Asia Pacific Archives

Global airports’ preliminary results indicate continued declines in the international air cargo market for April, despite the slight reprieve experienced last ...

ANA Cargo’s maiden 777F arrives in Japan

byCharles Kauffman

May 27, 2019

On 23 May, a 777F destined for ANA Cargo departed Victorville (VCV) and arrived at Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) at ...

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China and EU sign bilateral aviation agreements

byCaryn Livingston

May 24, 2019

This week, the European Union and China signed bilateral agreements on civil aviation safety and a “horizontal aviation agreement,” allowing ...

HANGZHOU, CHINA - MARCH 29: Parcels to be delivered to Moscow are loaded on the first plane on the intercontinental routes of Cainiao at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport on March 29, 2018 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. Cainiao, a logistics affiliate of Alibaba Group Holding, launched intercontinental routes on Thursday, which will shorten transport time from China to Europe to as little as five days. There will be no more than three flights every week now, but more flights may be added. (Photo by VCG/VCG via Getty Images)

Cainiao shifts focus to import logistics as trade war intensifies

byCharles Kauffman

May 21, 2019

China-based Alibaba Group made no attempt to avoid discussion of the trade war following the release of its Q419 earnings. ...

EU Sanctions Tweak Allows Some Plane Owners to Sell to Russia

Atran’s new Cainiao cross-border flight one piece to carrier’s 737-800BCF puzzle

byCharles Kauffman

May 20, 2019

Russia-based Atran will operate a weekly scheduled flight between Hangzhou (HGH) and Riga (RIX) via Moscow Vnukovo (VKO) and other ...

FedEx Express launches Asia-Pacific pharma cold-chain product

byJeff Lee

May 10, 2019

FedEx Express has launched a temperature-controlled cold chain shipping solution for the Asia-Pacific region to address growing demand from customers ...