Airborne Inc., owner of air-freight company Airborne Express, said it plans to eliminate 640 jobs, or 2.5% of its work force, as its customers’ shipping needs shrink along with the U.S. economy ...

Airborne Inc., the parent company of overnight package-delivery company Airborne Express, has initiated the first system-wide workforce reduction in the company’s 55-year history, largely in ...

Airborne Inc. (ABF), the parent company of package shipper Airborne Express, said Friday that it will lay off 640 workers, or 2.5% of its workforce, because business has dropped off and the ...

Airborne Express, which had been struggling financially in recent years, announced Tuesday that its chief executive is retiring, effective immediately. Carlton D. Donaway, now Airborne's president ...

The company will send another Seattle-based ... some workers were braced for the news. One Airborne Express computer-systems employee said all 300 workers in the department were called into ...

For International Express, the rate increase will average 4%; and for Airborne's ground and home delivery services, rates will go up about 3.9%. The company noted Seattle-based Airborne Express ...

Airborne Express, Seattle, announced the launch of ... The service will be integrated into the company's current pickup and delivery operation. The company is targeting an average per day shipment ...

The Seattle-based shipper’s profit and stock price have slumped badly during the last 18 months, mainly because the company--which operates as Airborne Express--has suffered lackluster volume ...

SEATTLE -- Airborne Inc., the parent company of the nation's No. 3 express-delivery service, issued a profit warning for the fourth quarter, citing a slowdown in domestic shipments and higher-than ...