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South Africa starts talks with potential buyers of state airline

Bloomberg | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

South Africa’s government has started talks with private entities interested in buying into the country’s insolvent national carrier, which needs at least 10 billion rand ($583 million) to resume operations.

Qatar Airways rebuilds network to more than 550 weekly flights to over 85 destinations

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The airline also recently announced the resumption of flights to Adelaide, Auckland, Houston, Kigali, London Gatwick, Nairobi, Philadelphia and Sialkot

German airlines pitch plan to return trans-Atlantic flights

Bloomberg | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

United Airlines Doubles Service Between San Francisco and Shanghai

AJOT Newsroom | August 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Bain on hook for $543 million break fee If Virgin deal fails

Bloomberg | August 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Bain Capital has agreed to pay A$750 million ($543 million) should it fail to buy Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd., an unusually high break fee that helped win over the collapsed airline’s administrator.

Volga-Dnepr steps in to speed up completion of power plant project in Vietnam

AJOT Newsroom | August 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, the world’s leader in oversized and super-heavy air cargo transportation, has once again demonstrated agility and flexibility while organizing a charter flight with high voltage equipment onboard to empower construction of a 450MW solar power plant in Vietnam.

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AJOT Newsroom | August 18, 2020

Dachser USA announces weekly Transatlantic flight service between US and Europe

Global logistics provider responding to growing need for air freight capacity

Boeing 777 Freighter Joins the Volga-Dnepr Group

AJOT Newsroom | August 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

A Boeing 777 Freighter today joined the Volga-Dnepr Group fleet of 24 Boeing freighters today, departing Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The fuel efficient twin-engine freighter will begin operations with AirBridgeCargo, a subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr.

Boeing to deepen job cuts beyond 10% plan with new buyouts

Bloomberg | August 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing Co. is preparing to offer buyouts to employees for a second time this year as the virus-stricken planemaker extends its workforce cuts beyond the original 10% target unveiled in April.

Airbus picks former GE executive as Europe Sales Chief

Bloomberg | August 18, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus SE has chosen a former General Electric Co. executive as the planemaker’s new sales chief in Europe in a move to strengthen its salesforce to get through the pandemic.

Ryanair cuts flights, others weigh capacity amid virus surge

Bloomberg | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Swissport renews Qatar Airways Cargo contract

AJOT Newsroom | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Swissport and Qatar Airways Cargo have renewed a contract covering airport ground services and air cargo handling at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport and signed new 5-year contracts for cargo handling at the airports in Manchester and Birmingham in the UK.

Price per kg dropping by 9% worldwide - volumes on the rise

AJOT Newsroom | August 17, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

Since air cargo developments started to completely go “off the charts” in March 2020, every month the question arises whether the next month will be a bit more normal, whatever ‘normal’ may mean.

Bain’s revival of Virgin Australia faces growing legal obstacle

Bloomberg | August 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Israeli airline Israir seeks UAE landing permit

Bloomberg | August 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Lufthansa cabin crew vote in favor of collective agreements

Bloomberg | August 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qatar Airways resumes flights to London Gatwick

AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Resumption of daily London Gatwick flights starting 20 August will see the airline’s UK network expand to 45 weekly flights to four UK gateways, cementing its position as the leading international carrier providing connectivity to the UK

Sky Gates adds new Russian airfreight service

AJOT Newsroom | August 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

As a result of successful technical landings over the last weeks, the Russian cargo airline Sky Gates Cargo Airlines is launching new scheduled airfreight services to and from Moscow Zhukovsky International Airport (ZIA) in August 2020.

ATRAN Airlines expands its Chinese coverage amid growing e-commerce volumes

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

ATRAN Airlines, express air cargo carrier within Volga-Dnepr Group, has expanded its network with bringing Shijiazhuang (China) into the loop. The carrier intends to operate the flights on a weekly basis to Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow (Russia) where it is based.

Annual rise in US airlines June cargo (over 9%) largest increase since January 2018

AJOT Newsroom | August 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

U.S. airlines carried 9.4% more cargo by weight in June 2020 than in June 2019, the largest annual gain since January 2018 fueled by a gain of almost 14% in domestic cargo. A 3.6% decline in international cargo was the smallest annual loss since November 2019, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 13 of the leading cargo airlines.

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