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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.

About 250 pilots are on strike today against ABX Air, grounding flights for Amazon and DHL Worldwide Express, approximately 75 flights have been canceled at start of peak holiday shipping season.

Especially with Black Friday around the corner, it’s not too late to get your product to store shelves in time for Friday, November 25, 2016, thanks to the swift performance of air cargo service.

The development of a new generation of large commercial airships is creating interest worldwide, and air cargo demand has been growing rapidly for the past three decades, despite the rising costs of operating jet aircraft and the increasing recognition of adverse environmental impacts of jet aircraft.

Just a week after taking off for the very first time, the world's longest aircraft has come back down to earth with a bump, the Airlander 10, part plane, part airship, crashed during its second test flight in a field in Bedfordshire, U.K., a spokesman says the flight went really well - the only issue was when it landed!

Pratt is buttoning down its network of 1,600 suppliers, which provide about 80 percent of the GTF engine’s content, and is holding them to such a high standard that many do not quite measure up.

Science Fiction became science fact in New York today when for the first time in history, an aviator flew by jetpack in a controlled and sustained flight around Statue of Liberty.

Solar Impulse 2 pilots Piccard and André Borschberg are taking turns flying the aircraft, which is scheduled to head to New York this summer to continue its mission of promoting energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies.

Igor Pasternak, the CEO and chief engineer of Worldwide Aeros, is fulfilling his lifelong dream of creating aircrafts that are lighter than air, more fuel-efficient and "greener" and his Aeroscraft is gaining recognition and significant funding.

Transportation professionals help create the future so it is important that we consider the overall context of long-term planning decisions.

In a deal with potentially wide-ranging implications, Amazon fulfillment services, a subsidiary or e-commerce behemoth Amazon, has inked a deal with Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) in which ATSG will operate an air cargo network to serve United States-based customers.

SEKO Logistics has created a new Aerospace & Aviation industry vertical with global centers of excellence and core competencies to deliver value-added services and technology solutions for customers, and opportunities to drive cost out of their supply chains.

Uber is partnering with Airbus, a European aircraft company, on a test program to provide helicopter rides on demand through its application just as it currently does with car rides.