia will return nine leased Boeing 737-800NG aircraft ahead of schedule, as part of an agreement to… Read More »
Iceland’s BlueBird Nordic to add 25 B737 freighters
Bluebird Nordic (BO, Reykjavik Keflavik) has unveiled plans to dramatically scale up its fleet to include twenty-five B737-800 freighters by… Read More »
How Boeing, Airbus large freighters compare
Airbus has announced a freighter version of its wide-bodied A350 in a bid to loosen Boeing’s decades-old dominance of the… Read More »
Airbus A350 freighter launch challenges Boeing cargo dominance
Europe’s Airbus took aim at one of Boeing’s most profitable strongholds on Thursday with plans for a freighter version of… Read More »
Samoa Airways adds in-house B737-800
Samoa Airways (OL, Apia Faleolo) took delivery of its first in-house narrowbody jet, a B737-800, although it has yet to… Read More »
United Airlines is phasing out all-cargo flights as passengers return
United Airlines has mostly phased out use of jets for dedicated cargo service, returning them to full-time passenger operation as… Read More »
More than 300 horses traveled to the Olympics on special flights
When it comes to travel for members of the Olympic and Paralympic equestrian teams, nobody’s horsing around. Approximately 325 horses… Read More »
U.S. FAA grounds Air cargo company that ditched plane off Hawaii
A cargo airline whose plane ditched into the ocean off Hawaii has been grounded after investigators looked into the company’s… Read More »
FAA Gives U.S. passenger airlines 6-month extension for cabin cargo
The Federal Aviation Administration has extended until the end of the year the exemption for U.S. commercial airlines to carry… Read More »
Former NTSB investigator spells out key elements in Transair crash investigation
Engine maintenance, fuel contamination, and air traffic control communications. Those are key elements investigators will be focusing on to determine… Read More »
Lessor BBAM orders 12 Boeing 737-800 converted freighters
Boeing said on Monday aircraft lessor BBAM LP ordered 12 more 737-800 converted freighters to meet rising demand from the… Read More »
Air France is looking for 160 Boeing 737 MAX or Airbus A320neo jets for its budget fleet
Air France is choosing between Boeing’s 737 MAX and Airbus’s A320neo series for its budget fleet. Get Report and rival Airbus… Read More »
Wreckage located of Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that made emergency landing off Hawaii
Investigators have located a Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that made an emergency water landing off the Hawaiian island of Oahu… Read More »
Georgian Airways takes over B737-700 from subsidiary
Georgian Airways (A9, Tbilisi) resumed B737-700 operations on July 1, 2021, following a two-year hiatus. 4L-GTI (msn 35086) began its… Read More »
American Airlines joins White House to distribute COVID-19 vaccine globally
As part of the White House initiative to share at least 80 million U.S. vaccine doses globally this summer, American… Read More »
Transair Hawaii adds first B737-400 freighter
Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) is set to add its first B737-400(SF), having registered B737-400 N251AU (msn 25104) in late April… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet confirms it will separate cargo “lifeline”
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) plans to “hive-off the cargo business to operate as a separate entity,” in the words of… Read More »
NTSB to interview pilots, survey site of ditched old 737 cargo plane off Hawaii coast
National Transportation Safety Board investigators plan to use sonar imaging to try to locate a Boeing 737-200 cargo jet that… Read More »
Boeing 737 cargo plane makes emergency water landing off Hawaii
A Boeing 737-200 cargo plane made an emergency landing in the ocean near Honolulu early Friday after pilots reported engine trouble, the… Read More »