There’s a chance that Santa will be landing a MV-22 Osprey on the roof this year, now that the U.S. Marines are teaming up with Alaska Airlines Cargo to deliver nearly 15,000 pounds of toys across the state of Alaska this holiday season. “Alaska Air Cargo is honored to continue our annual partnership with the[…]
UPS said it will add four weekly flights to San Bernardino International Airport (SBD) during its peak-season rush to accommodate a seasonal surge in package shipments, which grows each year as e-commerce changes the logistics side of Christmas shopping. The Atlanta-based integrator will operate 757 freighters from SBD to its Louisville, Kentucky, hub this December.[…]
Pigs are not yet flying, but pork products are a whole different story, and one that is constantly evolving thanks to a collaboration between Flirtey Drone and Domino’s Pizza in New Zealand. The project is still in beta, but the two companies are planning to scale up their pizza-by-drone deliveries “in the near future.” “We[…]
Medical technology company Medtronic has broken ground on a 33,000-square-meter distribution facility in Heerlen, in the Netherlands, and has partnered with CEVA Logistics, which will manage and operate the facility. The distribution center will put Medtronic within 24-hour range of 15,000 hospitals and clinics in Europe once it commences operations mid-2017. The facility will add[…]
Kuwait-based freight forwarder Agility reported a net profit of US$51.59 million in its third quarter financial results for 2016, an increase of 11 percent over Q3 2015. Third-quarter EBITDA, meanwhile, rose 19 percent, year-over-year, to $94.97 million, despite revenues falling 7 percent, y-o-y, to $1.03 billion. Logistics revenues declined 8 percent, y-o-y, to $751.4 million[…]
With thousands of Kiwis and tourists requiring rescue and parts of the country under a state of emergency following Tuesday’s massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake, Air Partner’s Emergency Planning Division is on standby to move people, freight and aid in or out of New Zealand. With a global aviation footprint in aircraft chartering, the U.K.-based aviation services[…]
