Nigel Tomkins

The global Coronavirus pandemic turned into big profits for major air cargo players, according to latest financial statements

At the height of the pandemic air cargo businesses quickly discarded a host of key staff, making them redundant,.Recruiting new personnel is now a problem

A part of the Hungarian airport’s long-term air cargo development strategy is the Budapest gateway’s strategic focus on the handling and processing of e-commerce goods from China to Europe, says a statement.

Saudia Cargo is embarking on “rigorous preparations” across multiple aspects of its operations in the searing heat of its airport locations, as well as on staff competency for the handling of pharmaceuticals, says a statement.

“Ireland is a world leader in research, biologics and pharma healthcare innovation, and we are confident that our clinical-to-commercial service offering will drive value for the Irish healthcare and economic ecosystem in the years to come,” says UPS.

Just a few months ago, long-established ‘special agreements’ between customers (forwarders) and airlines seemed to be finely tuned, fixed and irrevocable. As it turned out, even with digitalisation, they were surprisingly fragile.

In this blog journalist Nigel Tomkins deplores the industry’s dreadful PR and woeful press release creators and publishes a list of offenders HERE is some free advice, some simple indicators on how to identify a bad or toxic air cargo industry press release, writes lifelong journalist Nigel Tomkins. Sadly, there are thousands of badly crafted […]

"The counterweight to this good news [for air cargo] is uncertainty over how China’s economic slowdown will unfold," Willie Walsh, IATA’s director general, points out. “This will be on the minds of air cargo executives meeting in Hong Kong next week for the IATA World Cargo Symposium with an agenda focused on digitalisation, efficiency and sustainability," he underscores.