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Air Cargo News is delighted to have been selected as the principal media partner for this year’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS). We will be providing news, updates and video interviews from the show that can be accessed on this dedicated news page, through the event app and a special email sent to subscribers each day.

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Video: How does AI benefit air cargo?

2025-04-25T11:13:00+01:00By

Air cargo stakeholders at this year’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dubai have told Air Cargo News that artificial intelligence (AI) offers multiple business optimisation benefits

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Video: One change to improve air cargo

2025-04-24T15:13:00+01:00By

Air cargo stakeholders at this year’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dubaii were asked by Air Cargo News: If you could change one thing about air cargo to improve it as an industry what would it be?

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Video: Demand outlook at IATA WCS

2025-04-23T21:11:00+01:00By

Air cargo stakeholders at this year’s IATA World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dubai have told Air Cargo News that they are optimistic about air cargo demand growth,

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Saudia Cargo and China Cargo Airlines partner to capitalise on Middle East-Asia trade growth

2025-04-23T12:35:00+01:00

Saudia Cargo and China Cargo Airlines have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will aim to develop interline agreements and capitalise demand growth

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LATAM Cargo highlights waste reduction initiatives at WCS

2025-04-23T09:57:00+01:00By

LATAM Cargo has highlighted a series of recently implemented environmental initiatives around its use of pallets

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Partnerships are essential to SAF adoption

2025-04-16T18:43:00+01:00By

Partnerships and stakeholder engagement are essential to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) adoption throughout the air cargo supply chain

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Air cargo shouldn't fear eventual return of Red Sea shipping

2025-04-16T17:54:00+01:00By

IATA does not expect to lower its air cargo demand forecast when ocean shipping eventually returns to the Red Sea

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Air cargo grapples with increasingly complex compliance requirements

2025-04-16T16:08:00+01:00By

Air cargo is grappling with increasingly complex compliance requirements as governments respond to emerging security risks and chop and change tariffs

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Air cargo outlines how to drive ONE Record adoption

2025-04-16T16:01:00+01:00By

Change management and highlighting the benefits of ONE Record will be key to ensuring the data-sharing standard is adopted across the air cargo supply chain

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Oman Air to serve Amsterdam and boost Heathrow

2025-04-16T12:26:00+01:00By Megan Ramsay

On 1 July, Oman Air will begin direct four-times-weekly Boeing 787-9 flights from Muscat to Amsterdam.

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Emirates SkyCargo and Teleport team up

2025-04-16T11:03:00+01:00By Megan Ramsay

Emirates SkyCargo and Teleport, exclusive cargo partner of AirAsia, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create a preferred partnership that will support trade and e-commerce flows.

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IATA maintains positive cargo outlook

2025-04-15T18:20:00+01:00By

IATA is maintaining a positive air cargo forecast and has stressed the majority of global trade is currently unaffected by the latest emerging tariff war

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IATA hits out at unrealistic SAF mandates

2025-04-15T17:43:00+01:00By

IATA is concerned that airlines will be left footing the bill if the sector cannot meet unrealistic sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) mandates

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Air cargo confident on e-commerce

2025-04-15T17:26:00+01:00By

E-commerce will continue to be a growth market for air cargo thanks to emerging markets and ongoing consumer demand for speedy delivery

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US tariffs’ impact on freighter manufacturing unclear

2025-04-15T17:14:00+01:00By

It’s not yet clear what impact US tariffs may have on freighter aircraft manufacturing at a time when there are delays affecting the modernisation of an ageing freighter fleet

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Globalisation is here to stay but air cargo must embrace flexibility

2025-04-15T15:52:00+01:00By

The recent rise in protectionism will not see the end of globalisation but the air cargo industry needs to become increasingly flexible and digitally focussed

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IATA recognises training excellence at CBTA 2025 awards

2025-04-15T11:03:00+01:00By Mike Bryant

IATA has declared Malaysia Airlines Academy (MAB Academy) and aviation training provider Ahlex worthy winners of its 2025 IATA Competency-Based Training and Assessment Center (CBTA Center) Innovation Awards

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dnata breaks 1m-tonne Dubai cargo handling milestone

2025-04-15T10:44:00+01:00By Mike Bryant

dnata handled more than 1m tonnes of cargo in Dubai between April 2024 and March 2025 – the highest volume ever processed by the company over a single 12-month period

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Emirates SkyCargo to fly freighter into Narita

2025-04-15T10:40:00+01:00By Mike Bryant

Emirates SkyCargo is to introduce a dedicated weekly freighter service to Narita International Airport, Tokyo, Japan, from late May