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Boeing sees resuming 737 Max deliveries to China by early 2022

Bloomberg | October 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing Co. is working with China’s regulators to clear the 737 Max to resume commercial flights in China by year-end and signaled that deliveries of the jet could resume soon to the plane’s largest overseas market.

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AJOT Newsroom | October 27, 2021

DB Schenker, Lufthansa Cargo and Nokia join forces on CO2-neutral air freight

Extended weekly cargo flight rotations between Frankfurt and Shanghai. 14,175 tons less greenhouse gases in the winter flight schedule by using sustainable aviation fuel. On the eve of COP26, Nokia joins the ambitious project and commits to more climate friendly air freight.

Ryanair to cut carbon emissions with electric ground handling

Bloomberg | October 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.S. capital goods orders increase for a seventh straight month

Bloomberg | October 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

JetBlue sees Transatlantic ‘gravy’ aiding holiday travel season

Bloomberg | October 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Breeze Airways gets first Airbus for layout ‘experiment’

Bloomberg | October 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Unilode to provide ULD management solutions to Hongyuan Group

AJOT Newsroom | October 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Hongyuan Group, a corporation providing global trade, supply chain finance, logistics real estate and freight services, has entered into a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply and management partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced ULD management and repair services.

UPS skirts labor, port snags as holiday shoppers buy early

United Parcel Service Inc.’s better-than-expected results in the most recent quarter point to the courier’s ability to power through two of the biggest challenges now dragging on Corporate America: supply-chain bottlenecks and labor shortages.

Latam Airlines CEO cuts costs and emissions during bankruptcy

Bloomberg | October 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Aviance Ghana Ltd implements CHAMP’s Cargospot Handling

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

Avianca seeks approval for plan that cuts airline’s debt by $3 billion

Bloomberg | October 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

UPS profit tops estimates on pricing, e-commerce strength

United Parcel Service Inc. rode higher prices and strong delivery demand driven by e-commerce to post profit that topped analysts’ expectations. It also raised its operating margin outlook to 13% for 2021 from an earlier target of 12.7%.

Heathrow hiring spree held back by drivers fleeing to Amazon

Bloomberg | October 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

Lufthansa awards WFS’ first cargo-only handling contract in Brazil

AJOT Newsroom | October 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Lufthansa Cargo has awarded a three-year contract to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) at São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport to handle cargo carried onboard its passenger, freighter and ‘preighter’ services.

Double-whammy for Hactl in AFLAS awards

AJOT Newsroom | October 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

ADM bets big on clean jet fuel as airlines aim to cut emissions

Cargolux launches SAF program

Cargolux has announced the launch of its sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) program. The introduction of SAF in the airline’s services takes Cargolux's sustainability engagement one step further, cementing the company's commitment to decarbonizing its operations.