Air Cargo

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

Heathrow told it can claw back $416 million in airline fees

Bloomberg | April 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

NAS and Colossal Africa to acquire South Africa’s largest ground handler – BidAir Services

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 15)

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

The last 5 weeks up till Sunday April 18.

PayCargo tailors platform for Air Cargo Netherlands transactions

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Technology

Airlines brace for a ‘longer and deeper’ crisis in 2021

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

IATA, the International Air Travel Association, has warned that 2021 will mean global losses of $47.7bn for airlines, a slightly worse outlook than their December forecast.

ANA HOLDINGS announces net zero emissions as part of 2050 ESG goals

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

WFS and Air Canada join forces to support Canada’s Covid-19 vaccine campaign

AJOT | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) and Air Canada are working closely with the Canadian government to transport vial caps for doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to support the country’s immunization program.

Global travel braces for vaccine-powered revival

Bloomberg | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Gain in US durables orders trails forecast on plane bookings

Bloomberg | April 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

Circle Logistics launches air freight service for Fortune 100 companies

AJOT | April 23, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Circle’s evolution to become an Indirect Air Carrier (IAC) was driven by the growth and expansion of its customer base

ACL Airshop and Alinda Partner for Growth

AJOT | April 23, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

ATC Aviation and LAS Cargo link-up forces in Ecuador

AJOT | April 23, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Lineas Aereas Suramericanas (LAS Cargo) continues expanding its cooperation with ATC Aviation Services AG in South America, this time in Guayaquil, Ecuador where the airline has designated ATC Aviation as their General Sales & Services Agent.

Canada bans flights from Covid-hit India, Pakistan for 30 days

Bloomberg | April 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Canada is banning direct flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days to help control the spread of new variants of Covid-19.

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | Top Story | April 22, 2021

Port Authority passes scaled-down Delta terminal plan at JFK

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey approved a scaled-down plan to redevelop Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, -- where Delta Air Lines Inc. is the anchor tenant-- after the Covid-19 pandemic put a $3.8 billion expansion on hold.

Consol Alliance ups UK-Australia frequencies in face of booming demand

AJOT | April 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Charters

Airlines see Covid setbacks driving them to $48 billion loss

Bloomberg | April 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The airline industry’s chief lobby group widened its estimate for losses this year by about a quarter, saying new Covid-19 flare-ups and mutations have pushed back the timeline for a restart of global air travel.

Ethiopian launches high-end COVID-19 testing lab at its hub

AJOT | April 22, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

AirBridgeCargo Airlines transports museum showpieces for the joint exhibition of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum and the Moscow Kremlin Museums

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (АВС), one of the leaders in air transportation of special cargo, has delivered over 200 museum exhibits onboard its regular Boeing 747-8F flights from Moscow (Russia) to Hong Kong (China).