Atlas Air has relocated to a new cargo terminal at Miami International Airport that provides greater operational efficiency.
The cargo airline division of ocean shipping giant CMA CGM has more than doubled its small fleet with the acquisition of Air Belgium and the purchase of a large Boeing freighter.
Polar Air Cargo has ceased operating after Atlas Air and DHL Express determined the joint venture was no longer useful.
Atlas Air has selected an experienced passenger airline executive to help run its complex global cargo operations.
Amazon has added 21 Air to its roster of air cargo transport providers.
Freighter operator Atlas Air is ready to invest in a major expansion at Alaska’s Anchorage airport that would potentially allow it to conduct cargo transfers there for the first time.
Atlas Air has invested in a pilot academy designed to better cultivate the available talent pool for flying its large freighters.
A Nippon Cargo Airlines 747-400 freighter operated by Atlas Air experienced a tire and landing gear failure at Hong Kong airport, blocking a runway for eight hours.
Atlas Air will phase out flight operations for Amazon but continue to lease aircraft to the retailer while targeting more cross-border shipping.
CMA CGM Air Cargo, with roots in the container shipping industry, plans to add 11 large freighters from Boeing and Airbus within three years. The first additions will enable the start of an Asia-U.S. service this summer.
An Atlas Air freighter had an engine inspection four days before an engine fire forced an emergency landing, the NTSB said on Friday.
Another top-level cargo executive for a Middle Eastern airline has found a new job. Atlas Air, which leases and flies cargo and passenger aircraft for airlines, logistics companies, sports teams and the U.S. military, on Monday named former Etihad Airways cargo chief Martin Drew as chief strategy and transformation officer. Last week, airport services company […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. is part of a new breed of ocean carriers trying their hand as cargo airlines.
Two top executives at Altas Air are retiring in their 50s. The cargo airline named Michael Steen as its CEO.
Atlas Air took a profit cut in the fourth quarter, but comparisons with 2021 weren’t good because it was a record year financially.
More than 43,500 people in Turkey and Syria have died as a result of the Feb. 6 earthquake, which the United Nations is calling a “once-in-a-generation disaster.”
It’s the end of an era for the “Queen of the Skies.” Boeing will make its final 747 delivery on Tuesday, but cargo airlines could fly them for another 40 years.
Atlas Air, a large cargo airline and lessor, is one step closer to becoming a private company after a shareholder vote.
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.
Atlas Air reported strong second-quarter earnings while announcing it is being bought by an investment consortium for $5.2 billion.
The last four 747-8 freighters to roll off Boeing’s production line this year are going to all-cargo operator Atlas Air, which announced Thursday the first one recently received will be assigned to support Cainiao, the logistics arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. The cargo jet will increase capacity on routes between China and the […]
Atlas Air’s cargo business is on a steep growth path this year and ongoing fleet investments indicate management’s confidence in the future.
The U.S. military has tapped private cargo airlines to ferry weapons for Ukraine to Poland.
Atlas Air has a huge freighter fleet to help take advantage of shipper interest in air transport and is adding more planes this year.
Nearly 80% of the U.S. commercial fleet has been deemed safe to operate around 5G antennas, but not some of the largest freighters in the FedEx and UPS fleets.
Shippers, not just passengers, will be negatively impacted by delayed flights and rerouting to alternative airports if telecom companies eventually launch service close to airports.
United opposition from four major U.S. cargo airlines has made Saudia reconsider its request for an exemption to fly freighters outside the normal regime governing air services.
Atlas Air is one of the biggest cargo airlines in the U.S. Four big jets will join the fleet in the next two years.
Chutzpah: When Saudi Arabia’s flag carrier asks the U.S. to operate cargo flights directly from Europe and the Saudi government denies similar rights to U.S. carriers.
It has taken Atlas Air’s parent company five years to complete the integration of Southern Air. The transition is now complete.
Cainiao is becoming a bigger logistics giant than Amazon in cross-border trade.
FedEx doesn’t operate any 747 freighters itself but is hiring Atlas Air to use jumbo jets on its behalf.
Atlas Air pilots are peeved that an outside arbitrator jammed a new labor contract down their throat. Union says many are threatening to leave.
DHL Express is one of Atlas Air’s biggest customers. It just renewed leases for 20 planes.
Atlas Air is keeping eight jumbo jets by buying them from leasing companies. It doesn’t want to turn them in because it would have fewer assets available to meet customer demand.
Bad apples can jump from one company to another because their full employment history doesn’t always follow them. It happens in all industries. But when bad pilots get a second chance, it can be deadly.
Boeing is pulling the plug on its 747-8 production line, and Atlas Air is snapping up the last planes. DHL Express is also ordering 777 freighters.
More than 200 breeder hogs were flown this week from St. Louis to Sao Paulo. Midwestern airport hopes it is the beginning of more livestock exports.
Atlas Air says it faced hardships during the coronavirus pandemic, making it eligible for emergency airline aid from Congress despite a massive growth in business.
Atlas Air rode the rising tide for air cargo to higher profits in the third quarter.
Air cargo companies are raking in revenues this year. It might be a bad time to ask for a handout from the government.
Alibaba is taking on Amazon around the world. Its latest move is in South America, with a new dedicated air service to speed up shipments.
Atlas Air Worldwide’s big cargo planes have been in flying full tilt since the novel coronavirus metastasized in March. Combine that with high rates and you’ll understand why r revenue and profit grew so much in the second quarter.
Blame game: The National Transportation Safety Board says an incompetent co-pilot caused an Atlas Air cargo plane to crash. Contributing factors were an inattentive captain, poor pilot vetting by the company and the FAA’s slowness developing a database for pilot records. The pilots union only points the finger at the company and the FAA.
Recipe for disaster: a pilot who made serious mistakes, panicked, had a history of reacting poorly under stress and lied about it to his employer – Atlas Air.
Cargo flights from Vietnam to the U.S. were rare until COVID and the need for speed for supplies to quell the outbreak. It’s a long trip, but it can make economic sense now to make that flight without a stopover.
Roundup comprises elections and selections by Atlas Air, Elemica, Georgia Ports Authority, Hapag-Lloyd, NCBFAA and VeriShip.
Personal protective equipment is moving by ocean, so FEMA doesn’t need to charter expensive freighter aircraft anymore to get the stuff to healthcare workers.
U.S. safety investigators will hold a hearing in July as they try to find out why a big cargo jet carrying Amazon packages crashed last year.
Israel’s flagship carrier El Al is struggling to hold on financially during the COVID-19 pandemic and is looking to the government for a lifeline.
The COVID-19 pandemic has created choppy conditions in the airfreight market, but air cargo companies like Atlas Air are mostly seeing upside for their business.
The U.S. government, hospitals and aid groups are relying on UPS, Atlas Air and other airfreight to speed deliveries of critical supplies.
The Justice Department said joint logistics operations among five American medical supply distributors to provide protective medical gear to virus hot spots does not violate antitrust law.
A pilot’ union says airlines need to be held more accountable for protecting cockpit crews from the coronavirus, but at the corporate level all airlines appear to be taking health guidelines very seriously.
Atlas Air and National Airlines are handling relief missions for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
FEMA is trying to overcome the shortage in coronavirus supplies by accelerating airfreight shipments to the U.S.
Atlas Air had a difficult year in 2019, but has made some tactical decisions to turn around its financial performance.
Looking like a scene from the Fox drama “24” where Kiefer Sutherland deals with biological weapons, technicians in hazmat suits spray down Volga-Dnepr cargo planes with disinfectant and take other precautions against the coronavirus.
Pilots hold many of the cards when it comes to cargo capacity in China. If they decline flight assignments to avoid catching the coronavirus, lots of merchandise and supplies won’t get delivered on time.
Atlas Air and DHL operate at CVG, and it’s the site of Amazon’s Air Hub.
El Al is hiring Atlas Air to provide a large freighter and fly it on a key route between Europe and Tel Aviv.
Sixteen people died in six fatal cargo plane crashes in 2019.
Atlas Air World Wide Holdings has a lot of debt on its books, so its dry leasing arm Titan Aviation got an outside injection of money to help it grow.
Amazon hires passenger carrier to operate freighters.
Government mulling options as rescue bid stalls
More substantive talks could ensue in the four-year-old labor saga between Atlas Air and its pilots’ union after a federal appeals court ruled the union must abide by arbitration procedures.
Updated at 8:40 p.m. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AAWW), buffeted by a weak global airfreight market exacerbated by trade disputes and disruptions from a labor dispute with its pilots, lost $879,000 in the fiscal third quarter from operations, compared with a $54.5 million operating profit in the same period a year ago. Operating […]
Union pilots at Atlas Air authorized to form own local
Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has transferred flying responsibility for two leased Boeing 767-300 freighters from Atlas Air Worldwide to Air Transport International, a charter airline owned by Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), Amazon and ATSG officials confirmed. Both companies lease and operate planes on behalf of the Amazon Air network, which the e-commerce giant launched in […]
Arbritrator’s award denies Atlas Air’s pilots’ request to negotiate a contract and instead imposes an arbitrated settlement on both sides
How Flexport is managing the challenges of todays air cargo environment
At 10:30 a.m., its price was down almost 16 percent.
Cargo aircraft lacking reinforced cockpit doors, firefighting response on the ground.
Three-judge panel says lower court acted properly to block union pilots from slowing down Atlas Air’s operations during contract talks
Atlas Air has won an injunction ordering pilots that have been staging sickouts and delays to stop the practice.
Amazon to add 15 B737800 freighters through lease with GE’s Aircraft leasing unit
Market expert Cathy Roberson looks at the airlines’ and air cargo carriers’ need for pilots today and for the forthcoming future. Many factors are contributing to this ongoing need; ecommerce is a major factor.
Freighter aircraft deployments and additional business handled for the U.S. Department of Defense helped raise first quarter earnings and revenue by double-digits for cargo aircraft leasing company Air Transport Services Group (NASDAQ: ATSG). Wilmington, Ohio-based ATSG reported earnings from continuing operations of $26 million in the first quarter of 2019, up 26 percent over the […]
Atlas Air held a conference call to discuss its first quarter 2019 results. There were several questions of interest asked on the call.
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings reported adjusted earnings of $0.98 per share, ahead of the fourth quarter 2018 and the NASDAQ consensus estimate of $0.86.
Amazon to diversify from Boeing 767 flying.
NTSB will look at the potential for hazmats such as lithium-ion batteries as a contributing factor in last week’s Atlas Air crash.
Crash scene one of `total devastation,’ witnesses say.
An Amazon Prime cargo jet operated by Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings crashed today near Trinity Bay near Anahuac, Texas, killing all three crewmembers, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
A solid year with more on tap for 2019, Atlas says.
Flat November demand first time in 31 months global market hasn’t expanded.
Amazon to get warrants that could amount to nearly 40% of ATSG stock
TAC Index Limited announced that four new routes for air freight pricing will be added to its weekly publication.
Aircraft to be converted to freighters over three years
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