UPS Flight Forward carries out first drone flight

UPS Flight Forward has operated its first delivery flight having received US government Part 135 Standard certification to operate a drone airline. The UPS subsidiary was awarded the certificate on Friday 27 September, and immediately a delivery flight took off at WakeMed’s hospital campus in Raleigh, North Carolina. The flight, using a Matternet M2 quadcopter […]

Ground broken at Chicago Rockford’s new cargo centre

Ground has been broken on the $10.5 million, 120,000 square foot building expansion at the Chicago Rockford International Airport Cargo Center. The event also celebrated the start of construction of a new $3.5 million ramp for cargo aircraft parking, and the ceremony was attended by government representatives including City of Rockford mayor, Tom McNamara; state […]