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The IATA predicts a significant increase in air parcels over the next three years, the result of a surge in e-commerce sales.

As Houthi attacks continue in the Red Sea, retailers are scrambling to find alternative methods for moving their inventory, including exploring more air freight options and boosting inventory.

J.B. Hunt and BNSF have launched a new intermodal service to address the service-sensitive highway freight needs of customer supply chains.

UPS said consolidated revenue fell 12.8% in Q3, but that it was winning back business lost during contract negotiations with the Teamsters.

A new report from Moody's finds that companies that rely on buying carbon offsets as an emisisons-reduction strategy could face financial and reputational harm.

With FedEx and UPS raising their rates, savvy shippers can still find rate value for 2024, but time may be running out.

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).

In this podcast, Jeff Berman, Group News Editor for Logistics Management and the Peerless Media Supply Chain Group, interviews Brandon Fried, Executive Director at the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA).

This independently produced brief offers an overview of Amazon Air’s evolving orientation between September 2020 and February 2021.

Amazon.com’s Prime Air fleet will grow to about 200 planes, up from 42 now, in the next seven or eight years, creating an air cargo service that could rival United Parcel Service Inc. and FedEx Corp., according to a recent study.

This briefing offers an overview of Amazon Air, providing insights on its size, scope, and evolving logistics role, it draws upon data from four primary informational sources to illustrate its economic and geographic orientation.

Amazon on Tuesday said it will add more than a dozen air freighters to its fast-growing air cargo arm, the e-commerce giant’s latest push to tighten control over its own logistics network.

FedEx Corp said today it “has made the strategic decision to not renew the FedEx Express U.S. domestic contract with Amazon.com Inc,” as the courier focuses on “serving the broader e-commerce market.

With Amazon handling up to 26% of its own shipping, FedEx, UPS and the U.S. Postal Service are losing a significant portion of Amazon's logistics and delivery business.

Amazon Prime Air cargo planes are fueled and ready to support prime day in the U.S. for the first time as Amazon's diverse delivery network continues to expand with new prime members being added around the world.

In a move that underscores its growing ambitions in the logistics industry, Amazon.com, Inc. will soon start offering air cargo services to Chinese retail vendors on its e-commerce site.

A new centralized air hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) in Hebron will help the company meet demand from Amazon Prime members for fast, reliable delivery.

Union pilots who fly products for Amazon.com Inc. are taking concerns about pay, working conditions and staffing shortages directly to online shoppers with a digital marketing blitz that suggests the internet retailer may struggle to deliver holiday gifts on time.

The findings in this report can serve as evidence in support of policy deliberations on improving the trade facilitation environment and helping countries integrate into Global Value Chains, it highlights that countries with well-developed air cargo connections combined with good quality customs services and smart borders, are better at integrating into Global Value Chains.

The International Air Transport Association announced that it expects the global airline industry to make a net profit in 2017 of $29.8 billion, on forecast total revenues of $736 billion, that represents a 4.1% net profit margin.