American Airlines awards WFS cargo handling contract in Europe to mark Copenhagen launch
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has extended its partnership with American Airlines in Europe with a new cargo handling contract in Copenhagen to support the launch of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 flights between Denmark and its transatlantic hub in Philadelphia. In Europe, WFS is already handling American Airlines’ growing […]
North America’s regional resilience
Whether in North America, Latin America, Europe or Asia, American Airlines has spent the past 75 years building its operation into a position where it is ready to move you or your cargo. Providing more than 100 million pounds of weekly cargo lift to key destinations, from flowers and fruit to life saving medicine, American […]
American Airlines cargo connects cities around the globe
American Airlines (AA) provides more than 100 million pounds of weekly cargo lift to major cities in the United States, Europe, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Latin America and Asia. From perishables to life-saving medicine, the carrier is involved in transporting critical goods around the world. In the commercial space, AA has always been trusted […]
American Airlines approves Envirotainer Releye RLP and RAP containers
Envirotainer, the specialist in secure cold chain solutions for the shipment of pharmaceuticals, has announced that American Airlines has become the latest global airline to approve the Envirotainer Releye® RLP and RAP containers for usage on its fleet of aircraft. This approval enables American Airlines to meet the increasing demand to deliver life-saving medicines that […]
American Airlines Cargo announces expansive, summer, widebody schedule
American Airlines Cargo has announced its summer schedule, with an increase of more than 400 widebody flights per month compared to summer 2022. As the carrier prepares for the peak season, new routes and frequencies starting as early as this spring will service routes between the U.S. and Europe, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. At […]
American Airlines Cargo partners with BioNatur Plastics to reduce long-term plastic waste
American Airlines Cargo has announced its transition to BioNatur Plastics™, launched by M&G Packaging, for use in its cargo operations. The carrier has already begun replacing its current plastic products with the BioNatur brand across most major hubs, an adoption that has allowed American to reduce its long-term plastic waste in landfills by more than […]
American Airlines rides wave of modernisation within the airfreight industry
American Airlines handles all types of cargo, from perishables to life-saving medicine. Every day, the airline’s cargo team is involved in transporting important goods around the world. Over the last few years, vaccines and PPE has been in the focus but American has been involved in the movement of critical medical shipments long before the […]
American Airlines Cargo extends its transatlantic network this winter
American Airlines Cargo has enhanced its transatlantic services for customers this winter with an increased number of direct services from 11 European cities and 11 major U.S. destinations. This winter schedule, which includes two more origins than the 2021 season, offers more than 35 daily flights to the U.S. with onward connections throughout the American […]
American Airlines Cargo’s network continues to expand on WebCargo
The American Airlines Cargo network continues to expand on WebCargo, a Freightos company, now with the inclusion of 28 new countries and more than 40 markets across Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada. Following Europe and the U.S., this regional rollout onto WebCargo now includes a significant portion of the carrier’s global network, with plans […]
Atlas Air executive among most influential in corporate America
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc congratulates Lillian Dukes, senior vice president, technical operations, on being named one of Savoy Magazine’s Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America for 2022. “Lillian is an outstanding leader whose focus on data-driven process improvements and predictive analytics has strengthened our team and our company overall,” said John W. Dietrich, […]
American Airlines renews CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB service
American Airlines and CHAMP Cargosystems have extended their partnership for access to the largest air cargo community platform, Traxon cargoHUB. The carrier continues to rely on CHAMP’s services for access to its vast global network of freight forwarders. American Airlines has been using CHAMP’s solution for more than two decades. It has facilitated business with […]
American Airlines joins cargo.one
American Airlines and cargo.one have entered into a strategic partnership expanding the airline’s cargo capacity offering to cargo.one’s leading e-booking platform for air cargo. Starting in Europe, with global expansion following, freight forwarders will be able to access American’s cargo capacity in real-time and book with instant confirmation. “We continually look for ways to enhance […]
AA launches third daily Quito flight
On June 3, flight AA 946 departed from Quito International Airport headed to Miami, becoming American Airline’s third daily frequency from Ecuador’s capital city airport to the United States. This third daily American Airlines flight represents a growth of 48.1% in seats compared to 2019, making visible the gradual, yet sustained recovery of air traffic […]
United Cargo operates more than 11,000 cargo-only flights in one year
A year ago, United operated its first flight carrying cargo without passengers on board. While the passenger cabin was empty, its cargo hold was completely full, carrying more than 29,000 pounds of commodities from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Frankfurt Airport. A year later, United Cargo has operated more than 11,000 cargo-only flights carrying more […]
American Airlines rebuilds transatlantic summer schedule
Throughout March, American Airlines is increasing its summer schedule by restarting 10 routes to the U.S. from airports across the UK and Europe including; Barcelona, Dublin, Frankfurt, London Heathrow, Madrid, Milan, Paris Charles de Gaulle and Rome. In addition, as part of American’s alliance with Alaska Airlines, the carrier will launch new service from LHR […]
American Airlines Cargo transports its first vaccine shipment
The American Airlines Cargo team carried its first shipment of coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine last night. In close collaboration with pharmaceutical and cargo partners, the airline received the shipment by truck at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and loaded the shipment onto a Boeing 777-200 aircraft flying to Miami International Airport (MIA). The vaccine shipment will […]
American Airlines to suspend 75% of international capacity
American Airlines is to implement a phased suspension of additional long-haul international flights from the US starting today. This suspension will last until May 6 and see three-quarters of its international capacity grounded. The airline says: “This change is in response to decreased demand and changes to US government travel restrictions due to coronavirus (COVID-19). […]
American Airlines update on China flights
Based on the US Department of State’s recent increase of the China Travel Advisory to a Level 4 (Do Not Travel), American is suspending its operations to and from the Chinese mainland beginning today through March 27. Our teams are contacting affected customers directly to accommodate their needs. We will continue to evaluate the schedule […]
Orangutan with human rights flies with American Airlines
American Airlines Cargo welcomed a special guest on a Buenos Aires – Dallas flight, Sandra the orangutan who has human rights. The 33-year-old orangutan has spent her life in captivity, born in Germany before moving to a zoo in Argentina 25 years ago. After protests to provide Sandra with better living conditions, she was granted […]
How can you improve? Break some records!
After a very positive year in 2017, could American Airlines Cargo improve further? Of course, by having a record-breaking year in 2018. Vice president of cargo sales, Roger Samways says that American Airlines Cargo broke all-time records across three major categories, which he says “speaks volumes about our team, especially during a year of high […]
New team players for American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines has made several new additions and promotions to its Cargo team. Lorraine Chin (pictured) joins as general manager, cargo operations at Los Angeles International Airport, taking on the new role after overseeing ramp operations and various other operational roles. On the east coast, Brian Cooley has been promoted to general manager, cargo operations […]
American Airlines to connect Dublin with Dallas
American Airlines Cargo will connect Dublin with Dallas Fort Worth for the first time, with seasonal flights from 7 June to 28 September using a Boeing 787-9. Texas is the second largest importing state in the US, where the manufacturing sector is projected to continue growing in the coming years. Customers with a range of […]
Record setting growth for American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines Cargo has had record-setting growth in the second quarter, with a significant increase in e-commerce, pharmaceutical and perishable shipments. The airline handled almost 158 million kilogrammes of freight in the period compared to 144 million a year ago, with June recording its best performance in more than 10 years. A number of factors […]
Demand proves robust for American Airlines Cargo
American Airlines is also bullish about the East Coast. “Air capacity for cargo from the East Coast is very competitive and constantly changing. But so far this year, demand has been robust. Even as we come into the summer season, that pace has continued,” says AA managing director of Cargo Sales Linda Dreffein. “Especially from […]
American Airlines starts cargo services to Cuba
American Airlines has become the first US passenger airline to begin cargo services to Cuba by offering mail services into and out of Havana. Havana is the airline’s principal destination from the US with one daily flight between Charlotte Douglas International Airport and Havana’s Jose Marti International Airport using an Airbus A319, and four flights […]
American Airlines honours fallen heroes on Memorial Day
American Airlines is continuing to honour US armed forces members who died in service this Memorial Day with measures such as transporting the fallen heroes home. Team members work together, often on very short notice to ensure every fallen hero is transported home with the utmost respect, dignity and honour. In most cases, Color Guard […]
Multimodal 2018: What do shippers want? That is the question
The age-old questions of ‘what do shippers want?’ needs to be answered if meaningful Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are to be produced. The session entitled ‘Developing KPIs for air freight shippers’ at Multimodal 2018 was held in Birmingham on 2 May, focused on the work of Global Shippers Forum and Cargo iQ, an IATA interest […]
Schiphol aviation awards acknowledge community contribution
The winners of the 2017 Schiphol Aviation Awards were announced last night by Amsterdam Airport Schiphol COO, Birgit Otto at the Schiphol Centre, Amsterdam. The annual awards ceremony is organised by Schiphol Group to recognise customers and business partners that have made an especially strong or positive performance to the airport community during the year. […]
American Airlines strikes GSSA deal for Prague flights
American Airlines has appointed Strike Aviation as its cargo GSSA for direct flights from Prague to Philadelphia and for other European markets. The services depart Prague at 11.30am using a Boeing 767-300, arriving in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at 3.10pm. Strike will also act as the offline cargo GSSA for Bulgaria, Romania and Slovakia, which will be […]
The first six months fly by for Oxentine
American Airlines Cargo’s organisation announced an overall cargo traffic growth for 2017, up 15 per cent from the previous calendar year. This significant improvement followed a year-long effort to continue streamlining the customer experience with the introduction of new self-service tools to automate and improve the booking process alongside further implementation of new services like […]
