Air Cargo

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Airbus will start assembling narrow-body A320 aircraft at its first U.S.

UPS Freight will raise its less-than-truckload tariff pricing 5.9 percent on average July 16, joining other LTL carriers with general rate increases this summer.

FedEx plans to buy 19 Boeing 767-300 aircraft, as the parcel giant speeds up its fleet upgrades to offset volatile fuel costs.

International air cargo traffic dipped 2.2 percent in May from a year ago and contracted 0.4 percent from April in line with deteriorating global economic conditions, the International Air Transport A

Team Worldwide is struggling with visibility this summer.

You’d be hard pressed to find stronger evidence of the shift of freight transportation from air to sea than when FedEx, operator of the world’s largest air cargo fleet, points it out.

FedEx and UPS could begin domestic delivery in China if the government grants the parcel giants the go-ahead to enter the multibillion and burgeoning market.

Texas-based air cargo company Martinaire Aviation could receive a six-figure fine after being accused of noncompliance with hazardous cargo regulations.

Airbus is weighing plans to build its first U.S. assembly plant in Alabama as the European aircraft manufacturer ratchets up its challenge to Boeing in its domestic market.

There is growing evidence the air cargo industry is heading for a state of overcapacity that threatens to ground more all-cargo carriers and pull down rates further.

Hong Kong International Airport saw profits and revenue both reach record highs in the year ended March 31 despite bearish cargo throughput.

Leading forwarders say sea-air volumes remain stable despite the double dose of fuel surcharges levied on users.

Singapore Airlines Cargo and China Cargo Airlines have signed an agreement to operate joint freighter services between Singapore and Shanghai.

Judging by the recent rash of U.S. air cargo expansion projects, you’d think demand was skyrocketing. It’s not.

United Parcel Service launches its 5.16 billion euro ($6.6 billion) cash bid for Dutch rival TNT Express Friday in a major expansion of its presence in Europe's package delivery market.

Air France-KLM outlined plans to lay off more than 5,000 of its French work force by the end of 2013 in bid to cut costs by $2.5 billion a year and return business to profitability.

FedEx CEO Fred Smith said more shippers are transporting goods via ocean shipping at the expense air carriers, a modal shift reflected in the parcel giant’s recent earnings report.

Shareholders of Worldwide Flight Services and Aviapartner agreed to combine the two companies.

Singapore’s Changi Airport saw cargo volumes contract by 2.8 percent year-over-year last month.

Emirates is expanding it air freight capacity to Iraq after seeing demand soar.

FedEx plans to retire older planes and take delivery of fewer new aircraft as the parcel

London Heathrow airport handled 3.8 percent less cargo in May than a year ago and is bracing for further declines amid a deepening eurozone crisis.

Middle Eastern carrier Oman Air saw its cargo tonnage rise 33 percent in the first five months of 2012, on top of the 13 percent increase posted last year.

Forwarder Phoenix International could be the latest company to get swept into a recent whirl of merger and acquisition activity, according to a report.

Freight volumes handled at Hong Kong International Airport in May saw year-over-year growth for the first time since March 2011.

U.S.

Frankfurt airport’s freight traffic slumped 10.3 percent in May from a year ago as Europe’s second largest cargo hub continued to suffer from

The closing down of Streamlite, a parcel consolidator, on Thursday could provide more business to UPS and particularly FedEx, according to a Stifel Nicolaus analyst.

Cathay Pacific Airways saw a double-digit drop in cargo and mail tonnage shipments last month.

Malaysia Airlines and its cargo division MASkargo have agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar penalty for their role in fixing prices on routes from Indonesia to Australia in the early part of the last d

The investigative arm of Congress wants the Department of Homeland of Security to determine the costs and benefits of requiring all-cargo air carriers to report screening data for U.S.-bound freight,

The ailing global air cargo industry got a little help from the semiconductor s

China has warned it might impound European aircraft if the European Union penalizes its carriers for not complying with its carbon emissions program.

Japan’s All Nippon Airways Co. said that its international cargo volume grew for the third consecutive month in April on a year-on-year basis, rising 1.7 percent to 44,936 tons.

Germany’s Lufthansa Cargo carried 12.3 percent less freight in May than a year ago as Europe’s largest scheduled cargo carrier continues to cut capacity to stay profitable in

Manitoulin Global Forwarding, an international freight forwarder is expanding in western Canada, acquiring Can-Tran International of Leduc, Alberta.

The International Air Transport Association maintained its $3 billion global airline profit forecast for 2012 as oil prices fall, passenger traffic grows faster than expected and the cargo market bott

While UPS made a splash with its move to buy TNT Express earlier this year, FedEx appears to be forging a more cautious approach in countering the European and Brazilian expansion of its main rival.

Jade Cargo International is being liquidated after shareholders, including Lufthansa Cargo, failed to agree on a restructuring of