air cargo

United Airlines had a weak quarter for cargo revenue, but it’s on par with the rest of the industry.

Global Crossing Airlines is using its small regional jets to airlift aid to Israel. Other U.S. carriers are more cautious and have canceled flights to Israel until further notice.

The air cargo market has pulled out of its 1.5-year dive, but analysts say don’t be deceived by the slight seasonal improvement. Real growth is many months away.

Delta Air Lines cargo revenue fell by more than a third in the third quarter, reflecting weak market conditions.

UPS has stopped flying to Israel while competitors DHL and FedEx have maintained air service to the country, which is at war.

The traffic jam of freight at Qantas Airways facilities in Australia is slowly abating as the airline makes efforts to remediate problems caused by a new cargo system.

FedEx and UPS have paused flights to Israel, while DHL continues to operate to the capital city of Tel Aviv.

U.S. freighter lessor ATSG makes its first sale in Bangladesh.

Qantas Freight is still scrambling to recover from an IT meltdown that has gummed up its air cargo network.

Amazon has added the first of 10 Airbus A330 freighters to its fleet.

Qantas’ freight division had trouble smoothly deploying a new cargo reservation system and shippers are livid about lengthy delays moving their goods.

Azerbaijan cargo airline Silk Way West took delivery of its first Boeing 777 freighter.

Amazon Air is downsizing operations at Leipzig/Halle International Airport.

Tim Strauss has transformed Amerijet into a competitive, midtier cargo airline, but it hasn’t been easy. On Tuesday, Strauss resigned.

Air Transport Services Group has not been forced by primary customers Amazon and DHL to significantly trim flight activity, as originally expected.

The Federal Aviation Administration and Customs and Border Protection are two key agencies involved in goods movement that will be short-handed if the government shuts down nonessential services.

WestJet Cargo and Lufthansa Cargo are connecting new cities to their narrowbody freighter networks.

Another top-level cargo executive for a Middle Eastern airline has found a new job. Atlas Air, which leases and flies cargo and passenger aircraft for airlines, logistics companies, sports teams […]

DHL is moving its A300 fleet from Asia because the region doesn’t have sufficient aerospace support services for the aircraft.

Shippers get clearer, Philadelphia airport gets more space, and Cup Noodles gets in the Oktoberfest spirit.

Novadev is tackling aviation sustainability by focusing on the air cargo sector.

Air Belgium says it never recovered from lost business during the COVID pandemic, in contrast to most passenger carriers. It says it can’t make money selling tickets to consumers and will focus on doing business with other airlines.

All Nippon Airways will soon function in one place at Narita Airport instead of at decentralized cargo warehouses.

DSV is a logistics company, not an airline, but it is strategically adding freighters it controls through long-term leases based on demand in certain lanes.

Too many freighter aircraft, especially single-aisle passenger conversions, are entering the market and lowering lease rates. But production continues to hum because cargo operators need more aircraft over the long term to support e-commerce growth and replenish aging fleets.

A DHL airline has begun providing regular connectivity to Argentina within the DHL parcel network.

The Department of Labor is investigating Western Global Airlines’ founder for allegedly enriching himself at the expense of employees who bought equity in the company.

The U.S. is pressing Mexico to review a complaint by pilots at Mas that they were harassed over associations with a labor union.

Avianca is investing in capacity and quality control because it sees growth opportunities in the Latin American air cargo market.

Lufthansa Cargo no longer has to truck shipments back and forth to Detroit Metro Airport from an outside warehouse after opening a facility next to the airfield.

Boeing has found an aviation services company in Jordan to carry out cargo conversions of used 737-800 jets.

Toronto Pearson airport plans to replace an office park with a cargo facility with funding from the Canadian government, which is also helping an Inuit-owned airline move more cargo.

Freight booking platform Freightos is working to reduce its cash burn as it continues to grow and add new products.

Smaller airports without big-city crowds offer many advantages to all-cargo airlines and shippers, which are taking more business to those locations.

The current valley in airfreight demand hasn’t spooked Air Transport Services Group, which continues to invest in freighter aircraft for its leasing and airline businesses.

Cargojet trimmed its express flying in Canada, but lower fuel costs and other cost measures made for a relatively healthy bottom line last quarter under weak market conditions.

Second-quarter cargo revenue at Air Canada fell 24% — not so bad in the context of global market conditions.

Cathay Pacific is rebuilding its passenger network after a three-year pandemic freeze, and the network effect is greatly benefiting the freighter operation.

Freighter operator Western Global got in financial trouble when the overheated air cargo market cooled off last year and nearly shut down this summer before getting a financial lifeline from creditors and filing for bankruptcy.

Western Global Airlines, struggling under a heavy debt load and weak market conditions, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court.

Sun Country Airlines had a strong quarter for cargo thanks to growth in its Amazon business.

Mediterranean Shipping Co., the largest ocean carrier in the world, is expanding its fledgling air cargo airline with an acquisition.

Lufthansa Cargo last year was able to avoid much of the fallout from the shrinking freight market, but the bottom line is feeling the negative effects in 2023.

Korean Air is the latest Asian airline to announce outsize declines in cargo revenue for the latest quarter.

The express division of DHL Group plans to build a large maintenance facility at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, part of a huge investment in the company’s U.S. air network.

All Nippon Airways underperformed competitors by a wide margin in cargo during the last quarter as it prepares to invest in growing the cargo business.

Two of the top three global logistics powers took a big profit haircut during the second quarter and aren’t very optimistic about a seasonal upturn in shipping.

Hawaiian Airlines is starting an in-house cargo airline that will fly dedicated routes for Amazon Air starting this fall.

A new London-based airline called One Air has begun commercial freighter service. The odds for survival may be daunting unless it can expand beyond a single aircraft and the market improves significantly.

Los Angeles International Airport has partnered with former NBA superstar “Magic” Johnson and others on planning a wholesale redevelopment of its extensive cargo facilities.

Ontario International Airport has approved a large cargo development for DHL Express to support express delivery on the West Coast.

Mediterranean Shipping Co. is part of a new breed of ocean carriers trying their hand as cargo airlines.

American and United airlines enjoyed highly profitable second quarters, but their cargo businesses were a downer.

Maersk Air Cargo is growing its small U.S. footprint with a cargo facility near the Atlanta airport.

Amazon is dialing back flights for its European cargo airline. The third party operating those flights has let go nearly 30 pilots.

Delta Air Lines has seen cargo revenue slide by more than a third in the past year.

The Cargo Airline Association has a new president for the first time in 40 years.

Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, caters to cargo. It is targeting the medicine, vaccine and biologics business with a new temperature-controlled facility.

A major air cargo terminal in Hong Kong is deploying robots to monitor security and damaged shipments.

Cargo pilots at Western Global Airlines are in the difficult position of negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement as questions mount about the company’s ability to stay in business.

Amazon’s private airline that outsources cargo flying to third parties has ended its partnership with Silver Airways, a small regional carrier that operated five small ATR72-500 turboprop planes on small […]

Western Global Airlines has hit hard times, losing Amazon as a primary customer, piling up debt and facing at least two lawsuits.

Mexico is kicking out freighter aircraft from the country’s busy international airport to address overcrowding. The move to another airport is creating headaches for airlines.

Amid waning revenue, Amerijet is laying off 15 workers after signing an expensive contract with its pilots.

Western Global Airlines appears to be winding down operations for a potential bankruptcy.

A developer has completed a sophisticated cargo terminal at Chicago O’Hare airport. The tenant has moved in. But cargo planes can’t pull up to load and unload because of construction delays for a new taxiway.

ASL Airlines United Kingdom has two cargo planes in its fleet after receiving a Boeing 737-800 converted freighter.

FedEx is downsizing its fleet again during the next 12 months to match weak international and domestic package shipping demand, and save money.

A bad pilot decision at the outset of an emergency on a Transair freighter cascaded into more mistakes that resulted in a crash landing at sea off Hawaii two years ago, investigators said.

U.S. law protects American carriers from foreign competition on domestic routes. Two carriers want the government to give them first crack at contracts to fly disaster relief to Guam.

Alliance Ground International is on an acquisition spree that aims to take it from a midsize domestic ground handler to a global service provider at airports around the world.

Busy Amsterdam airport in the Netherlands is taking a large stake in Maastricht airport, which could become a feeder port as Amsterdam deals with overcrowding.

Instead of carrying dead weight to help balance its empty freighters, Alaska Air Cargo is taking waste that will go to a recycling center.

Lufthansa Cargo’s planned investment in Italy’s ITA Airways will allow the airlines to harmonize cargo operations.

FedEx flight reductions reflect a significant drop in parcel traffic, throwing a wrench into management’s earnings expectations in the just-completed fourth quarter.

Shippers will be able to place lots of freight on widebody jets British Airways will start flying to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport from London.

U.S. and EU antitrust authorities are worried about reduced cargo competition from a merger between South Korea’s top airlines.

FedEx Express is quadrupling throughput at one of its airport gateways in Australia.

Birmingham-Shuttlesworth airport is building a 53,000-square-foot airside transfer center for freight company Kuehne+Nagel.

Freightos, an online reservation portal for freight shippers, is adding users, but heavy development costs and a weak shipping market make it difficult for the startup to reduce losses.

More signs are surfacing that the second half of the year won’t be a panacea to the international freight recession. Seko Logistics says there won’t be a surge in orders that fuels transportation spending.

The outsourced logistics arm of FedEx is opening up the way it shares data on electronic bookings for air cargo with a major customer.

There’s plenty of cargo news in Canada with WestJet avoiding a pilots strike and Air Canada expanding its freighter network to Costa Rica.

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.

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.

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.

Nippon Express has signed a deal with Austria’s Cargo-Partner that expands its geographic reach and logistics service capabilities.

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.

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.

Two top executives at Altas Air are retiring in their 50s. The cargo airline named Michael Steen as its CEO.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Artificial intelligence, not magic, allows Merlin to operate small aircraft without a human pilot.