Air Cargo

CONTINENTAL CHIEF QUITS AFTER ONE YEAR AT POSTHOUSTON - Martin Shugrue, who took over as pre

Pilot Air Freight, a privately held forwarder with headquarters in the Philadelphia area, is adding

As the former husband of a Japanese movie star, Jack Cella has some idea of what it takes to become

Eastern Air Lines Inc. is headed for a confrontation with its largest union, and it could threaten t

The recent surge in prices of Canadian airline shares could induce Ottawa to privatize the 55 percen

Falling temperatures left much of the Pacific Northwest locked beneath a blanket of snow Thursday, c

FEDERAL EXPRESS, TIGER MERGER MOVES CLOSERMEMPHIS - The planned merger of Federal Express Co

Airborne Freight Corp. is studying the possibility of operating its own aircraft on trans-Atlantic a

EASTERN MACHINISTS REJECT LATEST OFFEREastern Air Lines on Tuesday rejected a government off

Airborne Freight Corp. reported net earnings for the quarter ended Dec. 30 of $1.7 million, or 25 ce

The planned mega-merger of Federal Express Corp. and Tiger International Inc. is going forward.<

Three safety task forces studying the dangers of aging aircraft intend to recommend hundreds of stru

A team of U.S. Transportation and State Department officials recently completed the first round of n

Four times weekly, a British Airways L-1011 loaded with Florida citrus fruit, seafood, meat and othe

Brazil and the United States failed to renew their longstanding bilateral civil air accord in 1982,

Tourists, business travelers and air cargo shippers between Brazil and the United States will have m

The European Community Commission will soon rule on whether eight European post offices have conspir

Brazilian flagship airline Viacao Aerea Riograndense, Varig, seems to have the pole position for the

THERE MAY BE A FEW STALWARTS around who fondly recall that brief period a generation ago when there

NEAR-MISSES IN THE AIR FELL SIGNIFICANTLY IN '88Near-midair collisions dropped 33 percent in

When the occasional 747 lands in Great Falls, it's usually a well-worn cargo plane about to fly cont

Reported cargo theft skyrocketed last year at John F. Kennedy International Airport, police official

MODIFICATIONS PROPOSED FOR AGING BOEING JETSSEATTLE - An aviation industry task force review

Quick and effective Customs clearance for cargo, while the aircraft is still in the air en route to

Northwest Airlines, which took delivery over the weekend of the first of the Boeing Co.'s 747-400s,

Peter Spaulding, manager of air cargo market development for the Port Authority of New York & New Je

United Parcel Service has extended its test of on-demand pick-up service to Philadelphia and so far,

DISCOUNT FARES HIKED; WILL OTHERS FOLLOW?NEW YORK - Increases in some discounted MaxSaver fa

The airline industry will continue to grow at a modest pace in 1989, but the year will show slow pro

Air Express International Corp., the nation's largest air freightforwarder, wants to play a larger r

McDonnell Douglas Corp., one of the world's three major manufacturersof commercial aircraft, is proj

Exporters are being offered a new service designed to help them achieve the same quick response from

McDonnell Douglas Corp. earned $145 million, or $3.79 per share, on revenue of $4.3 billion in the f

USAir Group reported fourth quarter net income of $22.8 million, or 53 cents a share, on revenue of

FEDERAL EXPRESS SEEKS TO OPERATE TIGER RUNSMEMPHIS, Tenn. - Federal Express Corp. said it ha

A month ago, Pan Am Corp. appeared to be on the road to recovery, and was not planning to sell asset

TIGER INTERNATIONAL POSTS EARNINGS RISELOS ANGELES - Tiger International Inc. reported net f

The Alitalia Airlines group has received final approval of its 1989-1992 budget from its parent comp

At airline cargo divisions both in the United States and around the world,plans for introduc

Airlines anxious to start flying the Boeing Co.'s latest 747 intercontinental jumbo jet will be gett