Air Cargo

Cargolux is launching two new freighter services connecting the U.S. with Australia and the west coast of Africa.

Kenya Airways, tapping into growing trade between Africa and China to build its burgeoning cargo network, is launching 747-400 freighter service this month between Guangzho in China’s industrial

Japan’s All Nippon Airways’ international cargo volume fell for the first time in two years in August on a year-on-year basis, declining 2.5 percent to 38,125 tons.

Kuehne + Nagel’s earnings grew 1.1 percent in the first nine months of 2011 from a year earlier as the Swiss logistics company boosted ocean container and air cargo shipments in a softening mark

Cargo carried by Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair contracted for the sixth straight month in September as demand for

Operators at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport said they are ready to divert flights and close terminals if

The worst monsoon floods to hit Thailand in decades have crippled the country’s international trade as rushing waters prevent workers from reaching their offices, flood warehouses and stall fact

The capital of Bangladesh is not associated with huge air cargo volume, but, in April, Lufthansa Cargo entered the market with a weekly MD-11 freighter operating from Dhaka to Frankfurt via India.

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Frankfurt airport in September handled 5.3 percent less freight than a year ago and London Heathrow’s cargo traffic shrunk 3.7 percent, highlighting the accelerating slowdown in the global air c

Cargolux has loaded cargo onto its first 747-8 freighter and will take over a second aircraft Thursday, after settling a

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Lufthansa Cargo carried 5.1 percent less freight in September than a year ago, in contrast to a significantly smaller decline at Air France-KLM and a slight increase at IAG, the merged British Airways

Lufthansa Cargo’s freighter services are facing serious disruption and sizable financial losses after a court banned night flights at its Frankfurt airport hub.

Oak Hill Capital Partners injected $55 million into Southern Air Holdings so the air cargo carrier can expand its fleet of 777Fs and 747-400s.

Struggling Japan Airlines said that its international cargo volume dropped for the 15th successive month in August on a year-over-year basis, plummeting 54 percent to 18,815 tons.

Ferrovial cut its stake in BAA to below 50 percent, in a deal valuing the operator of London Heathrow, Europe’s third largest cargo airport, at about $7.4 billion.

Air France-KLM’s cargo traffic in September dipped 3.4 percent year-over-year as a steep decline on the Asia-Pacific network outweighed a small increase in Americas traffic.

Qatar Airways is launching scheduled freighter services to Atlanta, Houston and Toronto, the latest expansion in the Gulf Arab carrier’s bid to become one of the world’s biggest air cargo

Philippines Airlines’ cargo business resumed last weekend after one of the country’s largest cargo carriers completed the outsourcing of its operations.

The Dublin Airport Authority signed a deal with U.S.-based Lynxs Group to establish a major air freight hub at Ireland’s Shannon Airport.

Apollo Freight, a specialist in perishables logistics, has begun construction on a 16,000-square-foot refrigerated center adjacent to Los Angeles International Airport.

The Drewry Air Freight Price Index for international rates out of Asia fell 10.1 percent in August compared to last year, but the recent dive in pricing showed signs of leveling off as the measure rem

TNT Express issued a profit warning this week because of weak demand on Asia-Europe routes, the continued losses in the Americas and rising cost inflation in its key Chinese market.

Ethiopian Airlines became the first African customer for the 777 freighter, placing an order for f

A European Union scheme compelling all airlines to pay for carbon emissions on flights to and from the 27-nation bloc from next January is legal, the EU’s highest court said in a preliminary opi

International Airlines Group, the owner of the merged British Airways-Iberia carrier, boosted cargo traffic in September by 1.6 percent year-over-year as the Spanish airline’s growth compensated

The North American fleet of passenger aircraft will grow 41 percent over the next 20 years, according to Boeing, but the largest growth will come in narrowbody planes unsuited to heavier cargo transpo

Cargo traffic at Cathay Pacific Airways fell 9.7 percent year-over-year in August and the carrier said demand remained weak into September even as the peak fall shipping season approached.

Cargolux is expected to take delivery this month of its first 747-8 freighter after settling a contract dispute

The downturn in the global air cargo market accelerated sharply in August with traffic shrinking 3.8 p

The arrival late last month of a China Cargo Airlines freighter at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport was supposed to launch a service aimed at raising the city’s role in global trade.

Cargo traffic for Asia-Pacific airlines fell 5.8 percent in August as carriers pulled back freight capacity even as the industry’s peak shipping season neared.

Colombia’s Avianca will pay about $500 million for four A330-200 freighters, as the South American country’s flagship airline readies itself for the passage of a free trade pact with the U

Kintetsu World Express, Japan’s second-largest international forwarder, said on Wednesday it will pay a $10.5 million fine to settle a U.S. antitrust case.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner toured the UPS Worldport air hub at Louisville, Ky., Monday, as part of the Obama administration’s push for an infrastructure investment program to spur the e

Japan’s Sendai Airport restarted regular international flights on Sunday, more than six months after the devastating tsunami

Germany’s Deutsche Post DHL won a long-running legal battle to block Belgium from giving $406 million in aid to its national mail company, Bpost.

Strong performances by its package delivery and industrial trucking divisions gave FedEx lift lacking i

FedEx’s net profit rose 22 percent to $464 million in its June-August quarter, but the world’s largest air cargo carrier lowered its earnings expectations for the rest of the year, citing