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Liege Airport records a strong start to 2024

Liege Airport has announced an increase of flights (+15%) tonnage (+13%) in the first two months of 2024

Silk Way West Airlines purchases an additional Boeing 777 Freighter

Silk Way West Airlines has expanded its commitment to modernise its fleet by amending its contract with Boeing

IAG Cargo launches new service between Barcelona and Miami

IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG), has announced a new service between Barcelona and Miami

Cargo iQ appoints Marie Seco-Köppen Executive Director

Cargo iQ, has today announced the appointment of a new Executive Director, Marie Seco-Köppen and formally launched a new membership engagement scheme, which aims to further drive quality in the air cargo industry. The scheme includes a tiered membership program, as well as a scorecard system measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) across cargo movements, with

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Cross-border e-commerce logistics has been expanding rapidly in the last decade to become a very significant part of the air freight market, estimated to be around 20%, and its fastest-growing segment. And in an overall global air freight market that has been flat or in decline for much of the last 18 month, the continued growth of e-commerce traffic has focused minds even more clearly on satisfying its needs.
As highlighted in the E-commerce report on page 6, air cargo stakeholders have accelerated their efforts to adapt to this vertical’s evolving needs. And the return of bellyhold capacity since the end of the Covid pandemic has encouraged some major cross-border e-commerce shippers to turn again to a ‘supply direct from China’ model, requiring further adjustment by air cargo stakeholders.
Beyond investment in specialist facilities and capabilities, the growth of this segment has other implications for the market – including because e-commerce brands are prepared to pay a premium for air freight services. By absorbing a substantial portion of the capacity and influencing global pricing levels, it potentially squeezes out or makes it more challenging for traditional cargo customers to find capacity, at peak times or on certain lanes.

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“Emirates Post” Group signs MoU with “SkyGo”

Emirates Post Group (EPG) and SkyGo, an aerial logistics provider, have signed a new agreement to implement drone-powered logistics

Air Cargo Handling and Logistics 2023 conference

‘Ancestor worship’ is preventing industry digitalisation, says ULD Care VP

ULD Care vice president, Bob Rogers, says “ancestor worship” over paper is preventing the air cargo industry from digitalising. In a speech at this year’s Air Cargo Handling & Logistics (ACHL) conference in Athens, Mr Rogers described how a lack of will to go digital is holding the sector back. “The problem”, he said, is

‘More common ground’ in stabilising air cargo market, as volume decline slows in March

Longer-term contracts between shippers and freight forwarders may signal ‘more common ground’ in a stabilising global air cargo market

‘Dark clouds’ hang over a slowing global air cargo market, as demand drops 9% in July

Seasonally adjusted general air cargo market performance data for July 2022 shows a continued slowing down of volume, load factor, capacity, and airfreight rates

‘November volumes in January’ as air cargo load factors produce a positive start to 2021

Exceptional global air cargo load factors in the last two weeks of January saw 2021 begin with an unusual New Year ‘peak season’

‘Boring is good’ as global air cargo market takes another step to recovery

September showed the global air cargo market edging towards a sustainable recovery at the start of the traditional peak season

“CARGY”, the new digital solution partner by Turkish Cargo

Providing air cargo service to 127 countries worldwide, Turkish Cargo’s “CARGY”, the new artificial intelligence robot

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