Monthly Archives: January 2020

SEKO Logistics stays on the acquisition trail with purchase of forwarding and cross-border ecommerce specialists, Air-City, Inc.

8th January 2020

SEKO Logistics has completed its largest-ever acquisition with the purchase of New York-based freight forwarder and cross-border ecommerce experts, Air-City, Inc. Similar to the purchase of GoodShip International Inc., which added depth and expertise to SEKO’s corporate gateway operation in Chicago, Air-City will immediately add additional resources and growth to SEKO’s key New York region. […]

American Airlines First Airline to Test the Google Assistant’s Interpreter Mode

8th January 2020

Interpreter mode offers real-time translation in 29 languages for the airline’s Admirals Club customers American Airlines is using technology to remove one of the stresses of traveling for foreign language-speaking customers by being the first airline to introduce the Google Assistant’s interpreter mode technology in its airport lounges. American began testing the new technology last […]

Ukraine International Airlines Boeing-737 Crashes in Iran

8th January 2020

Flight PS752 , a Ukraine International Airlines Boeing-737 flying from Tehran to Kiev with 170 people on board has crashed minutes after departing Tehran International Airport. Iran’s Red Crescent said there was little chance of finding any survivors. The embassy said on the Ukraine Foreign Ministry’s website that “According to preliminary information, the plane crashed […]

BOC Aviation orders 20 more Airbus A320neo aircraft

8th January 2020

Singapore-based lessor BOC Aviation Limited has placed a firm order with Airbus for 20 A320neo aircraft. Up to 12 of the newly-ordered aircraft will be leased to Colombia’s Avianca Airlines. Featuring the widest single-aisle cabin in the sky, the A320neo Family incorporates the latest technologies, including new generation engines and Sharklets, which together deliver 20% […]