Air Cargo

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ANA Group announces flight schedule for fiscal year 2020

AJOT Newsroom | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest 5-Star airline for seven consecutive years, announced Fiscal Year 2020’s (FY2020) flight schedule changes. Over the next 12 months, ANA will shift its flight schedule to match the expansion of the international departure and arrival slots at Haneda International Airport (HND).

American Airlines Targets Higher Growth in 2020

Bloomberg | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Bloomberg | January 23, 2020

China expands travel restrictions as virus deaths climb

Chinese health officials expanded travel restrictions beyond the epicenter of a SARS-like outbreak that’s killed at least 17 people as global fallout from the virus’s spread grew.

Bailout delay leaves South African Airways on brink of collapse

Bloomberg | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo

South African Airways said “time is of the essence” for the government to provide a pledged cash injection if the loss-making national carrier is to continue flying.

Boeing-Embraer deal faces delays as EU pauses its probe again

Bloomberg | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

European Union merger watchdogs said they stopped the clock on their review of Boeing Co.’s tie-up with Brazilian rival Embraer SA for a second time as they demanded yet more details from the jet makers.

Dubai to thermal screen all passengers coming from China

Bloomberg | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo

Rolls-Royce CEO: Aviation risks becoming ‘villain’ of C02 crisis

Bloomberg | January 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

Boeing’s new CEO sees production restart for Max in a few months

Bloomberg | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing Co.’s new leader expects to restart production of the 737 Max within a few months -- even before the grounded jet wins approval to resume flying.

United says latest Max delay will push restart past summer

Bloomberg | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Lufthansa weighs listing of stake in jet-maintenance unit

Bloomberg | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Deutsche Lufthansa AG is considering selling stock in its jet-aircraft maintenance businesses to fund the unit’s expansion and help boost the airline group’s market value, according to people familiar with the matter.

Ontario International Airport fortifies its role as a freight hub, growing more than 5%

AJOT Newsroom | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Eddy Cojulun New Chief Sales Officer at Envirotainer

In his new role Eddy will report directly to the CEO and is part of the Envirotainer Management Team.

United Airlines reaches 2020 target one year ahead of schedule

AJOT Newsroom | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Miami’s hometown airline surpassed 30 million passengers and achieved record operational results

AJOT Newsroom | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Swiss WorldCargo will begin operating at Daxing in March of 2020

AJOT Newsroom | January 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

FIS Air Freight Report January 20, 2020

AJOT Newsroom | January 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | General

A minor reversal on the previous week, all major aggregate and basket routes climb with single digit growth (the exception being Hong Kong to US, up 11 cents) in price movements linked to a squeeze prior to the early Chinese New Year.

JetBlue announces plans for new Guatemala City service

AJOT Newsroom | January 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

New service to Central American city advances JetBlue’s leadership position in Latin America & the Caribbean

Centurion Law Group leads market entry of Turkish Airlines in Equatorial Guinea

AJOT Newsroom | January 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

As part of its mission to open new routes and expand its fleet in 2020, Turkish Airlines has added Malabo, Equatorial Guinea to its route network

It’s ‘time to get real’ on air cargo load factors to earn the industry the recognition it deserves

AJOT Newsroom | January 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

The global utilisation of air cargo capacity is 35% higher than the traditional industry indicator suggests, according to a new data services company introducing the ‘dynamic load factor’ analyses.