American Airlines Cargo transported more than 1,500 kilograms of artifacts belonging to the Kinsey African American Art and History Collection from Los Angeles (LAX) to Hong Kong (HKG). More than 100 artifacts were crated for transportation by Cookes Crating, including paintings, sculptures, rare first editions, manuscripts and official records. The art was then delivered to[…]
FedEx’s second fiscal-quarter operating income increase of 3 percent underperformed analysts’ expectations as they failed to account for the integrator’s US$2 billion investment into sorting hubs and distribution centers, and automation of ground operations to accommodate growing e-commerce shipments. The Ground and Freight divisions saw operating income fall by 12 and 13 percent, respectively, to[…]
Flirtey drones and the 7-Eleven convenience store chain have been busy ramping up their drone-delivery service agreement since delivering the first iced “Slurpee” drink to a customer in Nevada this July. The partners have now announced the completion of 77 autonomous drone deliveries to customer homes in the United States. With Amazon completing its own[…]
Emirates SkyCargo has added daily service to Fort Lauderdale, starting Dec. 15. The new destination makes Fort Lauderdale SkyCargo’s 13th in the United States, and its second in Florida, expanding the United Arab Emirates-based carrier’s reach into a major southern manufacturing and logistics market. The daily Dubai-to-Fort Lauderdale route features a 777-200LR – the smaller,[…]
For a carrier that flies only 737 narrowbody passenger aircraft, Dallas-based Southwest Airlines carries a substantial amount of freight throughout its domestic network – some 98,400 tonnes in 2015. Despite various interline agreements with international carriers, Southwest still lacks the ability to carry cargo to any of the international destinations in its network. Next year[…]
A lot has changed since Native Americans used lobsters to fertilize their crops and authorities fed them to prisoners and slaves during the colonial era – so much so that Halifax Stanfield has built a 17,000-square-meter cargo pad to accommodate the freighters that transport the marine crustaceans to markets around the world. “Each cargo flight[…]
