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Metropolitan Airport News
Produced by a team of aviation professionals and enthusiasts, our mission is to inform and update the more than 68,000 employees who work on the metropolitan New York airport properties, as well as the many others that provide goods and services in the surrounding communities.
With more than 300 flights and up to 100 weekly frequencies, Avianca Cargo managed to transport more than 16 thousand tons mainly to the United States during St. Valentine’s 2022 season. This year, the company exceeded in 15% the tons transported compared to the previous year, breaking the record for the second consecutive year as the biggest flower transport operation. “Avianca Cargo has been supporting the flower growers in Colombia and Ecuador for more than 48 years transporting their flowers. For 2022, we created a robust strategy to strengthen our operation to provide high-quality service. We reassigned the capacity of…
Ryder System, Inc. announced the next evolution of its one-of-a-kind visibility and collaborative logistics technology RyderShare™. Initially focused on the transport of goods, RyderShare now includes a warehouse management solution for end-to-end visibility as goods move inbound on trucks to within the four walls of warehouses and distribution centers and, ultimately, outbound to their final destinations. The result is the only digital platform by a 3PL that provides real-time visibility, collaboration, and exception management throughout the end-to-end supply chain. “Our customers are telling us that they haven’t seen anything else like this—that it’s the ultimate game-changer,” says Steve Sensing, president…
Roosevelt Field and the Cradle of Aviation Museum present Roosevelt Field Aviators: Exhibit and NFT Collection on display at the Roosevelt Field shopping center in Garden City, NY, from February 5th – 27th. The exhibit will incorporate eight large panels of historic photos from the museum’s archive celebrating the famous airfield, plus many of the brave and culturally diverse aviators that were photographed here in the 1920s and 30s by local photographer John Drennan. The years from the end of World War I until storm clouds once again darkened the horizon in World War II was an age of momentous…
Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and the air travel restrictions that characterized much of 2021, Swissport can look back on a successful business year, thanks primarily to its cargo unit. In 2021, goods totaling 5.1 million metric tons (2019: 4.6 million tons) passed through more than 100 air cargo centers. This is an all-time high and represents an increase of some 10% over the 2019 pre-crisis levels. While the company’s larger airport ground services business is still severely affected by the global travel restrictions, Swissport continues to recover here as well. With almost 97 million passengers (2019:…
Angelo has always had a clear vision of where he wanted his career to go, and it was always centered on aviation. After completing an internship with Northwest Airlines at 17 years old, he went on to attend Long Island’s Dowling College receiving his degree in Aviation Management with a minor in Business. While in school, he completed an internship with Terminal 4/JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT) which led to a permanent position as an Operations & Facilities Manager. In 2016, he was offered a new position in Operations with LaGuardia Gateway Partners to work on the LGA Terminal B…
Sheltair President Lisa Holland has announced the sale of Sheltair’s FBOs at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and LaGuardia Airport (LGA) to Modern Aviation. First announced in the Fall of 2021, the agreement has now received all government approvals allowing Modern Aviation to formally take over operations on February 8th. Lisa Holland stated, “We are enormously proud of Sheltair’s dedicated New York team and our corporate legacy serving these landmark airports. We have every confidence in Modern Aviation, their team of professionals, and their ability to meet the needs of this demanding market. As we anticipate a smooth…
Boeing announced a supply agreement for two million gallons (7.5 million liters) of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) with EPIC Fuels to power its Commercial Airplanes operations in Washington state and South Carolina through 2022. The agreement is the largest announced SAF procurement by an airframer and further demonstrates Boeing’s commitment to decarbonizing aviation. “SAF is a safe, proven, immediate solution that will help achieve our industry’s long-term commitment to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050,” says Sheila Remes, Boeing vice president of Environmental Sustainability. “Boeing has been a pioneer in making sustainable aviation fuels a reality. Through this agreement, we will reduce our carbon…
Spirit Airlines, Inc. and Frontier Group Holdings, Inc., parent company of Frontier Airlines, Inc., announced a definitive merger agreement under which the companies will combine, creating America’s most competitive ultra-low fare airline. Together, Frontier and Spirit expect to change the industry for the benefit of consumers, bringing more ultra-low fares to more travelers in more destinations across the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean, including major cities as well as underserved communities. The stronger financial profile of the combined company will empower it to accelerate investment in innovation and growth and compete even more aggressively, especially against the dominant…
DHL Supply Chain, the global and North American contract logistics leader within Deutsche Post DHL Group, announced its Life Sciences and Healthcare (LSHC) sector is investing upwards of $400 million to expand its pharmaceutical and medical device distribution network footprint by 27 percent this year – nearly 3 million additional square feet. With the ultimate goal of bringing critical healthcare products closer to trade partners and patients, DHL Supply Chain’s new investment includes six new U.S. sites by the end of 2022. The investment includes costs to invest in new buildings and technology, as well as the fit-out and start-up…
LATAM Airlines Group was recognized as the most sustainable airline group within the Americas, Europe, and Oceania and fourth globally, in Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Sustainability Yearbook 2022 edition. 51 companies in the industry were evaluated through criteria that measured the best environmental, social and corporate governance practices. This year, LATAM was named in the Bronze category for its outstanding management in the following areas: Environmental and Social Report, Climate Strategy, Passenger Safety, Indicators of Labor Practices, Corporate Citizenship and Philanthropy, among others. “We are proud that a company from this part of the world has been recognized by an…