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Air Cargo
Airport congestion blamed for peak season drop in air cargo volume
Peak airport congestion during peak season is undermining air cargo transport.
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Exorbitant ocean rates, need for speed give air cargo an edge
Air cargo is typically unaffordable for most shippers. With ocean rates off the charts, air doesn’t look so bad. If you can find a booking,…
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Freightos takes on TAC with new airfreight index
Freightos has set up an index to track a basket of prices for airfreight, just like it did with its ocean shipping index.
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IATA forecasts 2021 air cargo revenues to hit record $175B
Air cargo is booming, but the pandemic set back international passenger airlines by seven years or more by several metrics.
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How much money have airlines lost so far in 2021?
The global airline industry still has a steep climb out of its financial hole. U.S. airlines are doing better, but watch out for the delta…
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Cargo airlines cancel hundreds of China flights amid COVID outbreak
Labor shortages at Chinese airports and pilot quarantine rules related to COVID are forcing airlines to scuttle many cargo flights to keep operations going and…
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Stranger things: Air cargo becomes value play over ocean freight
The Upside Down is a parallel universe inhabited by the Demogorgon in the Netflix series “Stranger Things.” In the real world, shippers that don’t want…
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Air cargo gone wild: 9% growth in February
Air cargo carriers can barely keep up with demand. International passenger airlines are desperate for more traffic. But the two segments are inextricably linked, for…
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Bargain hunters beware: No time to shop for airfreight deals
There’s no time for deliberation these days if you want to get high-value cargo shipped by air. It’s a strong seller’s market in the air…
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LATAM Cargo moves up expansion plan for Boeing 767 freighter fleet
Boeing 767s are coveted by all-cargo carriers. LATAM Airlines is doing an in-house swap of passenger planes to its cargo division, which will send them…
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