Air Cargo

Recovery efforts for an Amazon Air freighter at Vancouver airport in Canada are underway.

An Amazon charter flight operated by Canadian partner Cargojet overshot the runway at Vancouver airport, impacting flight operations.

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. – Etihad Airways has decided to exercise an option for three Airbus A350 next-generation freighters, bringing its total order to 10 aircraft, said Stanislas Brun, vice president […]

Tim Strauss is back as CEO of another small cargo airline based in Miami. His new company is 21 Air, which has secured Amazon as its latest customer.

Amazon has added 21 Air to its roster of air cargo transport providers.

Amazon is promising logistics companies that use its air cargo airline that their shipments won’t get left behind when e-commerce parcel volumes are high.

FedEx is strengthening its air network in Latin America with two new flights linking markets in South and Central America with Miami, the company announced.

Air Transport Services Group said fewer aircraft in revenue service plus higher expenses led to a reduction in core operating profit during the third quarter, but the current quarter is expected to be better.

The company that produces A321 converted freighters is adding a production line in Japan on the expectation that cargo airlines in the region will need more standard-size freighters.

Lufthansa Cargo is helping Shanghai Pudong airport improve cargo operations and signing capacity agreements with Chinese air cargo and postal operations.

Two incendiary devices bound for delivery by DHL from Europe to North America were discovered this summer, prompting Western officials to investigate their origin.

Cargojet reported good third-quarter results and says it is adding capacity to meet expected demand growth.

International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers union members voted to approve a new contract with Boeing on Monday, putting to an end a lengthy strike in the Pacific Northwest.

Expeditors International by numerous metrics had a strong third quarter.

The growth of cross-border e-commerce shipping influenced investment house Stonepeak’s decision to acquire Air Transport Services Group.

The strong air cargo market acted as a tailwind for Air Canada in the third quarter.

Boeing reportedly dismantled its global diversity, equity and inclusion department on Thursday, and striking members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers are scheduled to vote on a new contract offer Monday.

Amazon Air is looking to make money from its in-house cargo airline by renting out aircraft, including those operated by Sun Country Airlines, to shippers.

FreightWaves SONAR hosted a webinar Wednesday discussing its new shipper data consortium with Charles Odom, director of logistics at Halliburton.

Logistics powerhouse Kuehne+Nagel is an early adopter of Amazon Air’s freight transportation service, which it is using to move e-commerce shipments from China to the U.S.

Lufthansa’s cargo division recorded modest profit growth in the third quarter and this week launched a trans-Pacific freighter service.

EFW, a company that specializes in passenger-to-freighter conversions, is shutting down its U.S. assembly plants because of shortages in skilled labor and other problems that have delayed delivery of large aircraft to Amazon.

Despite a first-half lull in domestic network demand for logistics services, the world’s largest forwarder saw overall volume growth in the third quarter.

Virgin Atlantic is adding its shortest route, but the flights will only haul freight. On Friday, the carrier announced service between London Heathrow and Brussels.

In the first episode of the new Bring It Home podcast, co-hosts Craig Fuller and JP Hampstead speak with Dunavant Enterprises CEO Bill Dunavant about the future of Memphis Tennessee as “America’s supply chain capital.”

UPS’s financial performance bounced back in the third quarter, but it flagged macroeconomic weakness and in-store shopping as potential headwinds for fourth-quarter volumes.

Union workers voted Wednesday to reject the latest employment contract offer from Boeing.

The Boeing Co. on Wednesday reported a loss in revenues of over $6 billion in the third quarter.

DHL Express says a new aircraft maintenance hangar and extra parking positions now under construction will minimize the amount of time aircraft are out of service and increase capacity at its U.S. superhub near Cincinnati.

The National Transportation Safety Board said an improperly installed borescope plug led to a January engine fire on an Atlas Air Boeing 747. Maintenance on the aircraft was performed just four days before the incident.

Emirates has placed an order for five current-generation 777 freighters and is eyeing a big order for next-generation freighters from either Airbus or Boeing.

Azul Airlines will soon deploy its first two Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft.

The air cargo sector is finishing the year with a flourish as peak season demand pushes freight rates even higher.

FedEx transported six giant pandas between the United States and China this week on what the company calls the “FedEx Panda Express.”

Boeing’s striking machinists are not currently expected to be the target of job cuts by the company, according to an internal presentation obtained by The Seattle Times.

Boeing is scaling back production plans for the 767 and next-gen 777-X freighters, which could create a shortage of widebody cargo aircraft later this decade.

Air Canada pilots voted in favor of a new collective bargaining agreement Thursday that includes several pay increases and quality-of-life improvements. Described as the airline’s largest-ever labor contract, the deal moves pilot compensation more in line with that of their U.S. peers.

The general aviation airport in Gary, Indiana, is expanding cargo infrastructure to help UPS. There is also a Field of Dreams mentality: Build it and other cargo carriers will come.

Boeing announced it has withdrawn its contract offer to striking machinists union workers as it considers “next steps.”

Amazon’s cargo airline is welcoming shipments from logistics companies and other businesses as it tries to better utilize a private fleet originally dedicated to supporting its own e-commerce sales.

Airlines are informing shippers not to send cargo to airports in the expected path of Hurricane Milton as the airline industry implements contingency plans to move people and equipment in […]

Startup carrier Global Crossing Airlines is partnering with FreightTech startup Airblox to start a nonstop freighter service between Chicago and Puerto Rico.

Switzerland-based DSV added to its stable of logistics providers, buying Schenker from the debt-laden German national railway.

The Boeing Co. has cut health care coverage for 33,000 of its workers and their families as machinists union strikes continue to halt production in the Pacific Northwest.

Another executive at Polar Air Cargo has been sentenced to prison for defrauding the company for more than a decade.

National Guard units from all over the U.S. are heading to North Carolina to assist victims of Tropical Storm Helene.

A high-level executive at a prominent air cargo company was sentenced to prison for defrauding the company.

Freighter operator Western Global Airlines will pay $85,000 in backpay to female workers to comply with federal rules.

Lufthansa Cargo is the first airline to apply a surcharge on shippers to help cover the cost of blending expensive alternative fuel with fossil fuel-based jet fuel.

Negotiators for striking machinists and aerospace workers say Boeing’s final contract offer will not be presented to union members for a vote.

Alaska Airlines has brought in high-powered executives to manage the cargo division, which has become more complex with the addition of international cargo and Amazon shipping business coming from the takeover of Hawaiian Airlines.

A new White House effort to reduce the amount of online orders from China that enter the country duty free isn’t likely to interrupt the Shein and Temu business, but could have ramifications for U.S. consumers and retailers.

Brian Bryant, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers international president, joined picket lines this week as some 33,000 Boeing workers went on strike in the Pacific Northwest.

A challenging parcel environment led to disappointing first-quarter results for FedEx.

Two days after announcing a hiring freeze, Boeing has notified employees it will be moving forward with furloughs over the coming days due to the aerospace workers strike.

Alaska Airlines will become a major cargo airline with the integration of Hawaiian Airlines’ freighter fleet that services Amazon.

Boeing has notified employees of a hiring freeze and is considering furloughs in the coming weeks as experts predict significant cash loss for the company this quarter due to an ongoing machinist strike.

Melbourne Airport is moving ahead with plans to build a third runway, which is expected to increase the competitiveness of shippers in the region.

Air Canada and its pilots resolved their contract dispute at the last minute on Saturday, preventing a strike.

German railway Deutsche Bahn is selling its Schenker logistics unit to DSV of Denmark in a deal that will create the world’s largest forwarder.

Workers who build Boeing aircraft will go on strike Friday after spurning a deal recommended by their union.

Air Canada and Canadian businesses are imploring the Canadian government to take action as the airline’s standoff with pilots over a new contract nears a tipping point.

Schenker has been sold, but not to the U.S. private equity group vying for control of the German logistics provider. Transport provider DSV of Denmark has emerged as the winning […]

WestJet Cargo is trying to find an alternative revenue stream after a new investment in four freighter aircraft didn’t meet revenue expectations.

Airport services company Alliance Ground International had the winning bid for leasing a cargo terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

Lufthansa is in the early stage of an expensive, multiyear renovation and expansion of its global cargo hub in Frankfurt, Germany.

Air Canada’s failure to reach a collective bargaining agreement with pilots could jeopardize freight customers as soon as Sept. 18.

Qantas has deployed a new Airbus A321 freighter, allowing it to offer more service options for customers in Oceania and Asia.

The Department of Labor has clawed back hundreds of thousands of dollars in back pay owed by Transair, a Hawaiian cargo airline that is no longer flying.

Three freighter operators are among the early adopters of an innovative aircraft coating inspired by sharks that makes aircraft more aerodynamic and fuel-efficient.

A New York-based venture capital firm and European transport specialist are vying to acquire Schenker, the logistics unit of German national railway Deutsche Bahn, which could shake up the market for logistics services in the U.S.

A former executive at Polar Air Cargo received jail time as punishment for defrauding the company.

Freighter operator Atlas Air is ready to invest in a major expansion at Alaska’s Anchorage airport that would potentially allow it to conduct cargo transfers there for the first time.

The airline subsidiaries of ocean lines CMA CGM and Maersk are offering service from China to Northern Europe and the U.S., respectively.

Air cargo professionals are bullish about the second half of the year as the traditional peak season approaches, but uncertainty remains about how the market will play out.

Atlas Air has invested in a pilot academy designed to better cultivate the available talent pool for flying its large freighters.

Canadian passenger airline WestJet has pulled out of the scheduled freighter market after only one year. It now must decide whether to repurpose its cargo jets or dispose of them.

Cargojet, the largest all-cargo airline in Canada, has sent two freighters for repairs after a recent hailstorm.

Cargojet’s domestic and international flying business posted solid gains in the second quarter thanks to e-commerce demand in Canada.

The Teamsters union claimed a legal victory in its pressure campaign for collective bargaining at Amazon’s primary air hub in northern Kentucky, near Cincinnati.

Magma Aviation, which charters aircraft under management control, has begun Middle East operations with two narrowbody cargo jets sourced from its parent company.

Amazon logistics partner Air Transport Services Group expects better revenue and profits the rest of this year after a difficult second quarter.

Air Canada has jettisoned two freighter aircraft from its fleet because there isn’t enough business to justify the cost.

Expeditors International saw an increase in its airfreight business in the second quarter and a downturn on the ocean.

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Sun Country Airlines expects to double its cargo revenue once a revised transportation contract with Amazon is fully implemented in 2026.

Parcel logistics giant DHL is banking on a strong peak shipping season to bring up results for 2024.

Large passenger airlines recorded solid growth in cargo revenue during the second quarter after more than a year of contraction.

It took only nine days for airfreight to return to normal following the CrowdStrike Windows outage on July 19, according to data from Xeneta.

Air France-KLM is pulling cargo capacity out of Latin America to give customers more airlift in the lucrative China-to-Europe market.

FedEx is rebranding its cargo jets by erasing the Express descriptor to signify there are no longer separate Express and Ground operations, just One FedEx.

DHL is beefing up its aircraft maintenance capacity in Europe.

Companies across the freight industry have announced another wave of layoffs, with over 600 workers in four states losing their jobs.

FedEx will fly fewer aircraft and go to fewer U.S. cities starting this fall as a consequence of the U.S. Postal Service giving its primary air cargo contract to a competitor.

The recovery of the air and ocean logistics market since the start of the year helped improve second-quarter results at Kuehne+Nagel and DSV.

The Embraer E190 cargo jet is getting closer to commercial service after Brazil’s aviation authority signed off on the passenger-to-freighter conversion plan.

UPS is taking longer than expected to restore profit levels amid slower parcel growth and increased operating costs.

National Airlines plans to order four 777 freighters, underscoring why Boeing remains upbeat about the air cargo market over the next 20 years.

Alaska-based Lynden Air Cargo received FAA approval to modify a civilian version of the Hercules C-130 with an aerial delivery system so it can support more humanitarian missions.

CloudStrike and Microsoft have released troubleshooting solutions after a global tech outage disrupted business across several industries and grounded thousands of flights Friday morning.