BERLIN — Total, enterprise-wide e-freight may be the ultimate goal for airlines, but they are largely pursuing diverse strategies to get there. During the technology track at the IATA World Cargo Symposium here today, Qatar Airways and Lufthansa Cargo executives shared their carriers’ strategies for transitioning to e-freight. In the video below, Thorsten Freidrich, Head[…]

BERLIN — Is Amazon’s decision to lease 20 freighters a threat to the air cargo industry and Forwarders and Carriers, in particular? That’s the discussion that was sparked here at the World Cargo Symposium following a session that explored concepts such as logistics as a service, the value of big data vs. small data and process[…]

BERLIN, March 15, 2016 — Air Cargo World has presented 17 Air Cargo Excellence Awards at a gala dinner held here last night. The awards are based on the Air Cargo Excellence Survey, which was established in 2005 by Air Cargo World. Awards are presented annually to the airlines and airports achieving the highest scores[…]

BERLIN — IATA’s Center of Excellence for Independent Validator’s CEIV program has been around since August 2013, but still remains a mystery to many in the industry. But that mystery is dissolving as the number of CEIV certified entities — a certification that the enterprise adheres to the highest standard of excellence for the handling[…]

BERLIN — While the chief aim in the freight business is to move as much cargo as possible, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) is in existence to make sure it’s done as safely as possible — and that is despite some notable growth in air cargo expected through 2030, said ICAO Secretary General, Dr.[…]