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American Airlines, JetBlue form codeshare alliance to accelerate pandemic recovery

American Airlines planes with striped tails lined up at gates at Los Angeles airport. American Airlines is entering a codeshare partnership with JetBlue.

American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) said Thursday morning that they had formed a strategic partnership to give customers in the Northeast more route choices by integrating their complementary networks as they work to recover from the devastating impact of the coronavirus on air travel.

In total, JetBlue gets reciprocal codeshare flights on 60 American routes and American gets access to 130 JetBlue routes.

The news comes less than 24 hours after American Airlines...

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Project cargoes keep AAL’s ships calling US Gulf ports

Project cargoes may not be the fastest movers on the high seas, but they have proved much less volatile than the U.S. container trades during the coronavirus pandemic.

Christophe Grammare, commercial director, AAL Shipping (Photo: Courtesy)

Singapore-based AAL Shipping, one of the world’s largest marine project cargo carriers with 25 vessels, has witnessed a steady increase in ship sailings involving the transport of large capital equipment from Asia to U.S. ports during the first half of 2020....

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FourKites gives logistics aid organization a communications boost

Supply chain visibility platform FourKites has partnered with the American Logistics Aid Network (ALAN) to accelerate the voluntary transport and delivery of vital goods to emergency hot spots as they occur throughout the country.

In 2005, after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other Gulf Coast communities, ALAN launched as a means to connect disaster relief organizations and other nonprofits with transportation services providers willing to move life-sustaining supplies to disaster...

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FMC identifies San Pedro Bay container challenges during COVID-19

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on Wednesday identified four key areas where the container shipping industry in the San Pedro Bay port complex of Southern California can overcome current supply chain disruptions.

In late March, the FMC tasked Commissioner Rebecca Dye to lead a handful of industry representative-based “innovation teams,” with the goal of developing regional guidance to improve the transport and logistics flow of container traffic during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

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FMC eases some publication requirements for ocean container carriers

The U.S. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) on Thursday adopted a final rule that eases certain publication requirements for ocean container carriers, providing partial relief sought by the World Shipping Council in a 2018 petition to the agency.

The FMC’s approval of the rule follows a Feb. 14 notice of proposed rulemaking, in which the agency received two public comments.

John Butler, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council (Photo: Courtesy)

The new rule amends the FMC’s regulations...

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Airlines restore some service, but finances remain grim

White and red plane banking to the right above the clouds.

U.S. and international airlines are gradually rebuilding their networks as travel demand perks up, but the latest financial results demonstrate the road to recovery from the pandemic will be long and difficult.

Carriers this week showed increasing optimism that passenger business is coming out of a three-month slumber by resuming more service in the summer compared to May, led by American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) announcing plans to operate its domestic schedule in July at 55% of its prior-year...

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