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| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
A China Eastern Boeing 737-800 with 132 people on board went into a near-vertical dive and crashed in a remote mountainous area of southern China on Monday. It was the country’s worst air disaster in nearly a decade. Here’s what we know so far:
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
After cruising along at altitude on March 21, China Eastern Airlines Corp. flight MU5735 started nosediving in a matter of seconds, an unusual delineation that will be the focus of investigators trying to understand what brought down the Boeing Co. jet.
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | Energy | Alternative
• bp and Neste commit to supply DHL Express with more than 800 million liters of Sustainable Aviation Fuel until 2026 • CO2 savings on a lifecycle basis estimated to be equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions of approx. 400,000 passenger cars • Landmark deals mark major step towards Deutsche Post DHL Group’s goal of using 30 percent of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for all air transport by 2030 • Frank Appel, CEO Deutsche Post DHL Group: “Using SAF is currently one of the key routes to reducing CO2 lifecycle emissions in aviation.”
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters
• Market leaders: cargo.one cements its position in the digital cargo bookings space by partnering with European leader IAG Cargo • Worldwide reach: cargo.one users will leverage hundreds of new routes via IAG Cargo’s sister airlines British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, Level and Vueling • Leveraging data: IAG Cargo to benefit from unique data insights via cargo.one’s cargo.one360 platform
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters
WestJet Cargo and the GTA Group today announced a long-term partnership that will support the expansion and growth of domestic cargo opportunities for both businesses. Beginning in 2022, WestJet Cargo will partner with the GTA Group to increase shipping capacity using four dedicated 737-800NG freighters operated by WestJet, to fulfill overnight express cargo service out of WestJet's Toronto hub.
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
Mexico City’s newest airport, opening March 21, is meant to relieve traffic at the mega-city’s main hub. The eight daily flights it will start with won’t achieve this -- but that’s beside the point for President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
The Boeing Co. 737-800 NG model that crashed in China on Monday is considered one of the safest aircraft ever made.
| March 21, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
| March 20, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
| March 20, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | Intermodal | Trucking
| March 18, 2022 | Air Cargo
Grupo Aeromexico SAB has emerged from its restructuring process and will invest $5 billion over the next five years to expand its fleet as it prepares to start growing again.
| March 17, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters
Intradco Global, in conjunction with Etihad Cargo, transported 75 thoroughbred horses from Shannon Airport (SNN), Ireland to Shanghai Pudong Airport (PVG), China, onboard an Etihad B777-200F aircraft.
| March 17, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports
Vienna Airport reports a continuing stable cargo business at the beginning of the year. Freight tonnages in January and February 2022 continued the good level of the previous year and strong growth in belly freight.
| March 17, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines
Aircraft-leasing firms working to retrieve planes from Russia are set to collide with an aviation-insurance industry bracing for an unprecedented barrage of claims.
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