Air Cargo

The EgyptAir crash on Oct. 31 that killed all 217 people aboard is sharpening the focus on the contr

It hits 65 this year but nobody's retiring it. It's slow, squatty and sometimes temperamental. But s

Responding to public demand to ''shut up,'' airports on both sides of the Atlantic are striving to c

One-fourth of all U.S. business-to-business purchasing will be done online by 2003, according to a r

Craig Drum, cargo marketing director at Delta Air Lines for the past several years, left the carrier

More and more air cargo carriers are imposing fuel surcharges, and most forwarders appear to be pass

In a world driven by drop-dead delivery schedules and best possible pricing, many global shippers a

As consolidation sweeps through the freight forwarding industry, it will be increasingly difficult f

During the Vietnam war and as late as the guerrilla fighting in Central America in the 1980s, Air Am

Welcome to the New Millennium! Purists will argue that the new millennium won't begin until Jan. 1,

Last year may well be remembered as the year in which the airlines embraced the time-definite concep

The British Post Office has warned that the Universal Postal Union, a global mail-standards body, mu

The cry is heard echoing up and down the halls of every shipping department: ''Reduce transportation

Jann Fisch will become executive vice president for marketing and sales of Swisscargo, effective Mar

Aeromexpress is flying into the new millennium with an experienced pilot taking over the controls.

Canada's Hamilton International Airport has just completed a major step to take it into the intercon

Forget about just-in-time when an aircraft is grounded due to a defective part. The airline that own

Santa Claus came early to California this year.Polar Air Cargo, a Long Beach-based freighter

All-cargo capacity in the Japan market rose considerably this fall as carriers took advantage of str

Air carriers expect a smooth landing on Jan. 1 when new U.S. noise reduction rules take effect for a

It will be ''business as usual'' for Macau International Airport after the five-starred flag of Chin

SPREADING HIS WINGS: Robert Kennedy, former route development director for Hartsfield International

Mergers and acquisitions of air-freight companies are rampant these days, but it's questionable whet

Martinair survives in the cutthroat air cargo market because it is different.Martinair is re

SAS Cargo is poised to join the big leagues of air cargo.The carrier will have a pretty clea

The recent vote to partially privatize Zurich's airport has given Switzerland's SAirGroup a timely b

This may still be the busy season for air cargo, but shippers are having no difficulty finding space

Bridges WorldwideJOHN FANNON was appointed managing director at the British-based internatio

Emery Worldwide said it has added new technology to its Web site (www.emeryworld.com) to simplify si

United Airlines' cargo operation is on the front lines of what some call a culture war, a war in whi

Shippers will soon be able to send goods from any part of the world to any other part with complete

More and more end customers today are directing the supply chain and pulling out what they need from

As one of the world's great tourist destinations - and the most remote landmass on earth - the islan

A recent agreement between DHL Worldwide Express and a new Kenyan company illustrate the opportuniti

The Miami-Dade County Airport Authority gave final approval last week for a developer's plan to buil

Transport ministers and aviation officials from more than 100 countries will gather in Chicago early

A large, bulky and ungainly cargo plane has become Ukraine's most visible success story.The

Volga-Dnepr, Russia's heavy-lift air freight company, is reporting a 19 percent pickup in business t

Qantas Airways says it has improved its Web site - www.qantas.com.au - for its cargo customers.<

The British and American governments have been attempting to negotiate a new aviation agreement for