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Delta Cargo Bolsters Commercial and Operations Leadership

Delta Cargo announces two key leadership positions in the organization. Jannie Davel joins the airline as Managing Director-Commercial, and Vishal Bhatnagar has been promoted to Managing Director-Global Cargo Operations, effective immediately. "Jannie and Vishal are visionary industry leaders, providing real strength to our leadership team as we accelerate our journey towards best-in-class service, continued innovation and capability for our customers," said Rob Walpole, Vice President - Delta ... [+]

Zach Pollock Appointed CEO of Pilot Freight Services

Pilot Freight Services, a worldwide provider of transportation and logistics services backed by ATL Partners and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation (BCI), announces Zach Pollock as Pilot's new chief executive officer after the recent retirement of Gordon Branov. As chief executive officer, Pollock will work ... [+]

Amazon Buys 11 Planes to Bolster Air Fleet

Amazon has purchased 11 Boeing 767-300 aircrafts — seven from Delta and four from WestJet. These will be added to its air fleet by 2022 after undergoing passenger-to-cargo conversions. The WestJet aircraft are slated to take to the skies with Amazon packages this year. Amazon took ... [+]

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to restructure Cargo Division

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol is restructuring its Cargo Division, bringing it into its new Aviation Business Development Division under the umbrella of business unit Airport Operations and Aviation Partnerships, from the first of March 2021. From this date, Miriam Hoekstra – van der Deen will step ... [+]

Cleaning with a Purpose

American is the first airline to achieve GBAC STAR™ accreditation from the Global Biorisk Advisory Council (GBAC) for its entire fleet of aircraft and Admirals Club lounges. STAR is a performance-based program based on American establishing effective cleaning, disinfection and infectious disease prevention work practices ... [+]

Global Air Cargo Volumes End 2020 on a “Relative High”

Despite no traditional peak season for global air cargo demand in Q4 2020, the year ended on a ‘relative high’ in December with the first positive year-on-year growth in weekly volumes in over 12 months, according to the latest industry statistics from analysts CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index. Volumes ... [+]

Qatar Airways Expands South America Connectivity

Qatar Airways has increased São Paulo services to 10 weekly flights and expanded codeshare cooperation with LATAM Airlines Brasil, optimizing connectivity for both airline’s passengers to and from destinations in Asia, the Middle East and South America. The new codeshare agreement will further strengthen the ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo transports first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for Dubai Health Authority

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GTA dnata gains ISAGO Registration in Toronto

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) awarded GTA dnata the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) Registration, following the successful completion of a comprehensive audit of the company and its ground-handling operations at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). "We are proud to be awarded IATA’s ... [+]

Mission Space Logistics: DHL moves from Global to Galactic Forwarding

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, normally moves goods that stay in the Earth’s atmosphere. Now they have partnered with D-Orbit, a specialized company covering the entire lifecycle of a space mission, including logistics services, for the ... [+]

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