The general aviation airport in Gary, Indiana, is expanding cargo infrastructure to help UPS. There is also a Field of Dreams mentality: Build it and other cargo carriers will come.
The Airforwarders Association has begun to collaborate more with international counterparts and moved the date of its annual event away from Super Bowl Sunday.
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.
Burrell Aviation has named an ex-Southwest Airlines director to lure cargo airlines to properties it controls at second-tier airports.
Congress approves provisions allowing under-21 truck drivers – as well as guidance on truck brokers and freight dispatchers – in a five-year highway bill that is part of a larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure package.
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.
More than 200 breeder hogs were flown this week from St. Louis to Sao Paulo. Midwestern airport hopes it is the beginning of more livestock exports.
Atlas Air and DHL operate at CVG, and it’s the site of Amazon’s Air Hub.
CEO Michelle Halkerston has initiated technology investments and initiatives that will raise the profile of her company’s large domestic air freight forwarding operation.
