As long as there’s a need to get materials from point A to point B, a functional logistics industry is required. It’s even more vital for a place like Hawai‘i, located in the middle of the world’s largest ocean. Assuming the materials aren’t manufactured or grown here in the islands, they need to be transported here from elsewhere. Cargo ships and aircraft carry goods across the ocean, planes distribute them between islands and trucks deliver them to their final destinations. The last several years have brought unique challenges to the local construction industry. To understand how logistics ..read more

Dear Valued Pacific Air Cargo Customer, Please carefully review the attached notification of access road closures from February 20 through 25 that will prevent all access to the Pacific Air Cargo warehouse facility at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). We ask you to share this information with your ground transportation agents in Los Angeles so that they can uplift your shipments from flight 369 (HNL to LAX) outside the hours of road closure. On behalf of the city, we apologize for any inconvenience. Best regards PAC Customer Service Team View Map The post IMPORTANT NOTICE ..read more

By Chris Barnett Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Air. Hawaiian Airlines, a unit of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc., currently awaiting regulatory approval of a proposed combination with larger Alaska Air Group, Inc., has a strong and growing air cargo business whose structure is to be determined pending the closure of the merger that would preserve the two carriers separate brand identities. However, Alaska Air’s $1.9 billion deal to buy Hawaiian Air is not a slam dunk given the Biden administration’s current negative attitude toward airline consolidations and Alaska Air’s swallowing of its last acquisit ..read more

Interview From Forward Magazine: For the airline and air cargo businesses, the global pandemic proved to be a double-edged sword. Commercial airlines across the globe were hit mercilessly as they parked or mothballed thousands of aircraft, while for many in the air cargo industry, it was like trying to drink from a fire hydrant. Belly space usually reserved for cargo on commercial passenger flights moved to the dedicated airfreight operators, and new entrants popped up at an alarming pace. For Pacific Air Cargo (PAC), it was bitter-sweet as demand on its primary route westbound between Los An ..read more

Pacific Air Cargo Chief Executive, Tanja Janfruechte has been confirmed as the one of five new members of the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum (PHAM) Board of Directors. Tanja takes up the baton and the legacy left by PAC’s Founder, Beti Ward, who served passionately on PHAM’s Board from January 2009 until September 2017.  Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum announced the additions stating that their talents will add important knowledge and skill sets to our Board of Directors. The key areas of expertise that were sought by the Museum’s Nominating Committee, with input from many Board Members, were ..read more

As part of this week’s Special Report on shipping, transportation and storage, Pacific Business News highlights shipping companies that have contributed to Hawaii’s communities. Writer Kelsey Kukaua recently mentioned us and here is a quote from Paul Skellon, director of marketing, communications and PR.  “For more than 22 years, Pacific Air Cargo has been an active participant in the communities we serve throughout Hawaii. In many cases, this has been as a donor to local schools and community sports or cultural organizations that our employees are passionate about, and involved with. We ..read more

Interview With: Paul Skellon, Director of Marketing, Communications and Public Relations at Pacific Air Cargo How has your company mobilized to assist families on Maui?  Like so many individuals, businesses and agencies throughout Hawaii and beyond, the team at Pacific Air Cargo rallied quickly, providing charter flights and dedicated service capacity to ship hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of immediate relief supplies [such as] food, drinking water, electricity generators, clothes, bedding, flashlights, etc. It has been heartwarming to see the response from our people and the local ..read more

As news of Typhoon Mawar approaching Guam reached emergency services in the U.S., FEMA prepared to airlift emergency supplies to the island. The storm ravaged the territory on Wednesday May 24 during the night, leaving thousands without power, water, and telecommunication.  Pacific Air Cargo was tasked to support relief efforts by flying two emergency relief charter flights to Guam (GUM), the first on Saturday May 27 and the second yesterday, May 29. The cargo contained relief supplies that are stored in Honolulu at the FEMA facility at Diamond Head in readiness for just such events. Both ..read more

Los Angeles, CA, May 25, 2023 – Effective Saturday June 10, 2023, Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) will operate from a new base at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The new location at 5625 W. Imperial Hwy., Los Angeles, CA 90045 will allow the company to consolidate its corporate head office and warehouse operations into a single location. Commenting on the upcoming move, Pacific Air Cargo Chief Operations Officer, Thomas Ingram said, “We are excited to bring all our Los Angeles team members back together again under one roof. This should not only improve workflow efficiencies, but it will also ..read more

The Honolulu Zoo has announced the arrival of a new baby Eastern black rhinoceros born on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Pacific Air Cargo is proud of their role, transporting the parents, Aria (mother) and Kendi (father) from California to Honolulu last September and November. The male baby is the first offspring of the rhino couple. These parents were identified as a breeding pair as a part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Species Survival Plan (SSP). “We are all so thrilled with the very first birth of a rhinoceros at the Honolulu Zoo,” said Honolulu Zoo Director Linda Santos. “We ..read more