Heike Tamm

Atlas Air and Flexport expand partnership with addition of third Boeing 747 freighter

Atlas Air has signed an agreement to expand its partnership with Flexport, the technology platform for global logistics, to add a third Boeing 747-400 freighter to its existing fleet beginning in September 2022.  The agreement between Flexport and Atlas Air will broaden Flexport’s network of dedicated freighters to include service from Asia to Los Angeles

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Boeing

Massive 787 Dreamliner charge sees Boeing posts third consecutive heavy annual loss

Having only just finished weathering the 737 MAX storm which cost Boeing Co. an estimated US$21 billion in documented costs plus the cancellation of over 1,000 orders, the North American planemaker has been hit a further financial blow, this time relating to its 787 Dreamliner and continued quality control issues. Having delivered only 21 of

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Boom Supersonic selects Greensboro, North Carolina for first supersonic airliner manufacturing facility

Boom Supersonic, the company building a supersonic airliner, has selected the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina as the site of its first full-scale manufacturing facility. The Overture Superfactory will be a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility, including the final assembly line, test facility and customer delivery centre for the Overture supersonic airliner. Carrying 65

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Embraer successfully completes reintegration of its Commercial Aviation business

Embraer has successfully completed the reintegration of its commercial aviation business’ main information technology systems and processes. The work, done throughout January, did not hamper the continuity of the company’s essential operations. The reorganisation resulting from this process began in May 2020 and since then has been one of Embraer’s main focuses, as part of

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Airbus launches new air-cargo service using its BelugaST fleet

Airbus has launched a new air-cargo service using its unique BelugaST fleet to offer freight companies and other potential customers a solution to their outsized freight transportation needs. The new service – Airbus Beluga Transport – will provide commercially-contracted customers in a variety of sectors, including space, energy, military, aeronautic, maritime and humanitarian sectors, with

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IAG Cargo adopts IATA DG AutoCheck system

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of IAG (International Airlines Group) has adopted the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) newly developed Dangerous Goods AutoCheck (DG AutoCheck) to automate the acceptance of dangerous goods shipments from its London-Heathrow hub. DG AutoCheck is a digital solution that facilitates the acceptance of dangerous goods by checking all the regulations,

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Schiphol Amsterdam Airport

Major airline and airport alliance challenges EU climate legislation

An alliance of approximately 20 European airlines and airports, including all Lufthansa subsidiaries, Air France-KLM, Frankfurt and Schiphol airports, have challenged the EU’s climate change legislation that was presented last July. The major complaint is that the overarching consequence will disadvantage European carriers and airports against their non-European rivals. However, the alliance has made it

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