Air Cargo

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

Heathrow Airport says UK quarantine is strangling economy

Bloomberg | August 11, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Qatar Airways flights resuming to Adelaide

AJOT Newsroom | August 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Starting 16 August 2020 the airline will operate two-weekly flights to Adelaide with connections to more than 35 destinations across Africa, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and South Asia

AviaAM Leasing’s recently acquired a Boeing 747-400F nose-loader liveried and already operational on behalf of Magma Aviation

AJOT Newsroom | August 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

AviaAM Leasing, part of the Avia Solutions Group, has announced the purchase of a Boeing 747-400F nose-loader aircraft which has already started commercial operations on behalf of Magma Aviation.

India’s top airline to raise $534 million to combat cash drain

Bloomberg | August 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Houston and Philadelphia

AJOT Newsroom | August 10, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The national carrier of the State of Qatar will also increase frequencies to Los Angeles to daily from 12 August and double daily to New York from 1 September

Pilot erred in India crash, aviation watchdog chief suggests

Bloomberg | August 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Amerijet completes IATA’s CEIV Pharma recertification

AJOT Newsroom | August 07, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Amerijet International Airlines has completed its IATA Center of Excellence for Independent Validators (CEIV) Pharma recertification for the handling of temperature-controlled healthcare and life science products.

LATAM’s Solidary Plane transported over 680 tons of medical supplies and more than 400 health professionals in South America

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

• During the pandemic, the program has focused on supporting the fight against the virus. • In Brazil, 64 tons of food for various NGOs supported by LATAM and 45 tons of medical supplies for hospitals were donated and transported.

US Transportation Secretary Chao announces $3.3 million in seven drone grants to universities

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

Qatar Airways resume flights To two additional African destinations; Kigali, Rwanda and Nairobi, Kenya

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Delta bets on clean jets to grab market share, pare cash burn

Bloomberg | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Mid-June airline employment up 2,000 from mid-May

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.S. airlines employed 699,683 workers in the middle of June 2020, 2,446 more than in mid-May 2020 and 53,602 fewer than in March 2020. The June 2020 numbers consist of 508,688 full-time and 111,075 part-time workers.

United now cleaning flight decks with UVC lighting

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

FIS Air Freight Report August 3, 2020

AJOT Newsroom | August 06, 2020 | Air Cargo | General

Discussions move towards the forward market, with a number of airlines publicly quite bullish for September onwards. August is quiet, except it isn't quiet - a summary of the lack of consensus in the current market.