The A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft is only a year old. Now its sister, the A320, is transitioning to an all-cargo configuration too.
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.
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.
Cargojet is the launch customer for Mammoth Freighters, which turns used passenger planes into full-time cargo haulers.
Onboarding accounts should be a bigger thing than it is; airports used as container storage yards; airfreight is now an affordable option; and a few more quarterly earnings dissected.
Air transport is usually the mode of last resort because it is expensive. The pandemic has turned that thinking upside down.
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.
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?
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.
Shipping giant Maersk has transformed itself into a one-stop shop for logistics services and now is growing its airfreight capability.
The backyard drone delivery company just completed its third expansion in the state and is nearing airplane certification from the FAA.
The iconic MD-11 has ended its run with Lufthansa Cargo. The 23-year-old planes now head to a U.S. cargo carrier.
American Airlines is riding the cargo wave, like its competitors, but a challenging passenger environment is holding back its financial performance.
It’s an upside-down world when an airline makes more money flying less cargo than it did two years ago.
Two logistics companies at Chicago O’Hare airport are combining as congestion continues to slow freight deliveries.
The Airbus A321 and the A330 are the new kids on the block in converting passenger planes to cargo, in a sector dominated so far by Boeing.
The Singapore-based advanced aerial mobility company wants to fly humans around in autonomous, hydrogen-powered passenger drones.
Delta Air Lines’ recovery from the pandemic hit a high note in the third quarter.
All-cargo planes carry bulk shipments of lithium batteries under strict regulations. Airlines want to minimize mistakes that can cause a fire during flight.
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Some 1,500 supply chain professionals met at FourKites Visibility 2021 to discuss the present and future of visibility in supply chains.
The Transportation Security Administration will begin requiring U.S. air and rail operators to report cybersecurity incidents under new directives, the Department of Homeland Security secretary says.
DHL Express is investing around the world in its international parcel network. A bigger Paris hub means faster package delivery.
A cargo jet made an emergency landing in the ocean off Oahu this past summer. Investigators are now going to pull the wreckage off the ocean floor.
More air cargo operators are interested in flying the Airbus A330 as a converted freighter and Israel Aircraft Industries has jumped in to produce them.
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Air Canada will be able to handle more COVID vaccines, lobsters and other perishable products after it builds out a refrigerated airport warehouse.
They’re baaaack: United Airlines is running auxiliary freighters with passenger planes again after travel demand slumped.
A big ocean container line is buying big cargo jets from Boeing.
High-tech manufacturer Enovix is not outsourcing production to Asia, unlike many predecessors. Its assembly line arrived in California on a giant plane.
Worldwide Flight Services announced Friday it has acquired Pinnacle Logistics, a provider of cargo-handling services for the aviation market across the U.S.
FedEx doesn’t operate any 747 freighters itself but is hiring Atlas Air to use jumbo jets on its behalf.
Mammoth Freighters plans to produce 777 passenger-to-freighter conversions. A new deal makes it more mammoth.
CEO Tim Strauss and Amerijet’s board kiss and make up. He will continue to run the company.
Air-truck service via Toronto is faster for some logistics companies than booking shipments direct to O’Hare, where delays are mounting.
Western Global Airlines is a midsize cargo carrier that can’t grow its fleet until the U.S. DOT lifts conditions placed on startups.
A union that recently wrested allegiance of pilots at Cargojet away from a competing union now says the company fired some members for their organizing activity.
Atlas Air pilots are peeved that an outside arbitrator jammed a new labor contract down their throat. Union says many are threatening to leave.
DHL Express is one of Atlas Air’s biggest customers. It just renewed leases for 20 planes.
A messy leadership change is underway at all-cargo airline Amerijet.
Used Airbus A321s are getting a second life in the cargo arena. More companies are jumping in to do the modifications.
Radiant Logistics announced it closed its fiscal year in record fashion on Thursday. The company will repurchase shares and pursue acquisitions as a means of boosting valuation.
In the pandemic era, passenger travel can be especially fickle. Air Wisconsin will try its hand at cargo so it has more revenue opportunities.
The AN-225 is not your average plane pull. It’s the biggest plane in the world and doesn’t budge easily.
Most all-cargo carriers that buy used passenger planes rebuild them for heavy cargo. Easter Airlines has a quicker, cheaper idea.
Amazon Air’s rate of growth is amazing. It will soon have 80 aircraft moving e-commerce shipments for business and residential customers.
Alliance Ground International found new digs outside Newark airport after officials gave the warehouse lease to Amazon.
Willie Walsh is the blunt leader of the International Air Transport Association. He admits that airlines mistakenly treated cargo business as an afterthought.
With limited manpower because of COVID, the main cargo terminal at Shanghai airport can’t process many freighter flights.
COVID closes a big cargo facility at Shanghai airport, creating another bottleneck for shippers ahead of the holiday inventory buildup.
It costs $1.2 million to charter a cargo jet from Vietnam as air exports slow because of the government’s response to a wave of COVID infections.
Aircraft leasing and management firm BBAM showed its confidence in the new Airbus A321 freighter design by placing a large order with an aftermarket shop to overhaul passenger planes to carry cargo.
1996: The FAA says it’s ready to start testing new designs of air cargo containers built to withstand terrorist bombs, but the industry worries the new containers could add weight, be expensive and reduce available cargo space.
Labor shortages at Chinese airports and pilot quarantine rules related to COVID are forcing airlines to scuttle many cargo flights to keep operations going and pilots from being put in isolation.
In the chaotic supply chain world of 2021, airport terminal operators are moving away from the airport to process cargo because existing facilities are full.
A U.S. aviation services company called ATSG has lots of Boeing 767s in its freighter fleet. Now it wants to convert large Airbus passenger planes and lease them out.
Postmaster General DeJoy underscored improved performance at the Postal Service despite a $3 billion quarterly loss.
Air Transport Services Group is like a Swiss Army knife. It flies cargo and passenger planes for other airlines, leases aircraft, does aircraft maintenance and freighter conversions, and provides ground handling. It’s all clicking for the bottom line.
Atlas Air is keeping eight jumbo jets by buying them from leasing companies. It doesn’t want to turn them in because it would have fewer assets available to meet customer demand.
DHL Express has joined UPS in placing orders for all-electric cargo aircraft.
Cargo is becoming a sexier line of business for passenger carriers.
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Cargo was the good news for Air Canada in the second quarter as the company still struggles out of a pandemic hole.
Ghost freighters — passenger planes flying without passengers — were a big part of United Airline’s pivot to cargo during the pandemic. Now they are going away.
You probably didn’t know that Greenland has its own airline. It’s a beautiful country and it could soon be easier to reach for travelers and businesses shipping freight.
United Airlines’ cargo division is one of the company’s biggest assets right now, with big returns again in the second quarter.
A British Airways plane fell on its face at Heathrow Airport. One ground engineer was too short to reach the landing gear housing, and his colleague put a pin to hold up the landing gear in the wrong place. Oops.
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The Cuban government blames the U.S. economic embargo for its woes. The situation has worsened and authorities are allowing some cargo airlines to make flights to Havana.
Delta Air Lines is seeing strong domestic travel demand, but cargo also helped the company move beyond breakeven in the second quarter.
The FAA is giving airlines until the end of the year to run passenger freighters with cargo on seats and other parts of the cabin where people normally travel.
Delta has a stronger balance sheet than many airlines so it is going to the market to expand its fleet.
Greater fuel efficiency is allowing airlines to downsize to smaller aircraft on trans-Atlantic routes. That’s bad news for cargo shippers that need wide aircraft.
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A Boeing 737 cargo jet went down in the water off Hawaii Friday morning.
Greater package volumes are dictating FedEx’s purchase of 20 more cargo jets.
JFK Airport is boxed in by the city, so expanding cargo facilities isn’t easy. A partial solution is on the way, which means goods can get delivered faster.
Passenger airlines are going crazy for cargo. WestJet is following the lead of Canadian rival Air Canada in starting a dedicated freighter business to capitalize on strong air cargo demand.
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Air Canada is making cargo a bigger part of its business plan. It’s turning eight passenger planes into double-deck freighters.
Belarus occupies a key spot on the Trans-Eurasian rail line and is on the flight path used by airlines between Europe and Asia. Freight transport could be a victim if the West imposes sanctions on Belarus for violating what considers international norms.
Cargo handling companies at Chicago O’Hare International Airport are crying, “No mas.” They’re investing in warehouses outside the airport because cargo volumes are causing gridlock at airport terminals.
Finding space on an international aircraft to move one’s freight is no easy task. Large shippers with enough volume are just renting entire planes to ensure their stuff can get from here to there.
Ray Wood, head of global carrier management at World Courier, discusses how the air cargo market has adjusted and maintained relationships with customers.
The U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan couldn’t be accomplished without massive cargo transport planes. But tapping commercial resources could deprive other companies from using those aircraft.
The Kansas City region, with its centralized location, is becoming a prime area for commercial warehouse space, with KC Smartport expecting 15 million square feet to become available in 2021.
LATAM Airlines will add 10 767 passenger planes with a repair shop licensed by Boeing so they can be retrofitted to carry cargo on the main deck.
Major e-commerce growth led DHL Express to change aircraft and routes in Southeast Asia for package delivery.
Finding cargo space on aircraft these days is a challenge. Now comes another layer of demand from U.S. fruit growers looking to export from the West Coast.
SmartLynx Airlines is leasing passenger aircraft to fly cargo before using them for their traditional role.
Amazon planes are shuttling between more than 40 airports in the U.S. That translates into faster e-commerce deliveries by eliminating trucks.
Ocean container shipping company CMA CGM has a new cargo airline that’s flying to more places.
