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Air cargo capacity squeeze could linger ‘until the end of the decade’

Charlotte Goldstone — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 12:22:38 +0000

Air cargo’s capacity shortage “will not be resolved any time soon”, and could linger “until the end of the decade”, exacerbated by ICAO’s 2028 sustainability targets, delegates at Aviation Connect in Istanbul heard this week.
Martin Drew, chief strategy and transformation officer at Atlas Air, said: “Certainly from a capacity perspective, there is a severe shortage of widebody freight capacity.
“Without doubt, demand is outweighing supply, and that’s thanks to companies such ...

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ICAO launches Introduction to Air Cargo Economics course

Alex Lennane — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:18:23 +0000

ICAO’s training department has launched a new course: Introduction to Air Cargo Economics.
It offers a comprehensive introduction to the economic forces which drive global air cargo, says ICAO. The ‘self-paced’ course is broken into 18 topics, guided by an AI virtual tutor – each topic taking just a few minutes to complete.
“The course aims to empower participants with the knowledge to navigate and contribute effectively to the air cargo ...

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Air cargo players want ‘cohesion and consistency’ in how aviation reports emissions

Charlotte Goldstone — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 10:10:17 +0000

Current CO2 air cargo emission calculating methodology has been compared to the VW emissions scandal, with a lack of standardisation allowing passenger ‘greenwashing’ at the expense of cargo.
The disparity between IATA and ICAO’s baseline figures for calculating air cargo emissions could be resulting in false sustainability data, making passenger operations look cleaner and contributing to global warming.
Calculating emissions from a given flight is done by dividing fuel burn by ...

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‘Greenwashing’ rife among airlines, says EC as it clamps down on emissions reporting

Charlotte Goldstone — Wed, 01 May 2024 12:46:09 +0000

The European Commission (EC) has warned airlines over what it claims are rife ‘misleading greenwashing practices’ – but they might not be the only offenders when it comes to ambiguous environmental calculations.
Yesterday, the commission wrote to 20 airlines, identifying types of potentially misleading practices, including using the term “sustainable aviation fuels” (SAF) without clearly justifying the environmental impact of such fuels, or using the terms “green”, “sustainable” or “responsible” ...

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FIATA supports ICAO and IATA on global standards of dangerous goods by air

LoadstarEditorial — Fri, 26 Jan 2024 15:34:03 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
Geneva, 26 January 2024 – The International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations (FIATA) welcomes the recent agreement between the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to extend their longstanding cooperation on establishing and implementing global standards for the safe carriage of dangerous goods by air. This renewed cooperation reinforces the longstanding collaboration between ICAO, FIATA and IATA to ensure the highest standards of safety in ...

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Dronamics and Qatar Airways Cargo sign first cargo drone interline agreement

LoadstarEditorial — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:37:45 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
London – 29 November 2023 — Dronamics, the world’s first cargo drone airline with a license to operate in Europe, and Qatar Airways Cargo, the world’s largest international cargo carrier, announced today an interline agreement. The partnership marks the first interline agreement between an international airline and a cargo drone airline.
The interline agreement allows the extension of the delivery networks of both partners, significantly increasing their reach as ...

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Shippers beware: new rules on lithium ion battery air shipments coming

Alex Lennane — Thu, 30 Nov 2023 12:41:51 +0000

At the recent meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) dangerous goods panel, it was agreed to introduce a State of Charge (SoC) requirement of 30% for more categories of lithium ion batteries being transported by air.
This change will apply to lithium ion batteries packed with equipment – where a device has its battery packed in the same box. Currently the SoC requirement only applies to lithium ion batteries ...

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Producers need investment certainty as they make decisions on SAF

Charlotte Goldstone — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:00:44 +0000

Major US air cargo players have called upon the Department of the Treasury to recognise the ‘Argonne GREET’ model as a way to provide investment certainty and match production to the growing demand for SAF.
Last week, an open letter to Janet Yellen, department secretary, urged Congress to formally recognise the Department of Energy Argonne GREET model, saying its “ability to attract investment and build out US SAF capacity will depend ...

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A wind of change as reliance on China eases, with G2G the next challenge

Charlotte Goldstone — Thu, 09 Nov 2023 12:28:40 +0000

A drive to diversify sourcing – and a booming worldwide e-commerce sector – is set to shake up globalisation and see new tradelanes develop.
“It has been ‘China to Global’ (C2G) – but the next challenge is Global to Global (G2G),” explained Yossi Shoukroun, CEO of Challenge Group.
“E-commerce is facing changes; production/origin is moving to South-east Asia, South and North Africa, India and Bangladesh; and China is starting to consume as ...

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New emissions rules may have little impact on the global air cargo fleet

Alexander Whiteman — Fri, 27 Oct 2023 10:49:57 +0000

Incoming ICAO emissions standards will have little impact on the freighter market, considering they will not affect the older generation aircraft that constitute the bulk of the global air cargo fleet.
ICAO’s a new rules apply to new aircraft in production as of this year, and those that don’t meet the standard can no longer be manufactured unless their designs are modified.
Most of the freighter fleet has either older technology or ...

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