DHL Air Austria will operate a mixed fleet of Boeing freighters in the fall and is seeking permission to fly new 767s to the U.S. so it has that option in the future.
FedEx pilots say they are willing to go on strike, if necessary.
Airbus has reached another milestone with its young A330 passenger-to-freighter program.
WestJet Cargo finally got airborne last month after nearly a year of unexpected delays and now faces a shutdown by week’s end because of a labor dispute.
Amerijet, a mid-tier cargo airline with growth ambitions, has struck a tentative deal with pilots for a new contract.
If you’ve never heard of Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, you’re not alone. But for DSV, a large logistics company, it could prove a diamond in the rough for air cargo purposes.
Recovery from the recession in airfreight transportation looks like it will be drawn out over the next year — and very slight when it does happen.
Nippon Express has signed a deal with Austria’s Cargo-Partner that expands its geographic reach and logistics service capabilities.
DHL Global Forwarding will offer its first temperature-controlled service between Indianapolis and Europe.
All airlines are experiencing lower cargo revenue, but Air Canada lagged most competitors during the first quarter for reasons both unique to the airline and common for the industry.
Japan Airlines is joining a group of passenger airlines that are starting all-cargo operations.
MSC Air Cargo, the airfreight arm of Mediterranean Shipping Co., has named ECS Group to handle functions in two major markets.
Emirates SkyCargo is going back to the future by deploying Boeing 747-400 freighters for the first time in more than five years.
Amazon air cargo partner ATSG has its eye on long-term growth, but investors with a shorter horizon are wary of big expenditures for cargo jets as shipping demand wanes.
Airbus has delayed the entry into service of the firstA350 freighter until 2026.
Two top executives at Altas Air are retiring in their 50s. The cargo airline named Michael Steen as its CEO.
Korean Air and Lufthansa Cargo saw cargo revenues shrink substantially during the first quarter amid weak economic conditions.
The softer markets in air and ocean freight are directly visible in Expeditors’ first-quarter earnings.
Canadian air cargo company Cargojet is searching under every rock for savings to maintain profit levels as shipping demand deteriorates.
Two of the world’s largest third-party logistics providers consider the glass half-full despite a substantial drop in profits.
Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi and SF Airlines in China are helping each other expand globally by providing ground services for the other at their main freighter hubs.
Sun Country is bucking the trend of express carriers flying fewer hours because of slow shipping volumes. Its Amazon fleet is busy as ever.
UPS is adjusting its air network to minimize wasteful flying while shipping volumes are weak.
American Airlines joined its peers in posting lower cargo revenue for the first quarter from a year ago.
Gol Airlines in Brazil will have five all-cargo aircraft in its fleet by next month operating in a dedicated service for a large online retailer.
Hawaiian Airlines faces more turbulent market conditions coming out of the pandemic than nearly any airline. On the bright side is a new charter contract with Amazon that will diversify the business.
Cargolux set financial records in 2022 but expects its air cargo business to decrease this year because of difficult operating conditions.
Gary Chicago airport is building a massive apron for freighter aircraft that UPS will only partially occupy. Build it and others will come is how officials think about it.
Amerijet and Air Transport Service Group have hit milestones: Amerijet for growing its fleet to 25 aircraft and ATSG for leasing its first used freighter that was reconfigured for cargo by Boeing.
FedEx is shrinking its network of pilot bases in an effort to cut costs. The move follows a recent decision to transfer a major maintenance facility at LAX airport to Indianapolis.
A shipment of gold and other values was pilfered at the Toronto airport in Canada this week and police have few leads so far.
WestJet can’t catch a break when it comes to starting its new cargo airline. Service began Thursday but could shut down in less than a month if pilots go on strike.
DHL Express is ordering nine passenger-to-freighter conversion aircraft to modernize its large fleet.
Air cargo professionals hope demand has hit bottom and will start to improve soon, but there could be further downside if some barometers are true.
There is a lot more competition waiting to take a UPS parcel if workers go on strike, consultant Satish Jindel says.
United Airlines posted a quarterly loss and said cargo sales fell more than a third from a year ago, but was optimistic about strong travel demand the remainder of the year.
FedEx celebrates its golden anniversary of operations with its most intense few years in decades ahead of it.
Israel Aerospace Industries has added a second overseas facility to carry out passenger-to-freighter conversions of the Boeing 777-300.
Shipco Transport pairs strong company values with deep expertise and broad coverage to deliver concrete results to its forwarder customers.
The FedEx pilots’ union is asking members to vote on a strike authorization for possible later use.
Artificial intelligence, not magic, allows Merlin to operate small aircraft without a human pilot.
Delta Air Lines made less money from cargo during the first quarter than a year ago — or any quarter in between. Similar results are expected when other airlines report results.
Four former executives at Polar Air Cargo were indicted on charges of defrauding the company through an elaborate kickback scheme.
Companies that resemble an Expedia for airfreight are making their portals more accessible to logistics customers outside their home countries. Agents are watching for potential conflicts of interest.
ASL Aviation has several airlines that support express delivery companies and e-commerce retailers. It plans to serve them with drone delivery too.
Several airlines are in the process of obtaining 737-800 cargo-modified aircraft. The magic number is two.
FedEx said it aims to slash $700 million per year in costs through a massive overhaul of its air network, part of a larger corporate profitability initiative.
UBS’ Tom Wadewitz says more clarity on cost-cutting actions provides a “long runway” for stock.
Federal Express Corp. will consolidate its air, ground parcel and other units; LTL will operate separately under the brand.
Ireland-based cargo group ASL Aviation is expanding to Australia with the acquisition of a FedEx contract carrier.
Lufthansa Cargo is building up a fleet of regional cargo jets to support express carriers in Europe and North Africa.
Maersk is rapidly expanding from a pure ocean carrier to a cargo airline. The latest move is the establishment of new routes between the U.S. and China.
Birmingham airport in Alabama welcomed the first regularly scheduled 747 freighter organized by logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel.
Air France-KLM and French all-cargo carrier CMA CGM Air Cargo are combining forces to attract customers and better utilize their assets.
Freighter operator Amerijet is moving back-office functions from Miami to Trinidad and Tobago.
Lufthansa promoted its top marketing executive to head the cargo subsidiary one week after moving the CEO to another group airline.
Delta Air Lines is putting more resources into temperature-controlled cargo services because they pay off.
Milwaukee airport wants to redevelop a former Air Force reserve base into an air cargo hub. Officials believe they can capture some shipments from Chicago O’Hare airport.
FedEx will exit a maintenance facility at LAX and send the work to its Indianapolis hub to increase efficiency.
After two years at the helm of Lufthansa Cargo, Dorothea von Boxberg has been tapped to head Brussels Airlines.
Contract talks for pilots at Amazon contractor Air Transport International have moved to the mediation stage at the federal level.
WestJet can’t seem to catch a break getting its new cargo airline off the ground. It had to postpone the fleet launch another month, and the conversion facility is taking longer than expected to complete the final aircraft.
A new contract between UPS and the Teamsters will be agreed upon weeks before the current agreement’s expiration date, Satish Jindel tells FreightWaves.
DSV is rapidly building up its logistics infrastructure in Arizona, an emerging market for semiconductors and electric vehicles.
Cathay Pacific has been tied down by COVID health restrictions much longer than most airlines. The cargo network is getting a big boost as long-haul passenger aircraft rejoin the fleet.
Shipping line Maersk has unveiled the latest expansion of its cargo airline with a new Eurasia route.
FedEx Express is aggressively scaling back air operations to save money as shipping demand crumbles.
Volume weakness persists at FedEx, but cost reductions are acting as strong offsets.
A multitude of mixed economic signals make it difficult to predict a recovery in air cargo business this year. Even if global trade picks up, the lion’s share of shipments will go by ocean.
Boeing is meeting customer demand by adding a facility to carry out passenger-to-cargo conversions in India. Some wonder whether the market will soon be oversaturated.
Atlas Air has apparently cleared the final hurdle for its sale to Wall Street hedge funds.
Freight reservation aggregator Freightos issued its first earnings report as a public company. Reducing losses continues to be a challenge in a difficult economy.
IAG’s cargo division has convinced management to use larger passenger jets on some short-hop routes to capture more cargo business.
Latam Airlines’ cargo division is diversifying routes for flower exporters with a new destination in Los Angeles.
Flight hours are a proxy for air cargo demand and the amount of time all-cargo aircraft are flying is falling.
German giant Deutsche Post DHL posted outsized gains in full-year operating income and said that performance will not repeat in 2023.
Boeing has paused delivery of the 767 freighter until it corrects a fuel tank issue.
Shipping line NYK says operating Nippon Cargo Airlines is too expensive and plans to sell it to another Japanese carrier.
Amazon Air is growing and refining its air cargo network, but at a more gradual pace because of the slowdown in online shopping.
Cargojet is scrambling to balance its cost structure as the air cargo market softens by hitting the brakes on the acquisition of 777 freighters.
DHL Express recently began cargo flights out of a $55 million cargo facility at Felipe Angeles International Airport in Mexico City.
After rushing to add capacity, Maersk’s in-house cargo airline is hitting the pause button on new routes because of sharply lower shipping demand.
Without Lufthansa Cargo’s strong results last year, the Lufthansa Group of airlines would have lost money.
Global logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel wants to avoid bottlenecks at big cargo airports by sending freighters to Birmingham, Alabama.
Kuehne + Nagel had a highly profitable year in 2022 despite macroeconomic headwinds, but results fell considerably in the fourth quarter along with transport demand.
FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam will advise President Joe Biden on the impact of government trade policies on multiple business sectors and export competitiveness.
Sichuan Airlines is taking the unusual step of carrying out cargo conversions of Airbus A321 aircraft on its own.
Company looks to push a more agile air network.
Freighter operator Amerijet is rationalizing its business by terminating a south Florida air and ocean logistics business it owns.
FedEx’s 50 Days of Caring initiative will take the company to the golden anniversary of its first flights, which is April 17.
Air Transport Services Group says its leasing business is insulating it from a market downturn that is impacting its cargo airlines.
Qantas wants to capitalize on Australia’s e-commerce boom by increasing the number of freighters used to quickly haul packages around the country.
Atlas Air took a profit cut in the fourth quarter, but comparisons with 2021 weren’t good because it was a record year financially.
Express carrier SF Airlines is gaining in-house capability to upgrade airframes through a joint venture in China with ST Engineering.
An Airbus affiliate that converts used passenger planes into cargo haulers plans to outsource some work to a new partner in China.
Air Canada is investing heavily in its dedicated cargo operations at a time when freight rates are slumping.
Expeditors suffered a significant decline in fourth-quarter earnings as the air and ocean freight markets dropped sharply.
Ameriflight is tentatively betting on two futuristic cargo aircraft from startup manufacturers to augment its feeder service for integrated express carriers.
EgyptAir has two interests in 737-800 freighters: flying them and rebuilding cargo versions from used passenger jets.
Finnair got creative redefining aircraft characteristics for the A350 jetliner so it could carry more fuel, cargo and people on long Asia routes.
