The week in brief
Source:transportweekly 2014-1-26 9:51:00
- Aeronautical Engineers, Inc. delivered the third 737 classic freighter to Sideral Air Cargo (pictured above), based in Brazil. The aircraft is a high gross weight B737-400SF built in 1990 and was converted at Commercial Jet’s Miami facility. Sideral Air Cargo’s fleet now consists of one AEI B737-300SF and two AEI B737-400SF freighters. This is AEI’s first of the anticipated more than 30 freighters to be delivered in 2014.
- CargoWise has a new partnership with Panama-based logistics consultants, DPS Logistics. In joining CargoWise as a WiseBusiness Partner, DPS Logistics will be able to offer CargoWise’s single-platform system to businesses across Latin America. As an authorized reseller, DPS Logistics will assist CargoWise’s expansion into Latin America by providing full sales, consultation, implementation and support services to local customers.
- Swiss-based airline Etihad Regional was launched in Zurich. Established in partnership with Etihad Airways, the new carrier will be operated by Switzerland’s Darwin Airline, which is headquartered in Lugano with a major hub in Geneva.
- Boeing, Etihad Airways, Takreer, Total and the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology will collaborate on a new initiative to support a sustainable aviation biofuel industry in the United Arab Emirates. BIOjet Abu Dhabi: Flight Path to Sustainability will engage a broad range of parties to develop a comprehensive framework for a UAE biofuel supply chain. This initiative will focus on research and development and investments in feedstock production and refining capability in the UAE and globally.
- CSafe Global and C.A.L. Cargo Air Lines signed a Master Lease Agreement to offer transport and leasing services of the CSafe Active RKN on C.A.L. flights. The CSafe RKN is a compressor-driven, temperature-controlled air cargo container. C.A.L. operates multiple weekly flights between Tel Aviv and Liege, as well as daily flights between Liege and JFK.
- Volga-Dnepr Technics GmbH (VDT), the Leipzig-based maintenance company responsible for the outreach of Volga-Dnepr Group’s maintenance operations in Europe, expanded its scope of activities on Western-built aircraft. The renewed scope of its EASA Part 145 certificate now enables VDT to extend A-check services on Boeing 737-300/-400/-500 and 747-8F and 747-400 aircraft. The company’s Rating C14 has also been expanded to cover wheel and brake repair shop activities on a variety of Boeing 747 models.
- Air China started its Beijing-Hawaii service. The new flight is the first nonstop air link between Beijing and Hawaii. It's operated three times a week on with wide-body A330-200.
