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Discount Airline Group Presses for Extension of US Assistance
An aircraft marshal guides a Spirit Airlines plane on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. (Saul Martinez/Bloomberg News)
Smaller U.S. airlines are likely to need more government aid amid an uncertain travel recovery, according to a trade group that represents discounters such as Spirit Airlines Inc., Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.
June 23, 2020Amazon Prime Air Could Surge to 200 Jets From 42, Study Says
A Prime Air cargo plane operated by Amazon sits on display in France in June 2019. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg News)
Amazon .com Inc.'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 UPS Inc., according to a study.
May 26, 2020Airlines Shift to Cargo as Passenger Volume Falls Dramatically
Delta Airlines aircraft are stored at Southern California Logistics Airport on March 25 in Victorville, Calif. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
Faced with hundreds of parked planes and near-empty flights as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the world’s biggest airline executives are turning their focus to cargo.
April 1, 2020Southwest Offers First Cargo-Only Flights in Its History
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane taxis on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in March 2019. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News)
Southwest Airlines Co. will offer the first all-cargo flights in its 48-year history as passenger demand keeps sliding amid the spread of the new coronavirus.
March 31, 2020Mnuchin Asks Airlines to Propose Financial Stake in Aid Bid
(Alex Kraus/Bloomberg News)
Airlines will be required to propose up-front how the federal government could retain financial stakes in their companies in exchange for a share of $61 billion in coronavirus aid designated for the industry, according to guidelines released by the Treasury Department.
March 31, 2020Alaska’s First COVID-19 Patient Is a Cargo Plane Pilot
Carrying some 240 American diplomats and citizens from Wuhan, China, a Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 28. (Michael Dinneen/Associated Press)
A cargo pilot who arrived at Anchorage’s international airport on March 11 went to a hotel before he became ill, an airport official said March 13.
March 16, 2020Cargo Not Affected as Trump Suspends Travel From Europe to US
Trump addresses the nation March 11 from the Oval Office. (Doug Mills, New York Times via AP pool)
WASHINGTON — Taking drastic action March 11, President Donald Trump announced he is cutting off travel from Europe to the U.S. and moving to ease the economic cost of a viral pandemic that is roiling global financial markets and disrupting the daily lives of Americans. Restrictions won't apply to cargo.
March 11, 2020Amtrak Names Former Air Cargo Executive as New CEO
An Amtrak Acela Express train pulls into a station Dec. 5, 2018, in Westwood, Mass. (Bill Sikes/Associated Press)
Amtrak named a former air cargo executive as its new president and chief operating officer March 2.
March 2, 2020Global, North American Demand for Air Cargo Drops
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Battered by trade wars, global demand for air cargo decreased by 3.5% in October compared with the same month in 2018, according to a Dec. 4 report by the International Air Transport Association of Geneva.
December 11, 2019Small Texas Airport Continues to Rise Among US Cargo Airports
Cargo gets loaded into an airplane. (Getty Images)
Valley International Airport in Harlingen, Texas, is continuing its march up the charts when it comes to shipping cargo, airport officials say.
August 26, 2019