Manufacturers, retailers and seafood distributors have increasingly turned to air cargo planes to transport products — a more expensive, but faster and more reliable alternative to longhaul trucks, trains and ocean vessels often bogged down by current supply chain problems.
April 14, 2022air cargo
Business, Logistics, TCA 
Recent purchases will grow Amazon's air fleet to more than 80 cargo planes. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press)
Air Cargo Becoming a More Feasible Freight Alternative
Recent purchases will grow Amazon's air fleet to more than 80 cargo planes. (Ted S. Warren/Associated Press) Government, Business, Equipment, Logistics 
White House signing ceremony with (left to right): Stan Deal of Boeing; Qatar Ambassador Sheikh Meshal Bin Hamad Al Thani; Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Akbar Al Baker of Qatar Airways. (Oliver Contreras/Sipa via Bloomberg News)
Qatar Airways Orders 50 Boeing 777X Freighters
White House signing ceremony with (left to right): Stan Deal of Boeing; Qatar Ambassador Sheikh Meshal Bin Hamad Al Thani; Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, Akbar Al Baker of Qatar Airways. (Oliver Contreras/Sipa via Bloomberg News) Boeing Co. formally launched its 777X freighter as Qatar Airways committed to purchasing up to 50 of the wide-body cargo haulers, kicking off sales of the planemaker’s first new jet program in nearly five years.
January 31, 2022 Business, Logistics, TCA 
Computer rendering of an Airbus A350F. CMA CGM Group agreed to purchase four of the freighter aircraft from Airbus in November of 2021. (Airbus)
Boeing’s Aging Cargo Line Risks Losing Dominance to Airbus
Computer rendering of an Airbus A350F. CMA CGM Group agreed to purchase four of the freighter aircraft from Airbus in November of 2021. (Airbus)The air cargo business, booming as never before during the global pandemic, is massively dominated by Boeing jets that make up most of the worldwide air freighter fleet. Yet there is a threat to that dominance.
January 31, 2022 Business, Logistics 
Workers prepare to unload cargo from an Air Canada Airbus A330, a passenger aircraft that has been reconfigured for cargo during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg)
Supply Chain Snags, Quarantines Hurt Global Air Cargo Growth
Workers prepare to unload cargo from an Air Canada Airbus A330, a passenger aircraft that has been reconfigured for cargo during the Covid-19 pandemic. (Christinne Muschi/Bloomberg) Global air cargo growth slowed sharply in November as demand was hit by supply chain disruptions, partly because COVID-19 restrictions left workers stuck in quarantine, causing labor shortages.
January 12, 2022 Business, Logistics, Top 100 
UPS Inc. cargo planes loaded with packages land and take off at UPS World Port Center at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Ky. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
UPS to Buy $1.5 Billion of Boeing Freighters as Air Cargo Booms
UPS Inc. cargo planes loaded with packages land and take off at UPS World Port Center at Louisville International Airport in Louisville, Ky. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)UPS Inc. agreed to buy 19 Boeing Co. freighter jets as soaring e-commerce and snarled shipping lines lead to a boom in air-cargo demand.
December 21, 2021 Business, Equipment 
An Airbus A350 freighter. (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg)
Singapore Air Picks Airbus Freighters to Renew Cargo Fleet
An Airbus A350 freighter. (Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg)Singapore Airlines Ltd. signed a letter of intent with Airbus SE for seven A350 freighters with an option to take five more as the carrier phases out its aging cargo fleet.
December 15, 2021 Business, Logistics, Top 50 
Container ship in the Port of New Orleans. (Port of New Orleans)
Ports and Airports Continue Climb Back to Normalcy
Container ship in the Port of New Orleans. (Port of New Orleans)With a year plagued by severe weather and coronavirus recovery, ports and airports across North America are clamoring to stay ahead of the cargo backlogs and shipments.
November 12, 2021 Business, Equipment, Logistics 
Cargo is loaded into an airplane at the Amazon Air Hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. (Jeff Dean for Bloomberg News)
Amazon Seeks Used Long-Range Cargo Jets
Cargo is loaded into an airplane at the Amazon Air Hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport. (Jeff Dean for Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. is shopping for used long-range Boeing Co. and Airbus SE cargo planes, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest evidence of the e-commerce giant’s ambitions to move products across borders itself.
October 13, 2021 Business, Technology, Logistics, Autonomous 
Pipistrel Velis Electro, first electric plane certified by European Union Aviation Safety, drives on the tarmac. (Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images)
Electric Plane Pioneer Pivots to Cargo Drones
Pipistrel Velis Electro, first electric plane certified by European Union Aviation Safety, drives on the tarmac. (Fred Tanneau/AFP/Getty Images)The man behind the only electric plane cleared to fly quickly discovered the challenges of converting world-leading technology into profits in a hotly contested, futuristic segment of aviation.
June 17, 2021 Business, Logistics 
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a company warehouse in Staten Island In March 2020. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon Spends $131 Million for Stake in Cargo Airline ATSG
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a company warehouse in Staten Island In March 2020. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)Amazon .com Inc. has scooped up a minority stake in a cargo airline that operates a portion of its fast-growing air-cargo division, the latest sign of the retailer’s long-term ambitions to expand its airfreight operations.
March 8, 2021