Air Cargo

All states met a key deadline in last year’s stimulus law to obligate their highway project spending before March 2, said Vice President Joseph Biden and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.

Charging that “political games” are forcing a partial shutdown of federal operations and support to states, U.S.

Next in line in a probe into price-fixing charges, forwarders await word on air freight penalties

NYK Line said Thursday it will merge its domestic logistics unit in Japan with its freight forwarding subsidiary, Yusen Air & Sea Service, on Oct. 1.

Japan Airlines suffered a net loss of $1.98 billion in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, compared with a net loss of $21.1 million a year earlier.

Freight traffic for Asia-Pacific air carriers soared 33.1 percent in January, the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines said in a report marking a strong turnaround from the depths of the global trade

Iberia reported its first full year loss in 2009 after 13 consecutive years in the black as the global economic downturn shrunk cargo volume and sent freight pricing plummeting.

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The world’s largest freighter aircraft, the Antonov An-225, has delivered 110 metric tons of earthmoving equipment, tents and other relief supplies to Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, t

Beginning late last year, freight demand helped Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings withstand the global economic downturn in the fourth quarter as the freighter operator posted a $23.8 million net profit.

Philippe Gilbert has been named executive vice president and board chairman of forwarder Geodis Wilson.

Lufthansa Cargo and Austrian Airlines will merge their global freight operations, including sales and flights, effective July 1.

Expeditors International of Washington reported an 11 percent drop in net profit in the fourth quarter, to $69.1 million, but the forwarder said business improved dramatically at the end of the year.<

UPS on Monday opened a distribution center at the Calgary International Airport in Calgary, Alberta.

Southern Air Holdings is adding two 777 freighters to its ACMI fleet. One was delivered earlier this month, and the next is due March 2.

At four o&rsquo;clock in the morning of Feb. 22, American Airlines Cargo Division opened its expanded terminal at Los Angeles International Airport.

Lufthansa plans to operate just over half its scheduled 1,800 flights Feb. 23 after pilots suspended their four day strike.

LONDON -- British Airways cargo operations face disruption after cabin crew Feb. 22 overwhelmingly voted to strike over pay and working conditions.

LONDON -- BAA, the owner of London Heathrow airport, reported pre-tax losses surged to $1.27 billion in 2009, more than 150 percent greater than a year ago, mainly on a loss on the sale of London Gatw

Schiphol Group, the operator of Amsterdam airport, Europe's third largest air freight hub, reported a 29 percent drop in 2009 net profit on reduced passenger and cargo traffic.

TNT, the Dutch mail and express delivery group, reported fourth quarter net income slumped 58 percent from a year ago as one-off charges and impairments outweighed cost savings.

Call it a lost week for a major slice of the U.S. economy and transportation network.

What can Brown do for U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke? Help advance his campaign to double U.S. exports and create millions of jobs.

Icelandair Group has confirmed that it plans to sell Bluebird, a freighter arm that sits alongside its own Icelandair Cargo subsidiary and chiefly operates on a wet-lease basis.

Lufthansa Cargo said it will maintain more than ninety percent of its freighter operations during a four day pilots' strike next week.

Lufthansa pilots Feb. 17 voted heavily in favor of a four day strike next week at Lufthansa, Europe's second largest airline.

Lufthansa Cargo plans to reduce its workforce by 10 percent in 2010 as it cuts freighter flights in response to the slump in the global air cargo market.

Hainan Airlines will operate daily direct flights from Belgium to China beginning May 28.

Hong Kong&rsquo;s largest airport freight handler reported a 48.9 percent surge in tonnage to start 2010, the most dramatic sign yet of a full recovery in shipping demand that has swamped Asia&rsquo;s

Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways saw their international cargo volume surge in December on a year-on-year basis, according to figures released by the two biggest Japanese air carriers.

The U.S. Department of Transportation on Saturday, Feb.

If you had told importers a year ago vessel capacity out of Shanghai would be so tight in early 2010 they might have to shift some ocean freight to air, you might have been laughed off the docks.

Airbus expects freighter fleets to grow five times by 2030 as region dominates the market

FedEx Trade Networks, the company&rsquo;s growing international ocean and air freight forwarder subsidiary, opened six forwarding offices in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

The European Commission is charging that forwarder Expeditors International of Washington engaged in anti-competitive actions in air freight shipping from South China and Kong to Europe.

Aeronautical Engineers is formally launching a freighter conversion program for MD-80 passenger aircraft, saying the aircraft&rsquo;s declining value now makes it a likely candidate to move into all-c

The U.S. Postal Service lost $297 million in its first fiscal quarter, ended Dec. 31, reflecting the effects of the recent recession and increasing migration of mail to electronic alternatives.

Air France-KLM, Europe's biggest airline, Feb. 10 announced a worse-than-expected third quarter operating loss of $336 million but said its troubled cargo unit put in an improved performance.

Lufthansa Cargo said its 2,600 ground staff workers in Germany will have some of their reduced work hours restored Feb. 28 in response to signs of recovering traffic.

Frankfurt airport&rsquo;s cargo traffic soared by a third in January from a year ago to an all-time high for the month that was driven by strong growth on long haul inter continental routes.