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DHL Partners with Cargo Jet
DHL Express, the world’s leading international express delivery provider and Cargojet Inc. announced today that they have entered into a new long-term strategic agreement that will further strengthen the global DHL aviation network.
The five year agreement, with a renewal option for an additional two years, will see Cargojet provide ACMI, CMI, charter, and aircraft dry lease services to DHL to support DHL’s international requirements for Europe and North, South, Central and Latin America, as well as Asia. Cargojet currently utilizes 12 freighters to service DHL’s requirements. DHL intends to add 5 additional B767 freighters during the 2022-23 timeframe to fulfill its anticipated network requirements, building on the rapid expansion of the company’s air network in the last two years. In the Americas, DHL increased its overall aviation capacity by 18% for the 2021 peak season in response to surging demand, particularly in the e-commerce segment. It recently added a new weekly air connection from Vietnam to the U.S., adding 102 tons of additional capacity for customers shipping out of Asia into the Americas region. Read More
UPS Safe Drivers
ATLANTA, Mar. 29, 2022 – UPS (NYSE:UPS) today announced the induction of 1,495 of its drivers into the Circle of Honor, an elite group of UPS drivers who have not had an avoidable accident for 25 years or more. Made up of drivers across four continents, this new class has a total of 37,375 years of safe driving. Read More
Fedex using Autonomus Drones
FedEx Plans to Test Autonomous Drone Cargo Delivery with Elroy Air
FedEx and Elroy Air work to launch test flights aimed at middle-mile delivery in 2023
MEMPHIS, TN., March 30, 2022 – FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. As a first of its kind agreement in the U.S., FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation - Read More