BA Workers Return; Heathrow Operations Normal
British Airways (BA) officials could not gauge the full impact on cargo movement through Londons Heathrow Airport of a walk out staged by an estimated...
Ground Services Walk Out Halts BA Cargo
British Airways (BA) officials could not gauge the full impact on cargo movement through Londons Heathrow Airport of a walk out staged by an estimated...
10 tips for reducing supply chain logistics costs
As companies continue to manufacture and source materials from overseas, controlling costs remains a top priority for those involved in international...
Profits Elusive For U.S. Airlines
As financial results for the period ended June 30th started to roll in, U.S. airlines faced fuel cost increases of 40% to 50% over the prior years second...
Continental Alliance Delivers East-Coast Freight
Cargo Connection Logistics will handle daily cargo deliveries from Continental Airlines Newark hub. The over-the-road service will reach 10 points in...
Forwarders need to bridge the gap between shipper expectations and service delivery
Freight forwarders rate as the most important criterion when it comes to creating competitive advantage, according to a survey of forwarders conducted...
Something in the air
American shippers are not alone in looking to other parts of the world for sourcing, nor is the U.S. the only country increasing its commitment to the...
NYK and Air Canada in Separate Cargo Deals
Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) will acquire the 27.6% stake in Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) held by All Nippon Airways (ANA), giving it a majority 55% interest...
FedEx and UPS Are Expanding in Asia
Slated to open in December 2008, the new cargohandling center at Guangzhous Baiyun International Airport will have 882,000 square feet of floor space...
U.S. Leads Export Volume Through Hong Kong
With a throughput of 198,202 tonnes, June air freight was up 8.6% at Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd. (HACTL). For the second quarter, HACTL registered...
Five minutes with Emirates Air's Peter Sedgley
Since its establishment in the mid-1980s, Emirates Air (based in the United Arab Emirates country of Dubai) and its SkyCargo freight division have grown...
Global Air Cargo Shows Slowing
May cargo growth slipped into negative territory in Asia, North America, Latin America and Europe, following sluggish performance since the beginning...
Air Cargo Performance Improves
Cargo 2000 announced the first stage of performance data for its airline and freight forwarder members, noting network flown-as-planned performance, a...
International air freight down in May, but still up for year-to-date
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that for the month of May 2005, freight traffic was 1.6% below the 2004 level, while...
CARGO 2000 pushes forward in its quest to improve quality of air cargo industry
Cargo 2000, a group of 25 major airlines and freight forwarders seeking to implement a new quality management system for the worldwide air cargo industry,...
America West Pilots Not Convinced on US Airways Merger
Assurances of America West President Doug Parker apparently are insufficient to quiet concerns of its unionized workforc...
America West to merge with US Airways
The seventh and eighth largest airlines in the U.S. America West and US Airways, respectively have announced plans to merge their operations, which when...
Death is good business for air cargo
A recent article in the Wall Street Journal (May 17, 2005) explains that airlines are finding the transportation of dead bodies in cargo is an increasingly...
Legal Briefs: How good are you at herding cats?
You should have been in Nashville the last week of April, the site of the annual SDDC conference. The SDDC, which stands for Surface Distribution and...
U.S. trucking to increase its carrying load annual tonnage to 13 billion tons, a figure that will represent 69.1% of all tonnage that year.
Although they won't be the dominant force, the two fastest-growing modes over the next 10 years will be rail/ intermodal and air transport, according...
European Union Reopens Suit Over Boeing Subsidies
Boeing officially launched its 777 freighter following an order from Air France, which already operates 777 extended range passenger aircraft...
How Technological Innovations Are Changing the Face of Freight Forwarders
The Internet, XML, and other technologies are driving advancements in EDI, tracking, and information integration that are helping freight forwarders give customers more competitive services...
UPS is Expanding Its Air Network
As UPS explains, the six new facilities are intended to form the backbone of an expansive air network for movement of heavy freight for customers of UPS Supply Chain Solutions...
Forwarders Jockey For Top Position
Swiss-based Panalpina reported strong growth in traffic volumes, in large part due to production relocation to Asia. This contributed to substantial growth in its core business functions: air forwarding, ocean forwarding and logistics....
Contract Issues Focus of UPS Pilots, United Mechanics
The Independent Pilots Association (IPA), which represents UPS pilots, completed its strike authorization vote claiming it was supported by 99% of the 2,371 members who participated...
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