Typhoon Chanthu poised to extend ex-Shanghai airfreight rates’ climb
Interruptions in airfreight from China caused by Typhoon Chanthu, alongside another record-setting month for container ships idled off the California...
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August PMI: Chinese manufacturing growth slows
After fifteen consecutive months of expansion, Chinese manufacturing slowed in August, and entered slightly negative territory, according to analysis of...
Boeing bullish on freighter conversions in 2021 CMO
Boeing expects converted freighters to play a larger role in the future air cargo market and now forecasts 14.7% more...
Western Global Airlines asks DOT to remove fleet size cap
Western Global Airlines, which operates MD-11 and 747 freighter aircraft, is requesting that the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) remove...
From the Cockpit with Alaska Air Cargo’s Drouhard
Alaska Airlines’ Adam Drouhard this year assumed leadership of the airline’s cargo division after a tenure at Alaska Air Cargo that began in 2007....
Regional Pulse: Trans-Pac lane imbalance fades as both directions face capacity crunch
Airfreight forwarders and carriers with trans-Pacific operations into the West Coast of the United States report that the critical lack...
Airfreight ‘single bright spot’ for Asia-Pacific aviation in July
July was marked by “an unrelenting rise in COVID-19 infections across Asia and elsewhere,” but surging airfreight demand in a...
The Freight 50: All-cargo carriers reign in 2020
After a fairly underwhelming 2019 for the world’s largest cargo carriers, 2020 was a year of lofty peaks in the...
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