Tag: USA

cargo-partner USA continues to grow its customs team

With expertise in logistics and worldwide transport, cargo-partner is delighted to offer its export and import customs clearance services for shipments departing or arriving into the USA by road, air and sea. The company has now expanded its specialized customs team.  With four str...

IAG Cargo launches new routes to Dallas and Washington DC

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), touched down in Dallas and Washington DC on 1st June 2022 from Madrid Barajas airport, marking the inaugural routes with the welcoming of a water cannon salute to commemorate the significance of both new routes. The new routes wi...

time:matters expands sameday service between Europe and USA via Paris

More connections for guaranteed freight capacities: Logistics expert time:matters has significantly expanded its Sameday Air service between Europe and the U.S. via Paris. Customers now have access to more than 30 additional direct flights per week between Paris (Charles de Gaulle Airport) and ...

FedEx teams up with Wing Aviation and Walgreens for drone service

FedEx Express is collaborating with Wing Aviation and retailer Walgreens to launch a first-of-its-kind drone delivery service in Christiansburg, Virginia next month. The pilot program will demonstrate the many benefits of drone delivery to communities by exploring methods to enhance last-mile de...

Amazon to open Fort Worth Alliance Airport regional air hub in October

Amazon will open its regional air hub at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in October when operations at the Texan gateway begin. The hub is the first build-to-suit airport project of its kind in the Amazon Air network and was designed to support Amazon Air’s larger scale regional needs, including s...

Freighter aircraft crashes near Toledo Express Airport, USA

A freighter aircraft has crashed near Ohio state’s Toledo Express Airport hitting several unoccupied vehicles before bursting into flames, according to reports. The aircraft type is believed to be a Convair 440, but no details of where the freighter was heading have been revealed. It is though...

Delta Cargo appoints VP cargo operations and logistics

Delta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole into the newly-created position of vice president of cargo operations and logistics. He will report to Shawn Cole vice president of Delta Cargo, and lead the global operations and Delta Logistics Control Center teams.   “Rob has a strong operational b...

Greenville-Spartanburg opens new $33m cargo facility

Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport (GSP) has opened a new $33 million air cargo facility which significantly increases the airport’s ability to handle domestic and international freight. In recent years air cargo volume and demand for freight services in the southeastern United State...

Saudia Cargo awards multi-station cargo handling contract to WFS

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been awarded a multi-station cargo handling contract by Saudia Cargo covering major airport gateways in Europe and the US. The contract will see WFS handle in excess of 160,000 tonnes of cargo per annum for the airline and provide ramp handling for air cargo s...

Rich Corrado elected president of ATSG

Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) board of directors has elected current chief operating officer Richard Corrado, as president of the aircraft leasing and air transport services company. His appointment is effective from 16 September 2019 and he will be responsible for setting goals and oversi...

Avianca Cargo launches new Bogota-Dallas/Fort Worth freighter route

Avianca Cargo will start a new twice a week freighter route from 2 October that will operate on a Bogota – Dallas Fort Worth – Bogota routing. The new route will be serviced by an Airbus A330-200F aircraft, and payloads are set to be made up of mainly perishables such as salmon and red fruit...

Saudia Cargo adds new freighter flights to JFK and to Nairobi

Saudi Airlines Cargo Company has added a second additional weekly freighter flight from Jeddah to New York's JFK International Airport and a new four-weekly freighter service to Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The airline will fly a Boeing 747-400F on Tuesday and Thursday to JFK A...

Atlas Air expands in New York and to create an additional 100 jobs

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has renewed and extended its corporate headquarters lease in Purchase, New York. The company's plans in New York include creating 100 additional jobs and enhancing headquarters offices to accommodate its growing employee base and strategic business growth. Atlas A...

Air Charter Service responds to Hurricane Dorian

As Hurricane Dorian swept along the East Coast of the US this week, Air Charter Service (ACS) has been busy evacuating the Bahamas and Florida, as well as flying in medical aid to the afflicted regions to help those already affected. The 185mph winds have left the Bahamas devastated and now threate...

IATA: Trade war impacting air freight demand

Global air freight markets showed that demand measure in freight tonne kilometres fell year-on-year (YOY) by 3.2 per cent in July, according to figures released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This marks the ninth consecutive month of YOY decline in freight volumes, as air...

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