In what is beginning to sound like a skipping record, another airfreight group is reporting more good news about traffic. In this case, it’s the Association of Asia-Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saying that airfreight demand in the Asia-Pacific region continues to soar, according to preliminary results from the association’s carriers in July. Cargo traffic in the region grew at a faster pace than the July report from the prior year, with a 10.9 percent, year-over-year, increase in

Nobody enjoys flight delays, and in an open letter to the European Council of Ministers, several air transport organizations are calling for European Union member states to adopt measures reducing widespread delays that followed recent regulatory changes. Delays at E.U. airports, the letter stated, have increased drastically after the recent implementation of an E.U. regulation aimed at increasing security for flights departing the E.U. IATA, Airlines for Europe, the Airlines

The aircraft engine being loaded onto the Il-76 Members of the X2 Logistics Network recently teamed up to urgently airfreight various aircraft parts from around the world to help get a stranded aircraft back in the air. The logistics network came together for the aircraft on the ground (AOG) operation when an Air Asia X aircraft became stuck in Perth after suffering a mid-flight engine failure. Parts were transported from Malaysia, Hong Kong, France, UK and USA using multiple

Less than five years ago, the idea of a “cargo community” at an airport was little more than an attempt by the various cargo executives to know everyone’s names up and down the supply chain. What each member of the supply chain did, however, was largely a mystery. Today, all that has changed as more formalized communities are forming across the globe. Much of this cooperation was prompted by the need to increase quality control procedures for high-value cargo, such as pharmac

The strong growth story for the airfreight industry that began early in 2017, and continued unexpectedly through July, is “becoming somewhat monotonous,” reported WorldACD in its monthly airfreight market analysis for July. But it’s doubtful that anyone else in the industry is complaining. Year-over-year volumes grew by 11.8 percent worldwide on the strength of traffic in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia and the Asia-Pacific regions, WorldACD said. Pharma transport rose es