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Ex-AA Cargo boss Butler takes CFO role at Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport has appointed American Airlines' ex-head of cargo Jim Butler as its new chief financial officer.Butler will take up the new role in September and will also join the board of Gatwick Airport Limited.He has more than 20 years experience in the airline industry, with several years spent in ...
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NewsTop 25 cargo airlines: Freighter operators to the fore
FedEx, UPS and Qatar were last year the largest air cargo carriers once again, but there were major winners and losers in the overall top 25 airlines as the Covid pandemic took its toll on the market (see full at end of article).According to IATA’s latest World Air Transport Statistics ...
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NewsMendenhall scoops operations role at American Airlines Cargo
Sam Mendenhall. Source: American Airlines CargoAmerican Airlines Cargo has appointed Sam Mendenhall as vice president, operations following the retirement of David Vance after a 34-year career at American Airlines.Mendenhall joins the cargo team with 22 years of experience at American, where he most recently led the organization responsible for all ...
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American Airlines targets Europe with cargo.one deal
American Airlines has signed an agreement to expand its capacity on the e-booking platform, cargo.one.Starting in Europe, forwarders will be able to access the carrier’s space in real-time and book with instant confirmation. The service will later be expanded worldwide.The US carrier says that demand for digital booking is increasing ...
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American Airlines Cargo set for perishables boost through Athens flights
American Airlines Cargo is looking to benefit from perishables demand from Greece following the re-introduction of flights from Athens.American Airlines will launch two new seasonal flights to the Greek capital city starting on June 7; a Boeing 787-8 flight from Athens international Airport (ATH) to Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), ...
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American Airlines Cargo resumes flights between US and Israel
American Airlines Cargo has resumed flights from the US (New York JFK and Miami) to Israel (Ben Gurion Airport).The carrier is operating Boeing 777-200 daily flights between New York and and Tel Aviv, as well as flights three times per week between between Miami and Tel Aviv using the same ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines Cargo to expand pharma service capacity
American Airlines Cargo has expanded the capacity of its ExpediteTC solution for transporting temperature-sensitive pharma shipments following a successful trial.The carrier partnered with pharma packaging firm CSafe Global and data logging business CargoSense to conduct trials that concluded how it can effectively expand the capacity of its pharma service.The trial ...
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NewsKoch joins Awery Aviation Software
Tristan KochTristan Koch has joined Awery Aviation Software as its new chief commercial officer.Koch joins the air cargo software firm ahead of a series of new product launches.Previously, he worked at IAG Cargo leading their start-up digital venturesKoch also spent six months as managing director of Coyne Airways and before ...
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NewsK+N and American partner to deploy 11m litres of SAF
Kuehne+Nagel has entered into an agreement with American Airlines to deploy 11m litres of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).The deal is part of K+N's Net Zero Carbon programme. Through the agreement, American will allocate a portion of the carbon reduction benefit generated through its use of SAF to K+N.Also as part ...
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American Airlines further digitises cargo operations
American Airlines Cargo has started using artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics process automation to streamline its cargo operations.The technology implementation is in addition to the iCargo management system, which the carrier started using last year, to " to evolve business capabilities that support the varying needs of its customers".American Cargo ...
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NewsAir cargo heroes going not just the extra mile, but way beyond
Exceptional times call for exceptional measures. The past year has been a real challenge – and air cargo executives around the world have often asked us, the freight publications, to help express their gratitude to those who have kept the world moving.So nine airfreight titles have suspended competitive concerns today ...
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NewsUS cargo carriers fly US Covid-19 vaccine shipments following FDA approval
FedEx, United, American and UPS are among the airlines flying the first wave of US Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine doses following approval by the US Food and Drug Administration.After months of preparation and close planning with Pfizer, other healthcare companies, and federal and state officials, the first Covid-19 vaccines are now ...
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NewsJessica Tyler: American Airlines Cargo adapts to rapid change
Jessica Tyler, the new president of cargo at American Airlines, knows that accelerated change is coming to the airfreight industry as a result of Covid-19, and that reminds her of important principles from how her mother and father ran their small business.“For almost 40 years my parents were able to ...
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American Airlines: Customers accepting of no-show fee for cargo
American Airlines' customers have been understanding about its decision to adopt a no-shown fee for cargo that is not delivered as expected.The carrier's recently appointed president of cargo, Jessica Tyler, told Air Cargo News that the no-show fee had been introduced earlier this year as cargo capacity had become constrained.The ...
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American Airlines to conduct 1,000 cargo-only flights in September
American Airlines will fly 1,000 cargo-only flights in September after only returning to all-cargo operations in March.The airline re-launched cargo-only flights in March, with 20 strategic flights to two key destinations. The airline's last freighter flight took place in 1984."A plan that began as an experiment has now grown exponentially ...
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NewsTyler takes over at American Airlines Cargo as part of restructuring
American Airlines has named Jessica Tyler as president of cargo and vice president of airport excellence, taking over from Rick Elieson who has moved on to a new role within the company.The airline said that Tyler would lead the teams responsible for "the success of the cargo business and delivering ...
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American Airlines Cargo enhances online airfreight booking system
American Airlines Cargo has added new features to its digital booking platform to give its customers more autonomy when booking, schedule searching and submitting claims online.American Cargo said the new features — which include enabling allotment bookings online, a flight schedule search capability that doesn't require a log-in and an ...
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NewsAmerican Cargo increases flight schedule from May
American Airlines Cargo is increasing its May schedule by 75% as demand for the transport of goods continues to ramp up.The new schedule will provide 140 weekly flights to 15 cities in Asia Pacific, Europe and the Caribbean, up from 80 flights last week.New destinations include daily flights between: Dallas-Fort ...
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American Airlines to expand cargo-only operation
American Airlines is expanding its cargo-only operation this month with new flights to Rome, Heathrow, Zurich and Paris.New flights beginning May include cargo-only services from American’s largest hub in the Midwest, Chicago O’Hare, to London Heathrow Airport and Paris Charles De Gaulle.From Philadelphia, American will begin cargo-only services to Zurich ...
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NewsAmerican carries its largest cargo volume during harvest flight
American Airlines Cargo has broken its record for freight volume while carrying soybean seeds on a flight from Buenos Aires to Miami.The Boeing 777 flight on April 16 carried 115,349 lbs (52,321 kg) of the seeds — the equivalent weight of 76 cows or 20,900 chickens — as part of ...