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LAX to lease cargo facility to Alliance Ground International

Alliance Ground International, the largest American-owned cargo handling agent for airlines, says it has won a competitive selection process to operate its first directly controlled warehouse at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The five-year lease is expected to be approved by the board of airport commissioners within the next several weeks, allowing AGI to move into the facility on Nov. 1.

The cargo terminal is currently leased to United Airlines, which has not used the property for a...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lax-to-lease-cargo-facility-to-alliance-ground-international

LAX airport picks developer for transformational cargo project

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Officials at Los Angeles International Airport said Monday they have selected a consortium led by...

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FedEx to transfer LA airport maintenance to Indianapolis

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FedEx will close its heavy maintenance hangar at Los Angeles International Airport next summer and...

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LAX solicits proposals for massive cargo redevelopment

Aerial view of a FedEx plane and cargo and fuel facilities at an airport.

A long-stalled redevelopment of crowded and obsolete cargo warehouses at Los Angeles International Airport is finally underway after city officials recently requested proposals for the wholesale redevelopment of 27 cargo buildings.

The solicitation in September only covers the first phase of modernization but implies that most of the existing cargo real estate at the airport will be replaced.

The cargo improvement project is the most ambitious of its kind ever attempted in the U.S., considering...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lax-solicits-proposals-for-massive-cargo-redevelopment

Rogue vehicle narrowly misses cargo planes at LAX

Several FedEx planes lined up at an airport terminal.

The security breach at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday involving a driver who crashed through a fence and led police on a chase across two runways occurred in the airport’s cargo area, according to local newscasts.

A gray Mazda hatchback with the letters “SOS” scrawled on the hood turned off the highway on the south end of the airport and smashed through the chain-link fence by the FedEx Express (NYSE: FDX) warehouse around 6 p.m. It then sped past a parked FedEx cargo jet and...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rogue-vehicle-narrowly-misses-cargo-planes-at-lax

Unique Logistics books dozens of Asia cargo jets for peak season

A light gray plane is loaded with cargo from the rear door using a hydraulic lift.

Large logistics providers have responded to the dearth of air cargo capacity during the coronavirus pandemic by leasing entire planeloads with crews to make sure they can meet customers’ transport requirements. Not to be outdone, New York-based Unique Logistics International has been one of the most aggressive midsize freight forwarders in locking up capacity, contracting for more than 150 freighter flights from Asia in the second half of the year.

Beginning June 13, Qatar Airways will operate...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/unique-logistics-books-dozens-of-asia-cargo-jets-for-peak-season

LAX cargo handlers arrested for pilfering gold bars worth $224K

Gold bars

Two employees of cargo handling company Alliance Ground International who worked at Los Angeles International Airport were arrested Tuesday morning on charges of stealing four gold bars that were part of a larger shipment going from Australia to New York.

Marlon Moody, 38, and Brian Benson, 35, both of South Los Angeles, were arrested by FBI agents and indicted on two counts of conspiracy and theft of interstate and foreign shipments, according to an announcement from the U.S. Attorney for the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/lax-cargo-handlers-arrested-for-pilfering-gold-bars-worth-224k

Soaring US Covid infections disrupt peak capacity supply chains

Concern is mounting about supply chain disruption from the rising number of Covid-19 infections in the US, just as the air cargo industry is getting ready to play a key role in the distribution of vaccines.
These worries are most pronounced around air cargo flows, but other modes are also giving cause for concern.
A spate of cancelled transpacific cargo flights to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has highlighted the problem. According …

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