Air Cargo World News

Ruslan International, which manages Volga Dnepr’s and Antonov Airlines’ combined Antonov An-124 fleets, has completed a series 15 cargo flights to Entebbe, Uganda, on behalf of the Japanese peacekeeping contingent of the United Nations Mission in Sudan. The flights contained power generators, non-combat vehicles, communication equipment and other supplies for the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. read more

Despite a 15 percent, year-over-year, decline in Asian freight traffic, Schiphol Airport’s first-quarter numbers only dropped modestly from 2011. The Amsterdam airport handled 358,220 tonnes of cargo during the first three months of 2012, a 3-percent, year-over-year, loss. read more

Last week, U.S. Representatives Chip Cravaack (R-Minn.) and Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) introduced H.R. 4350, the “Safe Skies Act of 2012,” in Congress. The bipartisan legislation extends pilot rest requirements to cargo pilots — a concept endorsed by leading associations, including the Independent Pilots Association and the Air Line Pilots Association. read more

FedEx transported a 5-week-old, orphaned sea otter from the carrier’s Anchorage, Alaska, hub, to Pittsburgh, via Memphis, on April 19. The shipment, which required the coordination of Pittsburgh Zoo personnel and FedEx Ground transportation staff, was performed on an MD-11 aircraft. read more