Eric Kulisch

Startup aviation firm Mammoth Freighters LLC on Tuesday announced that Cargojet, a Canadian contract carrier for Amazon, DHL Express, and Purolator, is its launch customer with an order to convert two Boeing 777-200 passenger aircraft to an all-cargo configuration.

The move toward sustainable aviation fuels gained momentum as aviation leaders at the COP26 conference took more steps to meet the new goal of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Air Transport Services Group, a diversified air cargo provider, racked up another win in the third quarter of 2021 with record revenues and pre-tax earnings of $81.2 million compared to $5.6 million a year ago. Credit the strong e-commerce demand and an industry shortage of cargo capacity. ATSG, a Wilmington, Ohio-based company, beat analysts’ consensus […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Ocean shipping giant A.P. Møller – Maersk on Tuesday further expanded into the air freight market with the planned acquisition of German freight forwarder Senator International and investments in new cargo aircraft, including two new factory-direct Boeing 777s. The deal is valued at $644 million and is […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Lufthansa Cargo made its last McDonnell-Douglas MD-11 flight last week and has sold three of the aircraft to Florida-based Western Global Airlines. Flight LH8161 ended commercial service for the three-engine MD-11 at Lufthansa’s cargo division after more than 23 years. Lufthansa Cargo said the airplane will be […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Cargo and domestic leisure travel were United Airlines’ strong suit in the third quarter as the carrier just missed returning to profitability despite better-than-expected results. Cargo revenue soared 84 percent to $519 million compared to 2019, setting a record for the three-month period. For the first nine […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. By year’s end, Airbus plans to open a production line in the U.S. for converting used A321 passenger jets into freighters as part of an expansion strategy that will triple output by 2024 for the narrowbody aircraft and the larger A330, according to a company official. The […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Strong growth in cargo revenue during the third quarter helped Delta Air Lines turn its first profit since the start of the pandemic, but officials warn rising fuel costs could temporarily derail the momentum during the current period. Delta announced it has acquired two used Airbus A350 […]

Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared on FreightWaves.com. Delta Air Lines parked 571 aircraft from its primary fleet across the country in 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out most passenger air travel. Airlines still have about 70 percent of their pre-pandemic international capacity in hibernation, but Delta is returning aircraft to the skies because […]

United Airlines has restarted cargo-only flights just weeks after assigning all aircraft to normal passenger operations because the delta variant has dragged down travel volumes and growth expectations for the remainder of the year. “I just released five [Boeing] 777-300s to our cargo division for later this year to put those aircraft back into all-cargo […]