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Hiring Surges as Logistics Firms Head Into the Holidays

Strong online sales spur warehouse expansion Logistics companies went on a hiring spree in November to handle the holiday surge in online shopping, adding thousands of jobs picking items off shelves in warehouses and delivering packages to customers’ homes. The warehousing and storage sector, which includes the fulfilment centres where workers pick,

Airbus faces hectic December to meet 2017 delivery goal

FILE PHOTO - The logo of Airbus Group is seen at the Airbus Helicopters Paris-Le Bourget plant dedicated to the production and the renovation of helicopters blades, in Dugny, near Paris, France, December 1, 2017. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier PARIS (Reuters) - Airbus lagged Boeing in jet production and sales in the first

EasyJet Takes On Lufthansa With German Domestic Routes

An EasyJet passenger aircraft makes its final approach for landing in Colomiers near Toulouse, Southwestern France, November 24, 2016. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau BERLIN (Reuters) - Britain’s easyJet will start competing with Lufthansa’s airlines on domestic German routes from Berlin next month, following its planned takeover of parts of insolvent Air Berlin, it said on

E-Commerce Boosts U.S. Shipping Networks

Resurgent demand in the long-stagnant industrial sector and a big seasonal boost in e-commerce are pushing more goods through shipping networks on the land, water and air, say operators who expect the strengthening U.S. economy to keep the growth going into 2018. From seaports in Southern California to truck docks at

After FedEx Amazon’s Prime Air is next in line for the new Cessna SkyCourier 408

Amazon Prime plane Amazon.com’s Prime Air carrier could be a potential customer for Cessna manufacturer Textron, Inc., the head of the company’s aviation business told CNBC yesterday. “We see the whole freight industry as something that is going to double in the next 15 years, so we are investing in that

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