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Wide span of tariff estimates in WTO Airbus case: Politico

Bloomberg | September 14, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

The World Trade Organization ruled in favor of the U.S. in a dispute over prohibited European aid for aerospace giant Airbus SE, but its unclear how large the retaliatory tariffs will be, Politico reported, citing four European Union officials.

CCS-UK users get more help with Heathrow collections and deliveries

AJOT | September 13, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airports

Two users of AIS (Advance Information System) - the new CCS-UK module that helps speed up deliveries and collections of air cargo at Heathrow Airport – have collaborated with CCS-UK and CCS-UK User Group to produce a system enhancement that enables them to send automatic status updates to airfreight forwarders and hauliers.

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AJOT | Top Story | September 13, 2019

LATAM Group activates the Humanitarian Relief Plane to help the people of the Bahamas

As hurricane Dorian passed through the archipelago the storm escalated to categories 4 and 5, and led to one of the greatest natural disasters the islands of the Bahamas have ever experienced.

Cargo-partner celebrates opening of iLogistics Center near Ljubljana Airport

Air Freight News | September 13, 2019 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

After a construction phase of eleven months, cargo-partner celebrated the official opening of its iLogistics Center near Ljubljana Airport with an extravagant gala dinner. The new iLogistics Center is the largest logistics complex of the cargo-partner group.

August results shows continued growth for Frankfurt Airport

AJOT | September 13, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airports

India plans to conduct its own checks on Boeing 737 Max Jets

Bloomberg | September 13, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

India plans to conduct its own checks and demand simulator training for all pilots before Boeing Co.’s 737 Max jets can fly in the country again, even if the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration were to clear the grounded jets, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.

Emirates SkyCargo completes five years of operations to Belgium and Norway

AJOT | September 12, 2019 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Life saving medication manufactured in Belgium and fresh salmon from Norway are just two of the commodities that have been transported across the world by Emirates SkyCargo.