Air Cargo Growth In Line
U.S. airlines are expected to report $2 billion to $3 billion profits for 2006, according to the Air Transport Association of America (ATA). While cargo...
More Barriers to Open Skies?
Ownership continues to be an issue for U.S.-based air operations. A recent attempt by the U.K.-based Virgin Group to launch Virgin America was blocked...
Tonnage Rises At Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals
Export volume through Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (HACTL) facilities hit a record 144,828 tonnes in November, up 6.7% over the prior-year period. Cumulative...
Airlines Will be Profitable in 2007
Although up is better than down, IATAs director general and CEO, Giovanni Bisignani, points out in his forecast that, an industry profit of $2.5 billion...
KLM and Air France are Talking Merger with Alitalia
One of the items on the late November meeting between French President Jacques Chirac and Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi was a possible merger of...
Airbus Would Outsource To Get A350 Moving
Airbus parent EADS must approve a move to outsource as much as 50% of airframe production for the A350 in Airbus attempt to keep costs down. The move,...
How Best to Respond to a Letter of Investigation
Q: We just got a letter from an FAA inspector claiming that one of our plants knowingly offered an "undeclared" hazardous material package for air shipment....
International Freight Traffic Slows
Through September, most recent complete results for the air freight industry monitored by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicate...
FedEx Express to Acquire Boeing 777 Freighters
FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. (Memphis, Tenn.), signed an agreement with The Boeing Company (Chicago) to acquire 15 new Boeing 777 Freighter aircraft...
Tighter Rules For Air Cargo
Remarks by Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), implied all airfreight would undergo the same security screening...
DHL Boosts Asian Air Capacity By Buying 49% of Polar Air
The agreement is between DHL and Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, a wholly owned unit of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW). DHL Express will have guaranteed...
Air Freight Outlook: Nothing But Up
The competition facing Samsung and other such companies for international air capacity is projected to grow through the foreseeable future. As with air...
The World's Air Cargo Report
These tables indicate the top five carriers of air cargo, by region, for 2005. These are total figures, including shipments that moved in the bellies...
Air Cargo Pricing Under Fire
A cargo price fixing probe launched in February by the U.S. Department of Justice and European Union authorities has reached agreements with three airlines....
Trends in Forwarding
The old analogy of a freight forwarder as a travel agent for freight is changing into "destination expert" who can meet many transportation-related needs....
Going By Air, Because Nothing Else Will Do
In a global economy the challenges of bringing products to final customers are increasing even as shippers look to get an edge through supply chain initiatives....
Going By Air, Because Nothing Else Will Do
In a global economy the challenges of bringing products to final customers are increasing even as shippers look to get an edge through supply chain initiatives....
Air Cargo Pricing Under Fire
A cargo price fixing probe launched in February by the U.S. Department of Justice and European Union authorities has reached agreements with three airlines....
Air Frieght Outlook: Nothing But Up
The competition facing Samsung and other such companies for international air capacity is projected to grow through the foreseeable future. As with air...
The World's Air Cargo Report
These tables indicate the top five carriers of air cargo, by region, for 2005. These are total figures, including shipments that moved in the bellies...
FedEx Express modernizes aircraft fleet
FedEx Express expects to bring the new aircraft into service between 2008 and 2016, subject to identification of suitable 757 aircraft and the successful...
Air Cargo: A Confluence of Coincidences
Frequent fliers are often verbally abused for the luggage they drag into the cabin and cram into overhead bins. The nightmare they seek to avoid was played...
Capacity Crunch to Continue But Not Cripple
When the discussion turns to available shipping capacity, especially during the peak season from July through December, the issue may be more emotional...
New Ocean Service Will Compete With Air
"Our target market here is what I would term the air freight downgrade," says Bill Villalon, vice president of development for APL Logistics. He's describing...
Lufthansa Pays $85 Million in Cargo Pricing Probe
After just over six months of investigations, the coordinated international probe of air cargo price fixing has resulted in an $85 million settlement...
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