August 22, 2024 – Los Angeles – Pacific Air Cargo (PAC) today announced a partnership with Freightos enabling it to be part of Freightos’ leading WebCargo digital air cargo booking and payment platform. This collaboration extends Pacific Air Cargo’s reach, not only offering capacity to forwarders throughout the US but also to those internationally. The [...] The post Pacific Air Cargo Joins Freightos’ WebCargo Platform, Expanding Digital Air Cargo Capacity and Reach appeared first on Pacific Air Cargo ..read more

At Pacific Air Cargo, we pride ourselves on connecting people and places across the Pacific, but sometimes, our most precious cargo isn’t what you’d expect. Recently, we had the privilege of transporting a very special passenger—a German Shepherd whose story touched hearts across Hawaii. This brave dog was facing a heartbreaking future, just days [...] The post A Journey of Hope: How Pacific Air Cargo Helped a German Shepherd Find His Forever Home appeared first on Pacific Air Cargo ..read more

We had chance to chat with Paul Skellon, Director Marketing, Communications & PR for one of HFIA’s newest Associate Members, Pacific Air Cargo. By: Alexis Chapman Tell us a little bit about what Pacific Air Cargo does? Pacific Air Cargo offers premium air freight services between Los Angeles and Honolulu, 6 days a week, with connecting services to the neighbor islands and also two-weekly service to American Samoa and Guam. Through our Road Fedder Service, we also offer seamless connections to all major US mainland gateways. What makes shipping to and from Hawaiʻi uniquely challenging and h ..read more

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