Air Cargo Carriers News

For Bob Scribner, the relative ease of shipping goods out of Asia in 2009 came to a crashing halt late this fall as the holidays approached.

Lufthansa employees brought the airline’s operations at its Frankfurt Airport hub to a stop Monday as the Lufthansa Cargo Corporate Works Council staged a special meeting to oppose the airport&r

Lufthansa is launching fresh legal action against night flight restrictions at Frankfurt airport which it claims threatens the existence of its freight business.

Volga Dnepr, saying demand for outsized freighter aircraft grew 30 percent in the last five years, wants to order 20 new AN-124 project cargo aircraft over the next decade in a strong expansion of mar

LONDON -- BAA said cargo traffic at its seven U.K. airports rose 6.2 percent in November from a year earlier, the second successive monthly rise that ended a 14-month run of declines.

Frankfurt airport handled 7 percent more freight in November than a year earlier, the second successive monthly gain that was driven by surging intra-European shipments.

Freight traffic at Los Angeles International Airport grew 3.5 percent in October as the major trans-Pacific gateway showed signs of a growing recovery in cargo business.

Japan's two largest airlines got opposite results in international cargo volume in October as Japan Airlines volume declined for the 15th consecutive month while All Nippon Airways enjoyed its second

FedEx scaled up its earnings projections sharply on Monday, saying it is seeing a steady increase in international express shipping demand and new strength in its domestic ground parcel service.

TNT said it will focus on its express parcel and freight operations over the next five years to offset shrinking mail volume.

A single KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight took off and landed in Amsterdam after only an hour in the air last month, but some hope it carried the airline industry into a new environmental world.

AirBridgeCargo Airlines, the scheduled cargo subsidiary of Volga-Dnepr Group and Russia’s largest international cargo carrier, added a fourth 747-400 extended range freighter to its fleet.

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The decline in international air cargo traffic slowed significantly in October with volume just 0.5 percent below a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said.

Freight airline Cargolux will lose more than $100 million in 2009, its third consecutive annual loss, the head of the Luxembourg-based carrier said.

An MD-11 freighter crashed on takeoff from Shanghai’s Pudong International Airport on Saturday, killing three crewmembers.

Germany plans to ease regulations limiting night flights at the country’s airports.

Pilots at ABX Air approved a collective bargaining agreement this week the cargo airline says will help the company build a long-term contract with main customer DHL.

Air France-KLM said its cargo unit booked a $219 million second quarter loss against a year earlier profit of nearly $15 million and won't break even for at least another eighteen months.

Japan's two largest airlines posted mixed international cargo results in September, signaling an uneven recovery.

Singapore Airlines added Atlanta to its freighter schedule with weekly 747-400 service that connects the city to service that stretches around the world.

Update 5:00 p.m. ET, 11-12-2009: BA, Iberia Agree on Merger

Lufthansa Cargo carried 4 percent less freight in October than a year ago, the third consecutive month of single digit declines and just over a fifth of the drop at close rival Air France-KLM.

Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest cargo airline, reported freight traffic shrunk 19.1 percent in October from a year ago, led by a slump in shipments in its Asia/Pacific network.

Jet fuel prices around the world reached their highest levels of the year in October, topping out at more than $2 a gallon on the U.S. West Coast, according to the U.S.

Cobham Aviation Services Australia bought three regional aircraft from BAE Systems after leasing them for the past 15 years.

Deutsche Post DHL lost $123 million in the third quarter, reflecting costs involved in DHL's exit from the U.S.

Tightening lift is forcing shippers and their air cargo agents to shift gears.

The global forwarding and logistics group Panalpina and its long-time airline partner Atlas Air renewed their cooperation agreement.

After major shifts in operations and structure, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings increased net profit by 181 percent in the third quarter to $14.7 million.

Amid signs of growing balance between capacity and demand, AirBridge Cargo Airlines, part of Volga-Dnepr Group, is launching 747 freighter service from Amsterdam to Tokyo.

A 707 freighter crashed Wednesday shortly after takeoff from Sharjah Airport in the United Arab Emirates. All six crew members are dead.

Parcel industry leader UPS saw its profit fall to $549 million in the third quarter, 43.4 percent below a year earlier, on a 14.9 percent decline in revenue to $11.15 billion.

Aviation authorities in Vietnam granted Trai Thien Air Cargo a license to provide air cargo services in the country, according to Vietnamese press reports this week.

Lufthansa Cargo carried 8.5 percent less freight in September than a year ago, half the decline of its closest European rival Air France-KLM.

The Department of Transportation is renewing efforts to ensure the safe transport of lithium batteries.

Air France-KLM,Europe's largest air freight airline, will cut cargo capacity 40 percent this winter compared to last year after watching a slump in demand this year extend into September.

Air France and KLM are integrating their commercial operations in the United States Oct. 1, more than five years after their merger.

DHL Express, the global delivery company, launched a 767 freighter express service across the Atlantic.

FedEx Express took delivery Tuesday of its first 777 freighter during ceremonies with the Boeing Company in Everett, Wash.