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Air Charter Service lands in the Windy City

Air Charter Service opened a new office on March 1 in Chicago, its tenth in the Americas. “Chicago has been on our radar as a natural location for another US ACS office for a number of years,” said Richard Thompson, ACS Americas’ president. “The city is the third largest in population in the US and has one of the highest GDPs in the world – generating $689 billion last year. O’Hare ... [+]

DACHSER is expanding premium charter flight rotation to and from China

DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics is starting the next wave of its charter flight rotation service to China and back. The charter route has initially been scheduled to operate from mid-March to the end of the month. The new coronavirus is still having a serious ... [+]

Cargolux Celebrates 50 Years

March 4 marked a remarkable milestone for Cargolux as the all-cargo carrier celebrates its 50th anniversary. Exactly half a century ago, Luxembourg’s national carrier Luxair, Iceland's national carrier Loftleiðir, the Swedish shipping company Salén and some private investors, founded Cargolux. With a single aircraft and ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo and Accuity Set New Standards in Global Trade Compliance

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, announced that it is working with Accuity, the leading global provider of financial crime compliance, payments and Know Your Customer (KYC) solutions, to help automate and streamline its regulatory compliance screening operations, increase efficiency and improve the speed ... [+]

February’s Like-for-Like Analyses Results in Near 9% Drop in Air Cargo Chargeable Weight

Global chargeable weight in February 2020 fell - on a like-for-like basis - by nearly 9% versus 2019 as the air cargo industry suffered the dramatic consequences of the novel coronavirus on world trade. Market analyses by CLIVE Data Services for last month shows ... [+]

Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic Launch Expanded JV

Air France, KLM, Delta and Virgin Atlantic entered into an expanded partnership that enhances carrier networks – a benefit for cargo customers. The enhanced network is built around the carriers’ hubs in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, London Heathrow, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New ... [+]

CEO of ATS to Retire

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. recently announced that Joe Hete will retire as chief executive officer of the aircraft leasing and air transport services company, effective at ATSG’s next annual meeting of shareholders on May 7, 2020. Hete, 65, is expected to remain a member ... [+]

Korean Air Launches New Direct Service to Budapest

Starting from February 21, 2020, Korean Air will commence the new scheduled cargo flight from Incheon (Seoul) to Budapest and Frankfurt, deploying the Boeing 777F freighter. To meet the growing air cargo demand to Hungary, the airline will operate cargo flights twice a week, ... [+]

United Cargo Makes Additional Schedule Changes in Asia

As reported on February 28, 2020: United Cargo is advising our customers that United is suspending some service to Tokyo Narita, Osaka, Singapore and Seoul. We are also extending the suspension of flights between our U.S. hubs and Beijing, Chengdu, Shanghai and Hong ... [+]

COVID-10 Cuts Demand and Revenues for Air Freight

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that its initial assessment of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus 2019 outbreak (COVID-19) shows a potential 13% full-year loss of passenger demand for carriers in the Asia-Pacific region. Considering that growth for the region’s airlines was forecast ... [+]

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