Air Cargo

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

US air travelers surge over 1 million in holiday-season uptick

Bloomberg | November 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Airline lobby is building a Covid ‘Travel Pass’ to spur flights

Bloomberg | November 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Global airline lobby IATA is working on a mobile app that will help travelers demonstrate their coronavirus-free status, joining a push to introduce so-called Covid passports as vaccines for the disease near approval.

Teetering airlines will struggle to outlast wait for vaccine

Bloomberg | November 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

South African finance minister questions own airline bailout

Bloomberg | November 23, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Pompeo confirms US withdrawal from open skies treaty

Bloomberg | November 22, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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squAIR-timber awarded a Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label

AJOT | November 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

Solar flight pioneer Bertrand Piccard’s Solar Impulse Foundation has embarked on a hunt for 1,000 innovative ideas that prove that sustainable solutions can also be economically attractive. The foundation has come up with an illustrious list that has featured a familiar name since November: squAIR-timber. Developed by trilatec GmbH, this system replaces wood pallets and beams used in air freight transportation with comparable solutions made out of cardboard fiber. squAIR-timber products are 80 per cent lighter than wood, dramatically lowering fuel consumption and helping to reduce CO2 emissions from global air freight transportation.

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Pelican BioThermal expands deep frozen product range to meet COVID-19 vaccine shipping requirements

Pelican BioThermal, the global name in temperature controlled packaging, announces deep frozen temperature controlled packaging options with temperature ranges of minus 80 degrees Celsius to minus 20 degrees Celsius. The new offerings help meet the growing need for increased deep frozen temperature ranges and payload capacities as pharmaceutical companies and their supply chains prepare to bring COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics to market.

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AELF FlightService commences long-term contract with Windrose Airlines

AJOT | November 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

AELF FlightService, which recently entered the widebody charter market, signed a 14-month contract to fly charter flights for Windrose Airlines. Beginning this week, the company will fly freight for the Ukrainian carrier on routes that include Kiev to New York and Kiev to Hong Kong. The routes will be serviced on A330-200 MSN 700 in partnership with Malta-based Maleth Aero.

Ethiopian Cargo launches Trans-Pacific cargo flight services, Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage

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AJOT | Top Story | November 20, 2020

Ethiopian Cargo launches Trans-Pacific cargo flight services, Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage

Ethiopian Cargo & Logistics Services, the largest cargo network operator in Africa, has launched Trans-Pacific routes, extending from Incheon to Atlanta via Anchorage effective 09 Nov 2020. Ethiopian operates B777-200F, one of the most technologically advanced aircraft on the route, offering a remarkable freight service to our cargo forwarding customers worldwide with reduced flight hour, seamless connectivity and better payload.

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FAA faces its own reckoning as it gives Boeing path to fly jet

Bloomberg | November 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

It’s not just Boeing Co.’s 737 Max that needed repairs.

Norwegian Air shuttle flew too close to the sun

Bloomberg | November 20, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

EL AL Israel Airlines and Etihad Airways to explore greater cooperation following MOU signing

AJOT | November 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

American Airlines scraps change fees for some overseas trips

Bloomberg | November 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Carrier Transicold adds versatility to EverFRESH active controlled-atmosphere system to extend shelf life of perishables

Boeing’s comeback from Covid crisis hinges on tarnished Max

Bloomberg | November 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

US airlines warn of weakening demand ahead of holiday travel

Bloomberg | November 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Southwest Air expands layoff threat with warning to more workers

Bloomberg | November 19, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Airlines Co. sent another 403 workers warnings that they could be furloughed, as the carrier struggles to shave $500 million from labor costs and avoid the first involuntary layoffs in its 49-year history.