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The Asia-Pacific region will need 17,620 new passenger and freighter aircraft in the next 20 years, according to a recent report by Airbus, citing expectations of continued demand for travel in the region on the back of accelerated retirement of olde...

Brussels Airport saw air cargo throughput soar in January amid increases in freighter services and bellyhold cargo. The main Belgian hub saw a 4% rise in airfreight in January this year, compared with the same period in 2021. The volumes seen wer...

Air New Zealand said it is helping bring tens of millions of Rapid Antigen Tests (RATs) to support the country's Covid response over the coming months. In a statement, it said the airline is operating nine charter flights through to February 20,...

AirAsia X (AAX) announced that it has secured full belly space utilisation for one third of its widebody A330-300 fleet as it seeks to shore up its air cargo revenue amid a lack in passenger business. In a statement, AAX — the medium haul, low-co...

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's largest airline, announced changes to its board. In a statement, the Japanese carrier said Shinichi Inoue, senior executive vice president and member of the board, will succeed Yuji Hirako as president and CEO fr...

Korean Air announced that it is leading the development of the Korean hydrogen fuel infrastructure as the aviation industry pursues carbon-neutral aviation. In a statement, Korean Air said it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Februar...

Volga-Dnepr Group announced that it has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with Singapore Space & Technology Ltd (SSTL) to support Singapore, as well as other countries of Southeast Asia, in the field of space logistics. "The Group will be able...

Emirates SkyCargo reported the top five commodities flown on its aircraft for Valentine's Day. In a statement, it said ahead of the February 14 holiday, flowers, chocolates, high-end perfumes, watches and jewellery as well as electronic gadgets w...

Azul Cargo Express ⁠— the cargo arm of Brazil's largest airline — has launched an Embraer E195 passenger to freighter conversion, developed in partnership with LHColus Tecnologia, which it said is the world's first Class-F freighter. In a statemen...

Lufthansa Cargo is joining an initiative by Germany to digitalise air cargo. The freight carrier said under the project — called "Digital Test Field Air Cargo — it will focus on data exchange between all partners in the transport chain which will...

Korean Air said it received unconditional approval from the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) for its business combination with Asiana Airlines on February 8 inching closer to closing the merger deal which it announced in Novemb...

Malaysian cargo airline, Raya Airways, said it is not in talks with Air Asia for a possible takeover deal — refuting reports made by various outlets earlier, while noting that it is in a sound financial state and is poised for expansion. "On be...

DHL Global Forwarding has signed an agreement with Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) for the purchase of 33 million liters of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in a push to further decarbonize aviation. In a statement, DHL said the three-year...

ICAO and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) have announced the completion of a new digital air cargo technical specifications guidance that will help to accelerate the transition towards safer and more resilient supply chains t...

Boeing said it purchased two million gallons of Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) for its commercial operations which it said is the "largest SAF purchase to date." In a statement, the American planemaker noted that the use of SAF is the "most immed...