The FAA predicts brisk cargo growth for U.S. carriers, to the tune of 3.1 percent annually for the next two decades, as well as a shift towards maindeck cargo, according to the agency’s just releases 2017-2037 Aerospace Forecast. These cheerful numbers are predicated o...
Canada, Mexico and The United States are all in agreement to modernize the 23 year old North American Free Trade Agreement
U.S. Commerce Secretary Ross recently stated the U.S. could start the formal NAFTA renegotiation with Canada and Mexico in just 90 days. The Trump...
An e-commerce arms race is heating up in one of the Middle East’s most lucrative markets, with United Arab Emirates-based property holding company Emaar bidding against Amazon for e-commerce retailer Souq.com. Emaar, which owns properties including the sprawling Dubai...
Sometimes it pays to be in the right place at the right time. Moscow-based Aeroflot, located midway between Europa and Asia, saw cargo and mail volumes grow 29.2 percent in February, driven by strong
international freight volumes, while domestic volumes were flat. Full...
March 27, 2017
Despite cuts to scheduled main-deck capacity between Nairobi and Amsterdam, Air France-KLM-Martinair said it maintained its dominant position in the transport of fresh-cut flowers out of popular gateways like Nairobi, Quito and Bogota. For the past five weeks, weekly a...
March 25, 2017
ABU DHABI — There has been talk in recent years about the wave of digital disruption coming to air cargo.
Well, that wave appears to have arrived.
Air France-KLM Martinair Cargo, as an example, is on its way to true digital transformation, said Laurent Petitmangin, the c...
March 24, 2017
Ethiopian Airlines announced that it will add Ahmedabad, the carrier’s fifth cargo gateway to India, to its global cargo network as of March 28, 2017. The Addis Ababa based carrier also finalized preparations to launch new flights to Victoria Falls, Oslo and Antananari...
March 23, 2017
Flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) just got a little harder in the Great White North.
The Canadian government has instituted new temporary, on year rules that prevent the use of recreational drones near airports, garnering praise from private- and public-sector stak...
March 23, 2017
With the release of a new “Cargo Trace skill” that can be taught to Amazon’s interactive app, Alexa, Luxembourg-based CHAMP Cargosystems is adding voice-controlled track-and-trace capabilities to its Traxon air cargo shipment tracking platform.
Stakeholders in the air c...
March 21, 2017
It appears March is turn-back-the-clock month in the European air cargo industry. Just a week after a European Union court today reversed an earlier decision preventing UPS from purchasing TNT Airways in 2013 on antitrust grounds, the European Commission (EC) has rever...
