Air Cargo

In-depth air cargo news covers the movement of air cargo, including air cargo shipping, air cargo carriers, air freight forwarders, air freight, air shipments, cargo airports and cargo news. The Journal of Commerce’s air cargo news also tracks air cargo trends, air freight news, shifting of cargo between air and ocean, airports and airfreight delays and congestion.

The latest Air Cargo News & Analysis

CADILLAC AIR-BRIDGE A LUFTHANSA SUCCESS

ERICH E. TOLL | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Lufthansa is calling its innovative Cadillac air-bridge a success eight months after it started flyi
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BOEING TO PAY $275 MILLION FOR ARGOSYSTEMS

JOHN DAVIES | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The Boeing Co. of Seattle will pay $275 million in cash to take over Argosystems Inc., a Silicon Val
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AEI CHIEF SCORES AIRLINE COMPLAINTS

RICHARD MALKIN | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Guenter Rohrmann, who has had enough years in the air freight business on both sides of the Atlantic
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PRESIDENTIAL'S PERFORMANCE SLIPS

DAVE HIGDON | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Presidential Airways Inc.'s financial and passenger figures continued to decline after one full mont
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MCDONNELL UNIT WINS STAR WARS CONTRACT

(AP) | Jun 2, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

McDonnell Douglas Astronautics has been awarded a $480 million Air Force contract to develop and tes
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AVIATION BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Air Freight Shipments<br><br> Rose 11.6 percent in AprilThe 21 air cargo carriers reporting through
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TALKS TO AIR PROBLEM OF VISA-LESS PASSENGERS

JOC Team | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Plans to have international airlines help control the flow of Third World asylum seekers to Western
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AIRLINES LATEST TO JOIN CREDIT CARD BANDWAGON

(AP) | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Piedmont Airlines has sent about 1 million of its frequent flying customers blue envelopes made up t
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KLM CONCENTRATES ON AVIATION AIRLINE MUCH LESS DIVERSIFIED THAN EUROPEAN COMPETITION

EDWIN UNSWORTH | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, which has been in continuous existence longer than any other scheduled air
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SOVIET NINE LANDS TITLE IN TOURNEY

(AP) | Jun 1, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

A team fielded by the Moscow Aviation Institute won the Soviet Union's first nationwide baseball tou
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AVIATION BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

USAir Completes<br><br> Acquisition of PSAWASHINGTON - USAir Group Inc. said last Friday that its ac
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AIR FREIGHT RATE BATTLE IN PROGRESS AT SAN JUAN

HANS WILLIAM PERL | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Claude Bonazzo, district sales manager for Flying Tigers Air Cargo at Puerto Rico's largest airport,
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BCAL ADDS CARGO CAPACITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND JAPAN

EDWIN UNSWORTH | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

British Caledonian Airways is adding 140 metric tons a week of extra freight capacity between Britai
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ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD AIRPORT IS BUSIEST

(AP) | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Atlanta's Hartsfield International Airport surpassed Chicago's O'Hare International during the first
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BRITISH AIRPORT FIRM GETS OSAKA CONTRACT

(AP) | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

A British airport planning company has become the first foreign firm awarded a contract in the plann
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FAA PUSHES REQUIREMENT ON WIND SHEAR EQUIPMENT

(AP) | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

The Federal Aviation Administration wants to require that jetliners have equipment to help pilots re
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VOTE DISPUTE PROMPTS UAW LOCAL TAKEOVER

(AP) | May 31, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

A disputed Douglas Aircraft union election in California, that drew more ballots than were issued an
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AVIATION BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Allegis Would Retain<br><br> Existing BusinessAllegis Corp., which said its board approved in princi
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DELTA ASKS DOT TO SUSPEND AMERICAN COMPLAINT ACTION

Dallas Morning News (AP) | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Delta Air Lines Inc. has recommended that the Department of Transportation suspend action on Delta's
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JAL LOSS NARROWED DURING 1986

JOC Team | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Japan Air Lines reported a net loss of 6.3 billion yen (US$46 million) in fiscal 1986 after losing 6
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SENATE PANEL BACKS NTSB REQUEST

TIM NEALE | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Members of the Senate Aviation Subcommittee indicated they will move to imple ment some, if not all,
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AIR CARGO PLAYS NEW ROLE IN JUST-IN-TIME PRODUCTS

JOHN KELLEY | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

An international air carrier is now functioning as an integral part of a production line stretching
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FLYING TIGER LINE WON'T DROP UNPROFITABLE DOMESTIC ROUTES

BILL MONGELLUZZO | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Flying Tiger Line will not drop its domestic routes even though the all-cargo carrier continues to l
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TIPS ON DOING BUSINESS ABROAD

CHRISTOPHER LOFTING | May 28, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Anyone who travels on business knows that getting there is only half the problem. Dealing with the c
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AVIATION BRIEFS

From Wire and Staff Reports | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

CFM Engines Selected<br><br> By Northwest AirlinesEVENDALE, Ohio - CFM International said Northwest
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BAGGAGE HANDLERS SEIZED AT HEATHROW

(AP) | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

About 20 British Airways baggage handlers were arrested Wednesday and will be charged with conspirac
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UK DRAWS FIRE ON BID BY BWIA

CANUTE JAMES | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Eastern Caribbean countries are likely to suffer economically from a Brit ish government refusal of
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AIRLINE-AGENT RELATIONS CHANGING - BUT HOW?

RICHARD MALKIN | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

If there were an invasion of Earth from some distant warlike planet, all the diverse peoples would i
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SHIPPING LINE SUPPORT BOOSTS KAL'S RANKING

MARK W. LYON | May 27, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Support from a commercial shipping line has helped Korean Air Lines climb into position as the secon
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AVIATION BRIEFS

Wire and Staff Reports | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Dole Warns '88 Budget<br><br> Would Hurt Air ServiceTransportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole is warni
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INVESTOR GROUP PLANS TO TAKE OVER ALLEGIS

(AP) | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

An investor group led by Coniston Partners said it had acquired a 13 percent stake in Allegis Corp.,
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AUSTRALIA FIGHTING FOR AVIATION PACT

VINCENT W. STOVE | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

"Australia is in the position of being in a David and Goliath fight against one of the world's large
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AVIATION STRIKE WIDENS IN FRANCE

(AP) | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Half the flights by the French domestic airline Air Inter were expected to be grounded by a pilots'
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MASSPORT DENIES STUDY PRELUDE TO DIVERSION

MICHAEL S. LELYVELD | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

Massachusetts Port Authority officials deny that a noise level study at suburban Hanscom Field is a
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US TO INCREASE FINES FOR AIRLINES CARRYING DRUGS

CANUTE JAMES | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

There is to be an increase in fines imposed on airlines whose planes are used to take narcotics into
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OPEN US AIR MART SEEN DEPENDING ON RECIPROCITY

Journal of Commerce Staff | May 26, 1987, 8:00 PM EDT

A State Department official said the United States is philosophically committed to a deregulated env
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