Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, freighters, belly cargo, airports and more

UPS transformation and enhanced business strategy to boost future earnings

Boeing, Air Peace announce order for 10 737 MAX airplanes

AJOT Newsroom | September 13, 2018 | Air Cargo

Drone delivery - fiction becomes reality

B.White | September 13, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

This technology has changed everything from pizza deliveries to international trade. But just like with any military technology, over time this tech has found its civilian and commercial uses. And thus, drone delivery was born.

UPS’s $7 billion-a-year spending spree reaches a moment of truth

United Parcel Service Inc. is investing $7 billion this year to upgrade its delivery network for the rise of online shopping. Now it’s taking the stage to tell investors what they’re getting for that money.

Etihad Cargo increases focus on cold chain industry with ‘FreshForward’ product

AJOT Newsroom | September 12, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Technology

Fit for the future - LUG strengthens network structure

AJOT Newsroom | September 12, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

LUG aircargo handling GmbH has adapted its management organisation to a sustainable, future oriented network structure. Patrik Tschirch, MD and CEO of LUG aircargo handling GmbH, leads the expanded LUG network since September 1.

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AJOT Newsroom | September 12, 2018

Business community to Trump administration: Act on legislation now to save USPS

The Coalition for a 21st Century Postal Service (C21) – an organization of public and private companies, trade associations and other industry groups which rely on the U.S. Postal Service to do business – today called on the Trump administration to support the enactment of legislation reforming the USPS’ financial obligations and to avoid wholesale privatization and pricing measures as the President’s Task Force on the Postal System’s continues to work on its report, allegedly delayed until after the midterm elections.

Ryanair scraps flights onlatest strike while restating outlook

Bloomberg | September 12, 2018 | Air Cargo

Rolls-Royce falls as A350 engine shutdown spurs design fears

Bloomberg | September 12, 2018 | Air Cargo

Flynas plans soon to hire Saudi Arabian female co-pilots

Bloomberg | September 12, 2018 | Air Cargo

Boeing boosts 737 shipments from six-year low as parts jam eases

Bloomberg | September 11, 2018 | Air Cargo

Ryanair says German jobs at risk as strike to ground 150 flights

Bloomberg | September 11, 2018 | Air Cargo

Boeing’s bullish China outlook faces Trump’s trade war headwind

Bloomberg | September 11, 2018 | Air Cargo | International Trade

Boeing Co. painted an optimistic forecast for China, an aviation market soon poised to become the world’s biggest. The planemaker also needs to overcome a tit-for-tat trade war that President Donald Trump is ratcheting up.

Aeroflot Signed Agreement for the Delivery of 100 of Russian SSJ100

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Antonov AND Chapman Freeborn aid oil industry’s critical response to oil spills

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | Charters

ANTONOV Airlines works with Chapman Freeborn Airchartering and Oil Spill Response Limited to test the airborne transport of a capping stack for the first time

Qatar Airways Cargo charters life saving medications to Brasilia

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | Charters

The carrier’s innovative QR Pharma solutions offers a seamless cool chain for the air transportation of pharmaceuticals and healthcare products

Retired CEO Preston Murray announced as AirCargo 2019 Keynote Speaker.

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Murray led National Air Cargo and founded and led National Airlines, a freight forwarder and airline specialized in moving people and cargo for the Department of Defense.

Baines Simmons publishes “Brexit and Aviation” paper

AJOT Newsroom | September 10, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Baines Simmons, part of the Training & Consultancy division of global aviation services group Air Partner, has published a paper entitled “Brexit and Aviation” as an interpretation of the UK Government’s white paper “The Future relationship between the UK and the EU”, published in July 2018.