Archive for February 2022

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Canada Follows Europe With Airspace Ban On Russia simpleflying.com Russia is fast running out of international airspace as more and more countries ban its aircraft from flying over. The latest to join the list is Canada, closing […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Ukrainian airspace closes while impact on trade expected aircargonews.net Ukrainian airspace has been closed as navigation services declare the region an active conflict zone. Early this morning, the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) issued a conflict zone […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Ukrainian Airspace Closes As Russian Forces Move Into The Country simpleflying.com Ukrainian Airspace has closed to civil aviation overnight as Russian forces move into the country. The action follows months of rising tensions which have already seen […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US Airlines Cancel 100s of Flights As Storms Approach Dallas simpleflying.com After last week’s weather shenanigans causing havoc for aviation on the European side of the Atlantic, the turn has now come (again) for airlines in the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES China’s air cargo volumes rebound aircargonews.net China’s air cargo volumes rebounded to near pre-pandemic levels in January, according to the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), reported Xinhua, China’s state press agency. The volume of cargo and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Supply chain issues hold back pace of freighter conversions theloadstar.com Boeing wants to turn more used passenger planes into freighters, but supply chain issues could impede those ambitions. Over the course of the pandemic Boeing has drastically […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Record revenues for Air Canada Cargo aircargonews.net Air Canada Cargo saw all-time high cargo revenues of nearly C$1.5bn in 2021, compared with C$920m in 2020. The cargo arm’s record annual revenue exceeded C$1bn for the first time, reaching […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES How Many Aircraft Will The Asia-Pacific Region Need Over 20 Years? simpleflying.com According to Airbus, the Asia-Pacific region will need over 17,600 new aircraft by 2040. Passenger traffic in the region is projected to grow at a […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Boeing is converting even more jets into cargo freighters ajot.com Boeing Co., which has almost doubled its capacity to turn passenger jets into freighters since the pandemic began, is considering adding even more as demand for air […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES SM Line and 2M end transpacific partnership splash247.com South Korean carrier SM Line and 2M Alliance partners Maersk and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have ended their collaboration on routes from Asia to the west coast of the […]