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FedEx unfazed by Amazon's new forwarding arm
FedEx has dismissed concerns that Amazon’s recent foray into freight forwarding and air cargo could impact the industries it is active in, pointing out that it mainly caters for business-to-business customers.Shortly after announcing its third-quarter results, FedEx executives were asked whether they were concerned about Amazon’s push into logistics, in ...
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Brexit: the economic perspective
Brexit means Brexit, but will it be a hard, soft, or red white and blue Brexit, and what are economic risks?Britain’s departure from the European Union ─ set your calendar for March 2019 ─ was a key theme in ‘Navigating global trade in turbulent times’, a seminar organised by SEKO ...
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Brexit: the supply chain perspective
Britain leaving the European Union, or Brexit, will have a profound effect on UK-managed supply chains, with more paperwork, a rethink on hub locations, IT system challenges and a need to revisit existing contracts with suppliers and customers.But there are also opportunities, with Brexit providing the excuse for a totally ...
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FTA urges swift Heathrow expansion
The UK’s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has described an increase in airport capacity in the southeast of England “is vital if the UK is to retain its position as a global trading hub”.In its response to the Government’s Draft Airports National Policy Statement, Alex Veitch, the association’s head of global ...
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Where’s your parcel? Ask Alexa
Customers without a hand to spare can now interrogate Amazon’s digital smart speaker, Alexa to find out where their DHL parcel is.Users can ask their Amazon Echo or Echo Dot smart speaker to give their shipment statusMichaela Lukas, who heads DHL Parcel’s private customer service says: “Voice enabled technologies, including ...
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ATSG wins ruling in pilots dispute
US-freighter lessor Air Transport Services Group (ATSG) has won an important industrial relations ruling in a dispute with some of its pilots.The US National Mediation Board has ruled in favor of ATSG's subsidiaries, in determining that they do not operate as a single transportation system, as defined under the US ...
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Amazon pilots take protests to shareholder meeting
Cargo pilots who fly for Amazon Prime Air picketed the e-commerce giant’s annual shareholder meeting yesterday to alert the company to a “looming pilot shortage” as negotiations over new collective agreements continue.The pilots, who are employed by aircraft lessors Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings (AAWW) and ATSG, say the shortage threatens ...
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Forwarders say stop procrastinating on aviation as UK heads to the polls
UK freight forwarder group the British International Freight Association (BIFA) has urged the winner of today's UK general election to "stop procrastinating" over the expansion of aviation capacity.In a statement issued as the UK heads to the polls, BIFA director general Robert Keen also said the group would highlight the ...
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Comment: Has Amazon really added flights to China? UPDATED
Reports circulating this morning [June 1] suggest that Amazon has launched “direct air cargo flights” between the US and China.The report, originating from the Xinhua news agency, suggests that the e-commerce giant has added flights from New York, Chicago and Los Angeles to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport in the Henan ...
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FTA urges EU Customs Union exit re-think after UK election
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called for the new UK government to review its decision to leave the EU Customs Union following yesterday's general election.The election result leaves no single political party with a majority, although it seems the Conservatives will form a coalition with the DUP.The snap election ...
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IATA prioritises quality in difficult times
Speaking at The 10th annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS) being held in Berlin this week (15-17 March), the director general and CEO of IATA, Tony Tyler, has called for further transformation in the airfreight sector, and pointed to greater quality of service as what he believes should be the priority ...
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UK aerospace calls for "refresh" on Brexit strategy
Britain’s £32bn turnover aerospace industry, second in size only to the US, has called for a “refresh” of the UK government’s Brexit strategy as talks on terms for leaving the European Union (EU) begin in earnest next week.The UK’s Aerospace Defence Security (ADS) trade organisation has also repeated “serious doubts” ...
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AA Cargo's Butler: differentiate and improve visibility or risk losing business
American Airlines Cargo has called on the airfreight industry to differentiate itself from competitors and potential new market entrants or risk losing market share.AA Cargo president Jim Butler said the risk of standing still and not differentiating was more significant than in the past as ocean carriers and integrators improved ...
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FTA says seamless trade and logistics must be priorities as Brexit talks begin
Negotiations get underway this morning (Monday June 19 2017) as politicians meet in Brussels to begin setting the terms for Britain's leaving of the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit'.The UK's Freight Transport Association (FTA) has repeated its calls for the Westminster government in London to prioritise logistics and trade, and ...
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Freighters World: Astral aiming for the stars
THE air cargo industry is often accused of failing to embrace the latest technologies and as a result loses market share to disruptors –new companies entering a market place and shaking things up.The one problem with this accusation is that it does paint all air cargo companies with the same ...
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Air cargo industry needs to prepare for big data or face losing out to rivals and disruptors
Big data and digitisation are two of the big topics that the air cargo industry is currently grappling with.While the air cargo industry has been moving increasingly into the digital world over recent years, it is often accused of being too slow in adopting new technologies that can automate the ...
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BIFA joins calls for softer Brexit
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is calling for UK negotiators to push for a deal that keeps Britain in the European Union (EU) customs union.BIFA's call came on the day that representatives of the British government and the European Commission sat down in Brussels to begin complex negotiations over ...
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NewsAir cargo innovation: Looking into the future
How does the traditional air cargo industry handle digitisation of the supply chain and also compete with start-up logistics companies offering shippers an app-based business-to-consumer service?Those were two of the questions posed at the ‘What’s next in logistics innovation?’ panel session at the Frankfurt Air Cargo Innovation Lab conference, hosted ...
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WCS17: Disruptors and Trump on the Abu Dhabi agenda
Transform today: shape tomorrow, that is the theme of IATA’s 11th World Cargo Symposium (WCS), which takes place in Abu Dhabi, March 14-16.After the success of Berlin in 2016, IATA wants to move the air cargo industry “from talk to action”.Three days of debate at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition ...
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UK logistics body champions AEO status for shippers
The UK's Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT) is encouraging all companies involved in the supply chain to become an Authorised Economic Operator (AEO), in order to ensure that Britain operates "frictionless borders" after it leaves the European Union (EU) or 'Brexit'.Following the EU Referendum in the UK last ...