Airports

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced Wednesday, July 31, that it will award $478 million in airport infrastructure grants to 232 airports in 43 states and Puerto Rico. The award is the fourth allotment of grants issued under the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport...

On July 18, Pittsburgh International Airport announced that Sri Lanka-based Expo Freight (EFL) had agreed to make Pittsburgh its latest cargo distribution center within the U.S., using the air cargo services of its airline partner, Qatar Airways Cargo. Qatar has been serving Pittsburgh with twice-...

According to Boeing, air cargo as a transport mode carries roughly 35 percent of the world's trade by value. With such valuable goods-in-transit, shippers expect efficient and timely handling. Any delays are a real concern and airport wait times take on added importance. Earlier this year,...

FreightWaves is providing a forum – Market Voices – for a number of market experts. Cathy Morrow Roberson is a market analyst with a research and economics background. Roberson began her career as a librarian; she was then an analyst at an e-commerce start-up; and was an analyst at UPS...

FreightWaves is providing a forum – Market Voices – for a number of market experts. Jesse Cohen has over 35 years of air cargo experience, starting out in freight forwarding and moving on to the airline industry, where he worked in a variety of key commercial management roles at...

"For too long, our country has tolerated unacceptable delays and long wait times on the tarmac,” President Donald Trump said on Monday as he officially announced a plan to privatize air-traffic control. Trump’s plan notes: “America's growing aviation system demands a new...

President Donald Trump's proposed infrastructure spending plan is more likely than not to see the light of day, at least according to notable fund manager Mario Gabelli. Speaking as a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Friday, Gabelli said it is a no-brainer airports, roads, bridges, inland...

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) was caught in the maelstrom of a Trump tweet, which blamed the chaos at airports in the wake of President Donald Trump's travel ban order to the power outage it suffered. Traders promptly sent the shares down over 4 percent on Monday. Delta's Outage Along with...