Air Freight

Third-party logistics providers engaged in international trade are facing the difficult decision of whether to thin staff or even close altogether in the face of a prolonged economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic. "We are in a tough spot," Gabriel Rodriquez, president of Doral,...

The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Photo credit: American Airlines An old quip in transportation management is that passengers are freight that complain. But what about giving freight the window...

The U.K. government may be forced to close Glasgow Prestwick Airport, Scotland's fourth-largest airport, after a stalemate was reached on a proposed sale. The rolling deadline for reaching a deal to sell the state-owned airport, which primarily handles cargo, was set at Oct. 4. A bid by Prestwick-...

Air cargo freight rates have spiked in recent weeks as the traditional peak season approaches, but there is growing evidence that any rebound after a tough year for carriers will be fleeting. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported last week that growth in industry-wide freight...

Michelle Halkerston, president and CEO of Chicago-based Hassett Express, likes to describe her company as the "biggest domestic freight forwarder that you never heard of." But that's about to change through increased information technology investments, she told attendees in a live chat with Dean...

We are regularly enhancing and improving SONAR to meet the needs of the ever-changing freight market and the needs of our customers. To help keep SONAR users informed, we deliver a brief recap of newly released data sets, market indices, and product feature improvements in our What's New in SONAR...

The global air freight market struggled during the first three months of the year as a slowing trade environment took a toll. Data from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) indicated that freight-ton-kilometers declined 2.0 percent while available-freight-ton-kilometers increased 3.3...

  Global air freight demand hit a three-year low in February, down 4.7 percent from last February, according to data released by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The data shows freight capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometers, rose by 2.7 percent year-over-...

On a call with freight procurement intelligence company, Beroe, Inc., Senior Analyst Shijith Ajithkumar provided insights on the firm's outlook for the global airfreight and road freight markets. In part one, road freight was featured. Beroe provides freight market research and procurement...

Keynoting his group's World Cargo Symposium today in Singapore, Alexandre de Juniac, CEO and director-general of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), called on the global airfreight industry to accelerate the digitalization of day-to-day processes and to move away from a...