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Vol. 20 No. 23 | Tuesday
June 15,
2021 |
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Pumping
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Six months into 2021 European air traffic is less than half the volumes of mid-June 2019. But air cargo continues to soar up 16% over volumes two years ago with a fraction of the cargo-carrying aircraft in service from the June 2019 timeframe . . . Brussels Airlines is back over the Atlantic with flights to New York and Washington, D.C. beginning this week. Route to New York’s JFK will operate on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays, using an Airbus A330-300. Flights go to four a week July 1. Route out of D.C.’s Dulles will operate four times per week, on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays . . . Bailouts appopin’—SAS gets €300 million from Denmark and Sweden awaits EU rubber stamp after losing €240 million first quarter . . . Meantime Aeroflot Group lost €280 million in Q1 . . . China Southern Airlines receives US$156 million cash injection from state owned parent . . . Despite already having been cancelled twice due to outbreaks Hong Kong and Singapore will try again with a travel bubble due to launch in July . . . Elsewhere Hong Kong Airlines plans to ground most of its fleet of planes and use those still flying to carry cargo, grounding its entire fleet of A320s with only eight A330 jets to continue flying. Carrier has long felt the cash squeeze enhanced now by bankrupt stockholder, Mainland China conglomerate HNA Group . . . The BIFA Freight Service Awards 2020/21 competition is now open for entries. Download your entry forms and relevant guidelines for entrants here . . . |
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Vol. 20 No. 20 This Is My India Today Living Cargo As Pandemic Cripples India Pumping Traffic Go Or No Go |
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Publisher-Geoffrey Arend
• Managing Editor-Flossie Arend • Editor Emeritus-Richard
Malkin Film Editor-Ralph Arend • Special Assignments-Sabiha Arend, Emily Arend |
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