All-cargo planes carry bulk shipments of lithium batteries under strict regulations. Airlines want to minimize mistakes that can cause a fire during flight.
Air cargo is booming, but the pandemic set back international passenger airlines by seven years or more by several metrics.
The International Air Transport Association reported strong growth for air cargo in August.
Reducing risk from natural disasters, disease and terrorism is an important goal, but doing so shouldn’t paralyze economic activity.
Willie Walsh is the blunt leader of the International Air Transport Association. He admits that airlines mistakenly treated cargo business as an afterthought.
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 variant.
Air cargo throughput is expected to continue its upward trend after a strong first-half showing, IATA said.
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 to get eaten by ocean carriers are fleeing to air cargo.
International transport rules for dangerous goods could have hindered the vaccine rollout by airlines without swift action by the air cargo sector.
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 in transport prices.
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 travel side.
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 better or worse.
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 new tool to make that process much easier.
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 passenger airlines, which are cutting more flights and struggling to survive.
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 that of 2019. But, at least, airlines can count on cargo shipments.
The airfreight sector is nursing itself back to health and should be discharged from intensive care by April. Find out why.
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 will be back to 2019 levels, while the passenger sector struggles to survive.
UNICEF is helping less developed countries with supply chain needs associated with distributing coronavirus vaccines.
In the airline world, slots doesn’t mean playing the slot machines in Las Vegas. Slots are how big airports divide up available windows for takeoffs and landings among airlines. Airlines want regulators to cut them some slack on meeting their flight quotas during COVID, but competitors say they want an opportunity to fill the void.
Willie Walsh was one of the most influential airline executives at British Airways’ parent company. Now he takes the reins at the International Air Transport Association.
