Rogue lithium battery shipments pose risk to airline safety: IATA
The risks to aviation safety of lithium battery fires are well documented here at Runway Girl Network, and those risks are growing exponenti... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: cargo
How Air Canada is introducing young women to aviation careers
Each year for the last five years, Air Canada has thrown open its doors to young women to encourage them to ‘kick the tires on potential car... Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s A321XLR impression shaped by perceived shortcomings
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr recently flew a seemingly unlikely airline: Qatar Airways. The Doha-based carrier epitomizes the German gi... Continue Reading
Celia Muñoz Espin on the value of applying skills across Iberia units
Iberia’s sales director EMEA, USA and Asia, Celia Munõz Espin, got her start at the airline in 2001, working in the quality control departme... Continue Reading
SITAONAIR moves IoT into perishable freight with cargo airlines
FARNBOROUGH — In a bid to reduce waste and inefficiency within the air cargo industry, aviation integrator SITAONAIR is working with launch ... Continue Reading
FAA reauthorization bill pushes for review of lithium-ion battery ban
The House version of FAA Reauthorization legislation includes language which might help the technology industry address supply chain issues ... Continue Reading
Pet safety in the spotlight, Unisys is encouraged by Digi-Pet response
Unisys is encouraged by the response from industry to its new Digi-Pet app, which will enable airline passengers to see how their pets are f... Continue Reading
United Airlines suspends pets as cargo while program is reviewed
United Airlines announced Tuesday that its PetSafe program for transporting animals as cargo is suspended, pending a review of the service. ... Continue Reading
Press Release: IATA forecasts strong 2018 airline profits, margin squeeze
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) forecasts global industry net profit to rise to $38.4 billion in 2018, an improvement fro... Continue Reading
Don’t fret: 747s still a favorite for freight
As part of an industry-wide effort to modernize fleets, airlines such as Delta and United are retiring their gas-guzzling 4-engine Boeing 74... Continue Reading
Press Release: Telair cargo loading installed on Norwegian 737 MAX 8
Norwegian took delivery today of the first 737 MAX 8 aircraft equipped with the Telair Sliding Carpet Loading System® featuring state-of-the... Continue Reading
Sudden US electronics ban endangers aircraft, passengers
The United States government appears, with no warning, to have put in place a ban on any electronic device larger than a cellphone being car... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Tales from an airline ramp agent-cum-reporter
Welcome to Episode 42 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Paul Thompson, an aviation and travel journalist for Airways Maga... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Cargo prioritizes IoT, digital documents over connectivity
Lufthansa Group’s all-cargo subsidiary Lufthansa Cargo views development of Internet of Things (IoT) technologies and electronically transmi... Continue Reading
KID-Systeme offers camera solution for cabin, cargo safety
Monitoring the aircraft cabin with closed circuit TV cameras may feel dystopian, but at the APEX EXPO in Singapore Airbus subsidiary KID-Sys... Continue Reading
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