Counting down the final numbers in the ‘Year of Amazon’
In the last 12 months, we’ve written a lot about the Amazon juggernaut – and rightly so. From the Seattle-based...
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Champagne and caviar?
Today, Friday the 30th of December, is the last working day of 2016. Rather than analyzing some recent happening in...
Amazon files patent for ‘Laputa-like’ floating warehouse design
While some predictions of the future of air cargo may seem like “pie in the sky,” Amazon is considering making...
Carriers may abandon Brussels under new 2017 noise restrictions
A decision by the local government to tighten noise restrictions at the Brussels Airport could cost the airport up to...
A merry e-Christmas
With e-commerce becoming an ever more important driver of air freight demand, we thought it fitting to close 2016 with...
FedEx’s Smith defends trade, blasts Trump’s protectionist rhetoric
While FedEx founder and chairman, Fred Smith, generally supported the direction President-elect Donald Trump is taking with his pledges to...
Hong Kong’s U-Freight: Industry only ‘scratched surface’ of e-commerce
After attending the recent Amazon Global Selling Expo in Hangzhou, China, Hong Kong-based logistics firm U-Freight Group said that the...
Qatar Airways takes 10% stake in LATAM
On 28 December, Qatar Airways, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Qatar Airways Investments, completed the acquisition of 10% of Chile-based LATAM...
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