Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more
| February 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Freighters
The Spanish airline Plus Ultra Líneas Aéreas is drawing on Jettainer's experience in outsourcing unit load device (ULD) management for another five years. Jettainer's customized services will support the growth of this young airline which operates a network of routes between Madrid and South America. The partnership dates back to 2016, during which Plus Ultra has added a third and fourth Airbus A340 to its fleet and has continuously expanded their network.
| February 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
The jet engine fan blade that broke loose on a United Airlines flight Saturday near Denver, triggering a massive failure leading to the grounding of dozens of Boeing Co. 777s, resulted from metal fatigue, according to National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Robert Sumwalt.
| February 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 23, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Freighters
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
CPaT Global, the world’s leading provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, sees signs of industry recovery as evidenced by growing demand for aviation training distance learning.
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Air Forwarders
Responding to increased demand for air freight transport options out of Europe, Dachser USA, a subsidiary of the global logistics provider Dachser, is expanding its dedicated Frankfurt-Chicago air cargo service with the addition of a second flight, scheduled for the weekday to compliment the current weekend schedule. Dachser USA has been successfully operating a dedicated Frankfurt-Chicago-Frankfurt air cargo service since end of July last year when demand for air transport began to increase due to pandemic-related supply chain disruption.
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
Airlines grounded dozens of older Boeing Co. 777 aircraft after the failure of a Pratt & Whitney engine showered debris into a Denver suburb and prompted U.S. regulators to order emergency inspections.
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 22, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 20, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 19, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Technology
| February 19, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Freighters
This month, we start with an important observation for our industry: worldwide volumes in January 2021 were the same as in January 2020, making January the first month since the start of the pandemic not showing a decline year-on-year (YoY).
| February 19, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Freighters
| February 19, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airlines
| February 19, 2021 | Air Cargo News | Airports
The Jasper County Airport Authority (JCAA) has signed Woolpert to a Master Services Agreement to provide master planning, environmental assessment, land acquisition, aviation design, geospatial obstruction and aeronautical surveys, and construction management and inspection for the Rensselaer, Ind., airport, located roughly 80 miles south of Chicago.