Archive for February 2019

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Closure of Pakistan air space will increase flying time from India to Europe and US thehindubusinessline.com With Pakistan imposing a ban on flights over its air space for both India-registered airlines and also international carriers, passengers will […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Pakistan Closes Airspace Due to recent escalation of tensions between Pakistan & India, the Pakistan government has decided to temporarily close down Pakistan’s air space. All commercial flights into Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad & Islamabad airports have been […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES ABC expands network to include Bangladesh, despite airport security concerns theloadstar.com AirBridgeCargo (ABC) is to take advantage of Bangladesh’s growing export market, introducing Dhaka into its network. But despite recent improvements, security issues in the country are […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Despite blanked voyages, carriers still can’t fill Asia-Europe ships, hitting rates theloadstar.com Both of the major east-west tradelanes recorded significant falls on today’s Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI), reflecting an increasingly soft demand environment. Read more here. Shanghai […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US Carriers Apply For New Tokyo Haneda Slots news.airwise.com American, Delta and United airlines are bidding for slots at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport after the US and Japan agreed new slot availability. Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Two-month […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Supply chain radar: Maersk results out – don’t panic yet, a new blue star is born theloadstar.co.uk A quick and dirty take on AP Møller Mærsk (APMM)’s fourth-quarter and annual results, released this morning, which confirmed the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Mixed results for AF KLM Cargo aircargonews.net The Air France-KLM airline group has reported its 2018 full-year results, which paint a mixed picture with cargo volumes down but revenues up. Read more here.  New canine screening of air […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES IATA announces finalists for 2019 cargo innovation awards aircargonews.net IATA has confirmed the finalists for its 2019 Air Cargo Innovation Awards, the original 56 ideas having been whittled down to just three by an independent jury panel. Read […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Why the Superjumbo A380 Is Flying Into Retirement bloomberg.com Airbus SE took the drastic measure of terminating its flagship A380 superjumbo, with the last double-deckers rolling off the production line in 2021. That will be just 14 […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES EU Clears Air France-KLM Purchase Of Virgin Atlantic Stake news.airwise.com The European Commission has approved a share acquisition in Virgin Atlantic that would give Air-France-KLM, Delta and Virgin Group joint control of the airline.  Read more here.  OCEAN […]