American Airlines upgrades air waybill tracking
American Airlines Cargo has upgraded its air waybill (AWB) tracking to improve visibility for customers. The enhanced features include at a glance status updates with colour coded progress bars, detailed flight, AWB and customs information, simple access and navigation to shipping history, adding sorting and viewing capabilities. American Airlines Cargo director of customer experience, Eric […]
oneworld CEO to step down later in 2016
Bruce Ashby is to step down as oneworld chief executive officer later this year, after more than five years leading the airline alliance. He has made himself available to stay at oneworld’s helm until June to “enable a seamless handover to his successor”. After accepting his resignation, the oneworld governing board says it has began […]
15 carriers to make the switch to eAWBs, Descartes says
Fifteen airlines are to switch to the electronic air waybill (eAWB) from 1 March this year as the preferred method for shipping airfreight, but there remains barriers to adoption notably from forwarders, according to Descartes. Air Canada, Air France-KLM, American Airlines, British Airways/Iberia (IAG), Cathay Pacific, Delta Air Lines, Etihad Airways, Finnair, Lufthansa Cargo, Qatar […]
LATAM signs joint business ventures with American and IAG
LATAM Airlines Group has signed joint business ventures with its oneworld partners, American Airlines and IAG. As a result of the agreement, IAG and American Airlines customers will get access to LATAM’s network of over 100 destinations with more than 1,000 flights a day. LATAM, which consists of LAN and TAM, and its affiliates will […]
Etihad sees 4% volumes rise in 2015
Etihad Airways’ cargo subsidiary, Etihad Cargo has seen freight and mail volumes increase by four per cent in 2015 to 592,000 tonnes. The airline added six new passenger locations with bellyhold capacity and freighter routes to Dakar, Nouakchott and Douala, bringing freighter-only destinations to 20. It took delivery of 15 aircraft, consisting of one Airbus […]
Boeing delivers record number of aircraft
Boeing delivered 762 commercial aircraft in 2015, 39 more than 2014, which it says is a record. The manufacturer says it received 768 orders worth $112.4 billion, and at the end of 2015 had 5,795 unfilled orders. Of the 768 net orders, 588 were Boeing 737s, two were Boeing 747s, 49 were Boeing 767s, 58 […]
American Airlines to lease CSafe ULDs directly to customers
American Airlines (AA) Cargo will be offering CSafe Global RKN unit load devices (ULD) for leasing directly to customers from 1 November. The airline says the ULDs are capable of maintaining precise temperatures between four and 25 degrees Celsius. AA Cargo says leasing CSafe Global RKNs offer customers simpler services for shipping time and temperature sensitive […]
American Airlines approved to use Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers
American Airlines (AA) Cargo has received approval to use Envirotainer e1 and e2 containers, making it the first passenger carrier allowed to use the e2 product. AA Cargo will be able to accept the containers from 1 November, having received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airline says the container’s benefits include better […]
