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Graves Statement from hearing on COVID-19 effects on aviation industry & recovery

AJOT | March 03, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Opening remarks, as prepared, of Subcommittee on Aviation Ranking Member Garret Graves (R-LA) from today’s hearing entitled, “COVID-19’s Effects on U.S. Aviation and the Flight Path to Recovery”

Thai Airways revamp plan gets support from top shareholder

Bloomberg | March 03, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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AJOT | Top Story | March 02, 2021

Volga-Dnepr Airlines and Leipzig/Halle Airport are to establish Emergency Logistics Hub

Volga-Dnepr Airlines (Volga-Dnepr), part of Volga-Dnepr Group, and Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) have inked the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the aim to set up an Emergency Logistics/Humanitarian Hub.

American Airlines: Ontario, CA, to Chicago O’Hare twice a day starting in August

AJOT | March 02, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

Mesa Air Group eyes international growth

AJOT | March 02, 2021 | Air Cargo | Charters

Delta restores managers’ pay as workers remain on leave

Bloomberg | March 01, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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AJOT | Top Story | March 01, 2021

LATAM announces the conversion of up to eight Boeing 767-300ERs into freighters

The conversion plan will be implemented in two stages and could boost the cargo operators’ s joint capacity by up to 80%. The first phase features four confirmed aircraft to be received after conversion between 2021 and 2022. The second phase consists of four additional conversion options for delivery between 2022 and 2023.

China still has ‘major concerns’ about Boeing’s 737 Max

Bloomberg | March 01, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airline stocks are soaring, but there’s still a long way back

Bloomberg | February 28, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Australia considers aid to Qantas, others once wage subsidy ends

Bloomberg | February 27, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Australia’s treasurer said he’s considering measures to support firms like Qantas Airways Ltd. and others that are still struggling with fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, once the government’s JobKeeper wage subsidy expires late next month.

IAG Cargo 2020 Financial Results

AJOT | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

IAG Cargo announced its 2020 full year results, reporting commercial revenues of €1,306 million over the period from January 1 to December 31 2020, an increase of 18.5 per cent on 2019 at constant currency. 

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Austrian Airlines and time:matters take off on the 100th cargo flight

AJOT | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

More than 2,000 tons of relief supplies transported from Asia to Austria and Germany

IBA sees sustained growth in freighter aircraft demand but suppressed values

AJOT | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Freighters

American Airlines and Deloitte pioneer solution to reduce carbon emissions

AJOT | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Innovative pilot program designed to increase production of sustainable aviation fuel

DSV expands air freight capacity with new intercontinental air charter routes

AJOT | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

DSV introduces three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents in order to accommodate customer demands in a global air freight market affected by lack of capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Boeing 777 makes emergency Moscow landing with engine issue

Bloomberg | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

British Airways parent sees some hope after $9 billion loss

Bloomberg | February 26, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U-Freight is ready for final phase of air cargo security screening in Hong Kong

AJOT | February 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airports

How cracks in jet engines elude exams, with deadly results

Bloomberg | February 25, 2021 | Air Cargo | Airlines

As regulators around the world order urgent inspections of certain Boeing Co. 777 engines after one failed dramatically over suburban Denver last Saturday, they must also wrestle with a decades-old quandary: