CFA: Air cargo trade lanes can adapt to a trade war [VIDEO]
During a roundtable panel discussion at the 8th annual Cargo Facts Asia symposium held last month in Shanghai, executives from ...
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de Juniac’s air cargo priorities for 2019: Trade, global standards, modernization
SINGAPORE — After acknowledging a rather sour start to the year for air cargo, IATA Director General Alexandre de Juniac, ...
U.K. companies form ‘seamless air cargo service’ consortium anticipating Brexit
As the deadline for Brexit approaches less than five weeks away, still with no new trade deal agreed upon between ...
Overall air cargo demand is flat, but certain pockets thrive
The 31-month streak of year-over-year increases in demand for air freight had to end sometime, and that time has now ...
Top 5 airfreight trends to expect for 2019
Happy new year! Every January brings with it anticipation of the months to come and what they hold for airfreight ...
FedEx anticipates record-breaking peak season, warns of trade tensions
During FedEx’s FY Q1 2019 earnings call yesterday, CEO Fred Smith said the company is anticipating record-breaking volume during this ...
AAPA: 5 percent FTK growth in July
Today the Association Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) released its traffic results for the month of July, indicating a 5 percent ...
XPO Logistics reports 178 percent increase in net income in Q2
Today, XPO Logistics hosted its interim earnings call for the three months ended June 30 – reporting an overall net ...
U-Freight endorses WCO framework as trade war heats up
As international trade policy tensions continue to swell, Hong Kong-based logistics firm U-Freight Group has advocated for use of the ...
U.K. makes concrete E.U. trade-relations proposals anticipating Brexit
Just before President Trump made his first state visit to the U.K., the British government finally released a long-awaited document ...
IATA: Demand growth slows in May, as protectionist policies loom
May reports from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and WorldACD show that the 2017 heyday of double-digit growth rates ...
Independence Fray: Taking a holiday on free trade
Today, we at Air Cargo World are taking the day off to celebrate the United States’ hard-won independence from its ...
Trade War Fallout: 5 ways the Trump tariffs could impact air cargo
In trade wars, there tend to many casualties and few winners. But in the current politically charged climate, a trade ...
DHL CEO Appel says ‘Protectionism is the wrong path’
Deutsche Post-DHL Group CEO Frank Appel joined industry leaders in denouncing the economic policy of protectionism in a speech delivered ...
