Air Cargo

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

FAA Investigates Why JFK Airport Was Crippled by Snowstorm

Bloomberg | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

Heathrow Plans Sloping Third Runway to Cut Costs by $3.4 Billion

Bloomberg | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

Boeing Barges Into Aircraft-Seat Business in Threat to Suppliers

Bloomberg | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Boeing, Adient launch new company to design and build airplane seats

AJOT | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Air Astana Takes Delivery of First Airbus A321neo

AJOT | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

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MIA hosts first workshop to plan e-commerce strategy

AJOT | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

On January 11, Miami-Dade Aviation Department officials met with more than 30 local air cargo industry stakeholders for its first strategy workshop, with the goal of establishing Miami-Dade County as one of the world’s leading e-commerce hubs.

WOW air Brings Back $69 Flights To Iceland

AJOT | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qualitair & Sea Now in Germany

AJOT | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

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Airbus Condemns Brexit, Trump as Double Protectionist Threat

Bloomberg | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Airbus SE Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders slammed Brexit and U.S. President Donald Trump’s pro-America trade policies as presenting twin threats to its business, while singling out the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union as posing the bigger issue.

Canada, U.K. Renew Demands on Boeing to Drop Bombardier Dispute

Bloomberg | January 16, 2018 | Air Cargo | General | International Trade

Airfreight at Munich Airport totals 379,000 tons for 2017

AJOT | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

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Fraport Traffic Figures 2017: Frankfurt Airport moves 2.2 million metric tons

AJOT | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

European traffic served as the main growth driver, increasing by 7.4 percent, while intercontinental traffic rose by 4.9 percent. FRA's cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) advanced by 3.6 percent year-on-year to some 2.2 million metric tons.

WestJet welcomes three new senior leaders to the team

Airbus Outsells Boeing, Sets Sights on Deliveries Crown

Bloomberg | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

Airbus Floats Shutdown of A380 Superjumbo as Orders Stall

Bloomberg | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | General

U.A.E. Says Qatar `Intercepted’ Two Airliners as Feud Continues

Bloomberg | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

India to Split Flag Carrier Into Four Parts Ahead of Sale

Bloomberg | January 15, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Booming Iceland Has Airport Spending $1 Billion on Capacity

Bloomberg | January 14, 2018 | Air Cargo | Airports

China steps up policing of multinationals on sovereignty issues

Air Cargo

Bloomberg | Top Story | January 12, 2018

China steps up policing of multinationals on sovereignty issues

China is stepping up its policing of international companies such as Inditex SA-owned Zara and Delta Air Lines Inc. and demanding they respect the government’s position on long-standing territorial disputes from Taiwan to Tibet.