Haimen Nantong under consideration as site for Shanghai’s third airport

Speculation emerged yesterday that Shanghai’s third airport will be built in the neighboring county-level city Haimen, located within Jiangsu province’s prefecture-level city of Nantong, which would mean cities Kunshang, Wuxi, Ningbo and Jiaxiang, previously rumored to be potential sites for Shanghai’s third airport, may have struck out.

• Chelsea Toczauer
• February 18, 2019

Announcing Cargo Facts Asia 2019

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the eighth annual Cargo Facts Asia. Cargo Facts Asia will be presented by both Cargo Facts and our sister publication Air Cargo World, and is your gateway to opportunity in the Asia-Pacific region. With the rise of own-operated networks and the ever-expanding Belt and Road Initiative […]

• Charles Kauffman
• September 10, 2018

5 takeaways from Air Cargo China

Shanghai –Last week, Cargo Facts was once again in Shanghai, this time around exploring the massive exhibition halls of the air cargo pavilion at Transport Logistic China.  A May-heatwave might have driven foot traffic to stands with cold beverages, or prime locations underneath air conditioning vents, but there was no shortage of revealing interviews and […]

• Charles Kauffman
• May 21, 2018

Amazing Express Race Part II: And the Winner is…

Shanghai – And the winner is… Last month after Cargo Facts Asia 2018, the Cargo Facts team ran an experiment to test the speed, convenience, and reliability of cross-border express shipments between China and the United States (see part I here). Three-weeks after dropping the parcels off at various ship centers in Shanghai, two of […]

• Caryn Livingston and Charles Kauffman
• May 15, 2018

Good news for PVG

For much of the last two years, Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) has been forbidden by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) from accepting applications by airlines for either charter flights or new scheduled routes. The restriction is put in place for any Chinese airport that fails to meet the CAAC’s on-time service standards, […]

• David Harris
• April 30, 2018

Top 20 cargo airports in 2017

According to preliminary data from the Airports Council International, total cargo handled (loaded and unloaded freight and mail) by airports worldwide in 2017 was up 7.9% over 2016 to about 118 million tonnes. International freight handled was up 9.9% to about 73 million tonnes, accounting for 62% of the total volume. Looking at the total […]

• David Harris
• April 9, 2018

Shanghai joins the 4-million-tonne club

Until now, only two cities in the world – Hong Kong and Memphis – could boast that their airports handled more than 4 million tonnes of air cargo per year. But, according to the Shanghai Airport Authority, as of today, 15 December, Shanghai joined the 4-million-tonne club. Unlike Hong Kong and Memphis, which only have […]

• David Harris
• December 15, 2017

Registration now open for Cargo Facts Asia 2018

We are excited to announce that registration is now open for the seventh annual Cargo Facts Asia. This year’s event will be held 23-25 April at the Mandarin Oriental Pudong in Shanghai, and will be co-presented by Cargo Facts and the Shanghai Airport Authority. In the past, the event has hosted professionals from 200+ companies and 80+ airlines […]

• Charles Kauffman
• November 30, 2017