E-commerce giant Amazon has reportedly set up an air cargo operation in Europe as it looks to avoid shipment bottlenecks…
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Video: Drone delivery continues to make progress
28 / 06 / 2017
The possibility of parcel delivery by drone continues to take steps forward as Amazon reveals video footage (see below) of…
Rickenbacker picks up Amazon fulfillment delivery
28 / 06 / 2017
Amazon.com has announced plans to build a 1m sq ft fulfillment centre in the Rickenbacker Global Logistics Park which also…
Freight Transport Association gets back to basics with ABC guide to Brexit
28 / 06 / 2017
A week after the EU Referendum result, the Freight Transport Association has identified the top ten crunch issues for British…
Airport industry calls for single European aviation market following Brexit vote
28 / 06 / 2017
Rulemakers have been urged to maintain Europe’s single aviation market following the UK’s vote to leave the European Union. The…
Courier urges UK government to avoid costly tariffs and red tape following ‘Brexit’ vote
28 / 06 / 2017
Courier firm ParcelHero has called on the UK government to secure access to the single market and avoid the imposition…
IAG says no long term material impact from Brexit
28 / 06 / 2017
International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), which includes British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, believes that the UK vote to leave the…
ATSG confirms Amazon freighter network deal
28 / 06 / 2017
UPDATED: Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has announced agreements with Amazon Fulfillment Services, an affiliate of Amazon.com, to operate an…
Brexit? European Parliament debates divorce settlements
28 / 06 / 2017
With the European Union (EU) facing the biggest political rupture in its history, the UK voting to leave the union,…
FedEx dismisses headline grabbing “fantastical” reports that Amazon’s air network could compete with integrators
28 / 06 / 2017
FedEx has dismissed headline grabbing reports that Amazon’s new US air cargo network will become a competitor for its own…
Brexit: UK shippers call for negotiations “to keep goods moving”
28 / 06 / 2017
After Britain voted 52% in favour of leaving the European Union (EU), UK shippers have warned that exit negotiations must…
Amazon invests $69m in freighter lessor ATSG
28 / 06 / 2017
Amazon has already taken the opportunity to invest in US air cargo freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG), taking…
Atlas Air waits for Amazon to deliver better things
28 / 06 / 2017
Atlas Air revealed first quarter net income sharply down in 2016, at $7.7 million compared with $25.8 million for the…
IATA urges UK and EU leaders to maintain “safe, secure and efficient” air connectivity
28 / 06 / 2017
IATA has said the UK’s future relationship with Europe must ensure “safe, secure, efficient and sustainable air connectivity” but warned…
Amazon to lease a further 20 freighters from Atlas
28 / 06 / 2017
UPDATED: E-commerce giant Amazon will double the size of its airfreight fleet after it signed up to lease another 20…
DHL: No problem with Atlas/Amazon deal
28 / 06 / 2017
DHL says it has no problem with its aircraft lessor Atlas striking a deal with potential express customer Amazon to…
Heading for the Brexit, UK aviation considers its options
28 / 06 / 2017
What does the referendum result for Britain to leave the European (Brexit) mean for UK aviation and its air cargo…
Amazon’s freighter deal expected to have minimal impact on UPS and FedEx margins
28 / 06 / 2017
Amazon’s freighter operation is likely to have little impact on the margins of UPS and FedEx, according to a new…
Heathrow expansion, a decade until the new tarmac is available
28 / 06 / 2017
The UK government has given the go ahead to a third runway at London Heathrow Airport, although the tarmac is unlikely…
ACI welcomes Heathrow decision – but will it come soon enough?
28 / 06 / 2017
Airports grouping ACI Europe said it welcomed the UK government’s “tentative” approval for an extra runway at London-Heathrow — subject…
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