It is no coincidence that the aircraft is being talked about as Ukraine prepares for its ‘national day’ tomorrow. A powerful symbol of Ukrainian national identity is being remembered and, perhaps, will rise again as the country itself plans to do, like a phoenix from the Russian flames. The day...

This is despite strong and long-standing objections from community groups and the planning inspectorate. Riveroak Strategic Partners’ (RSP) five-year effort to acquire and develop Manston into a freighter gateway hit repeated setbacks, including last year’s High Court decision to block it, but t...

Musicians are honouring performances booked pre-pandemic, but with new rules following Brexit, logistics costs have ballooned, leaving artists to foot the bill. “It’s all been a bit of a perfect storm, as live music has returned to a completely different operating environment,” Ben Cash, of Fl...

A new facility, the airport’s third, is slated to come onstream in the first quarter of next year, adding 500 pallet positions. The airport operator burnished its credentials in the healthcare and pharma logistics arena during the pandemic, playing a central role in the distribution of Covid vacci...

Instead of the usual peak season surcharge on shipments starting in early October, this year FedEx customers will start paying as early as the US Labour Day holiday on 5 September. The company justified the move by saying there were elevated costs it needs to cover. However, recent aggressive polici...

Its affiliates include AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and Atran Airlines, whose Boeing freighter fleets have been grounded since the first quarter of the year as a result of sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. While Volga Dnepr Group (VDG) has not specified the reason for Mr Isaikin’...

Transatlantic operations have seen significant increases in capacity, mainly on the US-Europe sector and United claims it is now the largest US carrier flying to and from Europe. “We are excited about our increased transatlantic flight schedule, because it means more routing options and solutions ...

The Air Cargo Logistics Park, a C$36m (US$28.18m) complex that came on stream this month includes a cargo terminal with cold storage, advanced cargo processing facilities and an apron to accommodate five freighter aircraft. Marie Manning, the airport’s VP of business development and chief commerci...

Deteriorating conditions may prompt some shippers to turn their back on air cargo, but dedicated freighter capacity is expected to remain a fixture. Clive’s numbers show a 9% drop in global airfreight volumes last month, from 12 months earlier, a decline in traffic matched by a 9% slump in demand....

Cainiao has teamed with U-Speed, an e-commerce logistics platform, to operate the facility, 30 minutes from Israel’s main international airport, Ben Gurion, to tap into the growing trade between China and Israel. The facility is equipped with intelligent sorting equipment and Cainiao’s proprieta...