Air Cargo

IATA e-freight for domestic shipments is now live at 58 U.S. airports.

British Airways started legal action against more than 30 airlines in a bid to get them to share damages it may have to pay shippers arising from an international price fixing cargo cartel.

Air freight forwarder Forward Air nearly tripled its net profit in the second quarter to $7.9 million as revenue grew 22 percent while the company kept the lid on costs.

UPS saw its net profit grow 90 percent in the second quarter to $845 million, the strongest profit in nearly two years, on a sharp surge in demand in international and domestic expedited business, the

The top three U.S. passenger airlines expanded cargo revenue a combined 33 percent in the second quarter, as soaring freight demand added to the carriers’ rapidly growing profits.

British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia will start joint passenger and cargo operations across the Atlantic in the fall after getting final U.S.

Etihad Airways took delivery of the first A330-200F, the world's newest freighter aircraft from Airbus.

Cathay Pacific cargo traffic grew 26 percent in June over the same month last year but freight business slipped from the month before in what the airline said was a “softening market.”

Kuehne + Nagel boosted first half net profit almost 9 percent from a year ago on surging ocean and air freight volumes.

The Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of Customs and Border Protection on Thursday called for repeal of laws requiring 100 percent scanning of ocean cargo and 100 percent screening of air ca

Americans need to act quickly to begin a 10 year effort to improve and build new transportation infrastructure, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday.

Intel’s inventory of finished goods increased 24 percent in the second quarter from the previous period, as broad-based corporate spending drove up sales.

Air freight and ocean shipping forwarder Expeditors International told investors it is having such strong business that it will report earnings next month significantly above recent market expectation

Freight shipments measured in ton-miles fell 0.4 percent in May after two consecutive monthly increases, the Department of Transportation reported.

European Union regulators July 14 cleared plans by British Airways, American Airlines and Iberia to form a powerful trans-Atlantic passenger and cargo alliance.

Air France-KLM Cargo will increase its capacity from Europe to Japan with freighters and combis from Paris and Amsterdam to Tokyo.

Frankfurt Airport boosted cargo volume by 29.9 percent in June from a year ago, extending a streak of steep month-by-month increases driven by buoyant Asian traffic.

Air France-KLM will pay freight forwarders and shippers in the United States $87 million to settle class-action lawsuits over the carrier’s participation in a global air cargo price-fixing carte

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Toll Holdings, the Australian transport and logistics group, will pay around $127.5 million to acquire two UK freight forwarders, WT Sea Air Group and Genesis Forwarding Group.

Continental Airlines Cargo withdrew from the GF-X booking portal after a detailed business review.

Lufthansa Cargo handled 19.5 percent more freight in June than a year ago and boosted revenue by 25.1 percent, easily outpacing its closest European rivals Air France-KLM and British Airways.

Japanese freight forwarder Naigai Trans Line signed an agreement to acquire 100 percent of U.S.

Air express operator TNT will raise its intra-Europe rates 3.5 percent as part of what the carrier calls a "global yield improvement program."

TNT is adding a second 747-400 freighter between China and Europe, stepping up capacity on routes that are seeing a sharp increase in volume and pricing.

Air cargo volume grew for Japan’s two biggest air carriers in May.

Air freight exports out of Hong Kong soared 51.5 percent in May, pushing Hong Kong International Airport to what appears to be the busiest air cargo month in its history, according to figures released

Alitalia, Italy's national airline, joined the trans-Atlantic alliance between Air France-KLM and Delta Air Lines.

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Computer manufacturer Dell, a bellwether of the air freight industry, threatened to dispatch more products by sea in a bid to restore profit margins.

The Transportation Security Administration has made progress toward its goal of scanning all air cargo on domestic passenger flights by Aug.

Publicly traded airlines, railroads, trucking companies and ocean carriers based in North America are showing improved results despite expectations for a sluggish U.S.

Arrow Air, a survivor from the years of rapid and independent growth in a colorful Miami cargo aviation scene, ceased operations this week after failing to recover from several years of losses.

Global air cargo traffic soared 34.3 percent in May from a year ago and is now above pre-recession levels, the International Air Transport Association said.

Package carrier FedEx is building a small-package sort and delivery station near Chicago that will be the fifth major facility in that area for its FedEx Ground unit.

A planned UK government replacement of its Airline Passenger Duty with a new per-aircraft flight fee will mean higher costs for manufacturers and shippers and deliver no new environmental benefits, sa

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Nike plans to increase its orders for footwear and apparel 7 percent over the next six months and will turn to greater use of air freight to “meet the tremendous growth in orders” for the

The Federal Aviation Administration issued $125 million in contracts to develop commercial jet technologies that cut fuel consumption, emissions and noise.

Freight traffic for Asian airlines soared 39 percent in May over the same month a year ago in the busiest month for cargo traffic the carriers have ever reported, according to Association of Asia Paci