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FedEx founder Fred Smith died Saturday with a legacy as a great U.S. entrepreneur.

DHL Express Canada will stop accepting shipments on Tuesday and suspend all operations on Friday in response to a work stoppage by 2,100 employees.

The air cargo market will double in size over the next 20 years, and express will be the industry’s main growth engine, Boeing said in a new forecast.

UPS’s financial performance bounced back in the third quarter, but it flagged macroeconomic weakness and in-store shopping as potential headwinds for fourth-quarter volumes.

A challenging parcel environment led to disappointing first-quarter results for FedEx.

ASL Airlines United Kingdom has two cargo planes in its fleet after receiving a Boeing 737-800 converted freighter.

Canadian air cargo company Cargojet is searching under every rock for savings to maintain profit levels as shipping demand deteriorates.

Cargojet is better protected from an economic downturn than airlines handling general air cargo because of e-commerce and deep partnerships.

DHL is opening new package terminals at U.S. airports as demand keeps growing. The newest facility will be in Atlanta.

Vietnam Airlines is moving beyond passenger business to fly cargo jets for the first time, with the help of a U.S. air services company.

Aero Capital Solutions is a mid-tier aircraft leasing firm that has quickly gone from zero freighters to soon having 40 of them.

The union representing more than 3,300 UPS pilots has reached a tentative agreement with the express delivery company on a two-year contract extension, both sides separately announced late Tuesday. If approved by rank-and-file members of the Independent Pilots Association, the deal will ensure UPS and its customers of uninterrupted deliveries related to labor issues through […]

DHL runs a big airline, but it doesn’t fly the planes. Singapore Airlines is the latest big supplier.

FedEx operates about 280 small, turboprop cargo aircraft. New ones starting to enter the fleet are bigger and more capable.

A winter storm is severely impacting express air and air cargo operations in the middle of the country, which could impact deliveries anywhere in the U.S.

Amazon doesn’t have any pilots. It outsources flight operations to airlines. Find out which one is supporting cargo service to Wichita.

The omicron variant is depleting aircrews at FedEx just as it has among passenger airlines, resulting in customer delays for both industries.

Hong Kong’s strict COVID policies have had economic consequences, especially for its aviation industry.

DHL is making changes to its airline-within-an-airline concept.

Amazon Air’s top airfreight supplier is diversifying its vendor base for reconstructing passenger planes into cargo jets.

DHL Express is investing around the world in its international parcel network. A bigger Paris hub means faster package delivery.

FedEx doesn’t operate any 747 freighters itself but is hiring Atlas Air to use jumbo jets on its behalf.

Most all-cargo carriers that buy used passenger planes rebuild them for heavy cargo. Easter Airlines has a quicker, cheaper idea.

Amazon Air’s rate of growth is amazing. It will soon have 80 aircraft moving e-commerce shipments for business and residential customers.

The Airbus A321 is the new kid on the block when it comes to cargo aircraft. Engineering companies take retired passenger planes and transform them into planes that can carry lots of cargo.

Airbus is competing not only against Boeing to sell small converted freighters, but it now has a new U.S. competitor in retrofitting A321s.

Aircraft conversion houses tear apart passenger aircraft, then reinforce the walls and floor so they can handle heavy cargo on the main deck. Business is growing along with trade.

Cargojet wants a bigger slice of the U.S. e-commerce and heavy air cargo market. It’s looking for an investment opportunity and has identified new trends in e-commerce that will keep volumes high in North America.

CBP seized the Hong Kong-bound corn flakes frosted with cocaine at an express consignment facility near Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.

DHL Aviation is turning over every stone to find economical capacity to haul packages for DHL’s express unit. The latest moves involve a travel airline flying parcels instead of passengers and a new Airbus converted freighter that few others have.

You’ve probably flown in a Boeing 737-800, a next-generation variant of this popular 737, but when they are put to pasture they become valuable assets for all-cargo airlines. ASL Airlines in Europe is snapping some up and converting them to freighters.

S.F. Express is growing its domestic Chinese parcel business at a dizzying rate. The acquisition of a large Hong Kong logistics company helps it expand overseas.

Express carriers like DHL are getting slammed with e-commerce shipments as the holidays approach, and transportation contractors like Cargojet are throwing resources into the response.

There will be more than 2,400 extra all-cargo aircraft in circulation by 2040 to support growth in global trade and e-commerce, Boeing says.

Rate increases, which apply to ground, air and international services, take effect Dec. 27.

The Airbus A321 is a ubiquitous people-hauler, but now Australia Post has the first freighter version of this popular aircraft.

When some passenger planes get long in the tooth, they get a second life in cargo. The latest candidate for conversion in the Airbus A321. It offers more shipping space than a Boeing 737 and could be flying to an airport near you soon with your online order.

Many postal services were underfunded prior to the coronavirus pandemic and now have extra demands for their service. UN agencies involved in air transport and postal operations want governments to help postal logistics with financial aid and operational flexibility.

ATRAN Airlines says increased online shopping has increased express air cargo traffic between Moscow and China’s northern cities.

GE Capital Aviation Services now has 74 orders for Boeing to convert versatile, narrow-body passenger planes for express and e-commerce services.

Deutsche Post DHL saw a significant rise in e-commerce activity during the second quarter due to continued COVID-19 travel restrictions and retail store closures.

Deutsche Post DHL said preliminary second-quarter profits, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, have it less worried about the rest of the year.

New DHL Express facility will benefit shippers across southern Germany with European and international freight deliveries.