air cargo

This May will mark the 80th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation when more than 300,000 Allied soldiers were rescued from the beaches in northern France and transported to England by a hastily assembled armada of every conceivable small craft the admiralty could muster. In today's fight against...

The coronavirus is forcing airlines to throw out their strategic playbooks and reimagine their cost structure both for near-term survival and preparing for a future with fewer customers. The ability to quickly pivot and conduct scenario planning for completely new market conditions was one of the...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) is expanding its Asia cargo operations to meet high transportation demand for medical supplies and other essential items. Delta said it will now operate twice-daily flights between Seoul and Shanghai, add four-times weekly service between Atlanta and Seoul and...

Volga-Dnepr Airlines, a Russian all-cargo carrier, has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to authorize a domestic U.S. flight using its gigantic AN-124-100 cargo plane to transport an Atlas V rocket booster tank for a space mission. According to the application filed this week, the...

After being left out of a recent multibillion-dollar federal aid package for the domestic airlines, airfreight forwarders are now asking the U.S. government for aid to be set aside for their industry in the next economic stimulus legislation. Specifically, the Airforwarders Association is...

Having activated their passenger aircraft to cater to shippers, American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are taking additional steps to prioritize cargo. American Airlines Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAL) announced Wednesday it will implement a fee for late cancellations and no-shows, effective May 1, to...

The United Nations has established a supply chain task force to coordinate and scale up the procurement and distribution of medical equipment to countries that need it most to combat the novel coronavirus.  The World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Program (WFP) are leading the...

Ocean freight consolidators are riding a wave of less-than-containerloads (LCL) in recent months as the coronavirus pandemic leaves more freight forwarders beaching full containers. Also known as neutral non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs), these logistics services providers resell...

Commercial cargo aircraft are criss-crossing the globe with humanitarian relief to combat the coronavirus pandemic. The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it is organizing flights to Africa, while other governments and private entities continue to arrange airlifts of their own. A United...

With a global shortage of air cargo space and extraordinary demand to move emergency medical supplies, some overseas passenger airlines are taking out the seats on aircraft to make more room for freight. And U.S. airlines are asking the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for permission to fly...

What started out a month ago as a niche, experimental business — turning passenger aircraft into dedicated freighters for cargo customers — has exploded in popularity and become a driver of sorely needed revenue for airlines. In just three weeks, United Airlines Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: UAL) has...

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Photo credit: American Airlines An old quip in transportation management is that passengers are freight that complain. But what about giving freight the window...

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Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has joined the ranks of passenger airlines offering their aircraft to logistics companies and other shippers for dedicated cargo charters. Recasting passenger aircraft as cargo planes is a way for airlines to recoup some lost revenue from the widespread grounding...

The unionized pilots of express carrier United Parcel Service, Inc. (NYSE: UPS) on Tuesday overwhelmingly ratified a two-year extension of their existing labor contract. According to the Independent Pilots Association (IPA), the contract was ratified with 98.86% of the vote and 95.2% of the...