Atlanta-based UPS is the latest mover: the logistics giant has announced the opening of a new airport gateway facility at Bengaluru (Bangalore), its second in India. The 1,500 sq metre centre is equipped with cargo sorting and in-house customs clearance facilities.  UPS said the Bengaluru...

However, these staggering losses are almost entirely preventable, according to Mahesh Verina, president and CEO of ParkourSC, a provider of supply chain insights and intelligence software. To do the job, pharma supply chains must become ‘more digital and agile’ – with the help of technology, h...

The cargo operator is working with science-based reduction targets of greenhouse gas emissions to bring its CO₂ emissions into line with the United Nations’ Paris Climate Agreement. The airline said science-based targets only accept emission reductions that are the result of fuel consumption red...

As the sun beats down on this week’s Farnborough Air Show in the UK, Boeing has, of course, come up with some big numbers. Apparently 41,000 new aircraft will be needed up to 2041 – an 80% increase in the global fleet from pre-pandemic levels, at a value of $7.2trn. But 75% of those will be narr...

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Since the start of the pandemic, airfreight has seen a huge increase in prices – and a big increase in profits for forwarders who have used their market knowledge to stay one step ahead and exploit opportunities, according to a report out this week by Transport Intelligence. “The forwarders’ r...

Understandably the pair dropped the service guarantees in the early days of the Covid outbreak as their networks, slowed by health measures, were flooded with parcels. Last year both signalled a kind of return to normality when the money-back guarantees were reinstated – but only for express traff...

The summer airport chaos has led to a very public spat between Emirates and Heathrow, in what is likely to be a continuing row between airports and airlines. On Tuesday, Heathrow told airlines that it was introducing an immediate capacity cap until 11 September, limited to 100,000 departing passenge...

The integration saw TNT’s hub at Liège Airport, in Belgium, relegated to secondary or regional status, resulting in heavy job losses. Speaking at an Investor Day at the end of last month, Karen Reddington, president, FedEx Express Europe, revealed that the air network integration will bring benef...

The airport is set to see volumes grow, in particular from the fourth quarter when Maersk moves its air freight operations to the Danish airport. Kaspar Andreas Nissen, the airport’s market & route development manager, told Logistic-News: “We have a huge potential to further establish direct ...