Air Cargo

Passenger and cargo airlines are coping with a computer crash, which has disrupted many airfreight shipments.

More than 100 Boeing 757s that underwent passenger-to-freighter conversions by Precision Aircraft Solutions need to be inspected and repaired to address the risk of cracking in an external component.

The Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a civil penalty of $400,000 against cargo airline Kalitta Air for allegedly operating flights in a prohibited region when certain aircraft have a faulty […]

Airbus slightly trimmed its demand forecast for freighter aircraft but said airlines would need more large cargo jets than previously estimated. As if on cue, Emirates ordered more 777s from rival Boeing.

DHL Express is expanding China air network through teaming arrangement with Central Airlines.

Maersk Air Cargo will operate its first Boeing 777 freighter between Denmark and China.

Avianca Cargo is replacing the fleet of its Mexican partner with Airbus A330 freighters.

The e-commerce landscape in the United States is continuously evolving, requiring retailers remain flexible and adaptable to maintain a competitive edge. Recent data from Statista projects that e-commerce revenue will […]

Pilots for Western Global Airlines say they need help from the National Mediation Board to move along negotiations on a labor agreement.

Airfreight volumes are buoyant during the typically slow summer season. One theory is that businesses are ordering sooner to avoid late deliveries for second-half shopping holidays, which could mean the busy season will be less busy than expected.

My Freighter is growing its fleet so it can be your freighter in the Asia-Europe region.

The cargo division of Turkish Airlines has agreed to buy four 777 freighters from Boeing.

Northern Air Cargo has joined the DHL Express air network as a partial replacement for Mesa Airlines.

Birmingham airport in Alabama has opened its first cargo facility and is leasing it to logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel.

FedEx is cutting nearly 20% of its Boeing 757 cargo jets because of soft demand and efforts to modernize the fleet.

FreightWaves Air Cargo Editor Eric Kulisch got direct airfield access to Dulles International Airport as part of a presentation for media. Several things caught his eye.

Sun Country Airline will see improved economics from its amended contract for outsourced air transportation to Amazon, executives said.

A long-standing dispute between logistics technology providers ended with a $16 million payment from CargoSprint to PayCargo.

Sun Country Airlines will operate 20 freighter aircraft for Amazon by late 2025 after the retailer agreed to expand its partnership with the passenger and charter airline.

A Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400 freighter operated by Atlas Air experienced a tire and landing gear failure at Hong Kong airport, blocking a runway for eight hours.

Maersk has ambitious plans for its dedicated cargo airline to become a major piece of its integrated logistics service, alongside its ocean container business.

Korean Air will give a small South Korean carrier first crack at buying the freighter assets of Asiana Airlines, as required by EU regulators to approve a Korean-Asiana combination.

Chinese e-commerce store JD.com is growing its in-house airline to satisfy customers in China with quick order delivery.

The air cargo market is enjoying an unexpected boom during the slow season, but it’s unclear whether demand is pulling from the third and fourth quarters to avoid supply chain delays or will continue to build.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it has discovered gray-market imports of Ozempic from Colombia and is trying to close down the shipping pipeline.

Cargojet will fly planeloads of e-commerce goods from China to Canada several times per week as part of a direct-to-consumer logistics operation.

Seko Logistics said U.S. Customs and Border Protection has harmed its business by temporarily suspending some import privileges without providing evidence of wrongdoing.

SITA moves into maritime with its new brand, SmartSea. CEO Julian Panter gives an inside look at why he believes SmartSea’s model should be an industry standard.

ATSG has shuffled CEOs for the third time in seven months and named a new president.

Lars Winkelbauer, a former high-level executive at Polar Air Cargo, received a four-year prison sentence for defrauding the company.

Atlas Air will phase out flight operations for Amazon but continue to lease aircraft to the retailer while targeting more cross-border shipping.

The end of Aloha Air Cargo’s service from the West Coast to Hawaii will result in unpaid leaves of absence for 18 pilots.

FedEx will soon begin streamlining flight operations in line with changing market demand and a world in which it no longer is the prime contractor for the U.S. Postal Service.

Mesa Airlines has stopped flying for DHL Express, citing low cargo demand.

DHL’s supply chain unit has invested nearly $100 million to set up an air line haul operation with the help of a local airline that will support logistics customers in Brazil.

The U.S. Postal Service will pause some modernization projects for the rest of the year amid “confusion” about the agency’s Delivering for America plan.

Maersk is pursuing its air cargo ambitions with a new freight station in Miami and its first two Boeing 777 freighters.

ASL Aviation is upgrading the fleet at its Australian subsidiary with a modern Boeing 737-800 cargo jet.

A congressional waiver on sunsetting Boeing’s production of 767 freighters to comply with international emissions rules will benefit FedEx and UPS.

The air cargo market is maintaining momentum despite entering the slow season, thanks to strong demand for e-commerce and e-cigarettes out of China and a mode shift tied to the Suez Canal cutoff.

The NTSB is now investigating two incidents involving FedEx Boeing 767 cargo jets, one in Texas and the other in Turkey this week when a plane landed on its nose.

The date for entry into service of two Alaska Airlines aircraft continues to slide because of problems with Boeing’s modification to a cargo configuration.

ABX Air’s pilots union is out of Amazon’s doghouse, resulting in an improved labor agreement and a contract to fly 10 freighters.

Expeditors recorded year-on-year gains in tonnage for both airfreight and ocean freight for the first time in more than two years.

Aloha Air Cargo has decided to close its Los Angeles-Honolulu lane, effective June 1, because of weak demand, FreightWaves has learned. The route is marketed by Aloha, which signs customers […]

Amazon has deepened its relationship with Air Transport Services Group, agreeing to lease at least 10 widebody freighters for five years in exchange for rights to increase its ownership stake.

Bluebird Nordic had ambitious growth plans a year ago. Now the cargo airline is out of business.

Air Canada said Thursday it changed its mind about investing in two widebody freighters and will rely on its growing passenger fleet to increase cargo capacity.

Lufthansa’s freighter division faced external headwinds and rising costs that impaired its growth during the first quarter.

Geopolitics and internal operating challenges prevented Air France-KLM from generating more cargo revenue during the first quarter, when the freight economy improved.

Modest growth in domestic e-commerce volumes plus improved aircraft utilization from network rebalancing helped Canadian airline Cargojet further stabilize performance during the first quarter, setting the table for growth this […]

Global Crossing Airlines, a hybrid passenger-cargo charter airline based in Miami, on Thursday was the first commercial airline to fly into Haiti since warring gangs closed the main airport in […]

Amerijet, trying to pull out of a downward spiral, is floating possible furloughs to address a pilot surplus.

Hawaiian Airlines won’t fly as many cargo jets for Amazon as expected this year because of supply issues and Amazon’s timing preference for integrating aircraft into the fleet.

UPS is working to transition U.S. Postal Service business from incumbent air cargo supplier FedEx and hire more pilots before the current contract officially ends.

The air cargo sector grew more than 10% during the first quarter on the back of e-commerce exports from China and supply chain disruptions in the Red Sea.

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned a cargo airline that supports the Pacific Islands that it plans to fine it $2.9 million for poor safety compliance.

United Airlines nearly closed the year-over-year gap in cargo revenue during the first quarter as the air logistics sector shakes off a lengthy slump.

CMA CGM Air Cargo, with roots in the container shipping industry, plans to add 11 large freighters from Boeing and Airbus within three years. The first additions will enable the start of an Asia-U.S. service this summer.

It’s not a great return on investment to acquire an aircraft and immediately ground it because demand is soft. But that’s what Saltchuk Aviation and its Alaska-based subsidiary Northern Air Cargo have done.

The air cargo market’s upturn helped Delta Air Lines in the first quarter, but revenues were still lower than in 2022.

The pilots union at ABX Air, a large contract carrier for DHL, is taking a novel approach toward labor relations by promoting the company at industry trade shows.

Express delivery giant UPS is recruiting pilots again after beating out FedEx for the Postal Service’s air transport contract.

The U.S. Postal Service picked UPS to replace FedEx as its primary partner for moving parcels by air, but analysts say FedEx actually comes out ahead by losing the business.

iAero, a contract carrier for DHL Express, says it is going out of business by the end of the week.

UPS will take over flying mail and parcels for the U.S. Postal Service later this year. FedEx is relinquishing the contract but says the move will make it more profitable.

FedEx and UPS have recently announced job reductions as part of ongoing efforts to streamline operations and boost profits.

Atlas Air is now providing two Boeing 777 freighters for the exclusive use of China-based YunExpress.

The FedEx pilots union has a new chairman who is more aligned with the majority of the Master Executive Council, which wants to press FedEx harder on a new contract.

My Freighter, a fledgling carrier based in Uzbekistan, began leasing a third widebody freighter from Ohio-based Air Transport Services Group.

FedEx Express has parked more freighters, reduced aircraft capex and is integrating its daytime freighter network with the Freight segment’s less-than-truckload operation to provide linehaul connecting the U.S. and Europe to boost efficiency.

Delta Air Lines has named Peter Penseel, currently at Ceva Logistics, to head Delta Cargo.

FedEx said strong cost controls drove its fiscal third-quarter results; its shares soared in late trading.

A DePaul University report says Amazon’s air logistics unit is increasing efficiency by adopting a hub-and-spoke operating system for its cargo jets and airport locations.

The air cargo logistics sector is enjoying good volume growth so far this year, but it remains to be seen if the new momentum can be sustained.

Silk Way West Airlines is buying another 777 freighter from Boeing.

The FedEx pilots union is telling members that the company’s slow response to its demands is triggering tougher tactics. FedEx says there is so much turmoil in the union that it doesn’t know what demands to take seriously.

Bad blood between factions in the FedEx pilots’ union is making it difficult to present a unified position in collective bargaining with the company. Some hard-liners are turning against leadership and pushing for a strike to get better terms.

You’re familiar with the term “when pigs fly.” But what about a whale? Airbus flies a fleet of cargo jets that have an uncanny resemblance to a beluga whale.

Ongoing efforts to stabilize finances at Amerijet appear to have cost Chief Commercial Officer Eric Wilson his job.

Airbus for years has operated whale-shaped cargo jets to support its manufacturing operation in Europe. Now it has dedicated a portion of its fleet to haul extra-large shipments for external customers.

Pilots at FedEx say talks on a new contract are at a stalemate and have asked the National Mediation Board to send the dispute to arbitration.

Lufthansa Cargo saw a big drop in profitability last year because of difficult market conditions.

A Qatar Airways 747 freighter touched down for the last time on Friday. The plane has been sold to UPS.

Air forwarders are getting a break from the Transportation Security Administration that will save them time and money on administrative work needed to stay in a required security program.

Cargo airline Amerijet has already downsized its fleet and workforce, and changed leadership, to stem the flow of red ink. The latest move is outsourcing a warehouse operation in the Southeast.

The UPS maintenance division is moving into a new hangar, capable of supporting 747 jumbo jets, at its global air hub in Louisville, Kentucky.

Kuehne+Nagel is the largest logistics company in the world, but it wasn’t immune to downward market forces in 2023.

Air Transport Services Group is taking a more conservative approach to fleet expansion until the air cargo market picks up and customers start leasing additional freighters.

Electronic freight booking and data company Freightos says a virtuous cycle of growth will enable it to become profitable within a few years.

A new DHL facility in Norfolk, Virginia, will serve eastern Virginia and coastal North Carolina.

Canadian operator Cargojet sharply scaled back fleet investments last year to stabilize the bottom line but reports the Q4 upturn in air cargo business carried over to the new year.

Rock-it Global is the first company in the U.S. to generate a digital passport for goods, which simplifies customs entry for products that aren’t intended to be sold in the destination country.

The U.S. Postal Service contract is an albatross around FedEx’s neck. The company needs to fly less during the daytime and consolidate more express and ground parcel shipments, Barclays says.

Newbie airline Starlux in Taiwan has signed with Airbus for five large A350 freighters, an aircraft that is still under development.

With the addition of two secondhand Boeing 737-800 freighters, Kenya Airways Cargo is more than doubling capacity and extending its reach to the Middle East and India.

Volume data at Expeditors suggests that the year-on-year decline is slowing from where it was earlier in 2023.

The Airforwarders Association has begun to collaborate more with international counterparts and moved the date of its annual event away from Super Bowl Sunday.

The downward slope in cargo revenue at Air Canada began to level out during the fourth quarter, and management is optimistic 2024 will be better for airfreight than last year.

Amazon Air is closing a Texas cargo-handling facility, which will result in the layoff of 65 workers.