Great Britain will lose airfreight and other related business to the European Union if it fails to remain “connected with its world markets through a global hub,” the U.K. freight advocacy group Freight Transport Association (FTA) warned. Translation: Make a choice between expanding Heathrow or Gatwick, post-haste. “In a post-Brexit world, Britain cannot rely on[…]
With a cholera epidemic looming in Hurricane Matthew-stricken Haiti, after the storm caused over 1,000 casualties and destroyed infrastructure earlier this month, the first delivery from aviation-related humanitarian organization Airlink landed in the country. Two weeks after the storm came ashore on Oct. 4, he relief organization delivered more than 45 tonnes of critical aid,[…]
DHL is getting into the virtual freight marketplace game with CILLOX, a platform that helps match full truck load (FTL) and less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments with available transportation providers. According to DHL, the new system provides “end-to-end control of shipments within a single platform,” which can help improve efficiency for truck operations supporting air cargo service.[…]
A five-year strategic partnership between Lufthansa Cargo and logistics provider DB Schenker to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is well on track to meet its goal of reducing 20,000 tonnes of CO2 output by 2020, both companies said today. To date, Lufthansa and Schenker have already reduced their CO2 out put by more than 10,000 tonnes,[…]
An agreement last week to remove limits on the number of cargo flights between the United Kingdom and China is an encouraging signal that post-Brexit policy makers are serious about exploring, or expanding, trade routes outside of the Euro zone. Additional flights “will provide massive opportunities for our businesses, helping increase trade, create jobs and[…]
Alaska Airlines has chosen SmartKargo to provide its booking engine for Alaska’s North American cargo business, the carrier recently announced. The cloud-based software uses a “smart booking process” that is user-friendly, and has a back-end system that condenses the booking requirements onto a single screen. The engine comes pre-loaded with key information, such as IATA[…]
