Aerostar upgrades road to SJU cargo district

Aerostar Airport Holdings (Aerostar), a Board member of the Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community, has invested USD4.6 million in a new road connecting cargo facilities across Luis Muñoz Marín Airport (SJU), the island’s busiest freight hub. The new road, which will be lit by solar-powered LED lamps, is part of ongoing investment at […]

Puerto Rico Life Sciences Community launches analytics dashboard

The Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community has launched a data dashboard, hosted on its new website, prlifesciencehub.org, as part of ongoing efforts to drive quality at the number one bioscience manufacturing hub in the U.S. by export volume. The Community, launched in April 2023, now counts over 40 members from across the air […]

A new home for life sciences 

Aiming to firmly make its mark on the pharmaceutical logistics industry and solidify its position as a global hub, Puerto Rico is establishing itself as a premier life sciences air cargo community.  With over 50 years of experience in the life sciences sector, Puerto Rico boasts a thriving ecosystem of pharmaceutical and biomedical device companies, supported […]

Over 30 companies unite to support new Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community

Companies from across the supply chain have joined the new Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community, which aims to drive quality at the number one bioscience manufacturing hub in the U.S. by export volume. Pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers joined the first meeting of the Community last week and will sit on the new […]

New life sciences air cargo logistics community established in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico, the number one bioscience manufacturing hub in the U.S. by export volume, is launching a Government-backed new Life Sciences Air Cargo Logistics Community, bringing together all parts of the supply chain with the objective of becoming the most important Life Science hub in the Americas. The new Puerto Rico Air Cargo Community, supported […]

Hurricane Maria aid still flying into Puerto Rico

Pearl Aircraft chairman Jan Soderberg has organised the delivery of 13 tonnes of medical supplies to areas of Puerto Rico still devastated by Hurricane Maria. The supplies included hospital beds, ambulation devices, general primary medical supplies, exam tables, stretchers and more. Soderberg sourced the supplies through New York-based Afya Foundation and organised transportation with the […]

FlyKargo to manage cargo services for JetBlue Airways

FlyKargo is partnering with JetBlue Airways to move cargo between Fort Lauderdale and San Juan, Puerto Rico as part of a three month pilot programme beginning on 15 October. Miami-based FlyKargo specialises in managing air cargo services to low cost airlines and will focus on providing fast and reliable services to registered freight forwarders and […]

Nine die as C-130 crashes in Georgia

While performing a training mission, an US C-130 “Hercules” cargo aircraft from the Puerto Rico Air National Guard crashed about 11:30 am (15:30 GMT) near the Savannah Hilton Head International Airport in Georgia, USA yesterday. Early reports suggested there were five people on board; later media reports put the total at nine personnel killed. A […]

Western Global continues to bring hurricane aid to Puerto Rico

Western Global Airlines is continuing to operate relief flights to Puerto Rico, carrying emergency supplies in huge quantities on board its MD-11 Freighters. Each flight carried about 200,000lbs of supplies including food, water and equipment, with two relief flights travelling from Miami to Rafael Hernandez Airport in Aguadilla filled with tents, water and other supplies […]

JetBlue and Atlas Air transport hurricane aid to Puerto Rico

JetBlue and Atlas Air have teamed up to transport more than 110 tonnes of supplies to Puerto Rico to aid relief and recovery efforts. The donations came from a variety of organisations including Food Bank For New York City, American Red Cross and the Afya Foundation, and Atlas Air donated and operated a Boeing 747 […]

Air Partner carries out charters following Hurricanes Irma and Maria

Air Partner has carried out a number of urgent freight charters across the Caribbean to support the relief efforts in the wake of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. The Freight team was called upon to ensure that essential cargo such as generators, four wheel drive vehicles, bottled water and humanitarian aid reached those affected in the […]

Lufthansa flies aid to Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria

Lufthansa Cargo has flown one of its MD-11 Freighter aircraft from Frankfurt Airport to Puerto Rico to deliver 80 tonnes of aid to those affected by Hurricane Maria. The aircraft flew to Aguadilla on the West coast, where a Lufthansa Technical Site is situated with 400 colleagues residing in the local community reside, and is […]

Speedy response by Delta to disaster-stricken communities

When disaster hit Texas, Florida, the Caribbean islands, Mexico, employees of Delta Air Lines and the company itself has rushed to help people in need. Three massive hurricanes devastated Houston and the Gulf coast; much of Florida; and islands across the Caribbean; and multiple earthquakes smashing Mexican homes and cities have been left in tatters by […]

Envirotainer opens RAP e2 stations in Italy and Puerto Rico

Envirotainer has added two more RAP e2 stations to its network with one in Italy and one in Puerto Rico. The new stations cover Milan’s Malpensa and Linate airports, and San Juan in Puerto Rico, bringing the RAP e2 network to 24 across the world. The head of sales for the Americas, Brian Cooper says: […]

Peli BioThermal opens service centres in Belgium and Puerto Rico

Peli BioThermal has opened two new service centres in Belgium and Puerto Rico serving the global pharmaceuticals sector. They will serve as additional depots for the company’s Credo on Demand rental program and will compliment the existing and expanding portfolio of facilities and services available to customers globally, including a UK Service Centre and Asia […]

AA Cargo connects Philadelphia and San Juan with widebody flights

American Airlines Cargo has started daily widebody flights between San Juan Luis Munoz Marin Airport and Philadelphia International Airport, connecting the two important pharma hubs. The daily Airbus A330-200 is an addition to the two narrowbody flights in operation, connecting Puerto Rico, a global hotspot for pharmaceutical manufacturing with 12 of the world’s top 20 […]

Kuehne + Nagel brings KN PharmaChain to Puerto Rico

Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is bringing its KN PharmaChain network to Puerto Rico with temperature controlled warehousing space in its San Juan facility. The facility, one mile from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, offers cold storage from 2-8C, dry ice and gel pack capabilities to cool down temperature-controlled shipments in transit, GDP/GXP best storage and […]

United and DHL expand pharma partnership in Puerto Rico

United Airlines and DHL Global Forwarding are expanding their partnership in Puerto Rico to grow its pharmaceutical and life sciences industry with more flights and cold chain storage upgrades. Under the partnership, United will increase services from New York’s Newark Liberty International Airport to San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin Airport from one a week to […]

Cargolux adds new Puerto Rico service and targets cool chain sector

Cargolux Airllines International has introduced a new direct flight from Luxembourg to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on 2 October – targeting the perishables and cool chain markets. The flight leaves Luxembourg every Sunday at 22.15h and arrives in San Juan on Mondays at 01.30h (local times). Cargolux utilised highly specialised cool chain equipment and the most modern […]

CAL adds Puerto Rico – Rome service to network

CAL Cargo Airlines has added Puerto Rico and Italy to its network with services to San Juan and Rome from 15 September. The service will operate on a Tel Aviv – Liege – New York John F. Kennedy – San Juan – Rome – Liege – Tel Aviv route with trucking connections to other European […]

American Airlines Cargo expands temperature-controlled network

American Airlines Cargo has continued to invest in its global network in support of the increasing demand for both pharmaceutical and perishable goods across the world. The carrier has made facility improvements at San Juan in Peurto Rico and Dallas/Fort Worth (US), which it says see some of the highest demand for time and temperature-sensitive goods. […]

IAG Cargo to start Madrid to Shanghai and Tokyo services

IAG Cargo is to start Madrid – Shanghai in late 2016 and Madrid – Tokyo services from 18 October. The flights will be operated by Iberia, and will be served by Airbus A330-200s with 13 tonnes of cargo capacity. The Tokyo flights will leave Madrid on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays while the Shanghai services are […]

ACS brings home the bacon

Air Charter Service (ACS) has transported more than 17 tonnes of ham to Puerto Rico after someone on the island forgot to put in their usual order. ACS president of North American operations, Richard Thompson says: “Someone in Puerto Rico had forgotten to put in their normal order for a large amount of ham and […]

IAG Cargo increases Latin American services for pharma

IAG Cargo will increase its Latin American services in April and May 2016 with flights from London and Madrid to Costa Rica, Peru and Puerto Rico for the region’s growth pharmaceutical market. It will start twice weekly British Airways services from London’s Gatwick Airport to San Jose’s Juan Santamaria International Airport in Costa Rica’s capital. […]