Bei Bei flies on the FedEx Panda Express

Bei Bei the panda has arrived in Chengdu, China on the specially chartered “FedEx Panda Express” Boeing 777 Freighter. The four-year-old male was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, and is the son of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, who reside at the National Zoo in Washington DC. Accompanied by a panda keeper and a […]

Antonov’s USA office transports satellite to French Guiana

Antonov Airlines’ new Houston, USA office has been getting into the swing of things by transporting an outsized satellite to French Guiana. The Al Yah 3 Satellite, the first of Orbital ATK’s GEOStar-3 satellites, was accommodated in a container measuring 11.4 metres long, 4.6 metres wide and 4.1 metres high, and weighing 23 tonnes. It […]

FedEx Express delivers Bao Bao the giant panda

Bao Bao the 3½ year-old giant panda was flown this week by FedEx Express from Washington Dulles International Airport to Chengdu, China. She departed the Smithsonian’s National Zoo to board a FedEx Boeing 777 Freighter, which took about 16 hours and was 8,650 miles to the Far East and had her own custom-decaled and named the ‘FedEx Panda Express’. Boa Bao (pictured […]

US carriers apply for permission to serve Cuba

US carriers are looking to take advantage of the US and Cuba agreeing to resume scheduled services by applying to the US Department of Transportation for approval for non-stop flights. So far, Alaska Airlines would like to operate twice daily flights between Los Angeles and Havana with a Boeing 737-900ER, while Delta Air Lines want […]

CHEP Aerospace Solutions awarded US and European repair certification

CHEP Aerospace Solutions has been awarded Part 145 certification for repair and maintenance of aviation equipment from both the Federal Aviation Administration and the European Aviation Safety Agency. The company says the certification will enable it to reduce fuel costs and its carbon footprint by repairing containers, pallets and galley carts at the station where […]