11 airlines were accused of running an air cargo cartel in Europe and were fined €790m, that has recently been overturned by EU’s second highest court The History of the case In 2010, the European Commission antitrust authorities fined 11 airlines for running an air cargo cartel in Europe for more than six years. The […]

Overseas investment is in danger as the UK government delays runway addition at London’s Heathrow The UK Freight Transport Association (FTA) has issued a warning that if the British government delays the addition of third runway at Heathrow Airport, it will do irreparable harm to the overseas investment that UK seeks. The government has announced […]

Authorities are waiting for the thieves to steal a tractor-trailer loaded with spy equipment and parked at a warehouse somewhere in America What is it? These ‘Sting trailers’ are becoming very helpful in recovering pilfered merchandise by busting up crime rings. They have proved a huge success but still, no one can say it for […]

Internet giant Google expects to successfully use drones to deliver packages to its customers in 2017   Google is not only an internet giant, but they are dominantly working on autonomous cars and several other business processes to help other sectors as well. Now they have announced that the firm will start its drone delivery […]

Anti-Narcotics Force of Pakistan in action again and seizes a drug consignment worth of PKR 6.6 billion.   The Anti-Narcotics Force of Pakistan has seized a huge consignment of drugs from Pakistan’s most western city of Quetta. The drug was planned to be transferred into international market via Afghanistan. What kind of drugs were seized? […]

The complex relationship between EU Immigration and Air Cargo The immigration crisis has meant that many people have suffered and many problems have arisen across cities and countries. However one specific sector has been significantly impacted by this crisis. The air cargo industry. Reports indicate that since the crisis has begun the problems for air […]

The Decrease in Contract Rates is Due to Multiple Factors According to a report by Drewry’s Benchmarking Club, a closed user group of worldwide retailers and companies who thoroughly observe their contract freight rates, freight charges for cargo touching under agreements on the major East-West routes have seen a severe decrease since the start of […]

The European Shippers Council asks for a major change in the air cargo industry to remain weighty for its customers   Air freight policy advisor for the European Shippers Council Joost van Doesburg stated that  a major change is required to air cargo industry in its model of business if the industry wants to remain […]

Switching to Cargo-XML messaging standard to streamline methods, cuts costs but is it a revolutionary initiative for air cargo industry?   It is an adaptable time for the air cargo industry to adopt a new and well develop and modern electronic messaging standard. But many freight forwarder and traders have answered with indolence and demonstrated […]

Growth Remains Slow at European Airports According to Airports Council International (ACI) Europe freight volumes at European airports raised by 0.4 percent year-on-year in the month of August, with Istanbul Atatürk Airport and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol the only top five hubs to see growth during the month. Frankfurt Airport is the largest cargo airport in […]