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.
