Airbus and Boeing Will Work Together on Environmental Issues
The goal of the initiative is to help those in aviation and government to determine the most direct path to a modern system to increase efficiency and...
AirBridgeCargo Increases Asia-to-Russia Service
The airline will use recently-delivered extended range Boeing 747 freighters. AirBridgeCargo (ABC) is the first carrier to connect Shanghai and Hong Kong...
The Delta-Northwest Merger Isnt Yet a Done Deal
Talked about for some time and nearly completed last month, the merger of the two airlines was finally announced despite the fact that all concerns of...
New RFID Technology; Plus Airbus Signs On
On the hardware side of RFID, PowerID Ltd. announced general availability of its battery-assisted passive RFID label product using the EPCglobal Class...
Cargoitalia in Partnership with Etihad
Based at Milan's Malpensa Airport, Cargoitalia operates a fleet of three 747-200F aircraft and one DC10-30F. It offers connections from Milan to New York,...
AA Cargo Increases Weight Limit
The Expeditefs freight product provides priority boarding, a 97% service reliability metric and a 100% flown-as-booked guarantee, says AA Cargo.The new...
Two More US Airlines Shut Down
In describing precipitating factors in ATA Airlines filing for Bankruptcy protection, Doug Yakola, the carriers COO noted, the cancellation of a critical...
Alitalia Sale Falls Through
AF-KLM had extended their announced deadline for reaching an agreement with AZ unions and had offered several concessions. Among the proposals that helped...
Estes First TSA-Compliant LTL Trucker
This makes Estes one of the first LTL carriers to meet the requirements, according to the company. All drivers and key personnel who have access to freight...
Aloha Airlines Shuts Down
The shutdown is the result of a crowded Hawaiian air market. Aloha competitors include Hawaiian Airlines and low fare go! that was inaugurated by Mesa...
Leap Year Helps Air Traffic Figures
Unadjusted traffic data for February 2008 showed year-on-year increases of 9.2% for passengers and 5.9% for cargo, says IATA. But, when the figures are...
Antritrust Spotlight on Transportation
It all started on Valentines Day 2006. But the Department of Justice (DOJ) was not delivering flowers, candy or greeting cards. Instead they served grand...
Some Turbulence, Some Smooth Air for Freight
If orders for all-cargo aircraft are indicators, the worlds airlines are expecting sustained growth in air freight for some time to come. For example,...
WFS Acquires Stake in BA Cargo
The UK and Ireland is a key market for WFS, said Olivier Bijaoui, executive chairman, president and CEO of WFS. The 60% stake WFS purchased from BARC...
Air France-KLM Moves Closer to Acquiring Alitalia
As might be expected, such an undertaking has been underway for some time, although it has picked up speed of late. In December last year two groupsdown...
Pilots Say No, the Delta-Northwest Merger Crashes
Industry analysts felt that combining the two major US carriers would have helped alleviate financial problems for both. If the merger were to take place...
Fourth Quarter Begins Slide At FedEx
Fuel prices were a major factor in lowered profits at transport and logistics giant FedEx. FedEx faces a challenging economic environment that includes...
Lufthansa Cargo Offers E-Freight, Expands China Service
Getting rid of paper documents for air cargo shipments has been a goal of the International Air Transport Association (IATA)...
DPWN Revenues Up
Revenue in the Express division of DPWN increased 3.1% in 2007 and, excluding negative currency effects, the division achieved organic growth of 6.4%....
Defending Transportation Deregulation
When legislators borrowed the language of the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 to preempt state regulation of the motor carrier industry, the industry...
IATA Calls for Improved Air Cargo Competitiveness
World trade grew 7.5% last year [2007] and our growth forecast for this year is 4%, said Bisignani. Speaking to the World Annual Cargo Symposium, he pointed...
Rail and Air Freight Acquisitions
The new BNSF Logistics acquisition will operate as BNSF Logistics International and provide air and ocean import and export service and Customs brokerage....
US-Australia Announce Air Agreement
The agreement, the 90th open skies agreement for the US, will allow an unlimited number of airlines from either country to serve the market with an unlimited...
The Worlds Airliner Fleet Will Double by 2026
While the prediction is for passenger traffic to grow at a rate of 4.9% per year, air freight is expected to grow even faster, at a 5.8% clip per year....
Airforwarders Respond to Cargo Security Funding Programs
The Airforwarders Association is pleased with the White Houses acknowledgment of the federal governments responsibility to fund the new mandates for air...
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