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AIR FREIGHT UPDATES BA’s Heathrow Flights Returning To Normal source: news.airwise.com Flights at London’s Heathrow Airport were returning to normal, but with some delays, on Thursday morning after a double whammy of incidents caused delays and cancellations on Wednesday.  Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES MSC, Maersk and Zim unveil...

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Delta and Korean deepen air cargo cooperation source: lloydsloadinglist.com Delta Air Lines Cargo and Korean Air Cargo are deepening their level of air cargo cooperation on the back of a wider joint venture between their respective parent airlines, which was launched last year after gaining anti-trust agreement to cooperate more...

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air France, KLM Merge JVs With China Southern, Xiamen sourc: news.airwise.com Air France, KLM, China Southern and Xiamen Airlines announced that they will merge their two existing agreements to create a single joint venture.  Read more here. Qatar Air Orders Five Flight Simulators From CAE source: news.airwise.com Qatar...

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Hong Kong Airport on course for another record year for cargo source: aircargonew.net Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is set for another record year after handling 2.5m tonnes of cargo and airmail in the first six months of 2018, a 3.5% year-on-year increase. HKIA attributed the cargo growth largely to transhipments. In June,...

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Market insight: Pick-a-merger time for Hapag Lloyd as suitors line up source: theloadstar.co.uk Hapag-Lloyd shareholder Michael Klaus Kuehne may have rejected the idea of a merger with CMA CGM – but is it a good idea, nonetheless? Let’s find out what the numbers – and hard evidence – suggest in the wake of the latest...