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Airbus nabs $4.9 billion order from Boeing customer Jet2

Bloomberg | August 31, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Back-to-school blues hits airlines bracing for long winter

Bloomberg | August 31, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Air bumps hiring goal 16% in an effort to cut delays

Bloomberg | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Lara joins CargoAi’s Board of Advisors

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing have signed strategic MoU to position Ethiopia as Africa’s aviation hub

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

EUROCONTROL starts construction works for new operations centre in Brussels

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

CMA CGM AIR CARGO transports emergency medical equipment between Paris and the French West Indies

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

• An operation organized in just a few days for the French government to respond to the new Covid-19 outbreak in Guadeloupe and Martinique. • CMA CGM, important link between the French West Indies and the mainland. • CMA CGM AIR CARGO: a fast and flexible transport solution to meet the needs of the most demanding supply chains.

Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics marks one-year anniversary of consecutive Frankfurt-Chicago-Frankfurt air freight service

AJOT Newsroom | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics (ASL), a subsidiary of global logistics provider Dachser, has announced that it is marking its one year anniversary of consecutive flights of its weekly Frankfurt - Chicago - Frankfurt air freight service route. Since its establishment one year ago, the service route has grown with over 85% of Dachser USA´s customers utilizing this service more than once.

Virus variant batters airline bookings for Labor Day weekend

Bloomberg | August 30, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 33)

AJOT Newsroom | August 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

WorldACD's latest views on air cargo market developments, covering each of the last 5 weeks up till Sunday 22 August.

Air Charter Service arranges UK aid flights to Haiti

AJOT Newsroom | August 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Charters

Earlier this week, Air Charter Service chartered a Boeing B787-9 to transport 20 tonnes of humanitarian aid donated by the British government for those affected by the devastating earthquake in Haiti.

GoAir gets initial share sale nod from India’s market regulator

Bloomberg | August 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines trims flying schedule after worker outcry

Bloomberg | August 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Interjet eyes comeback after $1.25 billion Mexico restructuring

Bloomberg | August 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Shanghai Airport cargo snarl blamed by Mazda for factory halts

Bloomberg | August 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

The air cargo delays at Shanghai Pudong International Airport have snared Mazda Motor Corp. with the Japanese automaker saying the snarls have meant it can’t get electronic car parts out of China.

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AJOT Newsroom | August 26, 2021

AirBridgeCargo Airlines finds the solution to transport 38 RAP containers with diabetes treatments amid disruptions in major Chinese airports

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC), part of Volga-Dnepr Group and one of the leaders in healthcare transportations, has found the solution for the transportation of large batch with diabetes treatments for its long-standing partner, Bolloré Logistics, when the latter turned to ABC for assistance amid the disruptions in ground handling operations in major Chinese airports.

Crossover to electric aircraft well progressed, says IDTechEx

AJOT Newsroom | August 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Electraflyer has announced that it has passed crossover, meaning it now sells more battery-electric aircraft than polluting ones. Pipistrel sold over 100 battery-electric aircraft last year as they take over from its traditional offerings.

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Bloomberg | August 26, 2021

Vietnam Airlines aims to start first US route late October

Vietnam Airlines JSC is pushing ahead with plans to start its first flights to the U.S. in late October even as it seeks to mitigate losses from the virtual suspension of operations during the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreak.

Airline lobby urges global adoption of EU vaccine passports

Bloomberg | August 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

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