With demand for logistics continuing to skyrocket across the Southeast Asia region, Dachser USA Air & Sea Logistics has now opened new offices in Vietnam, Hong Kong and India. Dachser USA, a U.S.-based subsidiary of Germany’s Dachser SE, said the new locations have been set up in Hanoi, the New Territories of Hong Kong, and[…]
Brandon Fried is the executive director of the U.S. Airforwarders Association. Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to four terms as President of the United States, but he never got the chance to see the finish line of his last administration – or glimpse his true legacy. While his untimely death a month before the fall[…]
PARIS — At TIACA’s 2016 Air Cargo Forum last week, the exhibition halls were bustling. Many delegates had already made their initial loop around the hall by the time the first panel, “Air Cargo: What lies ahead?” was presented. During the journey round the halls, one could hardly avoid bumping into large stands presented by Volga-Dnepr Group[…]
A month after presenting our first-ever ELEVATE conference in Miami, we at Air Cargo World are at it again, teaming up with our sister publication, Cargo Facts, to co-present the sixth annual Cargo Facts Asia conference. Registration is now open for the April 2017 event, which will take place for the first time in Shanghai,[…]
For the last three months, IAG Cargo saw cargo tonne kilometers rise 5.4 percent, year-over-year, to 1.3 billion, while total tonnes of cargo carried fell 18.8 percent, y-o-y, suggesting that the carrier flew less volume longer distances. This, and other factors, led to a third-quarter decline in operating profits of €1.21 billion before exceptional items[…]
Just when the industry thought the sun was setting on Boeing’s most iconic workhorse jet, the aviation giant announced a firm order for fourteen 747-8Fs, plus options for up to 14 more, from express giant UPS. The announcement is being seen as a possible game-changer for the storied jumbo freighter, which, until today, had only[…]
