Air cargo is a premium shipping mode. Companies that want fast, reliable transfers are also seeing lease rates shoot up for logistics facilities near airports.
Delta Air Lines and South American carrier Latam Airlines have become partners, creating opportunities to streamline their cargo networks.
China-based Zongteng Group has acquired a large cargo jet to enhance its global e-commerce logistics distribution capabilities.
Air Canada is giving shippers more airfreight options in the Americas, thanks to a new converted freighter.
Los Angeles airport is finally moving forward on an ambitious project to overhaul its sprawling cargo terminals.
Boeing 737-800 passenger-to-freighter conversions are selling like hotcakes. A Japanese-owned leasing company snapped up six more slots.
Cathay Pacific Cargo is sending cautionary signals about the peak shipping season but still wants new freighters from Airbus or Boeing.
California’s legal victory allowing it to impose workplace rules on flight attendants has some cargo airlines worried about states regulating their operations.
Airlines are pushing governments and energy producers for more sustainable fuels. And the cargo sector is helping create more market demand for them.
DHL Express is the first customer for Eviation Aircraft’s electric aircraft, which made its first flight on Tuesday.
Turkish Airlines Cargo put Turkey on the map for air cargo, but companies like MNG Airlines and Air Anka are adding to the competition.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is taking to the skies with a new cargo airline, following on the heels of other ocean shipping lines with air divisions.
FedEx is still planning to invest $6.3 billion in its network, even as volumes and revenue slump.
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.
Amazon is slowing down its air cargo expansion as online sales slow but putting more volume through its new Northern Kentucky hub.
DHL is opening new package terminals at U.S. airports as demand keeps growing. The newest facility will be in Atlanta.
An executive who ran finance for a health care company has been named to lead American Airlines Cargo.
Boeing must soon decide on what to do about developing a next-generation medium freighter. The leading candidate now appears to be the 787.
Labor actions are creating great uncertainty for rail shippers in the U.S. and for air and sea cargo in Europe.
Ethiopian Airlines is adding Boeing 767 freighters in a transaction with Atlas Air Worldwide.
