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Bloomberg | December 30, 2021

US airlines cancel over 1,000 flights on day before New Year’s Eve

Airline cancellations are already piling up in the U.S., with 1,086 flights scrubbed as rising coronavirus cases hobbled staffing. Winter storms meanwhile threatened to further disrupt travel over New Year’s weekend.

Airbus wins 60-plane order from Lessor Aviation Capital

Bloomberg | December 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

How green stocks became flops in 2021, lagging even airlines

Cathay says ‘significant’ schedule changes as quarantine hardens

Bloomberg | December 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

British Airways scraps Hong Kong flights until March on virus

Bloomberg | December 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Alaska Airlines warns about winter weather impacts

AJOT Newsroom | December 29, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Bloomberg | December 29, 2021

US, China holding talks on plane cleaning after flight aborted

Talks are underway between the U.S. and China on possible changes to apparent new aircraft-cleaning requirements that prompted a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight to turn back to Seattle and that could upend air travel into the Asian nation.

UAE regulator probes Emirates flight ‘incident’ in Dubai

Bloomberg | December 29, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

China’s plane-cleaning rule spurs US talks after aborted trip

Bloomberg | December 28, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Talks are underway between the U.S. and China on possible changes to the Chinese government’s new aircraft-cleaning requirements that prompted a Delta Air Lines Inc. flight to turn back to Seattle and that could trigger the cancellation of some flights to the Asian nation.

Hong Kong to make air cargo crew do 3-day hotel quarantine

Bloomberg | December 28, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

US cancels another 1,000 flights due to snow storms, Covid surge

Bloomberg | December 28, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Flight cancellations that disrupted U.S. travel over the Christmas weekend stretched into Monday, with winter storms further pressuring carriers that were already short-staffed because of spreading Covid-19 cases.