Air Cargo

DELTA AIR LINES RETIRES THE LAST OF ITS DC-8SDelta Air Lines is retiring its last DC-8-71, l

Brazil's rapidly growing air cargo market is beginning to draw international attention. Two

Transportation Secretary Samuel K. Skinner warned the chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

KLM ROYAL DUTCH AIRLINES is enjoying its biggest North Atlantic cargo load factor in history - 96 pe

Lockheed Electronics Co. has developed an on-board computer system that can detect stresses on criti

JOHNSON CONTROLS PLANS TO BUY PAN AM UNITNEW YORK - Johnson Controls Inc. has agreed to purc

A unit of China's state-owned aviation agency is taking a 26 percent stake in the airport ground-han

American Airlines has filed with the U.S government for authority to fly passengers and cargo betwee

As the strike gripping Eastern Airlines approaches the end of its second month, boss Frank Lorenzo i

Aerofex Corp. of Beverly Hills, Calif., has received preliminary Joint Aviation Regulation certifica

Electronics industry purchasers are willing to pay the premium for air freight when buying component

Pratt & Whitney has received orders and options worth up to $215 million for new jet engines from ai

British Airways has taken a 40 percent stake in Dunwoody Airline Services, a small Midlands-based ag

The European Economic Community will not make the same errors the United States did when it deregula

Re-regulation is a real prospect facing the domestic airline industry if current trends continue una

What do actor Anthony Quinn, New York's Guggenheim Museum and Picasso have in common with Hawaiian h

NIPPON CARGO URGES END TO US SANCTIONSNippon Cargo Airlines Co. asked U.S. officials to gran

The city of Frankfurt, arguably the continent's most important transport hub, is investing in its in

EASTERN PLANS TO LEASE 14 PLANES TO PAN AMMIAMI - Eastern Airlines plans to lease 14 Boeing

USAIR GROUP REPORTS DRAMATIC TURNAROUNDUSAir Group Inc. reported a first quarter turnaround,

POISON PILL DEFENSE OF NORTHWEST UPHELDWASHINGTON - A Delaware Court upheld Northwest Airlin

Horizon Air flight attendants will set up informational picket lines today and Friday at the airline

Frank Lorenzo's dealings with Eastern Airlines are one of his concerns. Separately, the operations o

United Airlines' order for 370 aircraft from Boeing Co., worth up to $15.74 billion, would be a reco

Cargo doors like the one that ripped the side off a United Airlines flight and caused nine deaths ov

Unionized pilots at Eastern Air Lines said this week that Trans World Airlines Chairman Carl Icahn i

Private express companies said the U.S. Postal Service's new cut rate for international express mail

A proposed plan to build a major new regional airport in eastern Massachusetts within the next 20 ye

OVER THE PAST several years, especially during the last 15 months or so, there has evolved an increa

Almost two months of labor warfare at Eastern Air Lines has produced many casualties, and few winne

THAILAND-JAPAN ROUTE IS HOT FREIGHT MARKETIRVINE, Calif. - The hottest international air fre

The Boeing Co. may not be able to build its jumbo 747-400s fast enough to meet a revised schedule th

Most Americans have probably never heard of Ladeco Airlines, except perhaps those shipping cargo to

In an effort to encourage widespread response to its call for bids to operate the Express Mail netwo

Airborne Freight Corp., which operates under the name Airborne Express, reported first quarter earni

The West German airline Lufthansa AG and the Soviet airline Aeroflot are exploring a possible joint

Federal Express Corp., new owner of Flying Tiger Line Inc., asked the Department of Transportation t

TWO NEAR MISSES REPORTED IN NEW YORKNEW YORK - A jumbo jet and a commuter plane flew about 1

United Parcel Service Inc. has expanded its document delivery service to 122 countries, putting its

In a move widely thought to give an incentive to shipping by air, Yoram Bilizovsky, director-general