Air Cargo

How Blockchain Could Create the 'Autonomous Container'

February 26, 2018

The Internet of Things would seem ideally suited to the task of monitoring and tracking containers around the world.

Airbus Shows Off Its New Automated Delivery Drone Service in Singapore

February 13, 2018

Airbus is enthusiastically pushing into the drone segment — the company showed off its Alpha One drone taxi earlier this month — and now it has for the first time demonstrated drone-based package deliveries.

Why UPS Is Buying 14 More 747s

February 9, 2018

Fortune

The rise of express deliveries and the recent U.S. tax reform have led UPS to order another 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets, the logistics firm has announced.

Citing Bomb Risk, TSA Mandates Additional Security on Middle East Airfreight

January 24, 2018

Air Cargo World

Citing the increased threat of a bomb being smuggled on board an aircraft bound for the United States, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued on Monday an emergency order requiring stricter scrutiny of air cargo.

United Airlines Saves 170,000 Gallons of Fuel by Using Lighter Paper on Inflight Magazine

January 23, 2018

Los Angeles Times

What difference can an ounce make on an airplane?

Midwest Storm Causes More Flight Disruptions at FedEx

January 18, 2018

Air Cargo World

More winter storms across the U.S. Midwest are causing ongoing disruptions at FedEx Express’s Memphis Airport hub and elsewhere across its network.

Boeing Unveils Prototype Cargo Drone

January 18, 2018

Supply Management

Aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing has unveiled a prototype drone that it says will be used as a base for its future developments of unmanned and autonomous air systems.

Boeing Unveils Prototype for Unmanned Electric Cargo Air Vehicle

January 12, 2018

Reuters

Boeing Co this week unveiled a prototype for an unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo air vehicle (CAV) that the planemaker said will be used to test it’s autonomous technology.

November Volumes Break Records Again, WorldACD Says

January 4, 2018

Air Cargo World

The new year is finally here, and as 2017’s stats continue to roll in, it seems a surge in airfreight demand during the holiday season was the gift that kept on giving for the air cargo sector.

UPS and FedEx Handle Record Holiday Surge With Minimal Delays

January 2, 2018

Bloomberg

United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp. delivered almost all of people’s presents by Christmas Day, with the former company finishing strong after a bruising late November.

Air Cargo

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