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Glaube Logistics completes air charter shipment of air purification units from China to Saudi Arabia

AJOT Newsroom | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

XLP member, Glaube Logistics, completed a recent air charter from Chengdu, China to Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The cargo was 3,600 pieces of air purification units, weighing a total of 110 tons, and the plane used was a Boeing 747 8F.

TIACA launches its 2nd Air Cargo Sustainability Awards

AJOT Newsroom | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

Ethiopian welcomes back business and leisure customers with emphasis on wellness

AJOT Newsroom | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport joint revenue bond rating lowered to ‘A’ from ‘A+’ On COVID-19 impact

AJOT Newsroom | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

United Airlines resuming service between San Francisco and Shanghai

AJOT Newsroom | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

South Africa wrangles with unions over airline overhaul plan

Bloomberg | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Bloomberg | June 28, 2020

U.S. FAA confirms Boeing 737 Max test flights set to begin

U.S. aviation regulators have approved a critical set of test flights on the Boeing Co. 737 Max to begin as soon as Monday after reviewing the manufacturer’s safety assessment of the multiple fixes devised for the plane.

British Airways Reaches Deal to Cut 350 Pilots

Bloomberg | June 27, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

British Airways, a unit of International Consolidated Airlines Group, will cut 350 pilots and put another 300 in a “pool” for re-hire when needed as part of a deal reached with cockpit crew, The Sun reported.

U.S.-EU discord imperils rebound in prime Trans-Atlantic flights

Bloomberg | June 26, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Munich Airport’s Terminal 1 Back in Operation

AJOT Newsroom | June 26, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Terminal 1 at Munich Airport, where passenger operations were temporarily suspended due to the coronavirus crisis, is set to open its doors to passengers again very soon.

Air France-KLM’s $3.8 Billion Dutch Aid Comes With Strings

Bloomberg | June 26, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Lufthansa Dodges Insolvency After Shareholders Back Bailout

Bloomberg | June 26, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Bain Buys Virgin Australia in Bold Bet on Shattered Industry

Bloomberg | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Bain Capital LP agreed to buy collapsed Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd. in one of the biggest single bets on the airline industry since it was shattered by the coronavirus pandemic.

U.S. Airline CEOs to Meet With Pence on Covid-19 Measures

Bloomberg | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Aviation’s Turnaround Man Signs Up for Repeat Job at Qantas

Bloomberg | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Alan Joyce pulled Qantas Airways Ltd. back from the brink once before. Now he’s signed up to do it again, but under much tougher circumstances.

United Air Boosts Debt Sale 36% to $6.8 Billion on Demand Surge

Bloomberg | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

DHL and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo make transports of medicinal products more transparent

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group and Air France KLM Martinair (AFKLMP) Cargo improve transparency in the pharmaceutical logistics chain. Together, the two leading players in the airfreight pharmaceutical industry have created a direct host-to-host connection to enhance the data reliability and availability for their customers. Information about deliveries can be easily accessed and monitored via DHL’s LifeTrack Portal.

American Airlines announces pricing of senior secured notes

AJOT Newsroom | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Ziegler LGG imports 150 million masks and disposable aprons for Belgium

AJOT Newsroom | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

AON member, Ziegler LGG in Belgium, have imported 150,000,000 (150 millions) of masks for the Belgian State, between March and June 2020. They are proud to provide and care for Belgium, as they have also imported several millions of disposable aprons for the medical staff in hospitals as well.

Lufthansa shareholders pave the way for stabilization measures

AJOT Newsroom | June 25, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Today, the shareholders of Deutsche Lufthansa AG voted in favor of accepting the capital measures and the participation of the Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) of the Federal Republic of Germany in Deutsche Lufthansa AG. The corresponding proposal received the necessary majority at today’s Extraordinary General Meeting of the company.

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