Air Cargo Forwarder News

E-commerce and pharmaceuticals are driving up air cargo volume and leading the industry into a period of sustainable growth.

Aligning capacity with fluctuating demand and sticker-shock pricing is always a tough dance in the air cargo spot market, and it is getting more difficult.

Driven by rising e-commerce sales, last year saw a 9.5 percent surge in global air freight tonnage for the 12 months ended Nov. 2017 — the industry’s strongest performance since the global financial crisis of 2010; and the uptrend is expected to continue in 2018.

The new facility near the El Paso International Airport will serve shippers in what is called “the Borderplex” — a manufacturing region stretching out from the cities of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.

The recovering air cargo market is generating unprecedented growth at selected airports in Asia and Europe.

Strong and sustained air cargo volume pouring through Europe is having positive and negative effects on the airport gateways.

Global air logistics leaders say their focus for 2018 continues to be on technology and processes.

Peak season demand is using up all available capacity and pushing up rates to unheard of levels.

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.