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InsightsRFS services grow against challenging economic backdrop
Demand for Road feeder services (RFS) is increasing in a competitive air cargo landscape though there’s a long road ahead on which to tackle capacity and driver challenges.Wallenborn is still grappling with the impact of the pandemic, but its RFS business, which comprises 56% of its overall business, is steadily ...
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Air cargo rates stabilise for summer period
Airfreight rates on key trade lanes were stable in July for the quieter summer period but remain far above pre-pandemic levels.The latest data from the Baltic Exchange Airfreight Index (BAI) show that average rates on services from Hong Kong to North America dropped by 2.6% in July compared with June ...
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Forwarder Focus: Looking ahead to a more positive 2023
A recent survey of Airforwarders Association members indicates that while the air cargo business is decelerating after one of the industry's strongest years ever, volumes remain robust, and many predict the first half of 2023 will be relatively positive.Forecasts indicate that airfreight will account for almost 25% of airline revenue, ...
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Putzger perspective: Cargo hub headaches
Most people loathe aviation hubs. Even at the best of times they seem messy and congested, welcoming travelers with long lines at security checkpoints and immigration stations.The seemingly endless cascade of flight cancellations and delays in recent weeks has turned them into nightmares for many, some kind of purgatory ruled ...
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Supply Chain Spotlight: Flightpath to the future
The UK government recently published its ‘Flightpath to the Future’ document, which contained its 10-point plan for aviation – a strategy aimed at building an innovative and sustainable aviation sector.While it is encouraging that the plan recognises the vital role of airfreight as a tool for levelling up and international ...
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InsightsCargo airlines weather the storm of fuel price hikes
The cost of fuel has been a pain point in the aviation industry throughout 2022, but air cargo carriers have tackled the challenge with tenacious determination.Expensive fuel is not a new phenomenon, however, a perfect storm of economic and political issues has seen prices continue to rise this year until ...
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Smart software helps cut air cargo emissions
Wiremind Cargo’s chief executive Nathanaël de Tarade explains why utilising smart software should be considered alongside sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the race to reduce the air cargo industry’s carbon emissions.Much of the air cargo industry's focus on reducing carbon emissions centres on airlines' use of SAF.However, other players in ...
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Supply chain spotlight: The key to supply chain resilience
The logistics industry has faced a period of unprecedented challenges in recent years and, as a result, the resilience of the supply chain across the globe has received unprecedented attention.The World Economic Forum defines supply chain resilience as "the ability of a global supply chain to reorganise and deliver its ...
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InsightsAfrican airfreight on the ascent
As it emerges from the pandemic, Africa’s airfreight and logistics market is in expansion mode, attracting significant investment, writes Roger Hailey.There is investment in new and converted freighter aircraft, upscale cargo drones, consolidation in the cargo ground handling sector and the acquisition of a large specialist freight forwarder by a ...
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InsightsCargolux's Forson fears freighter boom will see air cargo bubble burst
Cargolux is exercising caution when it comes to freighter fleet investments and with good reason, president and chief executive Richard Forson tells Roger Hailey.Forson takes the longer term view of the air cargo industry and will not make million-dollar freighter fleet investment decisions based on the industry’s current boom.The Luxembourg-based ...
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Putzger perspective: Alignment headaches
Shipping companies' thirst for end-to-end supply chain solutions has seen their interest and investment in the airfreight industry continue to grow, but airlines would do well to think about what this trend means for the future, writes Ian Putzger.Airline boards have plenty of food for thought these days. Shipping lines’ ...
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InsightsEngineering a future flight path for Virgin Atlantic Cargo
Virgin Atlantic Cargo’s managing director Phil Wardlaw joined the team late last year and faces the challenge of navigating the division through a rapidly changing market.He moved over to cargo with more than 30 years in operations and engineering roles and joined at a time when the cargo team was ...
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SAF remains air cargo’s future fuel focus
Clean fuel alternatives to Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) are unlikely to be available for long-haul air cargo flights for more than 10 years.Frederik van de Ven, global sustainability director at Air France KLM Martinair Cargo told Air Cargo News during DHL’s recent “Powering the Future of Logistics with Sustainable Fuels” ...
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InsightsSwissport embraces growth and green logistics
Swissport is demonstrating how ground handlers can go green and decarbonise while simultaneously growing their air cargo handling businesses.Active at 285 airports in 45 countries across six continents at the end of 2021, Swissport is a major air cargo handler.The air cargo segment comprises 25% of the business, although last ...
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InsightsColumn: European air cargo faces up to the end of cargo-cabin flights
In a column for Air Cargo News, CharterSync's Ed Gillett considers the opportunities and risks for freight forwarders, charter desks and operators as cargo-in-the-cabin flights come to an end.The worst effects of Covid-19 may appear to be over, but the end to disruption in the air cargo market is still ...
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InsightsAirfreight reacts to challenges in energy logistics
Demand remains steady in the energy airfreight market with rising oil prices and renewables development helping to fuel business, writes Yvonne Mulder.The general consensus in the energy airfreight market is that the pressure from governments, consumers and campaigners to end the use of fossil fuels will not significantly impact their ...
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Putzger perspective: Thinking outside the cargo hold
By now most folks are wondering where the next big disruption is going to come from. The past two years have been a wild roller-coaster ride and there is little to suggest that we are on the verge of a return to stability.Nevertheless, airlines keep ordering freighters, and that includes ...
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InsightsAmerijet looks to the horizon as its fleet expands
Amerijet has confidence in the continued growth of air cargo. The Miami-based airline has been rapidly expanding its fleet in 2022 and chief executive Tim Strauss is certain there is enough demand to fill the aircraft.“It is going to be a good long run for air cargo,” Strauss says. “It ...
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Top forwarders not expecting globalisation to end
Global supply chains have been battered by constant disruption for more than two years, leading some to warn that there could be an upswing in nearshoring.First there was the Covid outbreak, then capacity challenges across all modes of transport, issues with worker shortages due to quarantine requirements, the impact of ...
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Supply Chain Spotlight: Logistics UK - airfreight's route to net zero
In 2021, Logistics UK launched its Route to Net Zero Commitment, with the aim of supporting its members to decarbonise their operations as quickly and effectively as possible.This pledge comes in response to the need to speed up the UK’s path to net zero by 2050, with many of the ...