Lufthansa, with partner MSC, reportedly put in bids last week for 20% and 60%, respectively, no doubt looking to strengthen their market position, especially in the light of CMA CGM’s investment in Air France-KLM. But the French-Dutch group is also looking to extend into Italy with an investment i...

While predictions for freight growth have been scaled back, parcel traffic is expected to grow between 5% and 10% a year through to 2027, according to analysis from global parcel shipping and mailing company Pitney Bowes. The Pitney Bowes Parcel Shipping Index shows parcel volume in the US increased...

Mr Fletcher joined UPS as a graduate trainee in 1998 and has held positions in engineering and operations, gaining increasing seniority, across its European region. He served as country manager for Austria and Slovenia, before he returned to the UK in 2015, where he  became director of engineer...

And it comes as private equity, seed investors and introduction agencies like Plug and Play all get involved in the search and gamble for the “Next Big Thing” in tech – the webs are thickening. Meanwhile, there are numerous companies in logistics – and air cargo – that prefer to keep their...

It is expanding its programme to reach some four million consumers in six US states. Last autumn, Walmart, in partnership with operator DroneUp, launched a pilot programme for deliveries to homes in Arkansas within a radius of 1.5 miles from a Walmart location. This year they have added two more are...

It is not the first drone operator to get certification, but Mr Rangelov claimed to Logistic-News that its Black Swan design offers the biggest cargo capacity and range of those approved. The Black Swan can carry 350kg up to 2,500km, and the company intends to start operating its first flights b...

“Factories are reopening bunch by bunch, upon approval, in the areas around Shanghai,” confirmed one local forwarder. One of the challenges has been haulage, but truck capacity is beginning to return as well, he added. “It’s possible to find more hauliers with a licence, but it is takin...

But Freightos has insisted there are no conflicts of interest, nor potential concerns for its 350+ airline partners which participate in its rate search and booking platform, used by forwarders. However, the lack of transparency has led observers to question why some shareholder names have been kept...

Reports said the cyber attack was detected last night, which threw this morning’s flight schedules across the country out of whack. “Certain SpiceJet systems faced an attempted ransomware attack last night that has impacted our flight operations,” a spokesperson for the airline said, when cont...

Dynamic load factors across the Atlantic have fallen to about 60%, according to Clive Data Services. “For the first time since Covid, rates across the Atlantic have fallen to a par with the previous year,” said Niall van de Wouw, head of airfreight for Xeneta. “Load factors are down and rates ...