Air Cargo Forwarder News

Shippers are scrambling for space on aircraft and paying more for their cargo as robust volume in Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades quickly mop up available capacity.

The sales figures surrounding China's Single's Day are predictably large, but the online shopping promotion continues robust 2017 e-commerce demand that is driving up air cargo volume.

Netherlands airport hub Schiphol is considering a government proposal aimed at solving its landing rights crisis impacting all-cargo flights.

Peak season still on the way.

Heathrow continues to outpace growth at Frankfurt airport.

All regions posted growth.

Schiphol’s second-quarter results are the latest in a string of strong performances by European airports and cargo airlines.

Nittsu Research Institute and Consulting Inc. has revised upward its fiscal year outlook for growth in Japan’s air cargo trade.

Europe’s fourth-largest air cargo hub handled 142,349 tonnes.

All regions except Latin America posted double-digit growth.

The strong growth in air cargo volumes out of Asia has continued through April, driven by international demand.

Japan’s international air cargo trade will rise for the second successive year.

March was a good month for the Asian air cargo industry, with the recovering markets accelerating further on rising regional import-export activity.

Forward Air has expanded its US Midwest-focused drayage footprint to the Southeast.

BCOs are looking to air freight as an alternative to shipping cargo from North Europe to Asia as ocean space remains tight.

The fines could total $850 million.

The increase will be the second consecutive year of growth.

Europe’s cargo airports are outperforming its ocean container ports.

As e-commerce volumes rise, UPS is adding more capacity.

The decision ends decades of indecision that has been condemned by UK business leaders, shippers, and freight forwarders.

Shorter fulfillment cycles are pushing UPS to expand its fastest package and freight services to new countries.

Subsidies from Beijing gives air cargo hubs in China a cost structure that is hard for regional competitors such as Hong Kong to match.

Cargo records at Pactl continue to fall, with the best seven-month total ever posted.

Dicom looks to integrate cross-border trucking, parcel business with last-mile service as e-commerce grows.

TransForce's package division increased sales 6 percent, but its trucking business struggled in the second quarter.

Established logistics companies and brokers could partner with digital start-ups to speed the "evolution" of technology demanded by shippers, the CEO of Echo Global Logistics says.

U.K. freight forwarders are worried that the decision to leave the European Union could threaten a much-needed expansion of Heathrow Airport.

A leading Chinese construction and trading company has acquired a controlling stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport.

Ireland-based ASL Aviation has sealed the acquisition of TNT Express’s two cargo airlines.

A strike vote by union pilots at Atlas, ATSG and Kalitta Air is meant to pressure the airlines and DHL, but doesn't mean a strike is imminent.

Shanghai’s largest air cargo terminal has continued its solid volume growth of 2015 into the first quarter, handling record year-over-year throughput from January to March.

Diversification, an acquisition and a change in its dimensional weight factor in its expedited less-than-truckload business helped drive first-quarter revenue and profit higher at Forward Air.

There is mounting speculation that Amazon is interested in acquiring a stake in Frankfurt-Hahn Airport to establish a major European distribution hub.

Brussels airport is in lockdown for a second day following the deadly bomb attacks on Tuesday and will remain closed to all passenger flights tomorrow.

The movement of people and goods in and around Brussels ground to a halt Tuesday after a series of terror attacks rocked the Belgian capital. Brussels Airport has been shut down, all flights in and out cancelled, and public transportation throughout the city has been put on lockdown, sparking wide reports of gridlock.

As e-commerce demands push delivery limits, UPS is expanding its US and global early delivery guarantees for package shippers and customers.

The year-over-year distortions of the U.S. West Coast port dispute early in 2015 that pushed shippers to the skies were keenly felt in February cargo volumes at Hong Kong International Airport that recorded a drop of 15 percent compared to the same month last year.

The ground package arm of FedEx will lease a CenterPoint-owned distribution and sorting facility in Auburn, Washington, six miles from Amazon's Kent fulfillment center and close to the ports of Seattle and Tacoma.

E-commerce opportunities on both sides of the Canada-U.S. border are helping TransForce compensate for loss of energy, less-than-truckload volumes.

A Feb. 1 change in dimensional weight pricing will benefit Forward Air Corp., the CEO of the ground-air expedited transportation company told Wall Street analysts this week.