All American Airlines Cargo articles – Page 5
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Video: All eyes on American Airlines' Critical PPS cargo campaign
American Airlines Cargo has launched its 'All eyes on' campaign to promote its Critical PPS product for sensitive products that was launched in May 2018.The campaign uses a video to demonstrate how Critical PPS cargo fits into the American Airlines Integrated Operations Center and how it is able to provide ...
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American Airlines Cargo appoints new sales director
American Airlines Cargo has appointed Tim Isik to the role of director, cargo sales – Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).Isik comes to cargo from the American Airlines passenger team, where he led its leisure sales business across the UK, Ireland and Iceland.Prior to this he worked in corporate sales, ...
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AA keeping it cool with Jettainer
American Airlines has signed up with Jettainer’s Cool Management service to run its entire fleet of reefer containers.The airline now has access to Jettainer's own Cool Center of Excellence in Abu Dhabi, which is specifically responsible for managing temperature-controlled ULDs. The Cool Management service includes the leasing, managing, positioning and ...
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Air cargo demand at three year low in January
Air cargo suffered its worst January in three years as the industry continues to face “significant headwinds”.Figures from IATA show that January saw airfreight traffic declined by 1.8% year on year in freight tonne km terms, which the airline association said was the worst performance in the last three years, ...
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American to start first US Cuba belly cargo service
American Airlines says it has become the first US passenger carrier to offer a cargo product in Cuba with the launch of a mail service, including letters, parcels and express to and from Havana’s José Martí International.American currently operates four daily flights from Miami - scheduled to increase to five ...
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Support for continuation of US-UAE Open Skies agreement
The Airlines for Open Skies coalition has welcomed decision by US and the UAE to retain the their Open Skies arrangements agreed in 2002.“This resolution is a clear victory for American workers, travellers, and exporters, and reaffirms the US commitment to Open Skies,” the US industry grouping declared.“We commend the ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines reports Q1 cargo revenue growth
American Airlines is the latest US carrier to report strong financial performance for its cargo during the first quarter of the year, with revenues and traffic increasing at double-digit percentage levels.The Dallas-headquartered airline saw total first-quarter cargo revenues increase by 18.8% year on year to $227m.The revenue increase comes on ...
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American Airlines Cargo's 'just-in-lime' delivery
American Airlines Cargo has undertaken a 'just-in-lime' project to deliver a whopping 103 tons of the bitter fruit for the Cinco de Mayo holiday celebration in Canada.Multiple shipments of more than 103 tons of limes have been moved from Brazil to Canada this past month."To put it in perspective, that’s ...
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American names GSAs in Croatia, Slovenia and Kuwait
American Airlines Cargo has appointed general sales agents (GSAs) in three additional destinations outside of its network — Croatia, Slovenia and Kuwait — bringing the US carrier's European reach to 18 cities in 12 countries.R-BAG, the Central Eastern Europe and Balkans specialist, will represent American from Ljubljana Airport (LJU) in ...
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American Airlines picks iCargo for its web-based cargo management system
American Airlines Cargo is to implement a next generation cargo management system in its largest investment to date.The US carrier has selected IBS Software to implement iCargo, which will see American migrate to a web-based, fully integrated technology platform connecting all of its critical business functions.Said an airline spokesperson: "Together, ...
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NewsCargo the star performer for American Airlines
Cargo was the star performer for American Airlines in 2017 as revenues increased at a double-digit percentage pace on the pack of demand and yield improvements.The Dallas-headquartered airline registered a 14.3% year on year increase in cargo revenues to $800m on the back of a 15% jump in traffic to ...
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American Airlines reports ahead of market cargo growth
American Airlines enjoyed ahead of market cargo growth in 2017 as it introduced new flights, aircraft and booking technology.The airline said cargo traffic increased by 15% for the year, which Air Cargo News estimates would have put its total for the year at around 2.8bn cargo ton miles.The improvement was ...
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American Airlines adds new Middle East air cargo GSA
American Airlines Cargo has chosen Heavyweight Air Express (HAE) as its General Sales Agent (GSA) in the United Arab Emirates.HAE replaces long-standing GSA, Airline Cargo Resources (ACR), which has recently chosen to downsize its commitments in the region.This is the second area of the world in which HAE was chosen ...
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Oxentine to head American Airlines global cargo sales
American Airlines Cargo has appointed Lisa Oxentine as managing director, global and key accounts – cargo sales, taking over from Roger Samways after he was promoted to vice president of the cargo sales division earlier this year.Oxentine joined American Airlines in 1987 and has held positions in several parts of ...
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American Airlines voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017
American Airlines was voted Cargo Airline of the Year 2017 as airfreight’s shining stars took centre stage at Air Cargo News’ industry Oscars, now in their 34th year.American Airlines, doubly successful on the night with a regional Americas garland, secured the highest total number of votes cast by Air Cargo ...
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NewsAmerican Airlines promotes Rick Elieson to president–cargo
American Airlines has appointed Rick Elieson as president–cargo overseeing all aspects of the US carrier's worldwide cargo business.Elieson will report to Jim Butler, who recently succeeded Art Torno as senior vice president–international and cargo, following Torno's retirement."We often look at cargo as an airline within an airline," said Butler, adding: ...
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American Airlines Cargo looks forward to an innovative 2016
In a wide-ranging questions and answers interview, American Airlines Cargo president Jim Butler outlines how the company performed in 2015 and his thoughts on the future of air cargo.Overall, for American Airlines Cargo, how was 2015 compared to 2014?2014 was a year full of [US Airways] integration-specific projects and campaigns. ...
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Mixed cargo results for American airlines in September
September was a mixed month for American air cargo carriers, with American Airlines and United Airlines recording demand increases while Delta and LATAM saw volumes slide.The airline that recorded the largest year-on-year increase in demand during the month was American which saw cargo volumes increase by 2.7% on last year ...
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American Airlines Cargo to offer temperature controlled ULD leasing to customers
American Airlines Cargo has announced it will begin leading its temperature controlled ULD to customers.From November 1, the US airline will make its CSafe Global RKN ULD, which is able to maintain a precise temperature of four to 25 degrees Celsius, available for lease to customers.It said the move would ...
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American Airlines Cargo transports World Trade Center beam to memorial site
American Airlines Cargo (AA Cargo)has taken part in the transport of a 2,000 pound World Trade Center beam from New York to the Kennedy Space Center Fire Rescue 9/11 Memorial in Cape Canaveral.American Airlines worked closely with the Kennedy Space Center Fire Rescue and members represented by the Transport Workers ...