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Bunk beds come to economy class in battle for New York flyers

Bloomberg | January 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Battling to win customers on the prized trans-Pacific route to New York, Qantas Airways Ltd. and Air New Zealand Ltd. plan new features to make air travel more comfortable, including full-sized bunk beds and dedicated stretching zones.

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Cargolux & GE Aerospace enter long term agreements

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

GE Aerospace & Cargolux have announced that they entered into a long-term support agreement for the GE9X powering Cargolux’s new fleet of Boeing 777-8 freighters. The agreement includes a multi-year GE TrueChoice service agreement as well as the order of two spare engines.

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Royal Mail export chaos has businesses fuming after cyber attack

Bloomberg | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters | Trucking

Sean Fothersgill, the owner of model car seller Pendle Slot Racing, typically gets about 50 orders a day from outside the UK — or about half his total.

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Silk Way West Airlines signs air cargo transport memorandum with Nippon Express

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Silk Way West Airlines and Nippon Express Holdings have signed an Air Cargo Memorandum of Understanding to offer enhanced solutions to their customers and to respond more flexibly to changing supply chains. This agreement strengthens Silk Way West Airlines’ presence in the Japanese market whilst helping Nippon Express Holdings to expand its business globally by providing cargo capacity across a worldwide network.

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WFS fast tracks sustainability across cargo and ground handling operations at 7 airports in Spain

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Worldwide Flight Services’ (WFS) cargo and ground handling operations in Spain are helping to spearhead the group’s ‘Our Sustainable Flight Path’ program with a series of initiatives and investments to significantly reduce emissions at its 7 airport stations across the country.

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Lufthansa eyes stake in Italy’s ITA to extend regional reach

Bloomberg | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG said it aims to buy a minority stake in ITA Airways, seeking to advance an industry consolidation that would give the German airline a stronger foothold in a major European aviation market.

CPaT announces new contract with Icelandic Airline, PLAY Airlines

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Supply chain congestion and labor challenges to top agenda at AirCargo 2023

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

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[Freightos Weekly Update] Transpac rates stable as transit times continue to improve

AJOT | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters | Maritime | Liner Shipping

1 Transpacific ocean rates have been stable for more than a month, falling below 2019 levels in the last couple weeks with the absence of the typical mini-demand surge ahead of Lunar New Year. 2 Despite falling demand and an 80% drop compared to a year ago, Asia to N. Europe rates remain above 2019 levels.  3 As congestion eases Freightos.com China - US ocean transit time data show average duration in December was 35% lower than a year ago, though some lingering East Coast and Gulf congestion is keeping transit times 20% higher than in 2019.  4 Freightos Air Index rates ex-China to N. America and Europe are more than 30% lower than a year ago when demand was surging. Despite these price declines, fuel and labor costs are keeping air cargo rates more than double 2019 levels.

UK’s Manchester Airport says operations have resumed

Bloomberg | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Amsterdam airport to ditch diesel generators to cut emissions

Bloomberg | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

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Southwest pilots plan vote to authorize strike after holiday travel chaos

Bloomberg | January 19, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. pilots will vote on whether to authorize their union to strike, frustrated by lack of progress in talks that started three years ago and scheduling issues that contributed to 16,700 flight cancellations late last month.

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Fleet Enable bringing final-mile tech to air cargo market

Air Freight News | January 18, 2023 | Air Cargo | Project

Software expert lets carriers automate: orders, routing, billing and more

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Etihad Cargo boosts China capacity adding a Shanghai freighter service

Air Freight News | January 18, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Aviation Group, will further expand its capacity offering to the Chinese market with the introduction of an additional weekly Abu Dhabi – Shanghai freighter flight from 2 February 2023.

Record jump in airfares for UK holidaymakers in bookings rush

Bloomberg | January 18, 2023 | Air Cargo

Qantas flight lands safely in Sydney after issuing mayday

Bloomberg | January 18, 2023 | Air Cargo

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October 2022 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

AJOT | January 17, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.S. airlines carried 75.6 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in October 2022, seasonally adjusted, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS), up 1.0% from September.

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ANA announces agreement with ITOCHU and Raven SR for SAF Procurement

AJOT | January 17, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan's largest and 5-Star airline for ten consecutive years, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with ITOCHU Corporation and Raven SR Inc. for the production and procurement of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).

United opens expanded and newly renovated global inflight training center in Houston
Air Cargo
AJOT | Top Story | January 17, 2023

United opens expanded and newly renovated global inflight training center in Houston

$32 million expansion project doubles the size of the facility and features more classroom and training spaces, cabin and door trainers, and a state-of-the-art aquatic center to practice safe evacuation of the plane in unlikely water landings
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XLP members, Glaube Logistics and Across Logistics move a heavy weight door-to-door air shipment from Spain to Saudi Arabia

AJOT | January 17, 2023 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders | Project

Glaube Logistics was assigned by their prestigious client to coordinate all aspects of door-to-door, shipment, and delivery by air all the way from the shipper's factory in Spain to the client end user's location at Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

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