Air Cargo

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

Vantis and Thales partner to build nation’s first statewide BVLOS network

AJOT Newsroom | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Successful first public flight of Volocopter’s VoloDrone

AJOT Newsroom | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

• Volocopter and DB Schenker perform joint logistics demonstration during the ITS World Congress 2021 in Hamburg • Electric VoloDrone conducts its first public test flight • Take-off for next generation logistics and eVTOL solutions

Wizz Air open to M&A approaches, CEO says

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Queues for hours at Singapore Air as travel routes open up

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus slides as delivery slowdown endangers year-end goal

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Modi expedites India asset sales with regional airline on block

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

EasyJet boosts capacity as travel rebound gathers pace

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest warns of need for more staff to end disruptions

Bloomberg | October 12, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co.’s shortage of workers overlapped with storms and an air traffic control interruption to force cancellation of nearly 3,100 flights over four days, the carrier’s next chief executive officer said as he extended an apology to customers.

Airbus sold just one plane in September, halting order gains

Bloomberg | October 11, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Heathrow demands sustainable fuel policy ahead of climate event

Bloomberg | October 11, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

U.K. pilot shortage threatens travel rebound, telegraph reports

Bloomberg | October 10, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

ULD sharing platform skypooling saves 25,000 tons of CO2 each year

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Global aviation must become more sustainable. Along with long-term and complex alternative drive and fuel solutions, there is one quick and immediate way to slash emissions: Jettainer's sharing platform skypooling can currently make annual savings of around 25,000 tons of CO2 by avoiding unnecessary deadhead ULD flights – but has much greater potential. This no-cost platform allows airline controllers to share ULDs around the globe. skypooling helps avoid deadhead flights, reducing global aviation's fuel use, costs, and CO2 emissions.

Lufthansa extends cargo handling contract with WFS in Ireland

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Lufthansa has extended its cargo handling contract with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Ireland.

Driving digital innovation: Frankfurt Airport launches the FRA-OS importation platform

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

United plans largest domestic schedule since March 2020

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

United has announced that it will fly its biggest domestic schedule since the start of the pandemic to meet an expected surge in holiday travel, with an emphasis on connecting the Midwest to warm weather cities like Las Vegas and Orlando as well as offering nearly 70 daily flights to ski destinations, including new service between Orange County and Aspen.

Alaska Airlines adds new nonstop service between Anchorage and Salt Lake City

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

With addition of new route from Alaska's largest city, our guests will enjoy nonstop service between the state of Alaska and the top 10 travel markets in the Lower 48

Groupe ADP and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo experiment OROK’s autonomous electric vehicles for freight transportation at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Since August 2021, Groupe ADP and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo have been testing at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport an airside cargo transport solution, with an autonomous electric vehicle from French startup OROK. The goal of this experiment is to optimise, secure and decarbonise ground operations, on airside and service lanes around the aircraft, for the benefit of all players in the airport value chain.

Air Cargo

AJOT Newsroom | October 08, 2021

Delta Cargo successfully transports 4 million COVID-19 vaccines to Colombia

Delta recently shipped its 4 millionth COVID-19 vaccine dose from the U.S. to Colombia. As a part of the critical supply chain, Delta is supporting global efforts to end the pandemic and reconnect the world.

Tata wins control of Air India again with $2.4 billion bid

Bloomberg | October 08, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

US airlines’ August 2021 fuel use down 2% from July; Still 20% lower than in pre-Pandemic August 2019

AJOT Newsroom | October 07, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Energy

The Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) today released U.S. airlines’ August Fuel Cost and Consumption numbers. U.S. airlines used 1.32 billion gallons of fuel in August, 1.9% less fuel than in July 2021 and 20.1% less than in pre-pandemic August 2019. The cost per gallon of fuel ($1.97) was down slightly from July ($1.99).

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