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US drone delivery startup gets approval in New Zealand. EU and Australia could be next

Bloomberg | April 14, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

A US startup has won permission to fly drones over people and beyond the view of their operators in New Zealand, a key regulatory step that could help open the skies over the EU, Australia and Canada to broader commercial use of unmanned aircraft.

WorldACD Weekly Air Cargo Trends (week 14):

AJOT Newsroom | April 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers

Global demand decline deepens: Worldwide air cargo demand has slipped further into decline after showing tentative signs of stabilizing in the last two months...

January 2023 U.S. Airline Traffic Data

AJOT Newsroom | April 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.S. airlines carried 67.1 million systemwide (domestic and international) scheduled service passengers in January 2023 according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)...

Delta eyes profit beat ahead of crucial summer travel season

Bloomberg | April 13, 2023 | Air Cargo

Delta Air Lines Inc. sees profit this quarter topping Wall Street’s estimates, buoyed by steady bookings heading into the crucial summer travel season, even as it posted weaker-than-expected results for the first months of the year.

Airbus regains €100 billion market value last seen before Covid

Bloomberg | April 13, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus SE has clawed back a €100 billion ($110 billion) market value last reached before the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 knocked the stock, as a rapid rebound in air travel swells the planemaker’s order book.

NTT DATA awarded contract to enhance Air Canada digital employee experience

AJOT Newsroom | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

First lightweight active container made its maiden flight as part of a collaboration between Swiss Airtainer, Swiss WorldCargo and B.P.L. Biotech & Pharma Logistics

AJOT Newsroom | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

Swiss WorldCargo, Swiss Airtainer, and B.P.L. have announced the launch of a self-sustaining airfreight container for life-saving medicine that brings significant weight reduction of 250kgs and thereby less fuel consumption.

Traders are betting against airlines at highest rate since pandemic

Bloomberg | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Silk Way West Airlines launches regular flights to Houston

Silk Way West Airlines, a global cargo airline based in Baku, Azerbaijan, has announced the launch of new weekly flights to Houston.

cargo.one launches cargo.one pro - the next generation platform for instant quoting and agent-to-agent bookings with global non-payment protection

AJOT Newsroom | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

• Import agents can instantly compare and book live import rates from export agents, enabling them to respond to their customers in a matter of seconds, beating competitors and winning more business. • By listing their offering on cargo.one pro, export agents can now offer digital booking of imports to their partners and new agents worldwide. • Bookings between agents are covered by global non payment protection, cargo.one protect, the latest step in cargo.one’s vision of hassle-free transactions.

Aeronet Atlanta makes a significant upgrade

AJOT Newsroom | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Etihad must stop running two ads in the UK due to greenwash rule

Bloomberg | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Green Shipping

African airlines face further losses after decade-long slump

Bloomberg | April 12, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

ECU Worldwide’s ECU360 Platform simplifies air freight

AJOT Newsroom | April 11, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

JetBlue to launch flights to Amsterdam

AJOT Newsroom | April 11, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

After recent Dutch court ruling, JetBlue confident in long-term path to flights between Amsterdam and its New York and Boston focus cities

BlueGrace Logistics promotes Ariana Villanueva to Vice President of People Strategy and Operations

BlueGrace Logistics | April 10, 2023 | Air Cargo | People | Appointments

U.S. cargo and passenger airlines added 2,687 jobs in February 2023

AJOT Newsroom | April 10, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers

Employment remains 8.2% above pre-pandemic February 2019

FedEx announces planned consolidation of operating companies

AJOT Newsroom | April 07, 2023 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

S&P Global Ratings: 3 Big U.S. airlines are poised for credit recovery amid looming U.S. recession

AJOT Newsroom | April 07, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Positive momentum in U.S. airline passenger traffic will persist in 2023 amid industrywide capacity constraints that should lead to full planes and robust fares, said...

As runway near-misses surge, radar that keeps planes apart is aging and unreliable

Bloomberg | April 06, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

A crucial safety system that’s relied on to avoid potentially fatal collisions at major US airports is aging and plagued by outages that have left travelers unprotected for months at a time. At some airports, it hasn’t ever been installed.

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