The recent announcement from IATA that effective 1 January 2019, the electronic Air Waybill (e-AWB) will become the “default contract of carriage” for all air cargo shipments on enabled trade lanes, was a bit of […]
Air freight demand rose 2.0 per cent in September, year-on-year, unchanged from August, but less than half the five-year average growth rate of 5.1 per cent as weakening order books and longer delivery times are […]
After nearly eight years of urging, pushing and prodding – which only managed to get today’s e-AWB penetration to 55.9 per cent – the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has taken the surprise step of […]
Cargo iQ, an IATA interest group aimed at creating and implementing quality standards for the air cargo industry, has welcomed new members including All Nippon Airways (ANA) Cargo and Netherlands-based IT specialists CargoXS. Cargo iQ […]
Oman Air Cargo has adopted the International Air Transport Association’s electronic air waybill (e-AWB) standard in replacement of the paper air waybill. The carrier said that the introduction of the e-AWB standard in Oman will […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), rose 2.3 per cent in August 2018, compared to the same period the […]
Hong Kong Air Cargo has successfully completed the International Air Transport Association (IATA) Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). The programme is an internationally accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of […]
Air freight growth slowed to its slowest pace in more than two years according to the latest IATA statistics which showed demand in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs) slowed to 2.8 per cent in the three […]
Taiwan’s China Airlines has launched a scheduled charter freighter service consisting of three B747-400 freighter flights a week to Rickenbacker Airport (LCK) at the US city of Columbus, Ohio. Columbus is China Airlines’ 11th freighter […]
Former Cathay Pacific CEO and International Air Transport Association (IATA) CEO Tony Tyler has been appointed as a non-executive director to the Board of Qantas Airways Limited. Tyler will formally join the board in October […]
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