Icelandair has launched four weekly flights into Pittsburgh International Airport, bringing about 5 tonnes of maritime exports like fish on each flight and making the airport a testing ground for new technology.  While perishables are typically offloaded then trucked to another destination within 24 hours, the airport (PIT) views these flights as an opportunity to ..read more

The FAA is granting $186.7 million to 90 airport-related infrastructure projects across 34 states.  The projects are funded under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s Airport Infrastructure Grants program. All told, the law allocates $25 billion for airport improvements, according to the FAA’s grant announcement today.  “These grants not only invest in the physical infrastructure of our ..read more

Swissport increased its share of electric vehicles at French and Swiss airports with deliveries this week.  The ground handler introduced additional electric ground power units (eGPU) and electric vans at Geneva Airport (GVA) and EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg (BSL, MLH, EAP), according to a May 27 release from Swissport.  Swissport aims to operate 55% electric ..read more

Canadian drone companies Drone Delivery Canada and Volatus Aerospace have entered into a merger agreement under which the two companies will operate under the Volatus name.  Each company’s board of directors has approved the merger, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2024, according to a May 21 release from Drone Delivery ..read more

Global air cargo markets are showing strong annual growth in demand into the second quarter of 2024.  April demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers (CTK), rose 11.1% compared with April 2023 and rose 11.6% year over year for international operations, according to April data released this week by IATA.  April is the fifth consecutive month ..read more

Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Air drone program has been cleared by U.S. regulators to fly devices beyond the visual line of sight of pilots, increasing range and giving more customers access to the service. The approval, which means pilots won’t need to be able to see the drones with their own eyes, will allow Prime Air ..read more

Freight forwarder Kuehne+Nagel will open a 363,000-square-foot facility in El Paso, Texas, on Aug. 5 to meet growing demand at the U.S.-Mexico border resulting from nearshoring.  The facility represents the consolidation of four El Paso warehouses:  Pendale, 73,000 square feet;  Rojas, 58,000 square feet;  Pullman, 125,000 square feet; and   Mercantile, 75,000 square feet.  The combined ..read more

DHL Supply Chain broke ground on a 34,000-square-meter logistics center, which will be carbon neutral when it opens in the fourth quarter of this year, at its Leipzig/Halle campus on May 28.  The multimillion-dollar addition to its existing warehouse includes “a photovoltaic system with an installed capacity of 1,000 [kilowatts at its peak] to produce ..read more

Qatar Airways Cargo helped save six young lions through its WeQare air cargo program after the cubs were illegally purchased and abandoned in Kuwait earlier this month.  The carrier established its WeQare program in 2020 for projects just like this — donating flights for humanitarian efforts or wildlife rescue missions.  Working with nonprofit animal rescue ..read more

Digital twin technology enables air cargo operators to visualize how new technologies will integrate into operations in real time, reducing overall costs and improving efficiency within a highly accurate and immersive digital environment.  Brussels Airport (BRU) recently invested in a digital twin in the form of a 3D virtual replica of the airport to determine which sustainable technologies would best reduce its carbon emissions and how to implement them.   This trend is catching on at other airports.  In fact, 73% of aerospace companies plan to implement digital twin techn ..read more