Air Cargo

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

FedEx soars after profit surprise on costs, health shipments

Airlines risk extinction as India refuses to rescue billionaires

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Delta to bring back beer, wine service on longer US flights

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Pratt & Whitney training cited in 2018 United jet engine failure

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

American Air’s plan to fill planes draws rebuke from CDC, Fauci

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Star Alliance member airlines unit around common standards and planning tools

AJOT | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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US Transportation Secretary Chao announces $800 million in grants to 347 airports in 46 states

AJOT | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today that the Trump Administration will award nearly $800 million in airport safety and infrastructure grants through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to 46 states, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Marshall Islands.

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Even trains can fly

AJOT | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Project

Antonov Airlines has completed unique cargo delivery of two Max Bögl TSB maglev trains from Munich, Germany to their customer Chengdu Xinzhu Road & Bridge Machinery Co. Ltd., Chengdu, China in cooperation with KN Airlift GmbH company.

Qatar Airways launches three-weekly flights to Toronto, starting 4 July 2020

AJOT | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Europe extends block on US travelers over coronavirus concerns

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Airbus set for sweeping job cuts after meeting with unions

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Norwegian scraps $10.6 billion deal for Boeing Max, 787 jets

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

SAS raising $1.3 billion to fund carrier’s survival strategy

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus braces for job cuts on prolonged virus downturn

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Summer flight-corridor plans spur rebound in airline capacity

Bloomberg | June 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Thailand looks past pandemic to build $9 billion airport city

Bloomberg | June 29, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

DHL Aviation selects Descartes’ Global Air Messaging Gateway

Air Cargo

AJOT | Top Story | June 29, 2020

DHL Aviation selects Descartes’ Global Air Messaging Gateway

Descartes Systems Group announced that Brussels-based DHL Aviation has selected Descartes’ Global Air Messaging Gateway as its preferred platform to standardize electronic messaging with its global customer base, including major freight-forwarding organizations, other airlines, postal service operators and express courier companies, as well as ground handling agents (GHAs).