The issue of the modal shift from air to sea freight has been given additional fuel by Kenya’s plan to move half of its produce exports by sea in the next 10 years. The impact on important perishables hubs like Brussels and Amsterdam is yet to be assessed. Read more >>

Just under a year since its Beta version was first presented at the Farnborough International Airshow in JUL22, Boeing has now publicly launched its data modelling tool, Cascade, designed to support aviation stakeholders in their quest for Net Zero by 2050. Read more >>

Or the more accurate header might perhaps read: Swiss WorldCargo is democratizing its portfolio of services. The fact is that the SWISS’ air freight division will offer customers a bouquet of products & services from which they can select according to their specific shipping needs, cost or product considerations. "Long live booking diversity," will be the motto at Swiss WorldCargo in the future. Read more >>

Attract industry and trade, build a suitable airport infrastructure, and convince airlines to serve the region: That is the formula of success agreed upon between policymakers and a multitude of players, including the airport, placing Budapest Airport (BUD) firmly on the international map. Read more >>

Does the reputation of logistics reflect the importance of the industry for the national or even EU-wide economy? This is a particularly crucial issue for Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ) in the German state of Saxony. There, the airport company along with DHL Express, cargo carriers, freight forwarders, and suppliers are by far the most important employers.
So, the question is: how accepted is air traffic – in particular, 24/7/365-operated cargo flights - by the residents in the Saxon city and the wider region? Read more >>

PayCargo is a fintech company serving the transportation industry and the logistics business by offering digital payment options. In a nutshell, their core business model is facilitating immediate payments, leading to faster cash flows, resulting in instant freight releases. Their customer base includes all players in the industry: ocean and air freight carriers, cross border freight operators, ground handling agents, customs offices, or other transportation related agents. CargoForwarder Global (CFG) spoke to Jason Weber (JW), Executive Vice President Global Expansion PayCargo, during the recent air cargo Europe (ACE) trade show in Munich. Read more >>

The deal inked between the Italian government and Lufthansa ends a months-long tug-of-war between the German carrier and the AirFrance-KLM-Delta Air Lines Group backed by private equity investor, Indigo Partners, over the takeover of the Italian state carrier. The accord reached last Thursday (25MAY23), is also of relevance for the Group's cargo business since their member airlines gain a strong foothold in Milan, the center of the heavily industrialized north of Italy. Read more >>

...says Adriaan den Heijer, Executive Vice President of Air France KLM Cargo, and Managing Director of Martinair. “And in more ways than one”, he adds. Although the Covid crisis caused a deep cut in the airline group's day-to-day operations, for the management of the Cargo Division it was something of a wake-up call, motivating the decision makers to recalibrate the priorities of their policy. Read more >>

A journalist’s inbox in the final weeks prior to a large exhibition or conference, usually resembles an aquarium of piranhas at feeding time – a heaving mass of incoming emails from exhibiting companies, eager to inform about press events, MoU signings at their booth, or invitations for interviews. And journalists will be juggling the conference agenda against already agreed interview slots and previously communicated PR events, to see how everything can best fit together on the day, whilst usually kissing goodbye to the prospect of any kind of coffee break. Just as well that we function on words and willpower, isn’t it? Read more >>

Digitalization, digitalization, digitalization! For years, this topic has been on top of the agenda of every conference held by the air freight industry. And rightly so, because the industry has a lot of catching up to do in this sector compared to other heavyweights such as the automotive, pharmaceutical, and mechanical engineering industries. Yet, the gap is narrowing, as was evident from the many exhibitors at the recent transport logistic trade fair. Whether Xeneta, Descartes, Forss-One, Logis IT or cargo.one - a large number of providers of digital services were represented with their own booths, some of them appearing in public for the first time. Read more >>

Scope, Riege Software's core product, determines the data management of many companies today. But these are mainly located in Europe, less so in North or Latin America, or in East Asia. That should change, the management team of the Dusseldorf-based company decided. The new concept was explained in more detail at a meeting on the sidelines of the transport logistic trade fair in Munich. Read more >>

The recent World Cargo Symposium in Istanbul at the end of last month, was again the platform for IATA’s Future Air Cargo Executives (FACE) summit – an annual event for a growing network of young cargo professionals (under the age of 36) to meet and share experiences and views on the air cargo industry. FACE is now in its tenth year. CargoForwarder Global (CFG) asked its current heads, Megha Palkar (MP), Maria Jitomirski (MJ), and Ildiko Marcze (IM) to explain the initiative in a little more detail. Read more >>

Sustainability is an extremely hot topic within our industry. One of its definitions is: “Sustainability consists of fulfilling the needs of current generations without compromising the needs of future generations, while ensuring a balance between economic growth, environmental care, and social well-being.” Our industry demonstrates countless initiatives that aim to deliver on the first two topics, whereas the social well-being of the leadership within our industry seems to be forgotten about. How can this be improved? Coaching could be the answer. Read more >>

For four years, the world's leading trade show for the logistics and air cargo industry remained in a kind of permanent hibernation. Now it has awakened - and how! With record figures everywhere you look. Over 75,000 visitors from more than 120 countries showed up, and 2,320 exhibitors from all continents displayed their products and services. And then there were the many personal encounters that took place on the exhibition grounds or outside in restaurants and bars. In this respect, Munich's gastronomy and local hotel industry must have been extremely pleased with the return of the mother of all logistics and air freight trade shows. Read more >>

This was the view of all the participants we spoke to and asked for a statement on the four trade fair days. Here, in part slightly shortened, are their judgments. Read more >>