Astral Aerial and Yamaha to promote drones in Kenya

Astral Aerial Solutions has sealed a deal with Yamaha Motor Company to provide last mile air cargo delivery and crop spraying services in Kenya. The deal, signed at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development will see Astral providing market entry support for the Yamaha Fazer R G2 drone. Astral Aerial Solutions aims to […]

Polmans and Gadhia to head up TIACA board

Steven Polmans will take over as chairman of The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) next month, joined Sanjeev Gadhia as vice chairman. Polmans, the director of cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport Company joined the TIACA board in 2016, and served as vice chairman for two years. He will replace Sebastiaan Scholte, CEO of Jan […]

IATA WCS2017: Astral Aerial wins Innovation Award with drone project

Astral Aerial Solutions has won the 2017 IATA Cargo Innovation Award with its ‘UTM Concept for Africa’, a project to use drones in remote areas with insufficient infrastructure. Kenya-based Astral Aerial Solutions is a subsidiary of Astral Aviation, and says the concept seeks to answer the questions surrounding safe, secure and effective drone operations and […]

IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards return for second edition

The IATA Air Cargo Innovation Awards will be returning for its second edition, and the association has announced the finalists for this year. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) will announce the winners during the closing plenary of the 11th IATA World Cargo Symposium in Abu Dhabi on 16 March, and the winner will receive […]