All Delta Cargo Articles – Page 3

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    Delta ups package weight and size limit for door-to-door cargo service

    2020-04-09T16:11:17Z

    Delta Cargo has expanded its pick-up and delivery service allowing customers to ship larger and heavier items.Its DASH delivery service is run in partnership with same-day delivery company Roadie and will now be expanded to include DASH Heavy.Delta and Roadie's delivery partnership, DASH Door-to-Door, pairs TSA-approved drivers with cargo incoming ...

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    AF KLM, Delta and Virgin's cargo teams hope to benefit from new transatlantic tie up

    2020-02-03T15:40:14Z

    Air France-KLM Cargo, Delta Air Lines Cargo and Virgin Atlantic Cargo are hoping to capitalise on their new joint venture on the transatlantic.The new partnership, which represents 23% of total transatlantic cargo capacity or more than 600,000 tonnes annually, will enable the airlines to offer 110 nonstop routes with onward ...

  • Delta Cargo launch of the CarePod
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    Delta Cargo to offer the CarePod travel carrier for pets in the US

    2020-01-22T14:55:55Z

    Delta Cargo launch of the CarePodDelta Cargo has introduced a new pet travel carrier, CarePod, which offers real-time updates throughout the journey.After five years of research, development and testing, and a successful two-month trial, CarePod will be exclusively offered at eight US locations: Atlanta, Boston, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York ...

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    CarePod and OnAsset partner on pet transport

    2020-01-06T16:32:30Z

    Pet travel container firm CarePod has partnered with OnAsset Intelligence for the tracking of pets as they are transported via air cargo.The partnership will see CarePod's pet containers equipped with OnAsset's tracking devices to allow location information to be transmitted during transport.The two companies said that airlines will be able ...

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    Delta Cargo excited by new India service

    2019-12-19T11:26:15Z

    Delta Air Lines Cargo will target the pharma, automotive and perishables sectors on its new service between New York JFK and Mumbai.The weekly service will begin on December 22 utilising B777-200LR capacity.Key export products from India are anticipated to be pharmaceuticals, automobile parts, perishables, courier shipments and general cargo.Delta is ...

  • Photos from a Delta Cargo shoot for Delta Air Lines at the Icebox and Delta Dash office in Atlanta, Ga., on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019. (Chris Rank for Rank Studios)
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    Delta Cargo adds US same-day parcel delivery from Atlanta

    2019-10-29T12:50:40Z

    Delta Cargo has partnered with Roadie, an Atlanta-based parcel service, to launch DASH Door-to-Door for US nationwide same-day delivery.In an industry-first for a US passenger airline, the 24/7 pick-up and delivery service, from a business or home address, is now available from Atlanta to over 55 cities in the US.The ...

  • Virgin Atlantic and Delta Cargo export facility Heathrow
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    Virgin Atlantic and Delta Cargo open ‘technology-inspired’ export facility at Heathrow

    2019-10-10T10:12:05Z

    Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have opened an export facility at London Heathrow to “future-proof” the joint venture’s growth plans in the UK market.It is supported by new technologies that will deliver “significant improvements and transparency in the customer delivery experience”.The new facility is the first phase of Virgin ...

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    Delta Air Lines records double-digit drop in cargo revenues

    2019-07-15T10:35:48Z

    Delta Air Lines saw cargo revenues drop for the second quarter in a row on the back of traffic declines.The Atlanta-headquartered airline registered a 17% year-on-year decline in second-quarter cargo revenues to $186m.Revenues were also down in the first quarter of the year.Meanwhile, cargo traffic for the Q2 period was ...

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    Air cargo remains optimistic

    2019-06-05T16:40:48Z

    Cargo carriers are pragmatic about the current market situation despite headlines of doom and gloom on the back of volume declines.Speaking to Air Cargo News at the Air Cargo Europe exhibition in Munich, Qatar Airways chief officer cargo Guillaume Halleux said: “We cannot deny that the market is going down ...

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    Revenues take-off at Virgin Atlantic Cargo in 2018

    2019-04-10T16:33:05Z

    Virgin Atlantic Cargo saw revenues increase by 13% year on year in 2018 as it achieved its strongest revenue performance in the last five years.In total, the airlines registered cargo revenues of £222m on the back of a 6% increase in volumes to more than 244,000 tonnes, the airline’s best ...

  • Delta Cargo Website Metrics for 2018
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    Delta Cargo reports customer shift to digital booking

    2019-02-25T11:20:43Z

    Delta Cargo Website Metrics for 2018Delta Cargo has noted a "significant shift" in the number of online bookings since it launched its new website in 2017.The airline said it had noted a 15 percentage point increase in the global online bookings since 2017, making it the number one way customers ...

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    Lufthansa Cargo and AF KLM Cargo lead the way for digital connectivity

    2019-02-20T15:03:48Z

    Lufthansa Cargo and Air France KLM Cargo have been rated as the best carriers for digital connectivity, according to a new report from online marketplace Freightos.Freightos created a specific methodology to assess the progress made by air (and ocean) cargo carriers on digitalisation, applying 26 parameters across three categories to ...

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    Delta Cargo rebrands its product offerings

    2019-02-19T14:30:02Z

    Delta Cargo has rebranded its international product mix to align with SkyTeam Cargo, providing customers with a common product portfolio across the global airline alliance.The Atlanta-headquartered carrier has introduced the new product categories of General, Express, Critical and Specialized, but only the names have changed – there are no changes ...