Kitty Hawk launches Kitty Hawk Ground subsidiary
Kitty Hawk Inc., a provider of guaranteed, scheduled overnight air services, has formed a wholly-owned subsidiary, Kitty Hawk Ground Inc., to manage its...
Venezuela Ranking Ends Threat of Air Ban
Because, in 1995, the country had been ranked by the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) in Category 2 for security, safety and technical reasons, Venezuelan...
Atlas Air Stable And Profitable
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, parent of Atlas Air and Polar Air Cargo, posted a profit in its first year after emerging from bankruptcy. Company officials...
Delta Pilots Reach Tentative Agreement
In U.S. Bankruptcy Court since last September, Delta Air Linessaid it needed additional salary concessions from the pilots, represented by the Delta Union...
DHL, FedEx, UPS Expansion of Service To and In China
As The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) began its first-ever China-based Summit in Beijing on April 17, Yang Yuanyuan, director general of...
Latin Freight Volumes Up 7% in February
Members of AITAL saw freight volumes rise to 290,203,000 freight tonne kilometers (FTK) in the month of February. This was nearly four times the rate...
Virgin Atlantic Airways uses RFID to track assets
U.K.-based Virgin Atlantic Airways has begun a pilot project to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track critical, high value aviation...
The Future of Forwarding
Airline Safety Bans Controversial
Venezuela officials agreed to postpone until April 25th a plan to limit U.S. airline operations in that country. Officials had threatened to ban all flights...
American Airlines Launches Cargo Service to China
Currently American has direct cargo flights from the U.S. to Tokyo and Osaka in Japan and to Delhi, India. For its services, the airline offers registered...
DHL to Reduce ABX Air Services
To now, ABX Air has provided cost-plus services at DHLs large Wilmington, OH, hub and 18 other regional sorting hubs throughout the country. The services...
Probe looks into air cargo price fixing
At the center of the probe is the method airlines use to impose surcharges for fuel and security. U.S. Justice Department officials are reportedly involved...
Don't oversimplify site selection
Change a source. Open a new market. Close a manufacturing plant. Before you know it your distribution network is out of synch. Reevaluating distribution...
The face of aviation is changing
Civil Aerospace in the 21st Century: Business as usual. . .or a fresh start? details four major issues affecting the civil aircraft industry. The newly...
Air cargo price fixing probe mounted
U.S. Justice Department officials reportedly said they were involved in an industry wide inquiry into possibly anticompetitive practices in the air cargo...
Handhelds: In Search of an Enterprise Class Device
American Raises Fuel and Security Charges
American Airlines Cargo will increase its fuel surcharge to 50 cents per kilogram for most U.S.-origin international shipments. Domestic fuel surcharges...
Military Flights Unaffected By World Airways Strike
At the conclusion of the 30-day cooling off period mandated by the National Mediation Board, World Airways pilots represented by the International Brotherhood...
U.S. freight network is even more efficient than we thought
An updated analysis of the nations transportation system indicates that much more freight moves through the U.S. than was previously reported. Whats more,...
Dubai is Building the Worlds Largest Airport
The Middle East is rapidly growing as a commercial center and Dubai, in particular, is positioning itself as an air crossroads between Asia, Europe and...
International Air Cargo to Grow and Grow and Grow
The three different sources forecasting freight traffic growth are the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the analyst firm, Transport Intelligence...
Hong Kong demonstrates a capacity for change
Logistics is just one of the strengths that keeps Hong Kong at the center of many companies' strategies for China. That's good news for the former British...
Two steps forward, one step back
Although some shippers may find it hard to believe (see chart below), the railroads took some major financial hits in 2005 that will continue to plague...
Inland ports ease the pressure on coastal ports
As ports of entry along the U.S. East and West Coasts become more clogged with cargo, a significant trend has been to get containers quickly through Customs...
Maybe Freight Should Complain
Nearly 25% of the freight carried by the top 20 U.S. airlines moves in the bellies of passenger aircraft. Only 6% of that cargo flies on airlines reporting...
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