air cargo

Passenger aircraft dedicated purely to cargo operations have played an important role during the pandemic in delivering critical humanitarian and commercial supplies, as well as generating revenue for cash-strapped airlines when travel plummeted. Most airlines used the bottom half of airplanes for...

The diversion of large commercial jets to assist with the U.S. and NATO military withdrawal of troops and equipment from Afghanistan could create temporary transport shortages for companies seeking heavy airfreight capacity because freighters are already scarce, a regional manager for logistics...

DHL Express is transforming its international air network with the creation of a cargo airline in Austria and other changes in response to strong volume growth and customer expectations for faster delivery of e-commerce orders. The parcel carrier on Tuesday said it is in the process of filing...

Ocean shipping line CMA CGM's new air cargo division said Wednesday it is extending its fledgling network beyond the U.S. with the addition of destinations in Dubai, Beirut and Istanbul.  The cargo airline began operating two months ago and currently serves Chicago, New York and Atlanta with four...

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what's happening in the freight ecosystem. In today's edition, we highlight Prologis' plan for creating a certification program for logistics workers, rising air cargo rates and more. The High Five 1. Prologis has partnered with the Association for Supply Chain...

The airfreight market is so saturated that companies without precommitments, or the stomach to pay premiums, are having difficulty finding aircraft to move their goods. And import cargo keeps coming, on top of record volumes for air and ocean shipping, further straining an air logistics system...

Aeroméxico Cargo launched a route Saturday between Wuhan, China, and Mexico City, becoming the first regular service from the Chinese mainland to Latin America, according to a release. The twice-a-week service could handle as much as 3,500 metric tons of cargo annually between Wuhan-Tianhe...

A union representing Canadian cargo pilots slammed a U.S. counterpart for criticism of employer Cargojet (TSX: CJT) over alleged efforts to undermine stricter duty-time regulations aimed at reducing fatigue, saying the remarks constitute interference in ongoing bargaining and a self-serving attempt...

Lufthansa Cargo next year will cover its fleet of Boeing 777 freighters with a high-tech coating that mimics the structure of a shark's skin to reduce aerodynamic drag and fuel consumption, the company said Monday. The low-friction film consists of riblets measuring about 50 micrometers that...

Lufthansa Cargo (DXE: LHA) is moving forward with the modernization and expansion of its logistics center at its Frankfurt Airport hub in Germany. The airline this week signed a contract Biechert Automation GmbH & Co. to build a central high-rack storage system with automated pallet storage and...

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) said Thursday night that it will roll out two intercontinental delivery products within the next couple of months as it looks to beef up its lagging global e-commerce operations and capitalize on the continued tightness of international air cargo capacity resulting from...

This is an excerpt from Thursday's (3/12) Point of Sale retail supply chain newsletter sponsored by ArcBest. Retailers are stuck between playing the ocean waiting game and ponying up for air cargo. The number of container ships in San Pedro Bay has hovered around 30 since the start of the year...

Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) has taken a minority stake in cargo airline Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG), strengthening a strategic partnership in its fast-growing private air network that supports e-commerce fulfillment. ATSG said in an SEC filing Monday that Amazon for the first time...

LATAM Airlines, motivated by the exponential growth in e-commerce shipments and the availability of more resources resulting from restructuring, is accelerating plans to grow its cargo fleet up to 75% in three years with the conversion of up to eight Boeing 767 aircraft from its passenger fleet. ...

Air cargo and airline passenger business are inextricably linked, but they don't share the same path to recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. Shipment volumes have nearly recovered to their 2019 levels and will grow by double digits this year, while outbreaks of new coronavirus strains and more...