Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more

Delta teams up with tiny regional Australian airline Rex

Bloomberg | May 02, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Qantas revives plan for world’s longest direct flights

Bloomberg | May 02, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Airbus engine-supply deals pave way for production ramp-up

Bloomberg | May 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southeast Asia travel is catching up at last as Covid curbs ease

Bloomberg | May 01, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

WorldACD: Trends for the past 5 weeks (wk 16)

AJOT | April 29, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters | By The Numbers

WorldACD views on air cargo market developments, covering each of the last 5 weeks up till Sunday 24 April.

Saudia Cargo and Cainiao’s partnership solidifies as the eCommerce Industry growth continues

AJOT | April 29, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

The agreement created a thriving ‘sky bridge’ between Asia and Europe, allowing Saudia Cargo to benefit from the opportunities arising from the growing global e-commerce market.

EasyJet exits leases on Russia owned jets in sanctions hitch

Bloomberg | April 29, 2022 | Air Cargo

Ukraine latest: Germany says won’t block a Russian oil embargo

Bloomberg | April 29, 2022 | Air Cargo

B&H Worldwide becomes a climate positive business

AJOT | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Air Forwarders

EasyJet exits leases on Russia-owned jets in sanctions turnabout

Bloomberg | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

[Freightos Weekly Update] Shanghai lockdown continues, but some optimism about recovery

Wizz Air extends halt to Ukraine, Russia flights through October

Bloomberg | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Southwest Air says pop in business travel to help fuel 2022 profit

Bloomberg | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Russia may need half its planes for spare parts, Kommersant reports

Bloomberg | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo

Opposing pilot inputs likely behind Air France 777 landing scare

Bloomberg | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Wang joins Jettainer’s team in Hong Kong

AJOT | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Airports

Jettainer, the global leader in unit load device (ULD) management services, is adding to its workforce: Stella Wang has bolstered the team in Hong Kong since April 1, 2022. Along with serving customers in the East Asia region, Ms Wang will also take on a newly created role overseeing the development of the ULD expert's leasing business as Head of Product for lease&fly.

2022 vs. 2021: weight Q1 was flat, March at -3% and first half of April at -6%

AJOT | April 28, 2022 | Air Cargo | Freighters

To put the air cargo industry’s performance in 2022 in perspective, we have looked at the worldwide development of chargeable weight in the last 10 years. As shown in the chart below, in the period from 2012 to 2018 the Year-on-Year (YoY) growth for chargeable weight was a single digit positive percentage for each of the years, with an average annual growth of +4%. The YoY change in 2019 was -4%, followed by -14% in the first covid year 2020. In 2021, the worldwide air cargo business bounced back with a +19% increase, bringing 2021 above the 2019, but below the 2018 level.

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