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QR Cargo intends to grow its empire

… by buying a 49% stake in fast-growing African carrier, RwandAir. Last week, the state-owned Arabian airline confirmed ongoing acquisition negotiations between both companies. If
successful, RwandAir will enlarge the Gulf carrier’s spreading empire.

The intended step follows Qatari investments



Swiss WorldCargo targets Osaka

Beginning 1 March, the Zurich-headquartered Swiss carrier will commence serving Osaka, operating an Airbus A340-300 five times a week on the intercontinental route. It’s the carrier’s
second Japanese destination following their daily flights to Tokyo Narita Airport.

Arguments from the


Coronavirus hikes cargo rates to/from China

Today, anyone intending to fly consignments from Europe or the USA to China, or out of China to those areas, will need luck in finding an airline willing to uplift the goods. If
successful, then the service will come at


AirBridgeCargo and the world’s largest jet engine

AirBridgeCargo, together with GE Aviation, successfully completed the GE9X loading and unloading validation run in record time last week.
The world’s largest and most powerful jet turbine was built by GE technician Ted Ingling and his team. Prior to joining



Lufthansa – Something is cooking

Lufthansa is a large corporation consisting of many subsidiaries and business units, building a fragmented and difficult to manage group. A basic change in corporate policy is now
becoming apparent, aimed at boosting the company’s value by concentrating on the