Air Cargo

Struggling Japan Airlines Corp. announced changes in its top leadership on Tuesday, including the promotion of senior managing executive officer Yoshiharu Ueki to the post of president.

The Royal Bank of Scotland is selling its aircraft leasing business to Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Japan’s second largest bank, for about $7.3 billion.

Etihad Crystal Cargo’s freight traffic soared 18 percent in 2011 from a year ago as the fast-growing Abu Dhabi-based carrier boosted its capacity and added new freighter routes.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways in November saw international cargo traffic slip 0.3 percent year-over-year, while rival Japan Airlines in the same period saw traffic rise 4.8 percent, the first incr

Cargo transported by Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair in December plunged 11.9 percent year-over-year but

U.S. beef and pork producers had a banner year in 2011, setting annual sales value records for both commodities through October, with two full months to go.

Only a small percentage of the world’s refrigerated shipments are put on airplanes, but just as in other modes, air carriers and airport operators are fighting for a bigger market share.

More Asian air cargo carriers will remove capacity this week year as export traffic remains week, said industry executives.

Air France-KLM’s cargo business faces further cutbacks after Europe’s largest airline unveiled a radical three-year restructuring to secure long-term profitability.

AirBridge Cargo Airlines is defying the broad cutback in Asia-focused air freight capacity with new s

Frankfurt’s air freight volume is falling faster than business at other European airports as the

Weiss Rohlig said the recent acquisition of Japan’s JHB Express will benefit the joint venture’s U.S. customers and tap growing intra-Asia trade.

London Heathrow airport boosted cargo traffic 14.2 percent in December from a year ago, a record for the month and the first increase since February 2011.

The amount of freight carried by the for-hire transportation industry rose 0.1 percent in November from October, the Transportation Department said.

IAG, the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, saw cargo traffic in December expand 11.5 percent year-over-year, helping to drive 2011 traffic 6.4 percent higher than in 2010.

Lufthansa Cargo boosted traffic by a modest 1.6 percent in December from a year ago, but this was sufficient to end 2011 up 5 percent year-over-year and hit record tonnage.

It took airline cargo executives several months into 2011 before they started pulling back capacity to meet the reality of reduced shipping demand.

Last year’s trio of new bilateral U.S. trade pacts — with South Korea, Colombia and Panama — will boost U.S.

U.S. exporters of semiconductors and consumer electronics strongly supported the passage of the three new trade agreements, and expect the deals to provide a significant boost to U.S.

YRC, looking to restructure its operations as the trucking operator seeks to rebuild its finances, is preparing for talks with the Teamsters union on a redesign of its freight terminal network and how

For those in the air cargo industry, 2011 was a year spent taking inventory of progress on enhancing national security in the wake of the 10-year anniversary of the September 11 terror attacks.

The Cass Freight Index for U.S.

The owners of failed freight airline Cargoitalia are attacking rival carrier Cargolux, claiming unfair competition forced the Milan-based operator into liquidation.

China’s airlines won’t pay any charges under the European Union’s new carbon trading scheme, while other Asian airlines, including Cathay Pacific, say they may impose surcharges or i

Jade Cargo International, a joint venture between Lufthansa Cargo and Shenzhen Airlines, is grounding its fleet of six 747-400s because of weak demand.

Hong Kong International Airport’s cargo traffic fell 6.6 percent year-over

El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. last week agreed to pay $15.8 million to scores of air freight shippers to settle a U.S.

Lufthansa is calling on European Union regulators to postpone implementation of the EU’s carbon trading scheme, saying opposition around the world threatens to undermine trade as Europe struggle

International air cargo traffic declined 3.8 percent in November from a year ago, the eighth straight monthly decline amid a faltering global economy and weakening demand in the Asia-Pacific region, t

Falling trade with Asia sent cargo traffic for European airlines down 4.4 percent in November, the sharpest year-over-year decline in 2011, according to the Association of European Airlines.

The union representing FedEx Express pilots says it is “outraged at the casual dismissal of cargo pilots and their families” in the

The union representing UPS pilots asked a federal court on Thursday to review the Department of Transportation’s

When FedEx reported the busiest day for shipments in its history a couple of weeks before Christmas, the company credited not its flashy signature express delivery but the business segment that once s

FedEx Express is adding capacity in the air. It’s also putting off adding capacity in the air.

Evergreen International Airlines, an international cargo carrier, will gain a second 747-400 converted freighter next year under a Boeing program to modify the widebody at a plant in Xiamen, Chin

The Federal Aviation Administration exempted cargo pilots from the tougher limitations it placed on work rules for airline pilots on Wednesday, but Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said he would as

Europe’s highest court on Wednesday upheld the European Union’s right to make international airlines pay for carbon emissions on flights to and from European airports, risking a trade war

Cargo traffic at New York¹s Kennedy International Airport fell 9.4 percent in October, the steepest year-over-year rate of decline so far in 2011 and a downbeat ending to the peak air freight shi

DB Schenker is in talks with less-than-truckload operator Estes Express Lines to turn over management of the forwarder’s U.S.

Lufthansa Cargo is considering a reduction of operations in China, which accounts for a fifth of the company’s sales, as the German carrier struggles to make a profit in the world’s second