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NewsWelcome to the new Air Cargo News website
Welcome to the new Air Cargo News website, bringing you all the same great content as well as the ability to manage the products we deliver to you.
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Days left to enter the Air Cargo News Awards!
There are now just days left to enter the Air Cargo News Awards, so don't miss out on the chance to be recognised as an industry innovator!Companies have until June 17 at 5pm (BST) to submit their entries.The awards are now in their 40th year and recognise the achievements of ...
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NewsTake part: Air cargo industry outlook survey 2024
Air Cargo News is carrying out a survey of logistics and airfreight professionals to understand how they believe the air cargo industry will develop over the coming year.The survey provides also the air cargo industry with an opportunity to tell us how you think the industry is changing.Participating in the ...
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NewsLooking back – and ahead
March 16, 1983, saw the launch of a new title covering the airfreight industry: the fortnightly Air Cargo News International.The publication was the brainchild of Ray Crane and Nigel Tomkins, who developed the idea for an air cargo newspaper after meeting at a rugby match.Much has changed over the intervening ...
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NewsHold the front page!
Derek JonesFormer Air Cargo News International sales director Derek Jones remembers the frantic –but always hugely enjoyable – first few weeks in the life of Air Cargo News.It hardly seems possible that this year marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of Air Cargo News International (ACNI), now Air Cargo ...
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NewsTechnological revolution for ACN
It’s a fast-moving world – and journalists have to keep up. Former Air Cargo News editor Roger Hailey reports on the changing world of publishing over the past 40 years.After 40 years in logistics trade journalism, this old dinosaur was asked by Air Cargo News editor Damian Brett to look ...
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News1983-1992: A decade of M&A
As part of efforts to celebrate 40 years of Air Cargo News, the editorial team set themselves the unenviable task of reviewing the biggest stories over the past four decades. To begin, 1983-1992.March 16, 1983 saw the launch of a new title covering the airfreight industry – the fortnightly Air ...
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News1993-2002: Time for technology
As the 1990s progressed, the rapid growth of the internet began to have a big influence on air cargo. The industry also faced a power struggle with the rise of the integrators – and had to cope with some tragic events. The years 1993-2002 saw the deployment of internet and ...
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News2003-2012: Crisis management
Political events and the realities of climate change drove more change in air cargo in the early years of the century. Meanwhile, news broke that competition authorities were investigating a price‑fixing scandal.The 10-year period running from 2003 to 2012 was a testing time for the air cargo industry. It was ...
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News2013-2022 M&A mania and the rise of express carriers
Air cargo in 2013-2022 was characterised by high‑value investments and acquisitions, but it also faced huge challenges.The period 2013-2022 played host to a mature air cargo market. There was a flurry of merger and acquisition activity, alongside a stream of new airlines hungry for a slice of a demand-driven market, ...
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News40 years of pioneers and transformation
A group of entrepreneurs have helped reshape the airfreight sector and build the industry we know today. Let's take a look at some of the visionaries of the past four decades.Cataclysmic events such as 9/11 have had a huge impact on the airfreight business, but equally profound changes have come ...
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NewsVideo: What events have had the largest impact on the industry in the last 40 years?
Air Cargo News is celebrating 40 years of breaking news and views. As well as looking back through time ourselves at the biggest stories of the last 40 years, we decided to ask a selection of industry stakeholders what events have had the largest impact on the industry in the ...
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NewsLet’s get digital
Air cargo has been criticised in the past for being slow to digitalise its processes – but in recent years progress has accelerated.Although the industry has been criticised previously for being slow to adopt technology and digitalisation, there have in fact been plenty of investments overthe past 40 years that ...
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NewsVideo: What have been the biggest changes in the industry in the last 40 years
Air Cargo News is celebrating 40 years of breaking news and views. As well as looking back through time ourselves at the biggest stories of the last 40 years, we decided to ask a selection of industry stakeholders what events have had the largest impact on the industry in the ...
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NewsWhere now for air cargo?
“Firstly, I shall say that I have the pleasure to be looking at the future of the industry from the comfort of a beach hammock somewhere in the world,” Tiaca director general Glyn Hughes tells Air Cargo News (ACN) when he sits with us to share his thoughts on what ...
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Vote for your favourite cargo airline for the Air Cargo News Awards
Calling all airline cargo customers: It’s time to cast a vote for your favourite cargo airline as part of the Air Cargo News Awards 2021.The awards give freight forwarders and shippers the chance to recognise the five best cargo airlines in regional categories and the ultimate Cargo Airline of the ...
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NewsAir Cargo Europe: Air Cargo of Tomorrow – shaping the future of the industry
Air Cargo of Tomorrow – shaping the future of the industry (webinar)Join us on May 4 at 3pm BST / 4pm CEST / 10am EST to hear from airfreight experts as they discuss: Air Cargo of Tomorrow: Shaping the future of the industry.The session is organised by Air Cargo News ...