Summarizing the air cargo market in 2017
IATA reported freight tonne kilometers across the airfreight industry rose by 9.0% y-o-y for the full year 2017, the strongest...
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Drone startup closes funding for hybrid-electric cargo challenger to Cessna 208
A California startup promising to build an electric long-distance cargo drone announced yesterday that it has raised 140 percent of...
Contractual vs. transactional: Unpacking the capacity crunch with C.H. Robinson’s Matt Castle
Besides the sustained high level of demand for airfreight, one of the defining characteristics of 2017, has been an ongoing...
Bolloré extends network to Scandinavia with purchase of Danish forwarder
In a bid to broaden its network into Scandinavian territory, French forwarder Bolloré Logistics purchased a majority stake in the...
AAPA’s 2017 results confirm strength in airfreight
If months of double-digit growth during 2017 weren’t sufficiently convincing, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) released final numbers...
East-West airfreight rates pulled back in December, says Drewry
Rates for airfreight on east-west routes averaged US$3.06 per kilogram for December – an increase of 8.5 percent from December...
Walmart, Japanese e-commerce firm Ratuken make joint bid for online grocery market
A strategic alliance between Walmart and Rakuten, a Japanese e-commerce platform that is often referred to as, “the Amazon.com of...
Single African Air Transport Market approved to encourage cross-border trade
The dream of a continent-wide open skies agreement took a step closer in Addis Ababa yesterday at the annual African...
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