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AJOT | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

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Strauss to become CEO of Amerijet International, Inc.

AJOT | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Amerijet International, Inc. has announced that Tim Strauss will become its Chief Executive Officer effective August 17, 2020, based at the company’s headquarters in Miami, FL.

Menzies Aviation expands real-time tracking network for air cargo with Descartes

AJOT | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

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Virgin Atlantic seeks rescue approval as cash running out

Bloomberg | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Richard Branson’s Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. told a London court that it will run out of cash next month unless it secures approval for a 1.2 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) rescue package announced in July.

Boeing 737 Max’s Europe flight test still on hold as FAA moves ahead

Bloomberg | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Clock is ticking for Garuda with cash pile thinning fast

Bloomberg | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Another regional airline falls to the Covid-19 recession

Bloomberg | August 04, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Galactic delays key flight, plans $460 million share sale

Bloomberg | August 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest pulls back on jet cleanup to save time between flights

Bloomberg | August 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Boeing given long list of proposed fixes for 737 Max return

Bloomberg | August 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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AirBridgeCargo Airlines delivers 41RKN CSafe containers as part of its prep for Covid-19 vaccine transportation

Air Freight News | August 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, has transported a record number of RKN containers onboard its Boeing 747-8F. ABC’s scheduled flight uplifted the cargo for its long-lasting customer, DSV, from Amsterdam (the Netherlands) to Shanghai (China).

Japan Airlines posts biggest loss since re-listing in 2012

Bloomberg | August 03, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Air Canada rips Trudeau over rules, may cancel plane orders

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Bloomberg | Top Story | July 31, 2020

Air Canada rips Trudeau over rules, may cancel plane orders

Air Canada escalated a fight with the government of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the country’s stringent travel rules, threatening to suspend more routes and cancel orders of locally made planes.

IAG Cargo releases Q2 results

AJOT | July 31, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | By The Numbers

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Volga-Dnepr and Kuehne & Nagel partner of UK-Russia flight

AJOT | July 31, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, and KUEHNE+NAGEL, recently partnered on a flight delivering a power turbine from East Midlands, UK to Russia.

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Airlines take hit as IAG seeks to raise capital, KLM cuts jobs

Bloomberg | July 31, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Two of Europe’s biggest airlines ratcheted up their response to the coronavirus crisis, underscoring the depth of the downturn and the urgent race to keep ahead of the financial repercussions.

UPS surges most since 1999 on delivery boom spurred by virus

Bloomberg | July 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Logistics | Integrators

United Parcel Service Inc. climbed the most in more than 20 years as the courier’s results easily topped Wall Street’s expectations on pandemic-induced demand for e-commerce deliveries, health-care equipment and goods from Asia.

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Softbox announces the appointment of new global CFO

AJOT | July 30, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

Softbox, a leading global innovator and provider of temperature control packaging systems and thermal covers for the life science and logistics industries, has announced the appointment of Charlie Nicholson as Softbox’s new Global CFO.