American Shipper Magazine / Transport Air

Air cargo investment magnets

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:26:15 GMT

IAG Cargo seeks transatlantic liftoff

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 06:13:28 GMT

Transpacific turbulence

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:19:03 GMT

Cause for contracts

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:15:49 GMT

Last year, a high-volume shipper with strong exports out of the United States saw an opportunity to bring stability to his air cargo business. Instead of using the volatile spot market to secure air freight rates, he signed a two-year contract with a freight forwarder for the 70 percent of his total business that transits through the United States.
With the new business model secured, the company now only looks at the spot market for emergency or heavyweight shipments. The shipper, who did not have permission from his company to discuss the matter on the record, is now looking to contract out the remaining 30 percent of his business.

Time to fly

Wed, 27 Feb 2013 05:00:37 GMT

After more than 35 years in the air cargo industry, Ram Menen, the head of cargo at Emirates Airline, is calling it quits. In taking early retirement, he’s leaving an industry he helped shape and grow, marked most notably by his career leading Emirates SkyCargo from its infancy in 1985 to one of the top carriers in the world.

Sea-air thread

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:21:15 GMT

Instant shipping moves in

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:13:38 GMT

In the third quarter of 2012, adjusted U.S. retail e-commerce activity hit $57 billion, a 3.7 percent increase from the second quarter, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Two airlines, two freighter strategies

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:52:21 GMT

Freighter fall-off

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:38:19 GMT

Airlines ground some cargo planes to ride out capacity and rate turbulence. At the beginning of December, officials at Singapore Airlines Cargo said goodbye to one of their 13 Boeing 747-400 freighters, taking it out of the sky with the hope to keep it grounded for at least a year, possibly two years.

DHL’s payback, FedEx’s opportunity?

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 05:13:35 GMT

ECS’ Italian landing

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:45:05 GMT

WFS handles BA cargo

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:43:41 GMT

Singapore Air’s struggle

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:38:56 GMT

Wanted: Boeing 767 converted freighters

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 06:36:57 GMT

LaHood praises air cargo

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:09:05 GMT

Cargo doldrums

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 18:08:03 GMT

Airlines say cargo business is weak and the latest figures from the International Air Transport Association validate their bearish state of mind.

Airlines face pilot shortage

Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:48:29 GMT

Banking on health care

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 14:47:40 GMT

AirNet Cargo Charter Services has gone through a dramatic transformation over the past several years.

NTSB calls for anti-ground collision devices

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:05:22 GMT

IATA chief calls for ‘India Inc.’ approach to aviation

Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:17:52 GMT

India’s aviation industry has the potential to be a major force for economic growth in the country, but is currently shackled by government regulatory and economic policies, Tony Tyler, director general of the International Air Transport Association, said in a July 25 speech to industry officials in New Delhi.