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Air Canada, flight attendants reach tentative deal to end three-day strike that grounded network

Air Canada and its flight attendants' union reached a tentative agreement early Tuesday, ending a three-day walkout by roughly 10,000 crew that grounded much of the carrier, forced mass cancellations during the peak summer period and prompted a phased resumption of flights after mediated talks.

2025-08-19T04:01:38.732076-07:00

Spaceflight Now

SpaceX Dragon docks at ISS with 5,000+ lb of supplies and boost trunk for 2025 reboosts

2025-08-25T06:47:19.533007-07:00

Aviation Week

Founder Says Russian Authorities Moving to Nationalize Volga‑Dnepr, Threatening Global Heavy‑Lift Cargo Capacity

2025-08-25T12:26:36.762208-07:00

FreightWaves

Air Canada Cancels Flights Ahead of Potential August 16 Flight Attendant Strike

2025-08-13T08:12:32.551041-07:00

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Flying Whales enters testing phase; one airship needs over 80 km of composite tubing Flying Whales has entered a testing phase for its large rigid airship and says a single vehicle will require more than 80 kilometres of composite tubing for its structure, underscoring the program's unprecedented material and manufacturing scale and supply-chain implications.

2025-09-12T01:52:53.272330-07:00

Flying Whales enters testing phase; one airship needs over 80 km of composite tubing

Cargo Facts

KF Aerospace adds third ATR 72-500 for Purolator under 10-year freighter-conversion programme KF Aerospace has acquired a third ATR 72-500—2002‑vintage 685, ex‑FlyCAA—to complete its aircraft tranche under a ten‑year freighter‑conversion contract renewal with Canadian courier Purolator. The airframe will become KF's second ATR 72 converted with a large main‑deck cargo door after May's 2004‑vintage 707 conversion.

2025-09-10T20:22:38.350675-07:00

KF Aerospace adds third ATR 72-500 for Purolator under 10-year freighter-conversion programme

FlightGlobal

Northern Air Cargo to launch Seattle–Anchorage freighter service with 737-800 Northern Air Cargo will launch a three-times-weekly Seattle–Anchorage freighter service using Boeing 737-800 aircraft starting 5 October, aimed at improving cargo connectivity for remote Alaskan communities and strengthening intra-state supply chains. The Anchorage-based carrier says the route will link Seattle's cargo hub capacity with Alaska's regional logistics network.

2025-09-09T14:37:11.899336-07:00

Northern Air Cargo to launch Seattle–Anchorage freighter service with 737-800

Air & Space Forces Mag

USAF C-130s sustain Pacific wargame, hauling ‘potatoes to firetrucks’ between remote islands This summer a large Pacific wargame put USAF C-130 crews through daily sustainment missions, moving everything from potatoes to firetrucks between small, dispersed islands. The sorties tested short-field operations, rapid cargo handling and island-to-island logistics essential to keeping forces supplied in austere, contested environments.

2025-09-09T14:05:41.486665-07:00

USAF C-130s sustain Pacific wargame, hauling ‘potatoes to firetrucks’ between remote islands

Aviation Source

Cargojet Secures Major Contract Extensions with DHL and Amazon Cargojet has secured major contract extensions with DHL and Amazon, locking in dedicated freighter flying for the Canadian cargo carrier. The agreements deepen partnerships with two global logistics platforms and reinforce Cargojet's positioning in express air-freight networks across North America and beyond.

2025-09-08T15:59:52.761139-07:00

Cargojet Secures Major Contract Extensions with DHL and Amazon

FreightWaves

One Air launches scheduled 747-400F freighter service linking Hong Kong and East Midlands UK startup One Air inaugurated its first scheduled freighter service as a Boeing 747-400F arrived at East Midlands Airport from Hong Kong. The carrier says it will operate scheduled 747 and 777 freighter services focused on time-sensitive e‑commerce and electronics cargo as it expands fleet and hubs.

2025-09-08T15:19:32.944824-07:00

One Air launches scheduled 747-400F freighter service linking Hong Kong and East Midlands

Vertical Mag

Skyhook among the UK's few helicopter operators still conducting sling‑load operations Skyhook Helicopters is one of only a handful of U.K. operators that continues to perform sling‑load helicopter operations. The company’s largely unseen work provides specialist aerial lift services that many projects and sites across the country rely on.

2025-09-08T06:09:24.857933-07:00

Skyhook among the UK's few helicopter operators still conducting sling‑load operations

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Flying Whales selects Canadian site for prototype large-capacity cargo airship factory Flying Whales has chosen a Canadian site for a prototype factory to build its large-capacity freight airship, marking a tangible move from design toward production as the developer establishes domestic manufacturing capability for the first prototype of its heavy-lift LTA cargo platform.

2025-09-07T12:28:49.218509-07:00

Flying Whales selects Canadian site for prototype large-capacity cargo airship factory

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