Archive for March 2023

  AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Weak demand and slimmer retail margins eat into airfreight spend theloadstar.com Concerns over excess inventories at retailers are misplaced: the real issue is weak demand and low margins – which are cutting into airfreight spend. “I’m […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Trans-Atlantic container rates still double pre-COVID levels freightwaves.com Container shipping rates are not back to normal quite yet. Trans-Pacific rates have returned to pre-COVID levels, but pricing in trans-Atlantic markets has not. Spot container rates from Europe […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES How Asiana Airlines & Korean Air Are Looking To Speed Up Their Merger simpleflying.com Asiana Airlines has created a special task force that will work to expedite its merger with Korean Air. The group will focus on […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES FAA Announces Plan To Cut Down Flight Delays In New York City & Washington DC simpleflying.com To avoid repeating last year’s mass disruptions across the airports serving New York City and Washington DC, the Federal Aviation Administration […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES FAA Announces Plan To Cut Down Flight Delays In New York City & Washington DC simpleflying.com To avoid repeating last year’s mass disruptions across the airports serving New York City and Washington DC, the Federal Aviation Administration […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Spring Break Set To Be A Stress Test For US Airlines & Airports simpleflying.com Spring break 2023 looks set to be the busiest travel period in US history. According to Airlines for America, airports across the country […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Global tonnages flatten as average rates further soften aircargoweek.com Global air cargo tonnages appear to have stabilized following their post-Lunar New Year bounce-back in recent weeks and their steady decline throughout most of last year, while average […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES WestJet freighters set for takeoff following conversion approval aircargonews.net Transport Canada has certified WestJet’s four B737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters to enable the airline to launch all-cargo operations. Until now, the airline has been unable to use its […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Strikes Continue To Cancel Flights At 4 German Airports simpleflying.com Yet another strike in Germany has impacted four airports – Düsseldorf, Cologne/Bonn, Stuttgart and Baden-Baden – less than a week after the last walkout. Hundreds of flights have […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Box lull sees change in global container flows splash247.com The lull in box volumes is resulting in falling congestion and also in changes in container flows as reflected in the Container xChange Container Availability Index. The index, […]