Air Cargo

Swiss logistics groups, Kuehne + Nagel and Panalpina Feb. 10 said they received preliminary findings from a European Union investigation into an alleged global air cargo price fixing cartel.

Lufthansa Cargo carried 18.6 percent more cargo in January than a year ago even as it slashed the number of freighter flights by a quarter.

Japan Airlines announced on Tuesday its decision to maintain and strengthen its business relationship with American Airlines, rejecting a rival offer from the largest U.S.

UPS will begin in May to furlough 300 or more of its airline pilots to cut operating costs during what the company expects to be a gradual recovery.

Three days after a massive winter storm struck the mid-Atlantic region, freight transportation systems were still trying to recover to normal operating levels.

Japan Airlines is very likely to maintain its business relationship with American Airlines, rejecting a rival offer from Delta Air Lines, Japanese media reports said, in an apparent flip-flop because

Air France-KLM, Europe’s biggest air cargo carrier, reported freight traffic rose 2 percent in January from a year ago, driven by a recovery on its key Asia-Pacific routes.

Airbus says Asia-Pacific airlines will buy 8,000 aircraft by 2030 worth $1.2 trillion.

Alaska Air Cargo says to meet US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) requirements, it is increasing the cutoff time for seafood shipments on passenger aircraft.

LONDON – British Airways booked its first operating profit in fifteen months in the final quarter of 2009 but warned it is still heading for a record loss for the full financial year.

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said its net profit tumbled 36.6 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, to $35.64 millio

Avianca and TACA officially closed their merger on Tuesday, bringing together two of Latin America’s largest airlines into a single company called Avianca-TACA.

Japanese freight forwarder Yusen Air & Sea Service said its net profit plunged 58.2 percent from a year earlier in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, to $14.1 million.

UPS nearly tripled its net profit in the fourth quarter, as a strong surge in international demand and unexpected domestic holiday shipping pushed earnings to $757 million at the end of the year, the

Nippon Express, Japan's largest freight forwarder, said its net profit declined 18.7 percent in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, from a year earlier to $143.7 million on a

Japan's All Nippon Airways posted a group net loss of $390 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2009, which started in April, compared with a group net profit of $104.4 million a year earlier.

The European Union is assessing commitments made by British Airways, American Airlines and Spain's Iberia to obtain an anti-trust waiver to operate as a single passenger and cargo carrier on scores of

In years past, an incident such as the failed Christmas Day bombing attempt aboard a Northwest Airlines flight would have resulted in many and loud calls for new inspection procedures for cargo carrie

As newcomers and established industry players vie for roles in a global market with surging demand for pharmaceuticals, airlines, forwarders and container manufacturers are trumpeting a wide arr

China’s Hainan Airlines will convert six 737-300 passenger planes into freighters in a move to increase regional and domestic air cargo capacity in the region.

Air France-KLM signed a letter of intent to sell two new 777 freighters to FedEx as it downsizes its all-cargo operation.

Deutsche Post DHL, the German postal, express and logistics group, faces greater competition in its domestic mail market after a court threw out a minimum wage law that its rivals claim unfairly prote

Boeing earned fourth-quarter profit of $1.3 billion on revenue that jumped 42 percent to $17.9 billion.

Global air freight traffic increased by nearly a quarter in December from a year ago and is set to grow further in the coming months, the International Air Transportation Association said.

Japan Airlines, which filed for bankruptcy protection on Jan.19, appointed the chief of one of its subsidiaries as its next president and chief operating officer.

Brussels airport's cargo traffic slumped by a third in 2009 from the previous year as DHL, the express carrier, completed the move of its European hub to Germany and another major customer, Cargo B, f

Standard & Poor's issued a warning to UPS today, affirming its "AA-" corporate credit rating but downgrading its long-term ratings outlook to negative.

New York’s Kennedy International Airport saw its first year-over-year expansion in freight tonnage in two-and-a-half years in November, eking out a 0.2 percent gain that signaled the gateway is

Like the first few raindrops after a long drought, the freight rate increases ocean and surface carriers are beginning to nail down are not enough to slake their thirst.

Asia-Pacific airlines saw air cargo traffic soar 24.5 percent in December over the same month a year ago, capping a late surge in demand that still left the airlines with their worst year for freight

A joint venture investment group said it will spend up to $100 million to buy low-valued freight and industrial equipment, to assemble a broad mix of lease assets that will include ocean ships and riv

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UPS is adding 245 new delivery trucks powered by compressed natural gas to its fleet in Colorado and California, expanding its use of CNG vehicles more than 20 percent.

DHL Express, trying to close the books on its painful withdrawal from U.S. domestic business, said Tuesday it will donate its Wilmington Airport facility to local authorities in Ohio.

Lufthansa Cargo pilots will vote on strike action after the German carrier and their union failed to reach agreement on a new contract.

Japan Airlines, the biggest air carrier in Asia, filed for bankruptcy protection from creditors on Tuesday, marking one of the biggest corporate failures in Japanese history.

Lufthansa is supporting the international emergency operations in aid of the earthquake victims in Haiti. Lufthansa Cargo on Jan.

With shipments valued in the tens of millions of dollars, Pfizer is no stranger to cargo security, so the pharmaceutical giant is taking part in the Transportation Security Administration’s Cert

DAYTON, Ohio — AcuTemp Thermal Systems, a manufacturer of active and passive containers for transporting temperature-sensitive pharmaceutical and biomedical products, and CSafe, a provider of ac

AeroLogic, the joint venture cargo airline of DHL Express and Lufthansa Cargo, is adding flights from Germany to the United States and Hong Kong following the delivery of two 777 freighters.