All Delta Air Lines Cargo articles – Page 2

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    Delta ups package weight and size limit for door-to-door cargo service

    2020-04-09T16:11:17Z

    Delta Cargo has expanded its pick-up and delivery service allowing customers to ship larger and heavier items.Its DASH delivery service is run in partnership with same-day delivery company Roadie and will now be expanded to include DASH Heavy.Delta and Roadie's delivery partnership, DASH Door-to-Door, pairs TSA-approved drivers with cargo incoming ...

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    Delta Cargo launches charter services in response to COVID-19

    2020-03-16T19:41:15Z

    Delta Cargo, the airfreight division of Delta Air Lines, has launched a charter operation to provide "safe and reliable transportation of customers' goods" during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.The company's cargo arm will facilitate the chartering of any Delta mainline aircraft to and from participating US airports.Shawn Cole, vice president, Delta ...

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    Delta Cargo excited by new India service

    2019-12-19T11:26:15Z

    Delta Air Lines Cargo will target the pharma, automotive and perishables sectors on its new service between New York JFK and Mumbai.The weekly service will begin on December 22 utilising B777-200LR capacity.Key export products from India are anticipated to be pharmaceuticals, automobile parts, perishables, courier shipments and general cargo.Delta is ...

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    Dnata to expand at Heathrow with new cargo facility

    2019-12-05T16:14:33Z

    AIPUT's proposed new dnata facility at HeathrowAberdeen Standard Investments’ Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust (AIPUT) fund has signed a pre-let agreement with dnata for a new cargo facility near Heathrow Airport.The proposed 115,000 sq ft facility at dnata City East has been designed to operate in conjunction with a recently-completed ...

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    LATAM signs codeshare with Delta in shift away from American

    2019-12-03T13:07:37Z

    South American carrier LATAM Airlines Group has signed new codeshare agreements with pending-equity owner Delta Air Lines and announced plans to discontinue its codeshare deal with American Airlines on 31 January 2020.The news from Santiago-based LATAM comes as that carrier progresses with a plan to align closely with Delta.News broke ...

  • Rob Walpole
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    Delta appoints Walpole to new cargo operations role

    2019-09-11T11:46:30Z

    Rob WalpoleDelta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole to the newly-created position of vice president – cargo operations and logistics.This new position, reporting to vice president of cargo Shawn Cole, will see Walpole lead Delta Cargo’s global operations and Delta Logistics Control Center teams.“Rob has a strong operational background and brings ...

  • Shawn Cole (L) and Dominic Kennedy (R)
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    Cargo teams at Virgin and Delta set for transatlantic boost

    2019-08-15T14:31:55Z

    Shawn Cole (L) and Dominic Kennedy (R)The cargo teams at partners Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines are hoping to benefit from an increase in flights between the UK and US next summer.The extra flights will see Delta add Gatwick as a destination for the first time when it adds ...

  • Delta Cargo, Shawn Cole
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    Delta Cargo focusses on investments

    2019-07-22T09:22:35Z

    Delta Cargo, Shawn ColeOver the last three years Delta Air Lines has invested four times the amount that it spent in the preceding ten years to develop its cargo business.Delta Air Lines vice president of cargo Shawn Cole tells Air Cargo News that much of the investment was made in ...

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    Delta Air Lines records double-digit drop in cargo revenues

    2019-07-15T10:35:48Z

    Delta Air Lines saw cargo revenues drop for the second quarter in a row on the back of traffic declines.The Atlanta-headquartered airline registered a 17% year-on-year decline in second-quarter cargo revenues to $186m.Revenues were also down in the first quarter of the year.Meanwhile, cargo traffic for the Q2 period was ...