Chris Lewis
Another rise in air cargo market demand in February 2026, up +6% year-on-year, continued the encouraging spike in volume seen over the previous two months, and signalled underlying market resilience, despite the level of global trade and economic turbulence experienced over the past year.
But, five days into March, and with conflict now escalating in the Middle East, the market outlook is, once again, open to question, says industry analyst Xeneta.
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Last mile delivery platform SpeedX has appointed Tim Lock as chief product officer. SpeedX e-commerce deliveries now exceed one million shipments a day across a network serving more than 12,000 zip codes in the US.
He has held senior leadership roles at Maersk and DHL. In his new role he will ...
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Worldwide Flight Services has appointed Thomas Schürmann as managing director Germany of its Frankfurt Cargo Services subsidiary. He was previously head of cargo operations and delivery at Etihad Airways in Abu Dhabi. Current FCS managing director, Claus Wagner, remains with the group, and will take over the management of the ...
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DP World has launched an intermodal rail service between its facility in Novi Sad, Serbia and Herne in Germany’s Rhine-Ruhr region.
Operated by Austrian transport company LKW Walter it offers three weekly departures, with shorter transit times than trucking and reducing carbon emissions by up to 80%. DPW says its Novi ...
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East European specialist GSSA 4RCargo has appointed Olga Palec-Furga as chief operating officer. She brings over 20 years’ experience in airlines, GSSAs, and airports across Poland.
Palec-Furga will support the senior management team to drive expansion into new markets while maintaining the GSSA’s strong Eastern European ties.
The company recently operations in ...
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Hellmann has appointed Rahul Bhasin as global vice president of automotive logistics. He will lead the company’s activities in the sector and pursue its strategy to further strengthen its position as a reliable logistics partner for manufacturers and suppliers in all regions. Bhasin has worked with leading automotive brands and ...
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Redwood Logistics and its subsidiary, Redwood Mexico, have acquired Laredo-based US/Mexico customs broker and warehousing provider EELCO. It brings further licensed customs brokerage, a 250,000sq ft Foreign-Trade Zone warehouse in Laredo and a sister operation in Nuevo Laredo into Redwood's cross-border services, which already manage over 40,000 annual cross-border shipments.
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Deutsche Post AG – owner of DHL - has extended the contract of chief executive Tobias Meyer until March 2031. He has been a member of the DHL Group Board of Management since 2019 and has led the company as chief executive since 2023.
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Europa Worldwide Group has marked its 60th anniversary with a new brand identity and is laying out its future strategy.
The company also has a new corporate strapline, ‘Powered by Better’. It says the refresh signals a new era of expansion for the Kent-based firm, which has quadrupled in size over ...
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On 4 March, Virgin Atlantic said it had restartedlimited flights between London Heathrow and Dubai and Riyadh after Middle East airspace reopened to limited operations It said future operations would depend on evolving security conditions and ongoing risk assessments.
The first Dubai–Heathrow service departed Dubai International Airport at 11:50 am local ...
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