Air Cargo accounts for a relatively small percentage of world trade when calculated by overall volume (approximately 10%). However, when the type or value of products being transported is taken into account (technology, business services, pharmaceuticals), its importance significantly increases. If something needs to be where it’s going quickly, especially when the destination is international, air cargo plays an essential role in that supply chain. High-speed delivery has become essential to our economy, as more companies opt to receive goods and bring them directly to market, thus avoiding costs associated with inventory, warehousing and logistics. Air cargo reduces the 30-day shipping time of ocean transport to less than 48 hours. When fruits, vegetables and flowers need to be sent from remote agricultural reasons to major cities around the world, companies rely on air cargo to deliver these products on time. That capability has also been a boon to economic development in the places where these perishable goods are produced.

Trilatec’s squAIR-timber Lightweight Elements Transforming Air Cargo Industry

Leading players in the air freight sector, including DHL, Kühne + Nagel, Lufthansa Cargo, Cargolux, and Emirates SkyCargo, are turning… Read More

Volga-Dnepr Delivers 85-Ton Runner For Magadan’s New Hydroelectric Power Station

Haylle Sok 7:15 AM  6/30/2016

A turbine runner and tooling weighing 115 tons and destined for the Ust-Srednekanskaya hydroelectric power station has arrived safely at… Read More

U.S. Logistics Costs Decelerated in 2015

Haylle Sok 11:28 AM  6/29/2016

U.S. business logistics costs rose to $1.48 trillion in 2015, a 2.6 percent increase from previous year. This which represents… Read More

AirMap and Lufthansa Systems Partner to Deliver Airspace Intelligence to Drone Operators

Peter Buxbaum 10:50 AM  6/29/2016

AirMap, a provider of airspace information and services for unmanned aircraft, and Lufthansa Systems, the international airline IT provider, are… Read More

AirBridgeCargo Reports 31-Percent Tonnage Surge For First Five Months of 2016

Haylle Sok 10:41 AM  6/29/2016

AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) is reporting a 31-percent year-on-year increase in tonnage for both the month of May 2016 and for… Read More

FAA Finalizes Drone Rules

Haylle Sok 8:41 AM  6/27/2016

The Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems, also… Read More

Qatar Airways Cargo Reveals Strategy To Become Major Player in Three New Regions

Peter Buxbaum 3:23 AM  6/23/2016

The world’s third largest international cargo carrier plans to become a major player in three new markets: the transpacific, Australia… Read More

European Council Adopts Mandates on Comprehensive EU Air Transportation Agreements

Peter Buxbaum 3:06 AM  6/22/2016

The European Council last week adopted mandates that allow the European Commission to start negotiations on comprehensive EU-level air transport… Read More

World’s Largest Cargo Plane Gets Helping Hand From Freightworks

Peter Buxbaum 4:00 AM  6/21/2016

The world’s largest cargo plane, the Antonov An-225 Mriya (AN-225), took its first voyage from Ukraine to Abu Dhabi carrying… Read More

Making DHL Express Services More Accessible

Haylle Sok 7:34 AM  6/17/2016

ShipperHQ, a shipping rate management solution, has partnered with International Logistics Solutions (ILS) to make international shipping simpler and more… Read More

Atlas Pilots Protest at NASDAQ While Company Holds Investor Day

Peter Buxbaum 6:05 AM  6/16/2016

While Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) hosted an investor day in New York yesterday, the pilots working for its subsidiary… Read More

Partners Developing Lunar Delivery Service

Peter Buxbaum 3:10 AM  6/15/2016

DHL and Airbus Defence and Space are supporting Astrobotic to develop its lunar payload delivery service. Astrobotic, is building a… Read More