Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s CEO, has always maintained that his business is a technology company first and a retailer second. As the e-retailer ramps up its pilotless drone delivery program, the company’s latest patent should assuage the concerns of critics that questioned the security of unmanned aerial deliveries. Amazon has now received a patent for technology[…]
Kalitta Air pilots ratified a new contract with the cargo airline on Tuesday, following more than six years of sometimes contentious contract negotiations. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Teamsters Airline Division and Local 1224, which represent the pilots, called the deal, “a major victory for pilots and their families, that will bring about significant improvements[…]
The Drewry November East-West Air Freight Price Index puts air cargo rates at a two-year high – US$3.35 per kilogram, to be exact – and a 6 percent rise over October’s figures. The seasonally appropriate rates are a fitting end to the lean years, which limped into the onset of 2016 and threatened to slide[…]
The Amazon Go stores, debuting in Seattle in early 2017, are just the beginning, according to Nerdwriter, a blogger and film maker, who lays out a compelling case that Amazon is looking to mirror its cloud-computing web-services model in the brick-and-mortar realm. The cloud-computing model, which saw the e-retailer license technology that now generates billions[…]
Qatar Airways will commence twice-weekly freighter services to and from the South American destinations of São Paulo, Buenos Aires and Quito, effective Feb. 2, 2017. Qatar Cargo will also expand its freighter network in the U.S. with the addition of Miami, which the carrier will visit on its return flight following the aforementioned South American[…]
A 727-200 freighter operated by Aerosucre has crashed shortly after takeoff from the Puerto Carreno airport near the Colombia-Venezuela border. The 41-year-old freighter, registered as HK-4544, failed to rotate as it barely cleared the runway, knocking out part of a perimeter fence and struggled to become airborne. The aircraft stayed aloft for about five miles[…]
