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INDUSTRY Edited by: Manos Charitos

EMIRATES AND AEGEAN ANNOUNCE A CODESHARE
PARTNERSHIP
Emirates and Aegean are activating a codeshare partner-
ship, allowing the customers of both airlines to benefit from
increased connectivity to eight domestic Greek points via
Athens using a single ticket.
Emirates will place its code on Aegean-operated flights, pro-
viding customers with a convenient and seamless booking
experience and one consistent baggage policy to popular des-
tinations: Mykonos, Santorini, Corfu, Heraklion Rhodes, Thes-
saloniki, Chania, and Alexandroupolis. Under the codeshare
agreement, Aegean will also place its code on Emirates-op-
erated flights between Dubai and Athens for their customers
to benefit from smooth connections to Dubai and onward.
Starting October 2022, Emirates and Aegean will extend
their joint codeshare network further to include eight more
European regional routes via Athens. The extended codeshare
network will include, among others, Bucharest, Belgrade, and
Naples, as well as westwards Emirates’ flights to New York
Newark from Athens, and New York JFK from Milan. Emirates
currently serves Athens with 12 weekly flights operated by a
Boeing 777. These additional codeshare routes will be subject
to receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.
UPS ORDERS EIGHT MORE 767 FREIGHTERS to pre-pandemic 2019.
Boeing announced an order placed by UPS for eight more “This repeat order from UPS is a testament to the out-
767 Freighters. This codeshare network will increase UPS’s standing cargo capabilities of the 767 Freighter and further
767 Freighter fleet to 108 aeroplanes, enabling the global demonstrates Boeing’s market leadership in the freighter
carrier to modernise further and sustainably increase its fleet. segment,” said Ihssane Mounir, Boeing senior vice president
“The additional 767s will help us continue to deliver what mat- of Commercial Sales and Marketing.
ters to UPS customers around the world. This is a very versatile UPS will begin taking delivery of these new aeroplanes in
aircraft that we operate across every region of the globe,” said 2025, with an additional 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighter
UPS Executive Vice President and President U.S. Nando Cesa- (BCF) entering service in late 2023. This purchase builds on
rone. “With these aircraft, our fleet will continue to be among UPS’s order for 19 767 Freighters in December 2021.
the most modern in our industry, meeting our customers’ needs
while improving our efficiency, sustainability and reliability.” THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON YOUNG AIR
Air cargo continues to play a crucial role in global trade, TRANSPORT WORKERS
from supporting supply chains to expanding e-commerce. The The COVID-19 crisis introduced far-reaching effects on the
International Air Transport Association (IATA) has estimated economy, with air transport in particular hit hard by a decline
that global air cargo revenue in 2021 had doubled relative in passengers. According to Eurostat, airlines and associated

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