Fast expanding long haul passenger fleets as well as short and medium haul freighter conversions and new orders are a good sign for the airfreight industry.
Much of this expansion is geared towards being in a position to tackle the ever growing e-commerce business across the globe.
But - who is going to fly all the new machines? Read more>

U.S. e-tailer Amazon has unveiled plans for what it calls, a drone fulfillment centre, structured in the form of a beehive.
According to a patent filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and published last week, the retail giant aims to construct multi-level fulfillment centres around the world designed to handle the landing and take-off of drones (unmanned aerial vehicles). Read more>

In a series of articles our author Mark Grinsted, a true industry veteran, will critically assess the state of the cargo industry. Following this introductory piece, Mark focuses on the bewildering rate structure in a subsequent report, published in this CFG issue. In the coming weeks, Mark will contribute more pieces on controversial airfreight topics, such as the weird world of the surcharge schemes or what reliability promises given by carriers and forwarding agents are worth in daily practice. In a further item, Mark will put documentation processes in airfreight under his magnifying glass.
So far this appetizer, more topics are to follow.
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