Aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, recently chartered a Boeing B747 to fly a variety of animals from Thailand to their new home on a recently built 3,000-acre wildlife rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation facility near the eastern coast of India. Brendan Toomey, CEO of ACS Sing...

Intradco Global, the world’s leading specialist in animal transport, has appointed Dennis Christen as Global Product Manager for Wildlife, Zoological, and Marine Logistics.genetic multiplication, with the animals destined for the end-client's farm in the Philippines. With more than 35 years of ...

Equine and animal transport specialists Intradco Global, part of the Chapman Freeborn Group, completed the successful air shipment of 1,200 breeding pigs from Denmark to the Philippines last month. A full charter of a B747-400F freighter was used for this shipment, which took place in July. Th...

Brussels Airport inaugurated the first centre in Europe to meet the new European standards for animal welfare in air transport: the Animal Care & Inspection Centre. Since then, almost 10,000 mammals have passed through the doors of the ACIC. Every month, the centre plays host to an array o...

Cargolux, all-cargo airline, is sponsoring the transcontinental rescue of two European Brown Bears, Benji and Balu, from Azerbaijan to the UK, in a landmark operation led by the Wildheart Animal Sanctuary on the Isle of Wight. The bears, previously held in poor captive conditions with concrete fl...

DHL Express has partnered with Tusk, a charity dedicated to accelerating the impact of Africa-driven conservation, to transport 17 critically endangered mountain bongo antelopes from the Rare Species Conservatory Foundation (RSCF) in Florida to a sanctuary on the slopes of Mount Kenya, run by the Me...

Magma Aviation and Intradco Global, specialist in equine air charter transport, have successfully transported 34 elite endurance horses from Liège, Belgium, to AlUla, Saudi Arabia, ahead of the AlFursan Endurance Cup. The event, held in AlUla — Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site...

At the end of December, leading aircraft charter specialist, Air Charter Service, chartered a Metroliner III aircraft to fly 58 cats, all rescued by one woman, to a cat sanctuary more than 1,700 miles away. Richard Thompson, President of ACS Americas, said: “She contacted us after speaking to t...

Etihad Cargo has introduced significant updates to its IATA CEIV-certified LiveAnimals product, enhancing services to extend journey times and implement specialised provisions for brachycephalic (snub-nosed) breeds. These changes, effective from 1st November 2024, reflect Etihad Cargo's commitmen...

With help from American Airlines Cargo, Lucy, a 16-year-old Bengal tiger, has been relocated from an Eco Park in Mendoza, Argentina to The Wildcat Sanctuary in Sandstone, Minnesota, USA. The move is a result of the former Mendoza Zoo's transition into an Eco Park, which has involved gradually rel...

Animal Aircare has been chosen by IAG Cargo as its new animal export partner at Heathrow Airport. The new partnership strengthens the existing relationship between the two companies, as Animal Aircare has been the trusted import partner for IAG Cargo since February 2023. Animal Airc...

Swissport International AG has unveiled its new Swissport Pet Lounge at Johannesburg's OR Tambo International Airport in South Africa. Away from the bustle of the general air cargo warehouse, the new area for the import and export of unaccompanied pets offers a calm environment, significantly imp...

Cargo handler dnata has ensured the safe transportation of more than 6,500 animals through its advanced Animal Care and Inspection Centre (ACIC) at Brussels Airport throughout 2023-24. The ACIC, a "leading" 2000m² facility, is dedicated to the safe handling of live animals at Brussels. The facil...

Qatar Airways Cargo announces the opening of its state-of-the-art Animal Centre and the relaunch of its Next Generation Live product, setting new benchmarks in the transport of live animals. As a leading transporter, with over 550,000 animals including 10,000 horses flown in 2023, the airline rea...

Lions Vasylyna and Nikola embarked on a significant journey on 25 April, boarding on a Martinair Cargo 747 freighter aircraft headed for South Africa. The two lions are now en route from FELIDA, the specialised sanctuary for big cats run by animal welfare organisation FOUR PAWS in Friesland, the ...