Comment / M&A radar: If Atlas Air is on the block, so is ATSG

That air freight star Atlas Air (AAWW) would eventually attract interest from eager suitors has been one of the worst-kept secrets in supply chain.

That’s certainly true.

For one thing, we were well ahead of our time – or just out of time: the bearish stance – in mid-2018 when we wondered: “Is the wind in the right direction for Amazon to snap up Atlas Air?“.

Now, several media outlets spearheaded by The Wall Street Journal report that the group is “in advanced ...