DHL Express to spend C$100m at Hamilton airport
DHL Express will invest C$100 million in a new facility at John C Munro Hamilton International Airport to meet double-digit growth. Replacing the old facility at the airport, it will be over four times the size, covering 18,600 sq m and feature a fully-automated sort system with a capacity of processing 15,000 packages per hour. […]
Drone Delivery Canada partners with DSV
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has entered into a commercial agreement with DSV Air & Sea Canada to deploy drones from Milton, Ontario. The agreement with DSV Panalpina’s Canadian arm enables DDC to open multiple routes and deploy its DroneSpot take-off and landing zones. Drone flight infrastructure will be available on DSV sites, allowing DDC to […]
Cargojet keeps delivering e-commerce
With the growth of e-commerce unlikely to stop anytime soon, Cargojet is confident it will continue to deliver strong results. The Mississauga, Ontario-based airline says revenue growth of more than 10% comes from ever-rising e-commerce demand. Cargojet is Canada’s largest provider of overnight cargo services, mainly carrying e-commerce goods on domestic services. On international routes, […]
Icing led to Wasaya Airways crash in Pickle Lake, TSB Canada concludes
Ice accumulation and operating in icing conditions led to a cargo aircraft crashing in Ontario in December 2015, a report released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada has found. The Cessna 208B Caravan operating as Wasaya Airways flight 127 left Pickle Lake Airport, Ontario at 09.00h on 11 December 2015 for Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport, […]
AEI picks KF Aerospace as new freighter conversion centre
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) has chosen KF Aerospace as an Authorized Conversion Center to provide additional capacity for passenger-to-freighter conversions. KF Aerospace has major facilities in Kelowna, British Columbia and Hamilton, Ontario, and will start converting Boeing 737-400s from April this year. AEI says the success of its 737-400SF, MD80SF, CRJ200SF and soon the 737-800SF when […]