airport-to-airport

Midwest Express, Sterling building national wholesale linehaul network

Two companies providing expedited ground service between major airports are finding success in a new partnership aimed at garnering a big slice of a multibillion-dollar total addressable market. Midwest Express and Sterling Transportation inked an agreement earlier this month that provides each access to the other’s capacity and moves both closer to operating what will become a national wholesale linehaul platform.

Headquartered near Chicago, Midwest Express is a 41-year-old entity specializing...

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US trucking company fills air cargo void for Asia exports to Mexico

An pallet of cargo on a lift being loaded in the side of a plane.

Fewer direct, all-cargo flights from China to Mexico and more ocean shipping delays during the pandemic have boosted interest in logistics service that packages an air leg to the U.S. with cross-border trucking at a substantial price saving.

Mexpress Transportation’s expedited road feeder service to and from Mexico has more than doubled in volume and revenue during the past two years, executives say. The air-road option is available to domestic and international forwarders, airlines and customs...

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Pilot Freight buys expedited carrier to integrate e-commerce delivery

Drivers unload furniture from a truck to bring in a home. Pilot Freight is the company.

Pilot Freight Services, a logistics provider backed by private equity, announced Monday it has acquired expedited less-than-truckload carrier American Linehaul to provide intercity capacity for its growing e-commerce business.

American Linehaul runs a scheduled airport-to-airport, LTL linehaul system that forwarders often use as a less expensive, sometimes faster, alternative for shipments booked to move by air. The network — with more than 66 outbound airport cities and 70 destinations,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/pilot-freight-buys-expedited-carrier-to-integrate-e-commerce-delivery

Forward Air to expand pursuit of traditional less-than-truckload market

Forward Air truck on highway

Forward Air (NASDAQ: FWRD) will continue to pursue the less-than-truckload (LTL) market more heavily now that the worst of the pandemic-related freight declines appear to be in the rearview mirror. On its second-quarter earnings call with analysts on Friday, Chairman, President and CEO Tom Schmitt said he sees “more Savannahs to come,” referring to the company’s recent expansion outside of its normal airport-to-airport transportation network.

On July 13, the Greeneville, Tennessee-based trucking...

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