Air Cargo

Air France announced it will cut its cargo capacity by fifteen percent and eliminate 1,500 jobs to cut costs amid steep falls in freight traffic.

Cargo airline Amerijet said it headed into the second week of a strike by flight crews with aircraft operating normally as the Teamsters union claimed growing support for its walkout.

PT Garuda Indonesia, a member of the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines, is the tenth and latest airline to be cited by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for alleged cargo pr

The US Airline Pilots Association on Sept. 2 filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp., the trustee of their pension plan.

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South Korea’s Seoul International Airport is splitting the cost of new, lightweight cargo containers with three airlines as part of an effort to make air freight shipping more environmentally fr

American Airlines Cargo Division launched an express temperature-controlled service on Sept. 1 following a successful trial in the early summer.

MailExpress, a growing provider of performance mail services for corporate customers, on Sept. 1 opened two distribution centers.

Lufthansa Cargo warned it might give up its fleet of freighters if night flights are outlawed at its Frankfurt airport hub.

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Air New Zealand earned a $99.25 million gross profit for its 2008/09 financial year ending June 30 -- a drop of 26 percent from the previous year.

South American freight airline Tampa Cargo is considering direct all-cargo flights between Colombia and Europe, airline industry officials said Friday.

Cargo airline Amerijet International said Friday it is maintaining its scheduled freighter flight operations despite a strike by pilots and flight engineers.

Asia-Pacific airlines saw their best month for freight traffic in 2009 in July as they pulled capacity back faster than falling demand and recorded their smallest year-over-decline in freight traffic

The year long decline in global air cargo slowed in July but revenue and freight rates remain under intense pressure, the International Air Transport Association said.

Los Angeles International Airport saw its strongest sign yet that the decline in trans-Pacific shipping has bottomed out as the airport reported its slimmest drop in air freight tonnage in a year in J

A truck driver working for UPS was killed Tuesday after his vehicle went off road and struck a concrete bridge pillar on an Indiana highway.

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DHL Express, the world’s largest international express delivery company, will deploy a range of environmentally friendly boxes made from 100 percent recyclable material.

A class-action lawsuit filed against UPS last week claims the delivery giant has been withholding as much as $100 million in overtime wages from account managers throughout the United States.

Cathay Pacific Airways and subsidiary Dragonair carried 133,233 tonnes of cargo and mail in July, down 6.7 percent compared to the same month last year, but a sharp cut in capacity helped boost the ca

Latin American exporters have long believed they could gain longer shelf life for products by bypassing Miami and flying goods closer to markets in the Midwest.

U.S. reefer exports to Latin America total only about 10 percent of the volume of reefer exports to Asia. And only one reefer container goes southbound from the U.S.

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Cargo tonnage at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport reached its highest level of the year in July, but it was still 16.2 percent off from the same month a year ago, the airport said.

Japan Airlines said Friday it is in talks with rival Nippon Cargo Airlines to merge their freight businesses because of the dramatic drop in shipping demand.

A German court on Aug. 21 approved a $5.6 billion expansion plan for Frankfurt airport, Europe’s biggest air cargo hub.

UPS Airlines and seven passenger carriers will start using renewable diesel fuel for ground service operations at Los Angeles International Airport under a contract aimed at meeting new California cle

The U.S. Postal Service and FedEx Express renewed their cooperating agreement to provide date-certain international delivery service to more than 190 countries and territories.

Australian airline Qantas said cargo revenue fell 20.3 percent in its fiscal year ending June 30 to US$634 million, the lowest level since 2005.

Australian competition regulators filed a suit in the country’s federal court against Emirates, alleging price fixing in an arrangement with other air cargo carriers.

Lufthansa Cargo will launch a twice-weekly freighter service between Frankfurt and Seattle on Thursday, Aug.

Singapore Airlines saw its cargo load factor reach its highest point in nearly two years in July as sharp capacity cuts surpassed reduced demand.

A halting expansion in cargo at London Heathrow Airport accelerated in July as freight tonnage grew 5.7 percent on a month-to-month basis, giving the European gateway its busiest month this year for c

Towne Air Freight, part of the Charterhouse Group, on Monday announced the closing of its acquisition of Texas Land and Air.

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Freight traffic for European airlines fell 20.7 percent in June compared to last year, including an accelerating decline in European air trade with Asia, the Association of European Airlines said.