Archive for December 2017

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Halifax Stanfield ready for freight peak as it looks to expand cargo facilities source: aircargonews.net Halifax Stanfield airport is expecting another busy holiday season, while it has applied for funding to expand its cargo area. Bert van […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Emirates To Add Third London Airport source: news.airwise.com Emirates will add a third London airport to its route network from summer 2018 with a daily service to Stansted airport, north of the capital. Read more here. https://news.airwise.com/story/emirates-to-add-third-london-airport […]

AIR FREIGHT E-commerce – growth without profit? source: aircargonews.net Airlines are looking to capitalise on the rapid growth of online consumer sales, but do the margins generated by the sector justify the investments carriers are making, asks Ian Putzger Air […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Hong Kong airfreight volumes soar 6.9% in November source: aircargonews.net Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) saw significant growth in cargo volumes during November 2017 as throughput went up by 6.9% year on year to 466,000 tonnes. Read […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Cathay Pacific predicts strong Q1 for air cargo source: aircargonews.nety Cathay Pacific Cargo is expecting a strong start to 2018, with demand remaining strong for at least the first quarter, shippers already looking to secure space and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Record-high air freight rates continue ex-Europe source: lloydsloadinglist.com Air freight rates remain at record-high levels out of Europe on key lanes to Asia and North America due to continuing supply-demand imbalances that have been exacerbated in recent […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US-bound Flights Delayed At Toronto Airport source: news.airwise.com A potential security breach at Toronto’s Pearson Airport caused delays for some US-bound flights from the airport’s Terminal 3 on Wednesday. Read more here.   OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Size […]

AIR FREIGHT Another online retailer looks at entering air cargo market source: aircargonews.net Reports from China suggest that online retailer JD.com is could follow the lead of Amazon and establish its own air cargo fleet and even build its own […]

AIR FREIGHT Slow progress of e-AWBs down to market growth source: aircargonews.net The slow growth of electronic air waybill (e-AWB) penetration in 2017 is down to the overall improvement in air cargo demand, according to IATA. Each year the airline […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Toronto Pearson reveals new routes for summer 2018 source: aircargonews.net Canada’s Toronto Pearson International Airport has confirmed that the summer 2018 schedule through the gateway will see the addition of a number of new long-haul routes. Read […]