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Air Cargo accounts for a relatively small percentage of world trade when calculated by overall volume (approximately 10%). However, when the type or value of products being transported is taken into account (technology, business services, pharmaceuticals), its importance significantly increases. If something needs to be where it’s going quickly, especially when the destination is international, air cargo plays an essential role in that supply chain. High-speed delivery has become essential to our economy, as more companies opt to receive goods and bring them directly to market, thus avoiding costs associated with inventory, warehousing and logistics. Air cargo reduces the 30-day shipping time of ocean transport to less than 48 hours. When fruits, vegetables and flowers need to be sent from remote agricultural reasons to major cities around the world, companies rely on air cargo to deliver these products on time. That capability has also been a boon to economic development in the places where these perishable goods are produced.
Trilatec’s squAIR-timber Lightweight Elements Transforming Air Cargo Industry
Leading players in the air freight sector, including DHL, Kühne + Nagel, Lufthansa Cargo, Cargolux, and Emirates SkyCargo, are turning… Read More
Transportation Providers Step Up to Aid Haiti’s Hurricane Victims
Aircraft charter specialist Air Charter Service has been busy recently arranging both cargo and passenger charter flights to Haiti, which… Read More
SmartKargo to Power Alaska Airlines’ Air Cargo
SmartKargo has been selected by Alaska Airlines to provide its booking engine for Alaska’s expanding cargo business throughout North America…. Read More
Environmental Partnership to Save 20,000 Tons of CO2
After five years of a strategic partnership between transportation and logistics company DB Schenker and air freight specialist Lufthansa Cargo,… Read More
If There’s No Heathrow Expansion UK Trade Will Move Through the Continent
Failure to keep Britain connected with its world markets through a global hub airport will see freight imports and exports… Read More
UK and China to Double Airline Flights
The UK and China have agreed to more than double the number of flights allowed to operate between the two… Read More
Miami To Launch Ocean-To-Air Perishables Transshipments
Already the busiest port of entry in the United States for international air freight, Miami International Airport will soon be… Read More
Airlink Sends 100,000 Pounds of Air Cargo to Haiti
As health officials warn of a growing cholera epidemic in Haiti, Airlink has sent its first charter flight to the… Read More
Automatic Truck Loading and Unloading Technology Coming to U.S. Market
The Heico Companies LLC have acquired of Ancra Systems B.V. Ancra Systems is a leader in the field of automatic… Read More
DHL Express Opens New Sorting Center in Leipzig
DHL opened a new sorting center at its express hub in Leipzig last week. Thanks to the state-of-the-art sorting facility,… Read More
India’s First Perishable Cargo Center
India’s first perishable cargo-handling center in an airport recently began operations at Kempegowda International Airport. The center is operated by… Read More
Only Modest Growth in Air Cargo Forecast
Global air cargo volumes are expected to increase modestly—at an average annual rate of around 2.4 percent—to 2025. That was… Read More
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