News Briefs: Transaero agreement; infrastructure bill; DHL is hiring

• Boeing Shanghai Aviation Services Co., Ltd., (Boeing Shanghai) has signed a maintenance agreement with Russia-based Transaero Airlines for its Boeing 767 fleet. With this contract, Boeing Shanghai has secured ‎all 767 operators in Russia as heavy maintenance customers. The first Transaero 767 was inducted for a C-check in late January, followed by another airplane nose-‎to-tail in Boeing Shanghai’s facilities at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
•  Congressman Alan Lowenthal of California introduced H.R. 1308, “The National Multimodal and Sustainable Freight Infrastructure Act,” on March 4. The legislation will provide a dedicated revenue source to invest  roughly US$8 billion a year in freight-related infrastructure projects throughout the nation, with a focus on multimodal projects that help relieve the bottlenecks in the freight transportation system. The bill would be funded through a national 1 percent waybill fee on the transportation cost of goods.
•  DHL is planning to hire 150 employees to fill new jobs at its CVG Americas hub, located adjacent to the Greater Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron. The hiring push is part of a US$46 million investment the company is making in its Northern Kentucky facility, which will also include enhancements in infrastructure and equipment upgrades.

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