News / Globalisation of e-commerce volumes propel Atlas Air results

Atlas Air released solid fourth-quarter and annual results today, and showed the lessor continuing to profit from benign trends while investing in new growth initiatives.

The chief reason for the increased profits and revenues was the continuing growth of e-commerce volumes and the strength of Asian economies, according to chairman and chief executive William Flynn.

“Our focus is on express and e-commerce, and fast-growing markets in Asia and elsewhere, such as South America, where we had the strongest year in the company’s ...