Flying freight in Alaska is different
In rugged, rural, remote Alaska, nine cargo airlines fight it out for freight in a state bigger than California, Texas and Montana combined, with a coastline longer than Maine to Miami. But rivals can also be partners when it comes to delivering time-critical freight to the Alaskan wilderness.
Port of New Orleans moving ahead building new markets and infrastructure
Twenty years after Katrina the Port of New Orleans through resilience and diversity is thriving and even with today’s challenges is looking to new markets for future growth.
Condor cargo efforts take flight
Condor’s rapid fleet modernization, plus experienced cargo team, fuels freight growth.
BNSF Railway Salt Lake City intermodal open for business
BNSF, Patriot Line and Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) open Phase 1 of a new intermodal complex in Salt Lake City.
Houston’s Bush and Hobby airports setting records – and the best is yet to come
Houston’s Bush and Hobby airports poised to set air cargo tonnage records in 2024 with greater growth projected next year.
Pacific Air Cargo expands to Sydney, Guam and is eyeing Mexico
Heading into its 25th anniversary next year, tiny Pacific Air Cargo, (PAC), which has been operating for most of its existence with a single leased freighter aircraft, has added giant Atlas Air to its Kalita Air ACMI partner network and is providing shippers with added capacity through eight 747-400F ACMI weekly flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu and on to Guam.
Personal touch triumphs over technology, seasoned air freight executive contends
Technology, computerized tracking, and tracing, the continuing demise of high-season, slack season shipping largely driven by the steady surge of e-commerce have dramatically altered the worlds of air cargo and freight forwarding and depersonalized global logistics, contends Angel Rodriguez, a 30-year-veteran of the supply chain’s most time-sensitive transportation sector.
Miami International seeking to boost tonnage
Miami International seeking to boost tonnage as top US global cargo airport
Avianca Cargo is throttling forward
Avianca Cargo is throttling forward with strong partner and more capacity.
Hawaii’s Kamaka Air says no plans to fly to US mainland
Kamaka Air, the 25-year old interisland air cargo airline that recently hired two former Southwest Airlines senior executives to expand the carrier’s footprint, will not jump into the Hawaii to US West Coast market to fill in the void left when Aloha Air Cargo bailed out of the Honolulu to Los Angeles route earlier this year.
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