Air Canada

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

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

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.

Air Canada is investing heavily in its dedicated cargo operations at a time when freight rates are slumping.

Air Canada is sticking with a Canadian, Jon Turner, as cargo chief after two Americans in that position left in recent years.

Air Canada is beefing up ground infrastructure as it develops a new fleet of freighters able to raise transport reliability for logistics customers.

Air Canada is once again offering horse transport thanks to the addition of freighter aircraft to its fleet.

Air Canada has extra cargo capacity thanks to its first freighters, but that didn’t prevent a 23% fall in cargo revenue in the third quarter.

Air Canada is giving shippers more airfreight options in the Americas, thanks to a new converted freighter.

Air Canada had a dual fleet but got rid of its cargo jets years ago. A pandemic epiphany led the airline to invest in 12 freighters.

Air Canada is moving quickly up the ranks of hybrid passenger-cargo carriers.

Canada isn’t a sleepy cargo destination anymore. E-commerce, cross-border and international shipping are robust, and Canadian airlines are adding freighters to meet the demand.

Record cargo revenue motivates investment in dedicated aircraft, cold storage and IT systems

Air Canada is a major international passenger carrier, but did you know it is going big on cargo with special planes, warehouses, IT systems and drones?

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Canada’s largest airline produced its best cargo results ever as the passenger business begins to show signs of sustained recovery.

Air Canada is deploying a new cargo jet to alleviate the cargo delays caused when flooding partially cut off the Port of Vancouver.

Air Canada is adding cargo capacity equivalent in weight to 860 adult moose in and out of Vancouver.

SONAR launches TRAC, approaching some policy-bending issues and airfreight earnings.

Air Canada Cargo has been a strong pandemic performer, but the passenger side of the business is finally beginning to recover.

Air Canada will be able to handle more COVID vaccines, lobsters and other perishable products after it builds out a refrigerated airport warehouse.

Air-truck service via Toronto is faster for some logistics companies than booking shipments direct to O’Hare, where delays are mounting.

Cargo was the good news for Air Canada in the second quarter as the company still struggles out of a pandemic hole.

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.

Air Canada is making cargo a bigger part of its business plan. It’s turning eight passenger planes into double-deck freighters.

Air Canada is finally getting a lifeline from the Canadian government, potentially worth up to CA$5.9 billion.

Air Transport Services Group is riding the e-commerce wave. It’s expanding its fleet to meet demand from Amazon and other customers.

How quickly drone package delivery becomes a reality is dependent on a couple of factors, perhaps none bigger than whether the public is ready to accept it.

Capacity can be a fleeting thing, especially in the middle of a pandemic. Airlines are shrinking their flight schedules and it’s hurting cargo shippers who depend on the lower-deck space to move goods.

New COVID travel restrictions have dealt Canadian airlines and their workers another blow. The financial road ahead looks scary until vaccines start working.

Delta joins the caravan of airlines moving COVID vaccines. Air Canada gets ready.

Air Canada is showing itself to be one of the most innovative airlines around. It plans to start an all-cargo subsidiary on top of new initiatives in drone delivery and seatless aircraft that can carry cargo in the cabin.

Drone applications are growing by the day, but only a few directly involve airlines. Air Canada is taking a novel approach, acting as a freight intermediary that matches shippers with drone operators.

Air Canada sees a business opportunity flying all-cargo planes for e-commerce companies.

Air Canada revenues came in below expectations, but the company was able to cut costs to beat earnings expectations.

Major companies in the transportation and logistics world have taken interest in Canada’s massive undertaking to distribute millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses.

Air Canada is losing its CEO, Calin Rovinescu. He will retire early next year with a reputation for bold leadership.

Cargo is no longer the stepchild at passenger airlines. Strong cargo sales have helped keep airlines afloat as revenues plunge during the coronavirus. Will we see airlines start to buy freighters to capitalize on cargo demand?

United Airlines’ early commitment to quasi-freighter operations as the coronavirus crisis grew has paid off financially. The airline is ramping up cargo operations even further during the third quarter.

Delta Air Lines is stripping — seats that is. Removing seats from passenger aircraft adds capacity for lucrative cargo.

There was a marked difference in how Canada and the U.S. reacted to the opportunity of transforming passenger aircraft into twin-deck freighters by removing the seats. One country moved very fast. The other was slow to the party.

The cargo divisions at Air Canada, IAG/British Airways and Air France-KLM played dominant roles for their respective airlines in the second quarter, creating cash flow. Typically, they barely register on the financial statement. What happened?

vailable cargo space on outbound aircraft from China is starting to become scarce again. Shippers better hurry to lock up reservations for the late summer and peak season.

Tim Strauss is leaving Air Canada Cargo to lead Miami-based Amerijet.

The FAA’s ruling allowing airlines to jam more cargo in the cabin by removing passenger seats may be a pyrrhic victory. The incentive to do so may have passed.

It’s a turbulent period in Europe for the aviation industry. Regional travel is reopening in the EU, but the UK has tightened travel restrictions and airlines are struggling to stay in business without government assistance.

Airlines like Air Canada are raising private capital through various means, while also seeking emergency government assistance.

One of the big innovations for passenger airlines during the coronavirus era is using their planes as dedicated cargo haulers. Cargo 2.0 was putting boxes in storage bins and other seats. Cargo 3.0 is cargo on seats.

If you’re a forwarder and need more airlift to get goods around the world, you’re in luck. Airlines are listening and putting more assets to work.

A perfect storm of events has created the mother-of-all cargo bottlenecks at Shanghai’s Pudong airport, where shipments sit at a standstill in crowded warehouses waiting for overwhelmed Chinese customs officers to inspect outbound PPE shipments.

Air Canada is trying to navigate the darkest period in aviation history through cost cuts, financing and new cargo operations.

Domestic airlines want to put cargo in passenger seats or stacked on the cabin floor, as some foreign counterparts are already doing. But they first need authorization from U.S. authorities.

The FAA is making it easier for airlines to survive the current economic crisis by quickly ruling on how to carry cargo in the passenger cabin and relaxing takeoff and landing quotas.

Cargo has had a window view on some international airlines. Now U.S. airlines are looking to load boxes in the passenger cabin when operating in cargo-only mode. The next step — remove the seats altogether.

The idea of using passenger planes as freighters would have been considered farfetched in February since the main deck can’t be loaded with large pallets. But when there’s a pandemic and a shortage of cargo space, the logistics community gets creative and these planes are being booked at a rapid pace.

Airlines are in survival mode and could permanently rid themselves of older aircraft in effort to help financial recovery.

The global pandemic is forcing airlines into a protective cocoon to survive, but many workers are feeling the effects first-hand.

Demand to move goods during the pandemic crisis is high, but available air cargo space is low. Passenger airlines are finding a robust market.

Airlines have less resources to handle certain types of cargo and their warehouses hours are being reduced because of cutbacks associated with the coronavirus.

The coronavirus is an existential threat to the airline industry, Air Canada’s CEO says

The coronavirus is becoming an existential threat to the airline industry and companies are taking drastic steps to minimize financial losses.

From maintenance, to deferred aircraft upgrades, IT work to rejigger reservation systems, and extra fuel and maintenance costs the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX is financial and operational constraint for airlines.

Headwinds from one-time expenses, geopolitical tensions in Asia and the grounding of Boeing 737 MAX aircraft kept Air Canada from growing profits in line with stock market expectations.

The coronavirus could present a silver lining for freighter operators, but any boost in business may be weeks or months away, depending on how long the contagion lasts.

The infection from the Boeing 737 MAX crisis is spreading through the aviation sector, hurting airlines, suppliers and their employees.

Airline’s Pacific and Atlantic routes hardest hit as trade wars continue to take a toll on air freight volumes and yield.

Cargo drone provider to launch logistics network to “elevate intermodal connectivity” at Edmonton International Airport and grow revenue.

Air Canada said Wednesday that it has removed the Boeing 737 MAX from its flying schedule until February 14 because ongoing regulatory uncertainty could cause problems as it launches a […]

Pilots donned oxygen masks and returned to Vancouver after shipment of durian filled the 767 with the fruit’s notoriously noxious aroma.

Hurricane Dorian’s devastation of Grand Bahamas Island and the Abaco Islands  is so widespread that logistics providers lack basic infrastructure to deliver relief supplies, leading many shipments of food and […]

Company says it plans to charge about C$10,000 for each aircraft and route as it prepares to scale up to commercial operations.

The Boeing 737 MAX grounding has strained operations and finances this year at several North American airlines, but executives caution the jetliner needs to be reintroduced to fleets in a […]

Airlines, shipping lines, and cruise lines are beginning to arrive in the Bahamas with large shipments of relief supplies.

Transport Canada says C$720 million deal “raises public interest issues” and requires review that could last until May 2020.

Vancouver-based GTO Global Logistics acquired by Air Menzies International, providing “an important advantage a major global trading route.”

Canada’s largest airline gets backing from Transat’s largest investor for C$720 deal after real estate developer attempted to block acquisition.

Freight revenue drops by 12.1 percent, led by a more than 20 percent plunge from airline’s Pacific routes.

Freight revenue drops by 12.1 percent, led by a more than 20 percent plunge from airline’s Pacific routes.

Four months into the MAX grounding and several more to go, what’s the latest on the air cargo impact?

Air Canada (TSE:AC) will acquire Transat A.T. (TSE:TRZ), the parent company of Canada’s third-largest airline, strengthening its position as the country’s dominant carrier.  The companies announced on June 27 that […]

Senior Vice President Michael Zahra replaces co-founder Tony Di Benedetto less than a week after company inks deal with Air Canada.

Agreement between Canada’s largest airline and Drone Delivery Canada creates a platform to roll out autonomous cargo aircraft on a large scale.