Pittsburgh International Airport

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...

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Amazon Air begins daily service to Pittsburgh, Kansas City

A light blue Amazon Air 737 freighter parked with pusher vehicle.

Add Pittsburgh and Kansas City, Missouri, to Amazon’s (NASDAQ: AMZN) rapidly growing network of airports served by its in-house cargo airline, which helps the company cut ground transport times and quickly deliver online orders to businesses and consumers.

The first Amazon Air flight arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport on Wednesday, the airport authority said in a news release. Amazon Air will operate daily flights to the city using a Boeing 737-800 freighter operated by contractor Sun...

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Midsize forwarder makes big charter commitment to Pittsburgh airport (with video)

Workers in orange safety vests lift boxes of cargo up stairs of plane into back door of cabin. Cathay Pacific took out the seats for more cargo.

Unique Logistics is launching a flurry of air cargo charters from Southeast Asia to the U.S. for the peak shipping season, in the process testing the viability of Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) as a more efficient gateway for reaching consumers across large swaths of the East Coast and Midwest.

On Monday morning a Cathay Pacific passenger-freighter rented by Unique landed in Pittsburgh with consumer goods, the first of 20 flights scheduled over the next 12 weeks on Boeing 777-300...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/midsize-forwarder-makes-big-charter-commitment-to-pittsburgh-airport-with-video