Archive for March 2022

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES The United States Adds 73 Aircraft To Its Russian Export Sanction List simpleflying.com The statement says these aircraft have apparently violated US Export Administration Regulations (EAR) and warned anyone against providing any unauthorized form of service to […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES The Impact Of Replacing Short Haul Flights With Trains simpleflying.com The French ‘ban’ on domestic flights where rail connections can be made in under two and a half hours is set to come into effect next month. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airlines divert cargo from Shanghai, putting more pressure on rates theloadstar.com Airlines are cancelling cargo flights from Shanghai Pudong (PVG) following the city’s Covid lockdown, with diverted cargo likely to push up airfreight rates at alternative gateways. […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Shanghai goes into lockdown splash247.com On Sunday China announced Shanghai would enter a staggered lockdown, starting today, marking the biggest city-wide lockdown in the People’s Republic since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago. For […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airlines are flying up to 40% longer routes to avoid Russia businessinsider.com Airspace closures over Russia and the European Union are forcing airlines to take long detours to avoid restrictions, adding hours of flight time and thousands […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES What You Need To Know About IATA’s New CO2 Calculation Method simpleflying.com On Tuesday, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of its Recommended Practice Per-Passenger CO2 Calculation Methodology. This is the first tool of its […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Canada Extends Its Russian Flight Ban To Include Humanitarian Flights simpleflying.com After an Aeroflot Airbus A350 with tail number VQ-BFY violated Canadian airspace on its last Miami-Moscow flight – Flight AFL111/SU111 on February 27 – Canada decided to […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES VDG confirms suspension of AirBridgeCargo and Atran operations aircargonews.net The Volga-Dnepr Group (VDG) has confirmed that it has taken the decision to temporarily suspend operations at its AirBridgeCargo and Atran Airlines subsidiaries. VDG said that it had […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Shenzhen partially lifts lockdown splash247.com Shippers will be relieved with news from Shenzhen where local authorities are easing lockdown rules as a Covid scare passes without too great damage to supply chains, especially compared to an outbreak […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air cargo shippers: ‘think about transport before you manufacture’ theloadstar.com Shippers will need to consider the lack of large aircraft during their manufacturing processes, warned one charter broker today. The loss from the market of Volga-Dnepr and […]