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DP DHL outlines criteria for any DB Schenker bid
Shortly after Deutsche Post (DP) DHL announced another set of record full-year results, the parcel and logistics giant's outgoing chief executive, Frank Appel, was asked about a report in German business title Manager Magazin that suggested the company could be preparing a bid for DB Schenker.The article said that DP ...
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DHL Global Forwarding reports record airfreight revenues
DHL Global Forwarding reported record airfreight revenues last year but performance weakened as the year progressed.The world's second-largest airfreight forwarder saw airfreight revenues increase 18.7% year on year in 2022 to €10.4bn while air gross profits improved 48.5% to €2bn. These improvements came despite a 9.3% decline in volumes to ...
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Cathay Cargo sees revenues weaken in 2022
Cathay Pacific saw its cargo revenues decline by double-digit percentage levels last year as Covid restrictions affected operations.The airline reported a 16.6% fall in cargo revenues to HK$26.9bn in 2022 while cargo revenue tonne kms (CRTK) fell 29.8% year on year to 5.7bn and capacity was down 19% to 8.2bn ...
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NewsLufthansa Cargo reports third year of record operating profits
Lufthansa Cargo reported record revenues and operating profits last year despite volumes being flat on 2021 levels.Lufthansa's logistics division, which includes Lufthansa Cargo, Jettainer, time:matters, HeyWorld and a 50% stake in AeroLogic, last year saw revenues increase by 22% year on year to €4.6bn while earnings before interest and tax ...
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K+N reports record air volumes and revenues despite weakening market
Kuehne+Nagel has reported record airfreight volumes and revenues for 2022 despite performance weakening in the second half of the year.The world's largest airfreight forwarder reported a full-year air revenue increase of 7.6% year on year to Sfr12.4bn, earnings before interest and tax (ebit) for its air business was up 20.7% ...
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ATSG reports record revenues but predicts block hour decline in 2023
Freighter aircraft lessor ATSG reported record revenues in 2022 but is expecting its block hours to decline this year.The Wilmington, Ohio headquartered firm last year saw its revenues increase 18% year on year to $2bn, adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (ebitda) increased 18% to $641m but net ...
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IAG Cargo sees volumes grow in 2022 despite revenue drop off
IAG Cargo saw its cargo revenues decline last year despite a slight pick up in volumes as bellyhold operations returned following the Covid pandemic.The cargo division, which offers capacity on British Airways, Iberia and Aer Lingus, saw cargo revenues for the full year decline by 3.5% year on year to ...
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Atlas Air sees Q4 revenue win but global demand dampens 2022 results
Atlas Air saw revenue growth in the fourth quarter of 2022 thanks to “an increase in the average rate per block hour”.The US cargo airline’s revenues in the fourth quarter of 2022 are up 4% compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.Atlas Air said: “Higher Airline Operations revenue primarily reflected ...
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Expeditors revenues and volumes down
In its fourth-quarter 2022 financial results for the three months ended December 31, Expeditors International posted year-on-year declines in operating income, revenues and volumes as demand normalised after the pandemic – and then fell off in response to economic uncertainty.Operating income for the logistics firm decreased by 47% to $330m ...
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NewsCargoAi launches fintech payment solution
CargoAi has launched CargoWALLET: a fintech solution for air cargo with supply chain financing capabilities that will allow freight forwarders to make payments for their air cargo shipments directly within the company’s existing CargoMART and CargoCONNECT booking systems.The new solution was developed in partnership with CargoTech and has undergone months ...
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EV Cargo divestiture announced
Cargo Services Group and JL Enterprises are to divest from their investments in EV Cargo Holdings Limited, a Hong-based freight forwarder managed by the private equity company, EmergeVest.Cargo Services Group is a provider of supply chain solutions services as well as one of the major freight forwarders in China and ...
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Air Canada sees cargo revenues slide in 2022
Air Canada saw its cargo revenues decline last year due to the ending of its pax-freighter operations and lower yields.The Montreal-headquartered airline registered a 15% decline in full-year cargo revenues to C$1.3bn, while fourth quarter revenues were down 41% to C$288m.However, the airline pointed out that compared with pre-Covid 2019 ...
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CargoAi highlights benefits of strategic investors over venture capital
Strategic investors allow companies to adopt a more long-term outlook than venture capital (VC) which can encourage short-term thinking, according to online booking portal CargoAi.The portal last year secured investment from CargoTech, an investment company backed by the ECS Group that also includes cargo optimisation firm Wiremind Cargo, ECS’s Cargo ...
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Qatar Airways and Airbus reach settlement in A350 row
Airbus and Qatar Airways have reached a settlement regarding their legal dispute over A350 surface degradation and the grounding of A350 aircraft, said the airframer in a media release on February 1.Qatar Airways issued legal proceedings against Airbus in the Technology and Construction Court of London’s High Court of Justice ...
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UPS revenues hit by market downturn
Express services giant UPS was hit by air cargo demand decline in the fourth quarter of 2022.The cargo carrier's fourth quarter consolidated revenue was $27bn, down 2.7% on the same three months of 2021.Consolidated operating profit fell by 17.9% in the final three months of 2022 compared to the same ...
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Freightos begins trading as a public company
Freightos has completed its merger with acquisition company Gesher and has commenced trading as a public company on the Nasdaq stock exchange in New York, US.The global freight booking and payment platform entered into a definitive merger agreement with Gesher in June last year.The combined company is operating as Freightos ...
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FedEx Express is pain point for FedEx in second quarter
FedEx faced continued weak market demand for air cargo in the second quarter with FedEx Express a particular pain point.In the second quarter ended November 30, the transport company said previously implemented cost reduction measures helped soften the blow of reduced FedEx Express revenue.Second quarter fiscal 2023 revenue was $22.8bn ...
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MNG Airlines to be listed on the NYSE
Turkish freighter operator MNG Airlines is to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) via an agreement with Golden Falcon Acquisition Corp in a transaction expected to have a pro-forma enterprise value of $676m.The Istanbul-based carrier has over 15,000 corporate customers across 41 countries with more than 3,500 ...
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Hyperion launches aircraft funding platform
Hyperion Aero Capital (Hyperion) has launched an aircraft funding platform focused on financing long-term cargo leasing and leased business jets.Financing for aircraft has become increasingly fragmented as the traditional lenders have retreated to more vanilla financing and yet the private aviation sector continues to grow.Post-COVID, shipping blockages and limitations on ...
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InsightsPutzger perspective: Airport bottlenecks
Photo: Number1411/ ShutterstockUS airports are set to plough government funding into passenger facilities but neglect cargo, writes Ian Putzger.The supply chain disruptions of the past two years have led to a loosening of government purse strings in many locations.Faced with epic congestion from ports to inland rail hubs, the US ...