IATA Tagged Articles - FreightWaves

A refrigerated container is ready to be lifted up to the side door of cargo plane.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, June 2, 2021

0

Slashing red tape helped airlines speed COVID vaccine shipments

International transport rules for dangerous goods could have hindered the vaccine rollout by airlines without swift action by the air cargo sector.

Air Cargo

A forklift driver with a pallet, airfreight containers in a row and an aircraft in the background.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorTuesday, May 11, 2021

0

Companies in desperate hunt for aircraft to move cargo

Airfreight markets around the world are facing serious capacity constraints. Trade growth is overwhelming the physical ability of carriers to move goods and it’s reflected…

Air Cargo

Brown tail of UPS jet in foreground, cargo containers and American Airlines cargo warehouse in background.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, April 21, 2021

0

Airlines to lose $48B despite banner year for cargo

Cargo has been the airline industry’s all-star performer since the pandemic began. Profits are soaring, but it’s not enough to overcome huge losses from the…

Air Cargo

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, April 8, 2021

0

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…

Air Cargo

Split screen, with cargo pallet in front of a big jet engine of plane and blue screen of a big computer on the right to show digital freight transactions.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, March 24, 2021

IATA offers digital connectivity platform to air cargo industry

Digital transactions are necessary as air cargo volumes grow, but setting up those IT links can be tedious. The International Air Transport Association has a…

Air Cargo

A white and green plane loading pallets of cargo through side door.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, March 4, 2021

Air cargo 2021: The good, the bad and the ugly

Air cargo is a good news, bad news story this year. Shipment volumes are at pre-crisis levels. But cargo is joined at the hip with…

Air Cargo

Containers on a lift get loaded into side a big airplane on a sunny day.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorWednesday, February 3, 2021

1

For airlines in 2020, cargo no substitute for people

Uncertain vaccine rollouts and mutant COVID-19 strains are messing up airline industry hopes for a second-half recovery this year. At best, traffic will be half…

Air Cargo

A large pallet of cargo on a hydraulic lift gets loaded into the side door of a plane.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorThursday, January 7, 2021

Air cargo market levels off in November; passenger sector sinks

The airfreight sector is nursing itself back to health and should be discharged from intensive care by April. Find out why.

Air Cargo

Front-end of a Boeing 747 cargo jet, looking straight on to its nose. The plane is white.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo EditorMonday, December 7, 2020

Air cargo sector shoots toward 2021 recovery

New data shows cargo continued to rebound in October thanks to strong North American market and economic fundamentals. By next year, the air cargo market…

Air Cargo