Listen: Airfreight rate volatility likely to linger
Kuehne+Nagel Q4 earnings this week saw soaring airfreight rates support revenues for some freight forwarders in 2020 while other transport...
AIT Worldwide leverages European acquisition for trans-Atlantic air consolidation
Illinois-based freight forwarder AIT Worldwide Logistics acquired Germany-based Feige Forwarding in December 2020, and is utilizing the operational synergies gained...
February airfreight rate volatility creates risky environment for forwarders
A recovery in airfreight volumes to pre-pandemic levels in February, combined with continued year-over-year capacity shortages, stand to negatively impact...
San Diego Airport looks to trial autonomous tech
San Diego International Airport (SAN) is seeking applications for companies with autonomous technology solutions to participate in its inaugural one-year...
Crane Worldwide’s Keith Winters joins webinar panel on forwarder growth strategies
Crane Worldwide Logistics CEO Keith Winters will participate in the first webinar in Air Cargo World’s 2021 series on “Expanding...
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IATA: 2021 cargo traffic kicks off with annual growth despite short capacity
Story updated on March 3 to include comments from Kuehne+Nagel. Air cargo traffic in cargo tonne kilometers (CTKs) recovered to...
Astral Aviation starts flights to Sharjah
Kenya-based cargo airline Astral Aviation is utilizing its recently delivered 767-200 freighter on a twice-weekly route connecting its Nairobi (NBO)...
Cainiao adds another e-commerce carrier partner with Saudia Cargo
Saudia Cargo is partnering with Alibaba’s logistics arm, Cainiao, for five weekly flights from Hong Kong (HKG) to Cainiao’s European...
Cargo Facts Consulting vaccine airfreight dashboard goes live on Air Cargo World
The equivalent of 1,000 widebody freighter flights’ worth of COVID-19 vaccines will move by air during the next two years,...
IAG Cargo achieves record 2020 revenue by targeting markets underserved by freighters
IAG Cargo operated more than 4,000 cargo-only flights in 2020, which helped push cargo revenues up by 16.9% year over...
Edmonton Airport expanding cargo apron, cold storage
Edmonton International Airport (YEG) is expanding its cargo operations in a $36 million (US$28.5 million) construction project that will grow...
Emirates kicks off UNICEF COVAX vaccine flights to Africa
The first international shipment of COVID-19 vaccines under UNICEF’s COVAX facility for global vaccine transport was operated today by Emirates...
Register now for the first in Air Cargo World’s 2021 Webinar Series
The first in Air Cargo World’s webinar series, “Expanding your reach: New markets and opportunities for freight forwarders,” is right...
Kuehne+Nagel to acquire Apex
Swiss logistics company Kuehne+Nagel has agreed to acquire Apex Logistics, one of the largest Asia-based freight forwarders, in a deal...
