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

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

Flirtey to Conduct First U.S. Ship-to-Shore Drone Delivery

Peter Buxbaum 7:03 AM  6/9/2016

Independent drone delivery service Flirtey and Dr. Timothy Amukele, assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,… Read More

DHL Launches New Logistics Site at Hanover Airport

Haylle Sok 3:39 AM  6/9/2016

DHL Express Germany has officially opened its new site at Hanover Airport. With an overall floor space of about 30,000… Read More

Qatar Airways Cargo Adds Belly-Hold Cargo Capacity To Atlanta

Peter Buxbaum 9:09 AM  6/8/2016

Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s third largest international cargo carrier, has increased its capacity to Atlanta, Georgia, with the launch… Read More

Virgin Atlantic and Delta Move Cargo Handling Under One Roof in UK

Haylle Sok 8:45 AM  6/8/2016

Virgin Atlantic Cargo and Delta Cargo have signed long-term contracts with dnata to collocate their cargo handling at eleven airports… Read More

DHL Expands Airfreight Plus Network to Russia and CIS

Haylle Sok 3:38 AM  6/8/2016

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has revamped its DHL Airfreight Plus… Read More

New Russian Cargo Airline to Take Off This Summer

Haylle Sok 2:45 PM  6/7/2016

Direct-Avia, a Russian newcomer to the air cargo business, will commence flights this summer. The airline will be flying two… Read More

Air Freight Markets Grow in April

Haylle Sok 3:45 AM  6/7/2016

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released demand growth results for global air freight markets for April 2016 showing a… Read More

Air Cargo Industry Rises to New Electronic Heights

Jim Alemany 9:02 AM  6/6/2016

Developed by the International Air Transportation Association (IATA) in collaboration with industry stakeholders and endorsed as a priority by the… Read More

Miami and Brussels Airports Launch Global Pharma Air Hub Alliance

Peter Buxbaum 8:23 AM  6/2/2016

Miami-Dade Aviation Director Emilio T. González announced yesterday that Miami International Airport has partnered with Brussels Airport to create an… Read More

New Cargo Airline to Launch in Guangzhou, China

Haylle Sok 5:18 AM  6/2/2016

The city of Guangzhou, in southern China’s Guangdong Province, will soon have a local cargo airline operator. The country’s aviation… Read More