Archive for September 2021 - page 2

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air Canada Reroutes Hong Kong Flights Via Seoul To Avoid Flight Ban simpleflying.com Air Canada has decided to re-route its Hong Kong-bound flights via the South Korean capital of Seoul. The decision comes after some of the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES PIA Operates First Commercial Kabul Flight Since US Forces Left simpleflying.com Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) has become the first airline to return to Kabul, Afghanistan since the Taliban took control of the country. The airline arrived this […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES CMA CGM startles rivals by vowing to stop spot rate increases for coming five months splash247.com Previous container shipping cycles tended to end in vicious rate-cutting grabs for market share. In 2021, the most extraordinarily profitable year […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES ‘No capacity left’ for ad hoc peak season bookings, says ABC theloadstar.com Without the normal air cargo slowdown over the summer, there’s “no capacity left” in the scheduled freighter market heading into peak season. According to Eric […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES More logistics players guarantee space by chartering their own box ships theloadstar.com Entrepreneurial logistics players are turning away from the highly congested transpacific market to cash in on the equally buoyant but less-congested Asia to Europe trade.  Alphaliner […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Mazda shuts down plants as cargo flights from Shanghai dry up freightwaves.com Cargo operations continue to deteriorate at Shanghai Pudong International Airport after the detection of another COVID case, as a key terminal operator functions with a skeleton […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES European regulator extends temporary-freighter exception into 2022 aircargonews.net The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended rules allowing airlines use passenger aircraft as temporary freighters into next year. The extension means that airlines will be able to […]