Air Cargo

FedEx profit soared on higher pricing and fuel surcharges despite declining shipment volume at its air package and industrial freight businesses in the

Cargo transported by Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific and sister carrier Dragonair in November dropped 13.8 percent year-over-year, falling for the eighth straight month as a year-end peak failed to mat

Leipzig-Halle airport boosted freight traffic by 14.9 percent in the first 11 months of 2011, helping Germany’s second largest cargo hub to outperform its larger rival Frankfurt and hit a new re

Qatar Airways is adding capacity to Chongqing, where growing electronics manufacturing is f

The Drewry Air Freight Price Index took a sharp turn upward in October, increasing 14.7 percent from the previous month to its highest level in a year.

Frankfurt airport handled 10.8 percent less freight in November than a year ago as Europe’s second largest cargo hub took a double hit from a

TNT Express, extending the reorganization of its global delivery operations, said Monday it will sell the company’s domestic road business in India to a private equity firm, India Equity Partner

FedEx expects Monday to be the busiest day in its history. The package giant forecasts 17 million shipments will move through its global network on Dec.

Lufthansa Cargo’s traffic slumped 9.4 percent in November from a year ago, as a night flight ban at its

The former CEO of Cargolux, Ulrich Ogiermann, and his top deputy accepted sentences of 13 months in prison and fines $20,000 each under plea agreements for their role in a international conspiracy to

Japan’s All Nippon Airways saw cargo traffic slip 0.3 percent in October from the same month last year September, while rival Japan Airlines Corp.'s traffic plummeted 37.6 percent in the same pe

Shortages of hard disk drives caused by the flood in Thailand will result in a shortfall of 3.8 million shipments exports of PCs in the first quarter of 2012, according to a new IHS forecast.

Freight traffic at Cargolux Airlines dropped 10.8 percent in October, the second straight double-digit decline at Europe’s largest freighter operator, according to figures from the

Korean Air’s cargo traffic fell 5.9 percent in the third quarter, and the world’s largest international freight airline said it expects a deep slowdown in high-tech shipments out of Asia t

Cargo traffic for European airlines fell at the steepest rate in nearly two years in October, sliding 3 percent from a year ago on weak trade with Asia, according to the

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic in November slumped 8.1 percent year-over-year, as the Franco-Dutch carrier cut freighter capacity amid falling demand on key Asia/Pacific and Americas routes.

Global air cargo revenue risks shrinking by $4 billion in 2012 if Europe’s sovereign debt crisis triggers another banking meltdown, the International Air Transport Association said.

Lufthansa Cargo began operations at a cold cargo facility at Frankfurt airport, the latest investment aimed at kee

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FedEx Ground will raise rates for its U.S. package and home delivery services an effective 4.9 percent Jan.

In a scathing report issued in late November, House Republicans damned the Transportation Security Administration for becoming an ineffective, wasteful bloated bureaucracy that didn’t carry out

Achieving 100 percent on-time delivery performance is a team effort among transportation carriers, shippers and consignees.

A former Peruvian airline executive has pleaded guilty to conspiring to fix surcharges on cargo shipments from the United States and Latin America following hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

UTi Worldwide says global economic shifts will cut into earnings in the rest of 2011 after the logistics operator reported an 8 percent gain in net profit in the third quarter.

Air freight volume at Los Angeles International Airport fell 10.7 percent, the steepest decline of the year and a stark sign of the weak market for

UPS, making its first acquisition in several years, bought a major Italian pharmaceutical logistics company, as the parcel giant expands its reach into supply chains for the pharmaceutical, biotech an

Lufthansa Cargo said it expects to lose around $54 million annually if a temporary night flight ban at its Frankfurt global hub is made permanent.

Damco, the consolidated logistics brand of the A. P. Moller-Maersk group, named Flemming Frost as its new CEO for Europe.

The parent of American Airlines, the nation’s third-largest airline, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and began an overhaul of its management, labor relations and operations

International air freight traffic fell 4.8 percent in October from a year ago, the seventh consecutive

Aramex is expanding its presence in China by creating a joint venture with Sinotrans Air Transportation Development Co., as th

Air freight carried by Asia-Pacific airlines fell at the steepest rate in six months in October, sliding 7.7 percent as a

Lufthansa Cargo said it could cut capacity by as much as 30 percent going into 2012 and temporarily ground some freighters amid indications of a slowdown in demand.

The U.K.’s Royal Mail more than tripled first half earnings to $105 million, as increased profits from its European express unit offset losses on domestic letter deliveries.

Postmaster General and CEO Patrick Donahoe urged Congress on Monday to take a bold approach to reforming the U.S.

Lufthansa Cargo is suspending plans for a $1.35 billion expansion of the airline’s Frankfurt hub because of a German court’s ban on night flights at the airport, according to a published r

Hong Kong International Airport saw cargo volume fall 8.2 percent in October from the same month a year ago as a surge in peak season shipping airlines have been looking for failed to materialize.&nbs

UPS announced it will raise rates for ground and air parcel shipments an effective 4.9 percent in 2012, matching the price increase for this year and showing confidence the carrier can maintain its st

Intra-Asia trade will see further growth in the coming years as high-tech companies shift more sourcing to the continent and increasingly target the region’s consumers, according to a survey of