The union for United Parcel Service Inc said more than 99% of its members have voted to give the authority to call a strike to the union’s five-pilot executive board. Of the 2,462 eligible crewmembers, 2,371 pilots participated in the strike vote, the Independent Pilots Association said in a press release Thursday. Of those who voted, 99% participated in favor of a strike.
Read MoreAs part of its expansion in the air freight business, UPS today announced plans to construct five regional freight hubs at airports across the country.
The regional facilities, when completed and brought on line next year, will support a main freight hub to be constructed in Louisville, Ky., home to the company’s main all-points air hub. The six facilities will form the backbone of an expansive air network for the movement of heavy freight for customers of UPS Supply Chain Solutions. The new facilities will be constructed in Ontario, Calif.; Rockford, Ill.; Dallas; Philadelphia, and Columbia, S.C. Those airports already serve as regional hubs for UPS’s separate small package network, meaning UPS jets are routinely flying in and out every day.
FedEx Corp. of the United States said Monday it will operate five Shanghai-bound direct cargo flights per week from Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya starting May 9. This will bring the number of flights FedEx operates from Chubu airport to nine per week, including the existing four North America-bound flights. FedEx expects to draw strong demand for cargo flights from automobile and precision equipment manufacturers based in and outside of Nagoya, central Japan.
Read MoreDHL has announced the launch of two new direct overnight express services, one between Shanghai and the United States and the other between Beijing and Hong Kong. The daily Shanghai-US flight, which will directly connect Shanghai with Anchorage in the US and then onward to DHL’s hubs in Cincinnati and Los Angeles, will be operated by Northwest Airlines, DHL said in a statement. The four times weekly Beijing-Hong Kong service will utilize a Cathay Pacific aircraft from DHL’s central Asia Hub in Hong Kong, DHL said. China is expected to overtake Japan as DHL’s top revenue contributor in the Asia-Pacific region in coming years, Jerry Hsu, DHL president for Greater China and Korea told reporters.
Read MoreFedEx Express said it has made ‘no decision yet’ on whether to move its Asia Pacific hub to the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou from Subic Bay in the Philippines. FedEx said in a statement that it is still pondering various options and has yet to finalize its development plans in the Asia Pacific, despite a local media report that it had decided to move its Asia Pacific hub to Guangzhou. FedEx initially agreed in December 2003 to assess potential opportunities in Guangzhou’s new Baiyun International Airport, which is one of China’s largest airports.
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