Last September I wrote that the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes had founded a new cargo company to speed up the transportation of cargo along the railway from Slovenia through to Istanbul.

Under the contract modification, the Soyuz flights will carry limited cargo associated with crew transportation to and from the station, and disposal of trash.

She notes a recent Air Transportation Association report that showed 12 percent of air cargo capacity was lost last year, with widebody freighter capacity down 22 percent.