JFK airport, New York New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) handled more cargo than any other airport globally until 1990. A quarter of a century later, JFK’s ranking has fallen to 22nd globally, according to Air Cargo World’s, “Top 50 Cargo Airports” ranking. Yesterday, the city’s Committee on Economic Development held hearings
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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
Asia’s airfreight markets keep racking up the gains
Percentage-point increase in freight load factors (FLF) for the month, year-over-year, overturning predictions that Asia's airfreight. Asian airfreight growth shows no signs of slowing down Asia’s airfreight market continued to burnish its reputation as the global breadwinner last month, with preliminary traffic figures for October showing a 5.8 percent rise, year-over-year, once
Dubai-based cargo handlers complete blockchain technology test with IBM
Photo: (L-R) Sathish Jeyakumar – Principal Architect at the Emirates Innovation Lab, Srividhya Rangarajan - Process and Governance Manager at the Emirates Innovation Lab, Kevin Ennis - Vice President, Corporate & Business Development at dnata Cargo, Mohamed Hassan, Vice President of flydubai Cargo, Sam Chacko, Manager - Cargo Operations, flydubai Cargo,
Cargolux staff pockets €2,500 bonus in profit-sharing
Cargolux 747-400F noseloading When it was 2017, it was a very good year. Just in time for the holidays, all employees at the Luxembourg-based all-cargo carrier Cargolux received bonuses of €2,500, with another €2,500 to follow in May 2018, as part of the carrier’s profit-sharing program. Imagine your Ad placed here The pay-out to employees is
Lufthansa Cargo, Fraport Ground Services renew contract through 2025
Boeing 747-230F-SCD, Lufthansa Cargo Lufthansa Cargo AG and Fraport AG Ground Services have signed a contract to extend their ground-handling partnership at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) for eight more years. The agreement, extending from January 2018 to December 2025, covers aircraft ground handling – particularly the loading and unloading of Lufthansa Cargo’s
DHL to break ground on ‘8-figure’ freight facility near Hanover Airport
DHL Freight hub European road-freight service provider DHL Freight is making “an eight-figure investment” in a new 7,800-square-meter freight hub at the Hanover Airport Business Park in Langenhagen, Germany. DHL Freight expects its investment to translate into improvements in LTL (less-than-truckload) and FTL (full-truck-load) transport. Groundbreaking is scheduled for the beginning
FedEx to be launch customer for new ATR production freighter
The deal will make FedEx the launch customer of ATR’s first production freighter aircraft Aircraft manufacturer, ATR, has signed an agreement with FedEx for the purchase of thirty ATR 72-600 production freighters, with options to increase the order to fifty. ATR42 ATR72 Large Cargo Door Freighter Conversions. [Video] The deal will make FedEx the
British forwarders demand ‘action, not words’ as Heathrow congestion worsens
Air cargo loading London (Air Cargo world) - Congestion at the Heathrow Airport’s cargo center has gotten so bad that local police are now turning away vehicles, prompting complaints from U.K.-based forwarders that they are “enduring misery on a daily basis,” according to Robert Keen, the British International Freight Association’s (BIFA)
UPS building $90m parcel hub outside Denver
A conveyer belt in the new UPS package distribution facility, which opened Nov. 1 The facility, located in an industrial business park in Aurora, is expected to partially begin operations later this year, in time for the holiday shipping season, UPS said in a statement. Aurora, Colorado - UPS is opening a