Air Freight News
Etihad shifts fifth Boeing jet to cargo duty with demand surging
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Airways will temporarily convert a fifth Boeing Co. 777-300ER jetliner to cargo duty, responding to a sustained rise in demand for dedicated…
Threat of another lost summer stirs cash-crunch fears for airlines
The latest setbacks to the return of air travel are stoking concern that a cash crunch is about to bear down on the airline industry.
EUROCONTROL MUAC optimizes airspace sectors to draw full benefit from free route airspace
On the AIRAC date 25 March 2021, EUROCONTROL’s Maastricht Upper Area Control Centre (MUAC) successfully implemented a major overhaul of its airspace sector layout, which…
Boeing poised to deliver 787 jets after five-month drought
Boeing Co. is poised to resume delivering its 787 Dreamliners this week, ending a five-month halt while the planemaker’s mechanics searched for tiny structural flaws…
United Air deepens bet on leisure fights that bypass big hubs
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will expand domestic flights that bypass its hub airports, bucking the traditional network strategy of big U.S. carriers and extending a…
Trump’s DOT blocked safety rule deemed critical in 737 Max probe
Nine days after the first of two fatal Boeing Co. 737 Max crashes in 2018, the U.S. Transportation Department quietly shelved a major initiative aimed…
Ryanair chief touts robust summer outlook despite setbacks
Ryanair Holdings Plc is preparing for a rapid return to air travel in Europe this summer, even as rising coronavirus cases and a flawed vaccine…
New Nordic airline begins $150 million placing in bet on rebound
Startup carrier Norse Atlantic Airways began a 1.28 billion-krone ($150 million) share placement to bankroll the launch of trans-Atlantic flights this year even as air…
CPaT awarded new distance learning contract with Wizz Air
CPaT Global, the world’s leading provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, today announced it was recently awarded a new contract by…
British Airways owner falls most in a year on summer doubts
British Airways parent IAG SA led a decline in European aviation stocks amid concern that a third wave of Covid-19 and emerging doubts surrounding U.K.…