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We went aboard Boeing's largest twin-engine cargo plane and saw how it's tackling the shipping crisis from the air
Touring the Emirates SkyCargo operation in Dubai.Thomas Pallini/Insider
Thomas Pallini
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Amazon workers at an air-freight hub walked out in protest over pay and sweltering temperatures on the job
Protesting Amazon workers said they don't make enough money to save and they have to work in temper…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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How United Airlines overcame one of the largest limitations to transporting Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to the US
Pfizer's vaccine is among the most difficult to transport as it's required to be stored at below-fr…
Thomas Pallini
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Fashion brands can't keep up with the latest trends because of supply-chain chaos and it's one more reason everything's on sale
Because of supply-chain issues, retailers can't pursue trends the way they used to. Victoria's Secr…
Emma Cosgrove
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Indian corporates, VCs and startups are now looking to charter flights and import oxygen cylinders and concentrators into the country
India is currently battling a major second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, with an alarming oxygen s…
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The shipping crisis has gotten so bad that some companies are chartering air cargo planes for $2 million or more for a single flight
Seeking to avoid the shipping crisis, desperate retailers are chartering planes for up to $2 millio…
Insider Inc.
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Companies are mentioning the words 'supply chain' more than ever before during earnings calls
Issues like labor shortages and port congestion are contributing to delays and disruptions retail c…
Francis Agustin
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After family tragedy, the founders of the Golden Krust empire forge ahead with a Black-owned beauty brand
Golden Krust revolutionized Jamaican food offerings in the US. Now, the family behind the food empi…
Gwen Aviles
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'Voracious appetite' from pandemic-weary millennials will send apparel stocks higher, Bank of America says
In a note published on Wednesday, Bank of America said apparel spending will take off thanks in lar…
Isabelle Lee
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FedEx climbs as strong e-commerce demand during an 'unprecedented' holiday season drives earnings beat
FedEx said the increased volume of packages offset its higher labor costs and weather-related expen…
Isabelle Lee
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FedEx has shed half its market value in the past 2 years, and Morgan Stanley says investors should brace for another 'volatile' quarter for the package giant
Coronavirus is slamming shippers across the board, particularly due to Chinese manufacturing activi…
Rachel Premack
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A major Amazon Air contractor says it won't return a $400 million bailout despite requests from Congress and booming business
Executives at Atlas Air, which counts Amazon as an investor and customer, say the company fully qua…
Graham Rapier
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Amazon is adding 15 Boeing 737s to its ever-expanding fleet of cargo airplanes
"(W)e have great third-party partners as well in the transportation space," Amazon CFO Brian Olsavs…
Rachel Premack
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Amazon Air is quietly expanding toward Asia's doorstep in its latest warning shot to FedEx and UPS
"We've told our members that Amazon is obviously an online retailer that is trying to expedite the …
Rachel Premack
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Sellers of American-made goods are thriving amid supply-chain chaos — but they can't escape labor and cost pressures
Four US manufacturers based in four different states told Insider about the upsides — and challenge…
Avery Hartmans
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Boeing just announced the definitive end of the legendary 747 as cargo giant Atlas Air places an order for the final 4 planes
Cargo airlines have carried the Boeing 747 program this far but the iconic aircraft's days are now …
Thomas Pallini
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Truckers say Amazon's new logistics empire is being underpinned by low, 'ridiculous' rates - and some are refusing to work with them
"Amazon is really trying to monopolize the transportation side and dictate their own terms," Lacroi…
Rachel Premack
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Investors are hitting FedEx with a class-action suit accusing the package giant of intentionally misleading them
FedEx and certain of its current and former executives have been named as defendants in two putativ…
Rachel Premack
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From shipping the COVID-19 vaccine to rescuing thousands of Afghan refugees, aviation helped mitigate some of the worst crises of 2021
The aviation industry proved to be a global citizen as it was a first responder to some of 2021's w…
Thomas Pallini
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A key measure of global trade just had its biggest tumble since 2015
Air freight moves $6 trillion of goods globally each year, which is more than a third of world trad…