March 2024

New packaging saves weight and plastic for Bolloré

Bolloré Logistics in the US and at Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle are now using sustainable packaging for air shipments from Paris to Chicago,…

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New platform helps Air NZ customers cut the carbon

Air New Zealand has partnered with Norwegian company CHOOSE to offer two platforms to help its customers measure their carbon…

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New Brisbane post hub to meet e-commerce boom

Australia Post is to build a $50 million parcel facility at Brisbane Airport Industrial Park, the largest project ever at…

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A fifth of all airfreight in fifteen years

The Boeing 777 Freighter has carried up to 20% of global air freight since its debut in 2009, said the…

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Frankfurt high-flier wins IATA talent competition

Frankfurt Airport ‘s Erik Goldenstein won the IATA FACE-UP award for 2024, presented at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in…

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Cathay cargo tonnage surge outpaces revenue as yields droop

Cathay Pacific Airways carried 1.38 million tonnes of cargo in 2023, up almost 20% on the previous year’s 1.15m tonnes,…

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Forwarders and shippers call for more data ahead of new import regime

International forwarders’ federation FIATA and the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) have called for better data quality and information exchange ahead…

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Seven firms sign up to IATA digital charter

IATA launched a Digitalization Leadership Charter at the World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Hong Kong on 14 March with Cathay…

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Emirates SkyCargo adds capacity to cargo.one portal

Emirates SkyCargo has continued to roll out its digital booking capabilities with the addition of a new partnership with cargo.one….

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Prague plots ‘passenger to cargo’ plan

Prague Airport has signed a memorandum with 12 companies to develop air cargo at the in the Czech Republic gateway….

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UK freight group names first sustainable logistics chair

UK freight association BIFA has appointed Woodland group’s Sam Warren as the first chair of its new Sustainable Logistics Policy…

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Fits is a perfect fit for WebCargo

Fits Cargo – a Sri Lanka-based company that combines physical airline operations and interline agreements with over 160 carriers –…

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Rhenus opens Heathrow produce hub

German-owned global forwarder Rhenus has opened a temperature-controlled perishable handling facility at London-Heathrow, making it one of the few freight…

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Munich bucks the trend as cargo grows in 2023

Munich Airport says it was the only German major air hub to increase freight traffic in 2023. The south German…

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Lufthansa launches first Brussels-America freighter

Lufthansa Cargo is to start a twice-weekly B777F freighter service between Brussels and Chicago O’Hare on 3 April – its…

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Smarter funding can drive air cargo’s decarbonisation with SAF

Financing air cargo’s decarbonisation with SAF is a mammoth task within the air cargo industry, but it is achievable, IATA’s…

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Airbus lab to test new concepts in cargo

Airbus is to go into partnership with experts from CHAMP Cargosystems, Fraport, KLM Cargo, Kuehne+Nagel and Swissport in a new…

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Asia to Europe – could the train take the strain?

Austrian-owned international forwarder Cargo-partner says that rail could offer an alternative to air and sea freight between Asia and Europe….

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Generative AI has air cargo potential but should be approached with caution

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) is the latest technology buzz sweeping the world but potential air cargo users must keep an…

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Politics fails to deflect move to globalisation, says DHL report

There is no sign of geopolitics affecting the march of globalisation, says DHL in the latest edition of its Global…

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