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Southwest Air’s CEO tells workers ‘I’m accountable’ for crisis

Bloomberg | December 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Air memos showed growing alarm on eve of epic winter storm

Bloomberg | December 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

As a winter storm bore down on a broad swath of the US, a staffing crisis was brewing for Southwest Airlines Co. in Denver.

ANTONOV Airlines became the winner in the nomination “The best charter operator of the year”

The ACA’s prestigious Air Charter Excellence Awards take place in the autumn each year, where companies from the industry are recognised and awarded for excellence in their field.

CPaT announces new contract with Libya-based Crown Airlines

AJOT Newsroom | December 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Bloomberg | December 28, 2022

US aviation bodies dispute parts of Ethiopian Max crash report

US aviation agencies disputed certain elements of Ethiopia’s latest report into the deadly Boeing Co. 737 Max crash near Addis Ababa in 2019, including findings related to actions taken by the flight crew.

Statement by Randy Barnes President of TWU Local 555 representing ground workers at Southwest Airlines

AJOT Newsroom | December 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown and stress and unreasonable demands placed on ground crews

Fuel-supply glitch delays flights at top South African airport

Bloomberg | December 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

Ethiopia reiterates Boeing Max crash due to unfit safety feature

Bloomberg | December 27, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ethiopian authorities reiterated that the deadly Boeing Co. 737 Max jet crash near Addis Ababa almost four years ago was mainly due to a faulty safety feature, revealing little fresh insight into the accident.

Ethiopian Airlines to resume flights to Mekelle

AJOT Newsroom | December 27, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Avianca announces new direct route from Boston to Bogotá

AJOT Newsroom | December 27, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Hong Kong searches for flights to China soar as last curbs fall

Bloomberg | December 27, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

Southwest cancels 62% of flights as storm leaves it an outlier

Bloomberg | December 27, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. canceled almost two-thirds of its flights Tuesday, remaining hobbled by a massive winter storm that most major rivals were able to recover from with greater ease.

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Bloomberg | December 26, 2022

Amazon looks to sell excess air cargo space as demand cools

Amazon.com Inc. is trying to sell excess space on its cargo planes, according to people familiar with the matter, its latest effort to adjust from a rapid pandemic-era expansion to a slowdown in online growth.

Southwest Air faces gridlock with over 80% of flights scrapped or late

Bloomberg | December 26, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. canceled almost 3,000 flights and had hundreds of others run late, disrupting more than 80% of its schedule as operational woes mushroomed in the wake of the massive winter storm that pummeled the US.

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Bloomberg | December 24, 2022

Power outages, flight delays as US storm leaves trail of chaos

Dangerously cold temperatures settled over a wide swath of the US and Canada on Saturday as a massive winter storm upended Christmas holiday travel and left millions without power or facing rolling blackouts.

Airlines delay, cancel flights across US as Winter storm disrupts holiday travel

Bloomberg | December 23, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

WorldACD Air cargo trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 50)

AJOT Newsroom | December 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Demand drops further in disappointing December

AviaAM Leasing acquires two more Boeing 737-800 for passenger-to-freighter conversion

AJOT Newsroom | December 22, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Nippon Cargo Airlines to use Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel for their cargo flights reducing the emissions of cargo transport

Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), the only international cargo airline based in Japan, has for the first time used Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel™ for several cargo flights in November and December this year. The sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is supplied by Neste at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

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