by Dino D'Amore | Mar 20, 2023 | Cargo, Zone: Americas
IAG Cargo is opening new routes in the Americas on a British Airways-operated Boeing to carry “perishables, local produce and oil equipment”. On March 20, the the cargo division of International Airlines Group announced it would be “operating a new...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 20, 2023 | Cargo, Editorial Comment, Zone: Americas
Atlas Air Worldwide has now been acquired by an investor group led by funds managed by affiliates of Apollo, which manages assets valued at about $548bn, and by investment affiliates of JF Lehman & Company and Hill City Capital. The completion of the previously...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 20, 2023 | Airports, Zone: Asia/Pacific
India will spend about $12bn over the next two years on airports to meet the resurgent travel demand. India aims to boost the number of airports to 220 by 2025 from the current 148. As for the airport infrastructure investment, private players will invest about $9bn...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 20, 2023 | Airports, People, Zone: Europe
Over 1,400 workers at London Heathrow Airport Terminal 5 are to go on strike for 10 days in the period up to Easter Sunday. The strike was announced by the Unite trade union, which warned of delays and disruptions to holiday travel at the terminal, which is used by...
by Dino D'Amore | Mar 20, 2023 | Cargo, Zone: Asia/Pacific, Zone: Europe
A.P. Moller – Maersk’s inaugural freight flight between Billund in Denmark and Hangzhou is to take off on March 20, the shipping company has announced. The thrice-weekly flights, the first Denmark-Asia cargo service by air, are to be operated by...