Airports

FedEx plans to invest $400 million at two airports in India to upgrade its air cargo facilities.

Korean Air is making large capital expenditures in container handling automation and refrigerated store rooms at two key cargo hubs.

The U.S. government’s mandate for a 10% reduction in flight activity at major airports for safety reasons will cause headaches for air logistics operators, but the impact on supply chains could be limited.

FedEx and DHL Express are moving to bigger and more modern package sorting facilities at airports in Turkey and Finland.

Turkish Airlines, Etihad Airways and My Freighter are adding all-cargo aircraft capacity to the European market.

The Government Accountability Office has documented outdated warehouse and road infrastructure at U.S. airports, but says the Department of Transportation has failed to monitor the situation or consider policy prescriptions.

Airlines are informing shippers not to send cargo to airports in the expected path of Hurricane Milton as the airline industry implements contingency plans to move people and equipment in Florida out of harm’s way. Tampa International Airport suspended all operations at 9 a.m. Tuesday, and Orlando International Airport said it will halt all activity […]

Melbourne Airport is moving ahead with plans to build a third runway, which is expected to increase the competitiveness of shippers in the region.

Passenger and cargo airlines are coping with a computer crash, which has disrupted many airfreight shipments.

Birmingham airport in Alabama has opened its first cargo facility and is leasing it to logistics provider Kuehne+Nagel.

The government’s long-awaited National Multimodal Freight Network has finally kicked off with a two-month request for information to help map out facilities and routes.

Mega-forwarder Kuehne+Nagel is working with one of its top air logistics vendors to make airport cargo transfers faster.

Toronto Pearson airport plans to replace an office park with a cargo facility with funding from the Canadian government, which is also helping an Inuit-owned airline move more cargo.

Smaller airports without big-city crowds offer many advantages to all-cargo airlines and shippers, which are taking more business to those locations.

Busy Amsterdam airport in the Netherlands is taking a large stake in Maastricht airport, which could become a feeder port as Amsterdam deals with overcrowding.

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A private investment group is rolling up large chunks of land at smaller airports to develop air cargo facilities.

A pair of trade associations wants the government to provide up to $5 billion to support massive redevelopment for cargo activity.

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.

Los Angeles airport is finally moving forward on an ambitious project to overhaul its sprawling cargo terminals.