Vietnam’s National Assembly approved an extension for Vietnam Airlines’ 4 trillion dong ($157 million) state-backed loans through July 2027 to give the financially struggling national carrier time to reorganize its operations, according to information from the parliament. The airline was at risk of insolvency without the extension, according to a statement earlier this week on … Read more

Greenhouse gas emissions from air freight operators have increased by 25% since 2019, as companies have ramped up their capacity in a push for faster delivery times.  Research from climate policy group Stand.Earth found that the U.S. is responsible for 40% of the world’s air freight greenhouse gas emissions. Just three operators — FedEx, UPS … Read more

U.S. aviation safety regulators are investigating claims that pilot trainees for Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd. at a U.S. flight school were involved in training mishaps that weren’t properly reported. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is probing the alleged incidents, the agency said June 7, in a statement to Bloomberg. It didn’t provide additional details. The … Read more

Supply chain issues that have dogged the delivery of new aircraft around the world could stretch into 2026, according to International Air Transport Association director General Willie Walsh. “Our assessment is that it’s not getting worse but it’s not getting better either,” Walsh said in an interview with Bloomberg Television at the IATA annual meeting … Read more

BlueBox Systems has announced the launch of BlueBoxCargo, providing real-time tracking for air and ocean freight.  The new data platform combines the company’s BlueBoxAir and BlueBoxOcean systems to form a single dashboard to manage and monitor cargo.  “BlueBoxCargo is the next logical and, above all, long-planned development stage for us,” said BlueBox Systems’ CEO Martin … Read more

The union representing Canadian border agents said over 90% of its members voted to go on strike as soon as June. The Wall Street Journal reported May 24 that America’s second-largest trading partner could face a possible simultaneous strike at the country’s two main railroads, Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, sometime in … Read more

A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) announced May 9 it has expanded its air freight operations with the activation of a full-service, in-transit air freight gateway in Miami.    The new gateway, modeled after operations in Atlanta, Chicago, and Los Angeles, will focus on transshipping European and Asian cargo via Miami to Latin America with competitive connectivity on … Read more

Boeing faces a new regulators’ investigation after the planemaker said it might have failed to properly carry out some quality inspections on its 787 Dreamliner planes. According to The Guardian, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was “investigating whether Boeing completed the inspections and whether company employees may have falsified aircraft records”. The FAA … Read more

European airline conglomerate Lufthansa Group has released its earnings for the first quarter of 2024, reporting a sizable €849 million ($908 million) operating loss fueled in part by crippling airline worker strikes.  According to Reuters, Lufthansa reached a new deal with the union for 25,000 ground staff on March 27, but not before strikes forced the … Read more

Demand for goods from Chinese e-commerce retailers such as Shein and Temu, which offer fast delivery times, are responsible for a spike in air cargo rates from China to the U.S. that is atypical for this time of year. According to Nikkei Asia, the air cargo market is already under strain because of limited flights, and … Read more