ROADWAY EXPRESS LAUNCHES ROADWAY AIR

ROADWAY EXPRESS LAUNCHES ROADWAY AIR

   Roadway Express Inc. announced that it has entered the airfreight business with a new freight forwarding operation, Roadway Air.

   Roadway Air will offer a single-source provider business with expedited and time- and day-definite delivery services to meet all levels of a customer’s shipping needs, the company said. Roadway Air is powered by Integres Global Logistics, a partnership of transportation and technology solutions providers. Throughout the Integres network, Roadway Air customers have access to nearly 3,000 planes, over 12,000 daily flight departures and over 40,000 trailers, Roadway Express said in a statement.

   “This unique strategic partnership combines premiere multi-modal service providers through a state-of-the-art e-business platform,” said James B. Gamache, director of Sales for Roadway Air.

   “We can now offer everything from ‘next flight out,’ which enables us to deliver freight in a matter of hours, to our regular LTL service,” said Bill Michael, vice president of Marketing for Roadway.