Transportation & Delivery

Magazine articles on airlines, railroads, trucking, and package delivery companies.

Current Transportation & Delivery Articles

CFO February 1, 2012 David M. Katz	Mail Crawl How the U.S. Postal Service's decision to cut next-day delivery will affect working capital.
InsideFlyer February 2012	The Status Match Game Congratulations! You've achieved elite status. Now, let's see who will match your status. We present the ultimate guide to elite status matches.
InsideFlyer February 2012	Dividend Miles Changes Just days after Delta announced it was reducing the number of complimentary checked bags for Silver Medallion members, US Airways followed suit and announced the end of a free second checked bag.
InsideFlyer February 2012	Amtrak Changes As of the first of the year, Amtrak Guest Rewards members will now earn Tier Qualifying Points toward status qualification.
InsideFlyer February 2012	60 Seconds with AA frequent flyer and milepoint member "horseguy. FlyerTalk and milepoint member "horseguy" passed the 10 million mile mark on American Airlines last year and is well on his way to 12 million miles. He offers us advice on using loyalty programs.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Christopher Barker	Union Pacific Rips Up the Rails Led by Union Pacific, North American railroads continue to deliver.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Dan Newman	Can Zipcar Conquer Europe? A new European head of the car sharing service brings his Paypal experience to lead the market.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2012 Seth Jayson	Southwest Airlines Beats Analyst Estimates on EPS For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Southwest Airlines met expectations on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Seth Jayson	Union Pacific Beats Up on Analysts Yet Again For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Union Pacific beat slightly on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share.
The Motley Fool January 19, 2012 Travis Hoium	Nordic American Tankers Shares Plunged: What You Need to Know Shares of Nordic American Tankers were taking on water today, falling 10%, after the company announced a share offering.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2012 Rex Moore	2 Positive Signs for Overseas Shipholding These two metrics can tell you a lot. Overseas Shipholding Group appears to be in good shape in terms of the intangible assets ratio and tangible book value.
The Motley Fool January 17, 2012 Rich Smith	This Just In: Upgrades and Downgrades -- Transports Jefferies jumps ship on UPS and FedEx.
IndustryWeek January 11, 2012 Tom Andel	Squeezing New Productivity Out of Mature Technology As long as there are opportunities to increase logistics productivity in a distribution center or on the road, customers will pursue them with networks of technology providers.
Fast Company January 9, 2012 Emma Haak	Private Spacecrafts Are Your Transportation, Your Scientists, And Your Real Estate Brokers In the absence of NASA's Space Shuttle Program, private companies are left to fill the black hole of space exploration. Now, 50 years after John Glenn orbited the Earth, some very different kinds of explorers are leading the way.
InsideFlyer January 2012	Mileage Managers to the Rescue A look at time-saving websites that can help you manage your loyalty program currency.
InsideFlyer January 2012	Marriott Rewards MegaMiles is Back Marriott Rewards members can earn 2,000 bonus miles with every stay, starting with your second stay, from Jan. 1 through April 30, 2012, up to 50,000 bonus miles in the recurring MegaMiles promotion.
InsideFlyer January 2012	British Airways Changes When British Airways announced their upcoming changes to the Executive Club program, they didn't publish the new award charts and give members a chance to redeem at the old rates before implementing the changes.
InsideFlyer January 2012	60 Seconds with James Hillier, Global Executive Club Proposition Manager, British Airways British Airways Executive Club has made some major changes of late so we caught up with James Hillier, Global Executive Club Proposition Manager, for a brief interview.
InsideFlyer January 2012	60 Seconds with Chris Lopinto, Co-founder and President of ExpertFlyer ExpertFlyer has been serving the frequent flyer community for almost seven years and the site recently opened up its Seat Alert system for free.
InsideFlyer January 2012	AirAsia Launches BIG Members, called "BIG Shots," who join the program can earn "Biggie" points, which can be redeemed for award flights, vouchers, hotel stays, vacation packages, AirAsia vouchers or merchandise.
InsideFlyer January 2012	Iberia Plus, AIRMILES and Avios British Airways Executive Club isn't the only program to adopt the new Avios points. The new Avios also replaced Iberia Plus' Puntos and AIRMILES last year.
InsideFlyer January 2012	Randy Petersen's Opening Remarks Mileage-based frequent flyer programs were invented in the U.S. and remain the home of the largest travel rewards programs in the world. Yes, they celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2011, but what's new with U.S.-based programs?
InsideFlyer January 2012	Buy and Transfer Points for Bigger Hotel Rewards Think the Maldives, Bora Bora or Paris are unattainable with your hotel points balance? Think again.
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 James Oberg	Private Spaceflight: Up, Up, and Away This year, commercial spaceflight will really take off
IEEE Spectrum January 2012 Katie M. Palmer	Intellectual Ventures Invents Beam-Steering Metamaterials Antenna IV and others aim at cheap in-flight broadband
Finance & Development December 2011 Paul Collier	Building an African Infrastructure Key political decisions are needed to build critical rail networks for a continent well suited to them
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