Delta Air Lines is cutting about 100 daily flights from its schedule from 1 July through 7 August, which is about 2% of its scheduled departures. These reductions are made to maintain schedule integrity, as the airline has limited resources to deal with disruptions. “More than any time in our hist...

However, forwarders have warned that ‘business as usual’ remains a long way off for China’s biggest container port hub, given the ongoing restrictions and the inevitable supply chain hangover from two months of hard lockdown. Residents can now move freely about the city, but they must have a n...

We also look at the build-up to the peak shipping season, air cargo freight rate updates, a look at the preparedness of US surface transport, and the latest regulations covering the vast business that is the global illegal wildlife trade. Guests Dennis Grady, vic...

Capacity, meanwhile was still down 12% on May 2019, while dynamic load factors fell 9 percentage points last month, to 60%, according to Clive Data Services. As a result, rates last month were 16% lower than a year ago, although still 134% up on 2019. April’s rates were 26% lower than in 2021 and ...

However, the problem extends further up the hierarchy: supply chain management is another segment hit by shortages, according to numbers released by LinkedIn. Widely used for forging connections between professionals, the business web platform uses member profiles to calculate how many people leave ...

The SPAC, Gesher 1 Acquisition Corp, was listed on Nasdaq in October. In addition to the merger with Gesher, which allows Freightos to list without going through the book-building stage, the combined entity has raised some $80m in capital commitments, with an additional $10m from Qatar Airways, $60m...

But while the passenger business is in disarray, investment is going into cargo. Brussels Airport announced this week a €70m ($75m) investment in modernising its cargo zone, with work beginning this week on several buildings to meet demand for storage and handling space. “Accelerating the develo...

Last week, Colombia-based Avianca announced it would be adding between two and four converted A330 freighters to its fleet over the next two years, beginning towards the end of this year. If the carrier opts for four conversions, its maindeck capacity would rise by 70%. Currently it operates four A3...

Yesterday, the city government relaxed some testing requirements for inbound passengers, providing a glimmer of hope for tourism and increased belly capacity for air cargo. The latest figures from Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA), for example, show a 2.8% year-on-year drop in cargo throughput ...

Shell’s new facility is at its Shell Energy and Chemicals Park Rotterdam refinery, close to Cologne, Germany. It is set to produce 820,000 tonnes of sustainable biofuel a year from hydroprocessed esters and fatty acids (HEFA), used to create both sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel. K&N...