10% more airfreight in Indian Ocean  
                     
                    A month before Air Cargo Africa, which is taking place in Johannesburg (South Africa) from 19 - 21 February, the airport that serves Réunion Island, a French department in the Indian Ocean, reported that it had noted a double digit increase in its airfreight volume in 2018. In... more
 Switzerland and Zambia sign aviation agreement 
                     
                    Following an air services agreement signed with the UK just before Christmas (see ITJ 01-04/2019 out today), the Swiss Federal councillor Ignazio Cassis signed an air services agreement this week in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, with the country's acting minister of transport... more
 Booking land, air and sea freight in the blink of an eye 
                     
                    DB Schenker customers can now book freight shipments online regardless of the transport mode via the company’s new Connect digital platform. Every customer can obtain access to the German service provider’s international transport network at the click of a mouse. DB Schenker... more
 Icao looks back on "moderate" 2018 
                     
                    After the sharp pick-up in airfreight growth during the inventory restocking period in 2017, air cargo traffic growth moderated in 2018. That coincided with the softening demand drivers impacted by trade tension and declining import and export orders. Preliminary figures... more

