Air Cargo Forwarder News

An increase in online shopping is pushing up freight volumes at the nation’s largest package carriers, with UPS reporting stronger domestic volume and FedEx preparing to hire 20,000 seasonal workers to handle holiday shipping demand.

Amsterdam Schiphol airport boosted freight traffic by a modest, but significant, 2 percent in September from a year ago on higher outbound shipments to Asia.

Boeing 787 deliveries boost belly space on long routes, downgrading airline use of freighters.

UPS will deploy 40 new hydraulic hybrid vehicles, developed by Freightliner Custom Chassis Corp. and Parker Hannifin Corp.

Boeing on Tuesday downgraded its forecast for global air cargo growth by nearly 12 percent, a reaction to the slowing international economy and

FedEx today opened its new South Pacific Regional Hub in Singapore, officiated by Minister of Transport Lui Tuck Yew.

There was no sign of a bounce back in cargo demand for Asian carriers in August, according to the latest figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines.

The U.S. air freight and express industry saw volume fall 1.3 percent year-over-year in 2011 to 12.117 billion ton miles (for domestic freight and mail, combined)...

DHL Express said it will raise rates worldwide by an average of 5 percent from January 1 to offset inflation and increased operating costs.

The chief executive of TNT Express, Marie-Christine Lombard, is stepping down by the end of the month to pursue a new career, but the Dutch delivery group said its takeover by US rival UPS won’t

Australian airline Qantas has admitted that a crocodile was found roaming the cargo hold of one its planes last week.

FedEx Express users of slower services will bear more of the brunt of the parcel carrier's price hike than shippers that use faster options, as the company works to slow shippers from shifting to chea

A major upgrade of Dubai International Airport will increase freight capacity to more than 3.1 million tons per year by 2018.

Parcel shippers in China won’t just get more domestic options through FedEx’s and UPS’s limited access in the market, but they’ll also likely see Chinese carriers step up their

FedEx cut its fiscal year earnings forecast after more shippers chose slower service amid a slowing global econom

Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volumes increase in August on the back of strong trade to and from Japan and South East Asia and a 3 percent increase in exports.

FedEx and UPS have received approval to operate limited domestic service in China, giving the rivals access to a burgeoning multibillion-dollar market amid slagging global business.

United Parcel Service has delayed closing on its planned acquisition of Dutch rival TNT Express because European Union regulators have extended their probe of the $6.8 billion deal.

Fedex lowered its earnings outlook for the quarter ending Aug.

The fragile recovery in the air cargo market stalled in July, with traffic declining 3.3 percent from a year ago amid faltering business confidence in many key economies, according to the Internationa

The United Parcel Service on Tuesday opened its first logistics facility in Halifax, Nova Scotia, a key part of the parcel giant’s Atlantic Canadian expansion.

Philippine Airlines this week placed an order with Airbus for more than 50 single-aisle A321 and widebody A330-300s for roughly $7 billion.

DHL has opened a new logistics facility in India to support international time-definite delivery volumes.

Frankfurt-Hahn airport is facing insolvency without a government cash infusion, according to a key shareholder of Germany’s fifth-largest air cargo and freighter hub.

United Parcel Service is extending the offer period for its Dutch rival TNT Express from Aug. 31 to Nov.

Singapore Changi Airport recorded a 4.5 percent year-over-year contraction in cargo traffic last month despite a 4.6 percent increase in traffic movements.

BlueGrace Logistics, Riverview, Fla., increased its revenue 7,368 percent over three years to $63.6 million in 2011, making the Florida-based firm the fastest-growing logistics and transportation comp

The world’s largest freight airport saw a slight month-on-month increase in volume during July, but growth compared to 2011 remained negative.

Airport operator BAA has opted to sell London Stansted airport, ending a long-running legal battle to retain ownership of the U.K.’s second largest cargo hub.

FedEx Express is nearly doubling its “International Service” network by adding destinations in Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Japan, Luxembourg and Mexico.

Amsterdam Schiphol airport’s net profit fell in the first half but revenue increased as higher passenger numbers outweighed lower cargo traffic.

The U.K.’s Royal Mail’s announced its GLS European parcel delivery unit has teamed up with China’s ZJS Express to launch a China-Europe business-to-business service.

The release of an array of new high-tech gizmos, including the i

The Ramadan month of fasting and the build-up to this weekend’s Eid festivities have given air cargo operators a volume surge, according to one leading executive.

The looming $1.2 billion federal sequestration could cut nearly 2 billion pounds of air cargo capacity out of the U.S. network, according to a new study.

FedEx said it will offer voluntary buyouts to some U.S.-based employees, as the parcel giant works to cut costs as demand slows.