As I write, the Prime Minister is involved in meetings of Cobra, the government’s emergency planning committee, to formulate a response to the discovery of a bomb on an aircraft at East Midlands airport.
Browsing: Air Cargo
Demand for air cargo slipped back in September and volumes are now six per cent down on the May peak and – equivalent to pre-crisis levels, the latest figures from IATA reveal
DHL Global Forwarding and Delta Cargo have agreed on a strategic air cargo security partnership
Air cargo has entered a slower phase of expansion but the pace of growth in both volumes and yields remains above trend, according to the third quarter report from the International Air Transport Association
Rising demand for air cargo enabled Virgin Atlantic Cargo to push up yields in the first quarter. Sales rose by 36 per cent, driven by a 25 per cent increase in tonnage
Diageo has awarded a materials handling contract to Leicester based CI Logistics
IATA e-freight is now operational in Austria, with Vienna Airport being the first airport to implement the e-freight standard
The International Air Cargo Association has called on the UK government to abandon any idea of replacing the existing Airline Passenger Duty with a new per-aircraft flight fee
Drinks maker Diageo has chosen DHL Supply Chain for a multi billion won contract in South Korea.
The rapid rise in air cargo rates is highlighted by results from two of Europe’s largest airlines. At British Airways World Cargo, commercial revenue rose almost 60 per cent faster that traffic volumes in the last quarter, while at Air France KLM freight
