Air Cargo

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von Boxberg to be CEO of Brussels Airlines

AJOT Newsroom | March 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Dorothea von Boxberg is set to become the new CEO of Brussels Airlines. Subject to the pending resolution by the Board of Directors of SN Airholding, Dorothea von Boxberg, who is currently Chairperson of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Cargo AG, will take over in Belgium as of 15 April 2023.

Frankfurt Airport warns of disruption next week amid strike

Bloomberg | March 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific is in talks to add as many as 50 Airbus planes

Bloomberg | March 23, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. is in talks with aircraft lessors as it seeks to source as many as 50 of Airbus SE’s A320neo-type aircraft, people familiar with the discussions said, with Hong Kong’s main carrier aiming to ramp up and potentially expand following the scrapping of Covid curbs.

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AJOT Newsroom | March 22, 2023

CBP intercepts giant snails at Detroit Metropolitan Airport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists intercepted six Giant African Snails at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.

Virgin Orbit resumes some operations in bid to shake off crisis

Bloomberg | March 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

Antonov Airlines` AN-124-100 ‘Ruslan’ chartered for three urgent cargo transportation from Europe to Asia

The Ukrainian ANTONOV Airlines – expert in outsized and super heavy cargo transportations safely delivered 13 plant components in a short notice to help minimizing costly downtime due to a line production shutdown at a petrochemical plant

France to extend flight reductions at Paris-Orly as strikes continue

Bloomberg | March 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

EU plans to give parts of aviation industry a green label

Bloomberg | March 22, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology | Green Shipping

Wingtra lands $22M funding round as their commercial drones take off to new heights

AJOT Newsroom | March 21, 2023 | Air Cargo | Technology

Flights increase by a quarter since 2022, with capacity now over 90% of pre-pandemic levels

AJOT Newsroom | March 21, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Emirates urges India to grant open skies accord as demand rises

Bloomberg | March 21, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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AJOT Newsroom | March 21, 2023

DSV to acquire two US-based logistics firms to boost semiconductor service offerings

DSV has reached agreements to acquire US-based transport and logistics companies S&M Moving Systems West and Global Diversity Logistics.

ADP, GMR airports infrastructure to merge joint venture with GMR

Bloomberg | March 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

India to splurge $12 billion on airports as travel rebounds

Bloomberg | March 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Paris-Orly Airport to cut 20% of flights on Tuesday and Wednesday

Bloomberg | March 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airports

Air India confident on funding for world’s biggest aircraft deal

Bloomberg | March 20, 2023 | Air Cargo | Airlines

FedEx soars most in nine months after boosting profit forecast

Bloomberg | March 18, 2023 | Air Cargo | Freighters | Trucking

FedEx Corp.’s shares jumped the most in nine months after the courier boosted its profit outlook, signaling efforts to cut costs are helping counter a decline in package volume.