air cargo

American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) said Thursday it is pushing back scheduling passengers on its Boeing Co (NYSE: BA) 737 MAX jetliners until April 7, adding further expense and capacity constraints to its system. The news comes one day after Federal Aviation Administration head Stephen Dickson...

Hong Kong International Airport is the largest airport in the world for cargo and it wants to stay that way. Amid a serious slump in cargo volumes, the airport authority is now allowing airlines to rebate a portion of their terminal handling charges to freight forwarders and offering to cover 20%...

The U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) continues to add air and marine cargo services providers to its list of sanctioned individuals and entities that conduct business with Iran. On Dec. 11, OFAC placed three foreign air cargo general sales agents and a vessel...

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) broke out in seasonal goodwill on Dec. 11, predicting that a new year will bring fresh cheer for the cargo sector. Cargo traffic is expected to grow 2.2% in 2020 after a year of slowing economic growth, trade wars, geopolitical tensions,...

East Midlands Airport, the largest dedicated air cargo operation in the United Kingdom, has named Stephen Harvey vice president of cargo. He is expected to leverage his airline experience and relationships to help the airport attract new business. Harvey joins the airport authority from...

Good day, An aircraft billed as the world's first commercial e-plane and powered by a propulsion system that uses lithium-ion batteries successfully completed a nearly 10-mile test flight in Canada. British Columbia-based seaplane airline Harbour Air completed the test on the Fraser River in...

Financially struggling Hong Kong Airlines, the second-largest carrier in the Asian financial hub, has received a $568 million cash injection from a group of state-owned banks after being warned of a possible shutdown by the Hong Kong government.  In deciding not to revoke or suspend the carrier's...

UPS Inc. (NYSE: UPS) said Monday it will expand its international air express network for small parcels by adding 3,200 postal codes to 40 countries, including five countries that have recently been added. UPS said it will add nearly 8,000 postal codes to its Worldwide Express Freight network. It...

European air cargo operators for the first time are calling on the European Union to establish policies that help strengthen the industry against competition from foreign rivals. The trade association Airlines for Europe (A4E) says harmonized customs and security rules, as well as support for...

Air France-KLM's plans to acquire a one-third stake in rival Virgin Atlantic cratered just two weeks after the deal passed muster with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Nov. 21 — the final antitrust hurdle facing the proposed joint venture. The airlines claimed the decision not to...

The underlying operating model of airfreight is broken and needs fixing if customers are to receive the premium service they pay for. That was the stark message heard by air cargo stakeholders attending an executive summit hosted by TIACA (The International Air Cargo Association) in Budapest at the...

Officials at East Midlands Airport (EMA), which is second only to London Heathrow in terms of annual cargo volume among U.K. airports, announced that  preliminary talks are ongoing with counterparts at Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in southwest China and Sichuan Province officials aimed...

There is more confirmation this week that the airfreight business is continuing its yearlong loss in altitude. The news comes at a time when traffic normally picks up as retailers race to get goods to stores for the holiday season. World ACD, an air cargo research firm, and the International Air...

Swiss WorldCargo, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines, opened its Cancun, Mexico, export-handling station Dec. 2. This service expansion allows all flights between Zurich and Cancun to carry cargo on both inbound and outbound legs. Swiss WorldCargo connects Cancun and Zurich with...

Qatar Airways Cargo plans to expand service to South America in 2020. Scheduled services will join the cargo carrier's freighter network on Jan. 16, with service provided by a B777 freighter aircraft to Campinas, Brazil; Santiago, Chile; Lima, Peru; and Bogotá, Colombia.  The twice-weekly flights...