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.
Qatar Airways has deployed more full freighters and passenger aircraft in cargo mode to multiple markets, including India.
Airlines are in survival mode and could permanently rid themselves of older aircraft in effort to help financial recovery.
Another government-underwritten load of medical supplies is headed to Southern California to help respond to the coronavirus.
Traffic data tracked by Inrix is indicating much quicker commute times for those on the roads during rush hour as more workers stay home. Plus, J.B. Hunt to pay bonuses, GE cutting its workforce, and St. Christopher’s Truckers Relief Fund facing a critical time.
Advocates for rules exemptions characterize freighters as mission-critical for delivering medical supplies and feeding the public.
Airlines have less resources to handle certain types of cargo and their warehouses hours are being reduced because of cutbacks associated with the coronavirus.
Airlines are at the mercy of the coronavirus. About the only thing they can do is try to reduce operating costs and preserve cash flow until people are willing to start traveling again.
Delta, Virgin Atlantic and Air France-KLM together offer extensive trans-Atlantic route network and service capabilities.
Southwest Airlines is a fan favorite in the freight forwarding community. Bar code scanning and canine inspection dogs aren’t pioneering moves, but could help keep that satisfaction quotient high.
El Al is hiring Atlas Air to provide a large freighter and fly it on a key route between Europe and Tel Aviv.
Cathay Pacific didn’t waste anytime jumping on the Hong Kong airport’s offer to subsidize rebates of terminal handling charges as both organizations look to attract cargo business.
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 […]
Correction: The story has been updated with correct figures for cargo revenue. The original story said cargo revenue increased 9% to $60 million, but that line item covers cargo and other revenue, such as from ancillary fees and terminal lounges. Alaska Air Group [NYSE: ALK] has caught an updraft after initial turbulence digesting its 2016 […]
The joint venture between Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL) and LATAM Airlines (NYSE: LTM) proposed last month was motivated by synergies on the passenger side, but analysts also see attractive opportunities to extend cargo reach, make money and benefit shippers. Delta officials have not publicly discussed the potential to gain from each other’s cargo strengths and […]
American Airlines [NYSE: AAL]said it expects to begin phasing in the Boeing 737 MAX into service by mid-January, nearly nine months after aviation authorities grounded the plane for safety reasons. The Dallas-based airline said in a statement Oct. 9 that the Federal Aviation Administration will likely recertify the aircraft later this year and that it […]
A Convair CV-440 cargo plane crashed outside Toledo Express Airport in Ohio Wednesday (Sept. 11) morning, killing the two people on board, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are also investigating the accident. The plane slammed into several parked trucks and was engulfed in […]
JetBlue is making its way back into air cargo after exiting the space in 2015.
