Air Cargo

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

Australia in talks with Japan, South Korea on reopening travel

Bloomberg | October 11, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Malaysia Airlines may shut if restructure talks fail, Edge says

Bloomberg | October 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Air Canada slashes price of transat deal, citing Covid impact

Bloomberg | October 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Qantas ‘Full-Day’ Flight to Nowhere Takes Off to Battle Slump

Bloomberg | October 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qantas Airways Ltd. launched a sight-seeing flight across Australia in the airline’s latest effort to contend with the impact of the pandemic on the tourism sector.

Apollo approved for $1 billion Aeromexico bankruptcy loan

Bloomberg | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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New ambassador for Lufthansa Cargo’s social commitment

AJOT | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ever since the Cargo Human Care e.V. aid organisation was founded by Lufthansa Cargo employees 13 years ago, the freight crane has been supporting the organisation's sustainable aid in Kenya. As part of Lufthansa Cargo's intensified commitment to the 17 sustainable development goals of the United Nations, this support has now been visualised on the latest freighter in the fleet: in cooperation with Lufthansa Technik, the Boeing 777F with the registration D-ALFI and the name "¡Buenos días México!" was given a special livery.

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Woolpert establishes UAS hub, adds office at Aviation Research Park in New Jersey

AJOT | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

Woolpert is opening an office that will serve as the firm’s aviation research and unmanned aircraft systems hub in the National Aviation Research and Technology Park in Egg Harbor Township, N.J. The space will support Woolpert’s full suite of UAS and urban air mobility personnel, technology and equipment, which includes platforms, sensors and advanced data processing systems.

Computers aboard airliners vulnerable to hacking, watchdog says

Bloomberg | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Technology

American Airlines plans move to Beijing Daxing International Airport in March 2021

AJOT | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports | Airlines

Cathay Pacific union bemoans being left in dark by top brass

Bloomberg | October 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Air to ‘aggressively’ add new cities amid travel slump

Bloomberg | October 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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LATAM Cargo Group launches its 12th route from Miami to Brazil

AJOT | October 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Bringer Air Cargo's first cargo charter operated by LATAM Cargo Brazil in the Miami-Belo Horizonte/Confins route landed yesterday (10/7)

Mesa Air Group Operates First Revenue Cargo Flight For DHL Express

AJOT | October 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

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WFS prepares for global air cargo deliveries of COVID vaccine

AJOT | October 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, has launched Project Coldstream to co-ordinate its response to the anticipated global transportation of some 16 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine, expected to commence in late 2020 and continue through 2021/2.