Archive for November 2017

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES   American Flags Pilot Shortage For December Flights source: airwise.com American Airlines could be short of pilots in December leading to flight cancellations as a computer software problem gave too many pilots time off, the carrier’s pilot […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES   Is the future of aviation electric? source: aircargonew.net Siemens, Rolls Royce and Airbus are to collaborate on a project to deliver a Bae146-sized hybrid electric plane by 2020. Read more here. Two Europe-Asia cargo airline tie-ups […]

AIRFREIGHT   Bali airport stays shut but Lombok reopens source: aircargonews.net Bali’s international airport remains shut for a second day due to the threat of a volcanic eruption from Mount Agung. The Indonesian authorities have extended the shutdown to at […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Astral flies into Yemen as blockade is lifted source: aircargonews.net Kenya-based Astral Aviation has operated a humanitarian flight from Nairobi to Sanaa in Yemen – the first aircraft to land at the airport after the Saudi led […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES   Air Canada Cargo to cut freighter operation source: aircargonews.net Air Canada Cargo has confirmed that after a year and a half it will cut its freighter operation to the US, Mexico, Europe and South America. The […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES   E-commerce drives up air cargo demand, leading to tight space, higher rates source:shippingonline.cn DEMAND for air cargo is being propelled by cross-border e-commerce and high levels of emergency shipments, leaving shippers scrambling for space on aircraft […]

  OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES   Maersk Fixes 22 Classic Panamaxes in the Space of Just One Month source: splash247.com Maersk has been on a “fixing spree” of classic panamaxes, according to the latest weekly report from Alphaliner. Alphaliner has Maersk […]