Air Cargo Carriers News

Etihad Crystal Cargo’s traffic soared 21 percent in the first half of 2012 from a year ago to a record 175,000 metric tons as the Abu Dhabi carrier expanded its all cargo-fleet and freighter net

Kuehne + Nagel is acquiring the business contracts of Canada’s Perishables International Transportation in the latest expansion of Swiss logistics giant’s global fresh and frozen foods net

Airbus will start assembling narrow-body A320 aircraft at its first U.S.

Team Worldwide is struggling with visibility this summer.

You’d be hard pressed to find stronger evidence of the shift of freight transportation from air to sea than when FedEx, operator of the world’s largest air cargo fleet, points it out.

Texas-based air cargo company Martinaire Aviation could receive a six-figure fine after being accused of noncompliance with hazardous cargo regulations.

There is growing evidence the air cargo industry is heading for a state of overcapacity that threatens to ground more all-cargo carriers and pull down rates further.

Leading forwarders say sea-air volumes remain stable despite the double dose of fuel surcharges levied on users.

Singapore Airlines Cargo and China Cargo Airlines have signed an agreement to operate joint freighter services between Singapore and Shanghai.

Judging by the recent rash of U.S. air cargo expansion projects, you’d think demand was skyrocketing. It’s not.

United Parcel Service launches its 5.16 billion euro ($6.6 billion) cash bid for Dutch rival TNT Express Friday in a major expansion of its presence in Europe's package delivery market.

Air France-KLM outlined plans to lay off more than 5,000 of its French work force by the end of 2013 in bid to cut costs by $2.5 billion a year and return business to profitability.

FedEx CEO Fred Smith said more shippers are transporting goods via ocean shipping at the expense air carriers, a modal shift reflected in the parcel giant’s recent earnings report.

Singapore’s Changi Airport saw cargo volumes contract by 2.8 percent year-over-year last month.

Emirates is expanding it air freight capacity to Iraq after seeing demand soar.

London Heathrow airport handled 3.8 percent less cargo in May than a year ago and is bracing for further declines amid a deepening eurozone crisis.

Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air saw its cargo tonnage rise 33 percent in the first five months of 2012, on top of the 13 percent increase posted last year.

Cathay Pacific Airways saw a double-digit drop in cargo and mail tonnage shipments last month.

Malaysia Airlines and its cargo division MASkargo have agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar penalty for their role in fixing prices on routes from Indonesia to Australia in the early part of the last d

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. said that its international cargo volume grew for the third consecutive month in April on a year-on-year basis, rising 1.7 percent to 44,936 tons.

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo carried 12.3 percent less freight in May than a year ago as Europe’s largest scheduled cargo carrier continues to cut capacity to stay profitable in

The International Air Transport Association maintained its $3 billion global airline profit forecast for 2012 as oil prices fall, passenger traffic grows faster than expected and the cargo market bott

Jade Cargo International is being liquidated after shareholders, including Lufthansa Cargo, failed to agree on a restructuring of

Global air freight volume in April declined 4.4 percent year-over-year, according to the latest figures from Airports Council International.

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic slumped 8.8 percent in May from a year ago, driven by a double digit decline in the Americas network and sharply lower volumes on previously resilient Middle East

FedEx plans to retire 24 aircraft and shortened the depreciable life of 54 older aircraft, as the parcel giant works to align its U.S. domestic air cargo capacity with slowing demand.

The European Union and the U.S. have agreed to recognize each other’s air cargo security regimes under a hard fought agreement that took effect on June 1.

A Boeing 727-200 overshot the runway of the largest airport in Ghana while landing during heavy rains Saturday, crashing into two vehicles and killing 10 people, according to a report.

The value of surface transportation trade between the U.S. and Canada and Mexico hit a monthly record in March, topping $85.7 billion.

Global air cargo traffic fell 4.5 percent in April from a year ago, but the market appears to be bottoming out, the International Air Transport Association said.

Softening cargo rates due to weak demand continue to impact the bottom lines of Asia’s leading carriers, according to the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

Emirates SkyCargo this year will launch service between Dubai and Washington Dulles International Airport, the seventh U.S. airport the U.A.E.-based all-cargo operator will serve.

FedEx Express will set up a new regional hub for the North Pacific in Japan in 2014.

Air France will reduce its freighter capacity by 20 percent as part of a cost-cutting and efficiency program aimed at returning to profitability.

Singapore’s Changi Airport saw freight volume decline by 4.9 percent in April compared to a year earlier, despite aircraft movements increasing by 8.8 percent.

China Airlines has launched a new freighter service linking Asia and Europe via India and Southeast Asia.

Cargolux Airlines International has added an additional stop on its freighter service between Europe and Latin America.

Damco, the logistics unit of the A.P.

The Federal Aviation Administration is reconsidering expanding fatigue rules to air cargo pilots, not just passenger plane pilots, after the agency

Cathay Pacific Airways saw a year-over-year decline in freight volume in April.