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Metropolitan Airport News
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Vaughn College, a partner school for Delta TechOps, received an engine donation in March to assist students studying to become aviation maintenance technicians (AMTs) with their training. Through Delta TechOps’ TechU AMT career pathway program, Delta’s partnership with Vaughn College plays a vital role in meeting the demand for certified AMTs in the metropolitan region as well as across the nation. The donated engine is a JT8D, an engine that is considered highly durable and reliable, having completed more than 673 million dependable flying hours since entering service. Today, there are 2,400 engines in use around the world. “Delta TechOps’…
Qatar Airways Cargo and its ground handler Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (Hactl), have teamed up to provide an extra layer of security for the airline’s ex-Hong Kong flights, using technical detection dogs to sniff out hidden lithium batteries in air cargo. The detection service is being provided by leading specialist MSA Security, An Allied Universal Company (MSA), which now operates a team of security experts and sniffer dogs within a dedicated area of Hactl’s SuperTerminal 1 facility. The dogs are specially trained to detect specific odors, resulting in their ability to detect lithium batteries, whether they are in…
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that Newark Liberty International Airport’s 5-megawatt (MW) solar project at the Terminal A parking garage, which is the largest single solar rooftop project at any U.S. airport, has generated one gigawatt-hour of power after just two months of operation. As part of the agency’s continued commitment to sustainability, Port Authority also announced a deal with TotalEnergies to begin construction of New York state’s largest solar carport at JFK in 2023. “With the announcement of the largest single solar rooftop project at any airport in the nation, Newark Liberty continues…
Lufthansa Cargo, together with Swiss World Cargo and time:matters, has joined the Pharma.Aero interest group as a member. Pharma.Aero is regarded as a leading international collaboration platform for medical technology and pharmaceutical companies, as well as for logistics experts, freight companies and airport operators, operating across all sectors. The Belgium-based organization now has more than 50 partners and members. The joint membership of Lufthansa Cargo, Swiss WorldCargo and time:matters underlines the Lufthansa Group approach in terms of interlocking exchange and also cooperation in complementary offers for pharmaceutical customers. During this year’s World Cargo Symposium in Istanbul and at LogiPharma 2023…
JetBlue announced the appointment of Jill Eshbaugh as the carrier’s new vice president, airports experience. Eshbaugh will have day-to-day oversight of airport operations across JetBlue’s 100+ destinations spanning the U.S., Canada, Latin America, Caribbean, U.K., and Europe. She will report to Warren Christie, JetBlue’s head of safety, security, fleet operations, airports, and JetBlue University. Eshbaugh joins JetBlue following a 25-year career with United Airlines. Until 2019, she served as the carrier’s vice president, employee relations and engagement, and previously held leadership roles as managing director for airport operations domestically as well as in Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa,…
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. recently announced the addition of two newly converted Boeing 767-300 freighters to their leasing fleet, one of which is the company’s first Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF). The second aircraft was converted by Tel Aviv-based Israel Aerospace Industries. ATSG’s leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, will lease both aircraft to Miami-based Amerijet International, which currently leases nine other aircraft from CAM. This dual delivery is a demonstration of ATSG’s successful supply chain diversification in meeting market demand for full freighter conversions. “Today we acknowledge an important milestone in the history of our company,” said Paul Chase, chief…
The Women in Trucking Association (WIT) has selected Schneider National Inc.’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Group Senior Vice President, and General Manager of Logistics, Erin Van Zeeland, for the 2023 Distinguished Woman in Logistics Award (DWLA). This annual award from WIT highlights the crucial roles of influential leading women in the dynamic field of commercial transportation and logistics, which encompasses logistics service providers as well as motor carriers. Erin was selected for her outstanding contributions to supporting women in the workforce and demonstrated exceptional leadership in logistics across North America. “What an immense honor it is to be selected as…
Air Dispatch, part of dnata and the world’s leading supplier of centralized load control (CLC) services, has recently celebrated the production of its seven millionth loadsheet. The milestone document was issued from the Prague facility, ensuring safe and efficient operations of Titan Airways’ Airbus A330-300 P2F cargo flight which the airline operates on behalf of global forwarder GEODIS. Air Dispatch has been offering quality and reliable CLC services to both legacy and new-generation carriers since 2007. It calculates the weight and balance conditions for aircraft prior to flight, securing greater productivity and profitability for its airline customers. Air Dispatch’s CLC…
After a two-year pandemic hiatus, Aviation High School restarted its annual Career Day on April 19. The mission of Aviation High School, located in Long Island City, is to provide students with a high-quality, rigorous academic and technical education that prepares them to meet the educational challenges of the 21st century, with a focus on careers within the aviation industry. Career Day is a rewarding experience for students that provides them the opportunity to learn more about aviation-related career opportunities and explore strategies for success. Representatives from the many sectors of the aviation industry attended Career Day and spoke to…
The Gary Sinise Foundation (GSF), established in 2011 by Actor and Humanitarian Gary Sinise to support our Nation’s veterans, heroes, first responders, defenders, and their families who have sacrificed so much, is bringing WWII veterans to The National WWII Museum in New Orleans as part of GSF’s Soaring Valor Program, including eight WWII veterans from across Long Island. Soaring Valor is a Gary Sinise Foundation program that started in 2015 as a way to bring World War II veterans to their museum built in their honor and to help spread messaging and education around the country, especially to the younger generations, on the importance…