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The past year in airfreight logistics has seen the rise of multiple trends, among them an increase in digital initiatives and a rapid rise in demand for e-commerce cargo. Teleport, the logistics venture of Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia, focuses heavily in both areas. A younger company in the logistics space, Teleport has built its logistics services to align with its digital goals, including...

When the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of most brick-and-mortar retail locations in countries around the world, retailers and many other businesses entered the e-commerce space or grew their e-commerce investments to adapt to changes in consumer behavior. The growth in this sector of retail has been a major driver of airfreight strength over the past year, and is leading to investments that...

The pandemic’s challenges to all modes of transportation have contributed to varied solutions, from passenger freighters to an increase in express ocean freight shipments. The logistics industry is also looking to technology to help mitigate market volatility and smooth processes around capacity booking, airport pickup and drop-off of cargo, and other areas.  California-based startup Airspace has...

Improving gender balance in air cargo has been a topic for many years, and the need for change is evident in the way that there are very few women in decision making and executive roles, or speaking at industry events, according to an industry data report by IATA. A new partnership between Meantime Communications and Change Horizon forged on March 8, or International Women’s Day, aims to bring gen...

As COVID-19 vaccine shipments accelerate, more innovations in container technology are likely on the horizon. However, it is not only temperature deviations that present a threat to vaccine integrity — as high-value, important and time-critical cargo, vaccine shipments also face physical and digital security risks. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World , Joshua Aelick talks to Nathan de V...

Kuehne+Nagel Q4 earnings this week saw soaring airfreight rates support revenues for some freight forwarders in 2020 while other transport modes struggled, but volatility in rates, particularly in the spot market ex-Asia, could threaten gross profits in the months ahead. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World , Charles Kauffman and Caryn Livingston discuss how new strategies developed by a...

In this episode, Air Cargo World Senior Editor Charles Kauffman and Ed Gillett, co-founder of U.K.-based CharterSync, discuss the impact the pandemic and Brexit have had on charter activity, particularly to, from and within the U.K., and the growth of CharterSync's platform.

Aviation has struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic, mostly due to widespread cancellations of passenger flights and travel bans. Air cargo carriers, however, have seen demand vastly outpace available capacity, leading to higher airfreight rates and surcharges. All-cargo carriers and the express industry have reaped the benefits of airfreight demand, due to their all-freighter operations, without...

Air Cargo World editors and readers selected Eddy Liu, vice president of cargo at China Airlines, as 2020’s Air Cargo Executive of the Year. In Liu’s profile and the cover feature for the December 2020/January 2021 issue of Air Cargo World , Associate Editor Jeff Lee delves into how China Airlines has evolved its operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. We and our readers also selected Dorothea vo...

Dozens of trans-Pacific cargo flights into Los Angeles Airport (LAX) were canceled this week through at least Dec. 10. COVID-19 cases among ground handlers at LAX and other U.S. airports, including Chicago O’Hare (ORD), have slowed airfreight handling, even as longer delays in ocean freight are pushing shippers toward air. The supply chain strain comes at the height of this year’s peak season, whe...

Following his recent cover story, “ Immunity by Air ,” which dives into how stakeholders across the air cargo supply chain are working to prepare for vaccine distribution, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman spoke with Matt Castle, C.H. Robinson’s VP of global forwarding products and services, about how the 3PL is planning for the task ahead. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World, Kauffman and...

In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World, Senior Editor Charles Kauffman discusses the contingency planning that is underway at Amsterdam Airport (AMS) with Maarten van As, managing director of Air Cargo Netherlands, the country’s industry association. While many developed countries are well-equipped to distribute a vaccine, Van As discusses the potential role global hubs such as AMS, may pl...

Despite cost-cutting measures across the logistics industry, air cargo operators and freight forwarders have largely stayed the course in their pursuit of lower emissions and sustainable logistics.  The August feature story “ Greener on the other side ” highlights some of the initiatives and companies targeting more environmentally friendly operations. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo Worl...

This week, Air Cargo World published an overview of second-quarter results for major Asian cargo carriers, which held some surprising traffic results for Korean Air Cargo and Hong Kong-based Cathay Pacific Cargo. Meanwhile, some airlines are preparing for the eventual likelihood that airfreight will be utilized for widespread global distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine. Finally, in U.S. election new...

The hospitality sector has been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, but some freight forwarders are optimistic that travel demand will return, and companies in this industry need to prepare their supply chains for the eventual recovery. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World , New York-based freight forwarder Sobel Network Shipping’s president and CEO Brian Wills speaks on the...

This week, Air Cargo World launched the layoff tracker, covering air cargo logistics layoffs from the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been mitigated for now in the United States by federal relief programs, and this week, major cargo handler Swissport announced it had received $170 million in relief funds to support its U.S. payroll. Meanwhile, cross-border e-commerce demand has soared thanks to lockdo...

This week, Air Cargo World published its second June feature story on digital payment platforms, how airlines and forwarders view this emerging technology, and how ongoing lawsuits between the major players in this space could affect the future of this corner of air cargo digitalization. Meanwhile, other areas of digitalization are doing well despite the COVID-19 pandemic, indicating a shift in in...

In this episode, Cathy Roberson, founder of Logistics Trends & Insights, and Caryn Livingston, editor at Air Cargo World , speak on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the evolution of technology and business across the air cargo industry. 

In this episode, Steve Smith, president and CEO at Washington D.C.-based nonprofit Airlink, speaks on how the organization and its partner carriers are working to support communities around the world battling the coronavirus pandemic. Airlink is a nonprofit organization working with aviation and logistics partners to transport relief workers and emergency supplies for reputable nongovernmental org...

In this episode Stephen Harvey, vice president for cargo and general aviation at East Midlands Airport speaks on the airport’s strategic development in response to demand, particularly driven by the growing express market. Harvey also discusses the impact of global challenges, such as the novel coronavirus and Brexit, to global markets, as well as potential opportunities arising from these situati...

Joining us today start-up CLIVE Data Services’ Managing Director Niall van de Wouw speaks on his company’s launch of a new analysis dubbed “the dynamic load factor,” which is aimed at measuring cargo-load factors from a volumetric, rather than weight-based, approach.

In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World , Southern California-based data integration startup Komodal’s co-founder Julia Pasternack discusses the company’s work to digitalize and improve transparency across multi-modal logistics operations. The startup has already done work to help alleviate congestion for stakeholders operating out of the Los Angeles and Long Beach harbors and is now focusi...

With the holiday season well underway, air cargo and logistics are seeing their seasonal boost in volumes when consumer buying habits pick up for the holidays. To avoid any logistical hiccups, integrators have prepared their infrastructure, networks and capacity to meet the forecasted record volumes expected this shorter holiday season.   In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World , DHL Expres...

As the current standing of Brexit hangs in limbo until Jan. 31, 2020, with little light likely to be shed on the situation until the United Kingdom’s general election takes place on Dec. 12, freight forwarders are already at work establishing contingency plans for a worst-case scenario during this murky period. In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World, we spoke with Robert Keen, British Inte...

More year-over-year declines in airfreight traffic and cargo handles for October served to cap off a difficult 2019 for global logistics. However, plenty of opportunities are still available for those operators that can pinpoint creative solutions to recent challenges.  In this episode of On Air with Air Cargo World, we spoke with Alexandra Kleinschmidt, Vice President, Customs & Trade Service...