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Cargo data is an IATA focus at the World Cargo Symposium in Berlin
Berlin is the host city for the 10th World Cargo Symposium, March 15-17, and the ‘value of air cargo’ will be the conference theme at the InterContinental Hotel venue.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo, said that the industry needs to make better use of cargo data, with a focus ...
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Cargo partly to blame for low profitability at Asian carriers
Cargo is one of the main reasons carriers based in Asia continue to suffer from lower profitability levels than competitors from most other regions of the world.Speaking at the Singapore Airshow Aviation Summit, IATA chief executive and chairman Tony Tyler said the overall airline industry was expected to return profits ...
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Difficult end of year for Latin American carriers
Latin American airlines saw cargo demand slip by 425m freight tonne km in 2015 as weakening economic conditions continued to affect airline performance.The end-of-year figures from the Latin American & Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) show that cargo demand for its 11 member airlines ended the year 8.2% down on ...
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So near and yet so far: airfreight industry misses e-AWB target
As expected, the air cargo industry fell short of meeting IATA’s end of year target for e-air waybill (e-AWB) market penetration, but the organisation remains optimistic about prospects for 2016.IATA today announced that the airfreight industry managed to achieve an e-AWB penetration of 36.4%, short of its 45% target for ...
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Moves for temporary lithium batteries ban welcomed by pilots
A US pilot association has welcomed moves to introduce a temporary ban on the transport of lithium batteries on passenger aircraft but said this won’t resolve risks for air cargo freighters.The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA) has welcomed the International Civil Aviation Organization’s (ICAO) Air Navigation Commission’s work in ...
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NewsAir cargo demand declines "bottom out" after November slide
Global airfreight volume declines may have “bottomed out” after another slide was recorded in November.The latest statistics from IATA show that air cargo demand in tonne km (FTK) terms declined by 1.2% in November compared with a year earlier, although November 2014 was a particularly strong month.Volumes were higher than ...
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IATA looks to cut ULDs' $400m annual repair and damage costs
It’s a rough and tumble life being an airfreight unit load device (ULD).Despite being regulated as an aircraft part, the containers used for baggage and cargo still have a $300m annual repair bill due to ‘bends, scrapes and holes’.As the only aircraft equipment that travels up and down the logistics ...
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IATA tackling lithium battery risk for air cargo
IATA Cargo is working with regulators, postal authorities, airlines and forwarders to combat the threat posed by unauthorised or wilfully mis-declared airfreight shipments of lithium batteries.Dave Brennan, assistant director of cargo safety and standards at airline industry grouping IATA, said that 400m lithium batteries are manufactured each week.Lithium batteries are ...
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e-AWB target of 56% by end of 2016 says IATA
IATA Cargo has set a 56% target for electronic air waybill (e-AWB) usage by the end of 2016, despite missing the 45% target for 2015.In October this year, the figure for e-AWB penetration was just 35.1% but Guillaume Drucy, IATA’s head of cargo e-business management, remained hopeful that ratio would ...
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IATA Cargo working closely with forwarders
IATA Cargo will acquire a leaner look as it cuts back on bureaucracy and complexity, as well as building a closer working relationship with the freight forwarder industry via the latter’s global body, FIATA.Glyn Hughes, IATA’s global head of cargo and now 18 months into the new role, said that ...
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IATA to meet US security chiefs on continued mutural recognition for European airfreight
IATA will meet next week with representatives of the Washington air cargo security community to safeguard a mutual recognition agreement between Europe and the US that is currently “under jeopardy”.The mutual recognition agreement (MRA) means that cargo being transferred or transited through the European Union (EU) is not subject to ...
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E-AWB growth slows in October
Growth in the use of electronic air waybills (e-AWB) slowed in October making any hopes of hitting IATA useage targets now look forlorn.The latest IATA figures show that in October e-AWB penetration edged up by one percentage point compared with a month earlier to 35.1%.This follows two months in a ...
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IATA: Airfreight markets show slight growth in September
Global airfreight markets showed “very modest growth” in September and “negligible growth” for Asia-Pacific carriers said IATA in its latest cargo data update.Measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), global air cargo volumes rose 1.0% compared to the same month a year ago.The statistical evidence echoes that of analyst WorldACD which ...
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C2K members agree new quality standards
CARGO 2000 (C2K) members have agreed new quality standards for the air cargo industry.More than 60 technical and operational managers took part in a meeting of C2K’s Technical Working Group this week as part of a drive to implement new quality standards for the air cargo industry.C2K is an IATA ...
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Airfreight demand edges up but "all is not well", says IATA
Airfreight volumes edged up slightly in August following on from a decline in July, but Asian and North American carriers still registered a slide in demand for the month.The latest seasonally adjusted demand data from IATA shows that airlines recorded a 0.2% year-on-year increase in freight tonne km (FTK) in ...
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IATA chief Tyler to step down
International Air Transport Association (IATA) director general and chief executive Tony Tyler is to retire in June 2016 after serving five years. His successor will be appointed at the next annual general meeting in Dublin in June 2016.Before joining the airline organisation in 2011, Tyler worked at John Swire & ...
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Zimmerman to lead Cargo 2000 change programme
Ariaen Zimmerman is the new full time executive director of Cargo 2000 (C2K), an IATA interest group established to lead the drive towards “enhanced quality throughout the air cargo industry”.Zimmerman is leading the group’s change programme, which will see C2K adopt a new auditing system, neutral benchmarks, and “embrace a ...
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Virgin Atlantic Cargo calls for ethical standards for airfreight
Virgin Atlantic Cargo has called for the creation of an industry-wide ethical cargo policy that will identify shipments not acceptable for carriage in the aftermath of the killing of Cecil the lion.The UK airline, which already has an ethical cargo policy in place, called for an industry-wide agreement that would ...
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Air cargo volumes stagnate and load factors slide in June
The air cargo industry faced another tough month in June as volume growth “stagnated” and load factors continued to slide.Airline organisation IATA’s monthly airfreight market analysis has revealed that cargo traffic in freight tonne km terms increased by 1.2% in June compared with a year earlier.This lags behind the 3.5% ...
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e-AWB take-up not fast enough warns IATA
Global electronic-air waybill (e-AWB) penetration is growing, “but not fast enough,” says IATA, which wants the industry to accelerate implementation by focusing on the top 20 e-AWB-enabled airports.Latest IATA figures for June 2015 show that the number of e-AWBs submitted globally rose to 28.8%, up by just 0.8% from the ...