Western Global Airlines has issued a furlough notice to some of its employees, effective Nov. 22 and remaining in effect while its MD-11Fs stay grounded pending safety inspections, according to a layoff notice obtained by Cargo Facts. Western Global (WGA) Vice President of Human Resources Tom Romnio
Growing its 777F fleet, China Cargo Airlines is behind at least one of the unidentified 777Fs on Boeing’s order backlog. Photos this week from the Boeing factory in Everett, Wash. (PAE), showed a 777F bearing the carrier’s livery. Boeing’s backlog, as of Oct. 31, does not show any 777F orders identi
A new A300 freighter operator is entering the market next year. Chex Air, which has offices in Dubai and Miami, expects to begin flying an A300-600F around March 2026 to connect Africa and the Middle East with South America, Head of Operations Sebastian Bolivar says in this week’s episode of “Cargo
Emirates SkyCargo and Astral Aviation will evaluate the commercial performance of Lodd Autonomous’ hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft under memorandums of understanding signed this week at the Dubai Airshow. Astral may add two of the Lodd Autonomous hybrid vertical takeoff and landing (VTO
DHL Supply Chain has opened a carbon-neutral logistics center at Leipzig/Halle Airport, expanding the German region’s role as a major European freight hub. The site, integrated into DHL’s Leipzig/Halle (LEJ) campus, is the company’s third facility in the area and is now operational, according to a N
DUBAI — Airbus is targeting the beginning of next year to begin final assembly of the second A350 freighter. The aircraft (701) will join the prototype (700) after completion and carry out a test campaign that includes flight, environmental control, smoke and weather. While unit 701’s fuselage secti
The National Transportation Safety Board discovered fractures in the pylon aft mount of the left engine of UPS flight 2976, according to its preliminary report on the Nov. 4 crash released today. An airport video surveillance recording shows the No. 1 CF6 engine and pylon separating from the wing sh
E-Smart Logistics has ordered twenty of Beta Technologies’ Alia electric conventional takeoff and landing cargo aircraft — and has the option of converting its order to the vertical takeoff and landing version after taking delivery of five units. The agreement, signed Nov. 18 at the Dubai Airshow, w
Jack Burt, senior vice president of cargo for the Americas at Chapman Freeborn, will join Cargo Facts LATAM 2026 for the discussion “Facilitating cross-border e-commerce in Latin America” on Wednesday, Feb. 11, at 2:15 p.m. (GMT-6).The fourth annual Cargo Facts LATAM conference will take place Feb.
Swissport has expanded its European e-commerce network with the launch of a new 5,500-square-meter import hub at Liege Airport. The facility, fully dedicated to import parcel processing, was built for high-volume, fast-turnaround operations and can handle 300 tonnes per day, according to a Nov. 17 r
