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Alaska Airlines to Expand Freighter Service to Los Angeles
Alaska Airlines will take advantage of two new Boeing 737-800 converted freighters to open its first dedicated cargo service south of Seattle, starting in April, said Adam Drouhard, managing director for cargo. Los Angeles will be the newest market for…
February 6, 2024 3:37 pm ET -
Pilots Flying Amazon Cargo Say Employer Stalling Contract Talks
The chair of the pilots’ union at Air Transport International, the largest air carrier in Amazon’s delivery network, accused ATI management in an interview of dragging its feet on a new contract for hundreds of pilots until the existing transportation…
January 18, 2024 9:35 am ET -
European Cargo Airline Cargolux Launches Aerial Firefighting Unit
Freighter operator Cargolux, the eighth-largest all-cargo operator by traffic, is diversifying with a new firefighting business line. The Luxembourg-based airline announced Friday that the new venture, called Aquarius Aerial Firefighting, will operate a fleet of 12 Air Tractor AT-802F Fire…
December 8, 2023 9:55 am ET -
How the Game of Blackjack Saved FedEx
The story of FedEx is an incredible one. The founder of the company, Frederick Smith, revolutionized package transport with a paper he had written during his undergraduate days at Yale. The idea was to carry small consumer packages by airplane…
November 10, 2023 1:56 pm ET -
Flying Giant Pandas Over 8,000 Miles
Transporting giant pandas is no simple feat. FedEx transports over 10 million items each day, but a special delivery came on Wednesday as the Memphis, Tenn.-based company carried three beloved panda bears from Washington, D.C. to Chengdu, China. Embarking on…