Air Cargo

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

Delta Air Lines to impose monthly surcharge on unvaccinated employees

Bloomberg | August 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Orders of US business equipment unexpectedly stalled in July

Bloomberg | August 25, 2021 | Air Cargo

London Gatwick revives plan to open up emergency runway

Bloomberg | August 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Gulf Air renews for CHAMP Cargospot suite

AJOT | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

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ATRAN Airlines transports 42,640 one-day-old chicks from Spain

AJOT | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Charters

ATRAN Airlines (ATRAN), an express carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has accomplished its first European live-animal transportation from Spain to Russia. Boeing 737-800BCF charter flight has delivered 533 boxes with one-day-old chicks, weighing over 2,200 kilograms, in support of the local agricultural program.

Chapman Freeborn Australia charters AN124 to deliver helicopters to Greece to aid in fighting wildfires

AJOT | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Charters

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Air Canada ready to connect Munich to Toronto

AJOT | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Following the Government of Canada’s announcement to reopen international borders on September 7th, Air Canada is pleased today to unveil additional details of its planned Munich (MUC) – Toronto (YYZ) schedule. Seats are available for sale through all booking channels including aircanada.com and via travel agencies.

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Volga-Dnepr’s An-124 delivers four water-bombers to Greece to support seasonal wildfire-fighting efforts

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group and an acknowledged leader in outsized and super heavy transportations, has masterminded urgent delivery of four Bell 214B with tanks and other associated equipment from Australia to Greece.

Airbus extends US order streak with near $4 billion Delta deal

Bloomberg | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Emirates adds flights in bid to recover long-haul crown

Bloomberg | August 24, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

New chair of 205-year-old Swire looks to China for future growth

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Bloomberg | Top Story | August 23, 2021

New chair of 205-year-old Swire looks to China for future growth

As chairman of Swire Pacific Ltd., Merlin Swire steered the 205-year-old Hong Kong business empire through some of its worst crises in recent times, including the pandemic that almost sank its aviation unit last year.

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Vietnam Airlines selects WFS for Amsterdam cargo operations

AJOT | August 23, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Vietnam Airlines has selected Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) as its new cargo handling partner at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Branson brings in Boeing for $3.2 billion Virgin Orbit SPAC deal

Bloomberg | August 23, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Biden says US has expanded evacuation efforts at Kabul Airport

Bloomberg | August 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Ethiopian establishes B767 passenger to freighter conversion site in its Addis Ababa HUB MRO center

AJOT | August 20, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Battered airlines owed billions as governments withhold cash

Bloomberg | August 20, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Recovery of Hawaii cargo jet on sea floor set to begin in fall

Bloomberg | August 19, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

B&H Worldwide further boosts business development team in Asia

AJOT | August 19, 2021 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders | Logistics

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FAA restricts US airlines from flying over Afghanistan

Bloomberg | August 19, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.S. airlines will have to get special permission to fly over Afghanistan because there are no longer air-traffic controllers overseeing the skies under the new Taliban leadership, aviation regulators said late Wednesday.