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Freight 50: Fastest growing & contracting carriers
Based on data from IATA and the U.S. Department of Transportation, here are the cargo carriers that experienced top 10...
Freight 50: The top 50 cargo carriers
Rank Airline Last Year's Rank Tonnage (000's) +/- Previous Year (000's) % Change From Previous Year 1 Federal Express 1...
Kenya Airways taps Cabot Aviation as remarketer
Aircraft remarketing broker, Cabot Aviation, part of the Air Partner group, has been appointed to serve as the exclusive agent...
Surveillance company MAG acquires drone manufacturer
Two American companies have combined forces to expand their capabilities in aerial surveillance. The Momentum Aviation Group (MAG) has acquired...
An answer for lithium battery fires?
AmSafe Bridport, a U.K.-based business that develops engineered textiles designed for safety in the aerospace industry, conducted a full-scale test...
Qatar Cargo inaugurates charter 747F service
Qatar Airways Cargo added a 747-400BCF heavy cargo aircraft to its fleet, completing its first chartered-service flight from Doha to...
CEVA to provide logistics for Universal Music Brazil
Music publishing and merchandising company Universal Music has awarded CEVA Logistics the contract to manage its logistics needs in Brazil....
Precision Castparts sold to Berkshire Hathaway
In one of the largest corporate acquisitions this year, Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway company has bought aerospace parts manufacturer Precision...
Cargo chat: A clear need for data transparency
Enno D. Osinga has a long and distinguished track record in aviation and logistics. The Dutch national joined KLM Royal...
Data screening harmonization still out of tune
Brandon Fried is the executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association. The airfreight industry was probably...
DHL GF reconsiders IT system amid first-half losses
The troubles for forwarding giant DHL Global Forwarding continued this week as is its parent company said it is reconsidering...
Midex ceases operations
After several years of troubled operations, Midex Airlines ended operations as of June. The Sharjah-based carrier in the United Arab...
Crosstown Traffic: Finding room at the most congested airports
During the U.S. West Coast port crisis early this year, shippers desperate to serve their clients had to turn...
Freight to Plate: Demand ripens in fresh-food cargo market
On an unseasonably hot 90°F day in Seattle, pallets sat prepared inside the comfortable, chilly air of Alaska Air Cargo’s...
