Monthly Archives: January 2021

Silk Way West Airlines announces its inaugural flight to Narita, Japan

Baku, Azerbaijan, 28 January, 2021 – Silk Way West Airlines announces the inauguration of a new twice-weekly service to and from Tokyo Narita Airport, with the first flight set for the 11th of February. Based on an agreement signed between Silk Way West Airlines and Nippon Cargo Airlines, both partners will operate a code-share service […]

Boeing lays out plans for sustainable aviation

Boeing has laid out ambitions to advance the long-term sustainability of commercial aviation. The company hopes to offer commercial planes which are capable and certified to fly on 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuels by 2030. Boeing has previously conducted successful test flights replacing petroleum jet fuel with 100 per cent sustainable fuels to address […]

Frankfurt Cargo Services handles first Covid vaccine shipments in support of WFS’ ‘Project Coldstream’

Frankfurt Cargo Services (FCS), a subsidiary of Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has handled its first shipments of Covid-19 vaccines from German biotechnology company BioNTech as the airport gears up to play a prominent role in the global recovery from the coronavirus. Doses of the vaccine were handled at FCS’ facility at Frankfurt’s CargoCity Süd before […]

En Route launches new quality cheese products for economy cabins

En Route International has today launched two new cheese products aiming to make a quality cheese service more accessible to a wider range of passengers and airlines. The products, an extension of the company’s ‘Cheese Board’ brand, will be available to cater for buy-on-board, economy and premium economy cabins. The products are also available as […]

China Airlines closes chapter on 747 passenger operations

China Airlines will phase out the last of its passenger Boeing 747-400s by early 2021, becoming the latest carrier in the region to retire the type, which it has operated for more than 30 years. The airline disclosed its move through an announcement for a 747 farewell event, to be held on 6 February, which […]