Air Cargo

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Swiss WorldCargo to perform more than ten cargo flights for Swiss healthcare institutions

Air Freight News | April 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The operation, which is extensively supported by the company’s Swiss WorldCargo airfreight division, is being conducted on behalf of the Zurich Cantonal Pharmacy and in collaboration with knechtcare / Welti-Furrer (the Knecht Group) and Männedorf Hospital.

Boeing extends suspension of Puget Sound production operations

AJOT | April 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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United Airlines partners with New York City to fly medical volunteers

AJOT | April 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airline to provide free, round-trip flights for doctors, nurses and other professionals who want to help treat patients in U.S. city with the highest concentration of COVID-19 cases

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Airbus tells employees production rebound unlikely in short term

Bloomberg | April 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus SE has told employees that a return to full operations isn’t feasible in the short term because of parts shortages and the inability of struggling airlines to take delivery of new aircraft, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Democrats urge Mnuchin to avoid ‘unreasonable’ terms on airlines

Bloomberg | April 05, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Turkish Airlines suspends all domestic flights until april 20

Bloomberg | April 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Boeing suspends Philadelphia area operations in response to COVID-19

AJOT | April 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Facility produces H-47 Chinook and V-22 Osprey aircraft for defense customers

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Rainer Wittenfeld appointed Co-Managing Director of LUG aircargo handling GmbH

AJOT | April 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders | People | Appointments

LUG aircargo handling GmbH has strengthened its leadership team with Rainer Wittenfeld being appointed Co-Managing Director alongside Patrik Tschirch.

Immediate support for air cargo urgently needed - TIACA

AJOT | April 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

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Ryanair to lose $325 million from oil insurance trades gone bad

Bloomberg | April 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ryanair Holdings Plc predicted a 300 million-euro ($325 million) hit for the fiscal year that just ended because of wrong-way bets on fuel hedges.

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Airline Industry warns of crisis bigger than 9/11 aftermath

Bloomberg | April 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Global air traffic demand fell 14% in February, the most since the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as airlines were “hit by a sledgehammer called COVID-19,” the International Air Transport Association said.

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Cathay cuts skeleton capacity even further as demand disappears

Bloomberg | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. said it will cut capacity even further as travel demand has disappeared because of the coronavirus.

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HNA’s Swissport to Hire Houlihan Lokey to Advise on Debt

Bloomberg | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Swissport International AG, the airport ground services firm owned by beleaguered Chinese conglomerate HNA Group Co., hired advisers to review its debt as passenger air traffic grinds to a halt because of coronavirus restrictions.

American Airlines gives up on most overseas flying this summer

Bloomberg | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

British Airways furloughs 30,000 staff to cope with coronavirus

Bloomberg | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

TIACA urges immediate support for air cargo

AJOT | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

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January 2020 US airline freight data (preliminary)

AJOT | April 02, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

U.S. airlines carried 0.7% less freight by weight in January 2020 than in January 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by the 15 airlines that carry the most freight.

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