Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more

Avianca Airlines offers business class on flights to Bogotá

AJOT | June 01, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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AutoFlight to showcase next-gen eVTOL at the 2023 Paris Air Show

AJOT | June 01, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

• Global high-tech company AutoFlight announces its participation in the 2023 Paris Air Show, where it will showcase its ground-breaking electric aerial vehicle, Prosperity I, in the world's first public presentation. • With unparalleled technological performance and the longest eVTOL’s flight on record, AutoFlight leads the future of sustainable mobility.

China carriers are worst airline stocks as reopening bet fades

Bloomberg | June 01, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Air Mauritius prepares for new EU ICS2 regulation, expanding its partnership with CHAMP Cargosystems

AJOT | June 01, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Air Mauritius joins the air cargo community as it prepares to adopt the new EU ICS2 (Import Control System 2) regulation. Air Mauritius, which plays a key role in the Mauritian tourism sector, is committed to strengthening the local economy and establishing ties with the rest of the world, including through air cargo.

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Boeing CEO sees 737 Max gaining in China amid ‘fits and starts’

Bloomberg | June 01, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing Co.’s top executive is growing confident the company can soon restore its commercial standing in China, while cautioning about a rocky path ahead as the two superpowers joust over trade and politics.

American Airlines will challenge ruling that blocked JetBlue alliance

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Bloomberg | Top Story | June 01, 2023

American Airlines will challenge ruling that blocked JetBlue alliance

American Airlines Group Inc. plans to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that its operating alliance with JetBlue Airways Corp. violates antitrust laws and must be dismantled.

IAG Cargo officially launches state of the art cargo handling facility, New Premia at London Heathrow

AJOT | May 31, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Pakistan airlines’ jet seized in Malaysia for unpaid dues

Bloomberg | May 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Tower Cold Chain announces product upgrade for the airline and railway sector

The temperature-controlled transportation of perishable food, beverages and ice is now even easier thanks to the latest product expansion from Tower Cold Chain – a range of onboard catering containers, capable of maintaining fresh and frozen temperatures without using dry ice.

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AJOT | Top Story | May 30, 2023

Cargo iQ collaborates with FIATA and ASA to drive air cargo standardization

The three global associations will work together to strengthen collaboration between forwarders, handlers, and airlines, to drive unified high standards

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China jet to rival Airbus, Boeing makes first commercial flight

Bloomberg | May 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

A made-in-China aircraft to rival Boeing Co. and Airbus SE underwent its maiden commercial flight on Sunday, almost six months after being delivered to China Eastern Airlines Corp.

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CPaT continues partnership with Texel Air with Texel Air NZ

AJOT | May 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

CPaT Global, the world’s leading provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, today announced they have been awarded a new contract with Texel Air NZ, enabling them to now support both branches of Texel Air. CPaT will be providing the airline with Boeing B737-800BCF Aircraft System Courses, its library of General Subjects, and access to CPaT Invent content-design software.

Singapore Air, Garuda to deepen ties and grow regional routes

Bloomberg | May 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qantas says international flying will be twice as lucrative in post-Covid era

Bloomberg | May 30, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Aviation firm Surf Air is working with Morgan Stanley on direct listing

Bloomberg | May 28, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

Surf Air Mobility Corp., an electric aviation and regional air travel company, is working with Morgan Stanley and is set to move ahead with its plans to go public through a direct listing, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Lufthansa’s Italian job means overcoming Alitalia’s lost decades

Bloomberg | May 28, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is about to embark on a tough journey to pull off a quick turnaround of Alitalia’s successor ITA Airways and overcome two decades of constant losses.

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WorldACD Weekly Air Cargo Trends (week 20):

AJOT | May 26, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Tonnages slide again after recovery from early May dip

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A $189 airport travel hack is no longer working very well

Bloomberg | May 26, 2023 | Air Cargo

Few things are more tiresome than slowly shuffling forward in an airport line with one anxious eye on the ticking clock, especially as US travel surges with the end of the pandemic.

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British Airways IT outage leads to more canceled flights

Bloomberg | May 26, 2023 | Air Cargo

British Airways was forced to cancel more of its short-haul flights from Heathrow on Friday following a computer outage that knocked out parts of its service on Thursday, just as UK travelers prepare for one of the busiest travel periods with school half term holidays and an extended weekend.