On-demand air charter companies are providing emergency parts deliveries for automakers trying to cope with demonstrations blocking a key U.S.-Canada border bridge.
The ripple effect of the anti-COVID truck protests in Canada is spreading to aviation.
Remember “The Love Boat”? Today, we present the Love Plane, bringing your sweetheart goodies for Valentine’s Day.
Korean Air’s cargo division is propping up the entire airline with passenger traffic still underwater.
Azul welcomes its first quasi-freighter, an Embraer regional jet with a stripped-down cabin.
Amazon Air is expanding further in the Great Plains.
Natilus is developing robot cargo jets in four sizes and has orders from five customers.
Near-space vehicle producer Destinus just secured $29 million to build out its autonomous, hydrogen-powered hypersonic cargo plane.
“This deal is a great opportunity to accelerate our joint sustainability efforts. SAF has a lot of potential to reduce CO2 emissions,” said Adriaan den Heijer, executive vice president at AFKLM Cargo and managing director at Martinair.
DHL is renewing every aircraft lease it can because air cargo demand is robust.
DHL, seemingly in perpetual expansion mode, is targeting two more U.S. airports for its giant cargo network.
FedEx operates about 280 small, turboprop cargo aircraft. New ones starting to enter the fleet are bigger and more capable.
FedEx is facilitating exports from Europe and the U.K. to the U.S. with a new cargo service.
Swissport, a company that gets your luggage on and off a plane for partner airlines, is fending off a ransomware attack.
A winter storm is severely impacting express air and air cargo operations in the middle of the country, which could impact deliveries anywhere in the U.S.
Congress, regulators and industry are trying to develop a long-term plan that would allow 5G cell towers to coexist with airport traffic.
The air cargo market is very strong, but the latest January numbers are deceiving.
UPS posted its best quarterly operating profit in its history. It also declared a 49% dividend increase.
Extra safety precautions, for cargo and crew, are needed when vaccines need ultra-cold transport by air. The FAA wants to fine-tune its safety guidance.
Qatar Airways is renewing its freighter fleet with a big order for an all-new aircraft from Boeing.
Airports in Asia have been in the news for cargo delays because of COVID cases, but infections are impacting cargo hubs around the world.
A “bomb cyclone” is expected to hit the Northeast and disrupt air traffic.
Renting a plane to move cargo is expensive but necessary in these days of supply chain turmoil.
China Airlines has 21 freighter aircraft in its fleet and is adding capacity to meet trans-Pacific demand.
Nearly 80% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been deemed safe to operate around 5G antennas, but not some of the largest freighters in the FedEx and UPS fleets.
A commercial cargo carrier is at the forefront of U.S. efforts to supply Ukraine with weapons ahead of a possible Russian invasion.
Passenger airlines are limping back to health, but the air cargo sector is on fire.
This beluga whale doesn’t swim, it flies. Airbus built a freighter that looks like the whale so it can get large shipments in the front dome.
MSC, a giant shipping line, wants to buy an Italian airline. If successful, it will then be in the passenger airline and air cargo businesses.
The United States takes tit-for-tat action against Chinese airlines after China restricts access by U.S. carriers.
Family comes first for Lionel van der Walt, who has left PayCargo.
Amazon doesn’t have any pilots. It outsources flight operations to airlines. Find out which one is supporting cargo service to Wichita.
New financiers are backing a major fleet expansion at Mexican cargo carrier MasAir.
Among the major U.S. passenger carriers, United Airlines was the big winner in cargo performance during 2021.
Aeronautical Engineering takes used planes and turns them into cargo configuration. More countries are approving a new design for its 737-800 freighter.
It’s a sign of the supply chain times when customers are renting entire planes from United Airlines to haul low-value commodities like mayonnaise.
Shippers, not just passengers, will be negatively impacted by delayed flights and rerouting to alternative airports if telecom companies eventually launch service close to airports.
President Biden thanked Verizon and AT&T for agreeing to the delay and said the DOT will continue working on safe 5G deployment.
FedEx wants to study the feasibility of putting a laser on planes to divert potential missile strikes. The FAA has shelved its review for the time being.
FedEx wants to put a laser-emitting device on a certain aircraft to protect against a missile attack. By all indications it’s for a very limited test, not a fleetwide procurement.
Freightos is expanding its North American air cargo customer base with the acquisition of 7L Freight.
Clean up on Runway 2, please! We’ve got rubber deposits.
“Climate protection is an issue that impacts everyone. While we can work towards this goal internally, we also wanted to provide an opportunity to enroll our customers in our mission toward carbon neutrality,” said Mark McCullough, Gebrüder Weiss USA CEO.
Delta Air Lines is on the path to recovery from the depths of the coronavirus pandemic, but omicron remains a hurdle.
United opposition from four major U.S. cargo airlines has made Saudia reconsider its request for an exemption to fly freighters outside the normal regime governing air services.
Growth in air cargo volumes decelerated in the last two months of 2021. Blame it on too much demand stressing the freight system.
More COVID control measures in China are impacting international goods movement.
The omicron variant is depleting aircrews at FedEx just as it has among passenger airlines, resulting in customer delays for both industries.
Atlas Air is one of the biggest cargo airlines in the U.S. Four big jets will join the fleet in the next two years.
Cathay Pacific Cargo is limping back to service after shutting down most flights for a week to adjust its schedule to lower pilot availability.
Chutzpah: When Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier asks the U.S. to operate cargo flights directly from Europe and the Saudi government denies similar rights to U.S. carriers.
California officials are going to court again to try to mitigate the emissions impact of a new air logistics center at the San Bernardino Airport anchored by Amazon Air.
FreightWaves writers look at the most important issues on their beats heading into the new year.
Cathay Pacific is running out of pilots for its freighter operations because of stricter quarantine measures.
McDonald’s called in the air cavalry to overcome shipping disruptions that forced it to ration french fries in Japan.
Fuel levies hit two weeks before other surcharges and eight days after 2022 rate increases.
Sun Country maintains labor peace with its pilots.
UPS Airlines boosts its fleet with a big order for Boeing cargo jets.
Don’t be afraid of the drone swarm. It’s just Korean Air’s approach to using several drones at once to visually inspect its aircraft.
FedEx’s Express and LTL units delivered solid performances, while the bottom may have been hit at its Ground unit.
Volume and yield gains powered the Express and LTL units, while staffing shortages and operating inefficiencies continued to hurt the Ground unit.
Airbus appears to have placed a winning bet by introducing a new, big cargo jet — the A350.
FedEx Express has upgraded its largest gateway to Latin America.
United Airlines is getting lots of attention with bold statements that it hopes to fly hydrogen jets in seven years and supersonic jets by the end of the decade.
If you fly on United Express or American Eagle, you may have actually been on a plane operated by Mesa Airlines. Now it has an all-cargo option too.
Air Canada is deploying a new cargo jet to alleviate the cargo delays caused when flooding partially cut off the Port of Vancouver.
The A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft is only a year old. Now its sister, the A320, is transitioning to an all-cargo configuration too.
Amazon is throwing more freighters into its air logistics operation as online sales soar.
Qantas and Air Canada are pioneers in swapping older passenger planes from their fleets and turning them into full-time cargo haulers.
Radiant Logistics announced Monday that it acquired digital logistics services provider Navegate for $35 million.
Peak airport congestion during peak season is undermining air cargo transport.
Kuehne + Nagel is one of the largest, most profitable international freight management companies in the world. Its CEO announced he will leave next year.
Air Canada is adding cargo capacity equivalent in weight to 860 adult moose in and out of Vancouver.
Starting an international airline during a pandemic is unbelievably challenging. Frustrated flypop has turned to cargo as an interim solution.
Airbus lands a diversified shipping and logistics company as the second customer for its new large freighter.
Hong Kong’s strict COVID policies have had economic consequences, especially for its aviation industry.
Air and ocean asset-light logistics provider STG has acquired International Warehouse Services.
It has taken Atlas Air’s parent company five years to complete the integration of Southern Air. The transition is now complete.
Cargo airlines and leasing companies are sucking up small and midsize freighters converted from passenger configuration. Here come the big boys.
The unit plans to add facilities in the Netherlands, Germany and Mira Loma, California.
Cargojet is the launch customer for Mammoth Freighters, which turns used passenger planes into full-time cargo haulers.
Cainiao is becoming a bigger logistics giant than Amazon in cross-border trade.
The air cargo market is sizzling. Carriers need more planes and investments are pouring in for new and converted freighters.
Air transport is usually the mode of last resort because it is expensive. The pandemic has turned that thinking upside down.
Social, financial and government pressure has airlines making a big push to decarbonize.
Third-party logistics provider Radiant Logistics again posted record quarterly results on Tuesday. On a call with analysts and investors, company officials called out strength in virtually every segment Radiant serves.
DHL is making changes to its airline-within-an-airline concept.
A handful of small airlines want a piece of the action in air cargo, which continues to grow at a robust pace.
Airlines are growing more optimistic about their recovery from the pandemic as the U.S. reopens its borders. Cargo is riding the coattails of the passenger bounce.
ATSG is hitting on all cylinders with its aircraft leasing and cargo airline units, as third quarter results demonstrate.
Air cargo is typically unaffordable for most shippers. With ocean rates off the charts, air doesn’t look so bad. If you can find a booking, why wouldn’t you fly?
The company expects record 2021 earnings and boosts its 2023 bottom line forecast by $700 million, to $9.24 billion.
Amazon Air’s top airfreight supplier is diversifying its vendor base for reconstructing passenger planes into cargo jets.
Air Canada Cargo has been a strong pandemic performer, but the passenger side of the business is finally beginning to recover.
Despite beating the Wall Street consensus, Expeditors’ stock declined.
Shipping giant Maersk has transformed itself into a one-stop shop for logistics services and now is growing its airfreight capability.
The company announced a 5.9% general rate increase for next year, but that has no bearing on the pain many shippers will feel.
Maersk expands air business after earning more in a single quarter than in any prior full year.
Fuel levies on U.S. customers to rise 100 basis points for air and ground services, source says.
The suspension of money-back guarantees comes seven months after FedEx restored them on nine air services.
