Have you ever stopped to wonder how that must-have gadget or fresh flowers made it to your doorstep so quickly? Spoiler alert: they probably hitched a ride on a plane. The air freight industry might not grab as many headlines as passenger travel, but it’s the quiet powerhouse keeping global commerce humming. As 2025 takes…
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A Century of Air Freight Forwarders: How the Industry Took Flight and Transformed Global Shipping
In 1910, something remarkable happened that would forever change how goods move worldwide. A department store in Ohio, eager to try a groundbreaking approach, loaded 200 pounds of silk onto a Wright Brothers’ Model B plane and sent it on a 65-mile flight from Dayton to Columbus. This wasn’t just a simple delivery but a…
A quick look at the declining demand in the air freight shipping industry
According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), global air cargo volumes are projected to decline by 4 per cent in 2023 compared to the previous year. This downward trend which is attributed to the challenging economic conditions prevailing worldwide can be a problem for air freight forwarders. IATA’s latest forecast, released on Wednesday,…
Trends that will dominate the supply chain industry in 2023
In the last three years, the pandemic impacted the normalcy of global logistical operations as a result of which the supply chain industry had to contend with severe disruptions, container shortages, port congestion, hike in spot rates, and sudden changes in demand among other things. Right now we can confidently expect that the pandemic is…