Newsletter – April 24, 2023

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

Hamburg & Berlin Passengers Experience Day Of Disruption Amid Continued Strikes

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Strikes by security workers and ground services have disrupted operations at two major German international airports. On April 24, passengers faced delays and severe inconveniences as numerous flights were canceled.
The disruptions are the latest from strikes witnessed across the country in the transport sector. The strikes occurred at Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) and Hamburg Airport (HAM), where departures and arrivals were heavily disrupted. Read more here.

IATA Shares How Airline Ticket Prices Are Comparing To Inflation & Jet Fuel Costs

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You might recall when airline ticket prices soared for most of last year after most of the world reopened, and the pent-up demand for air travel was met with more flights. At that time, the outlook was that the rising prices would subsequently falter as the aviation industry worked towards stabilizing. Read more here.

Influx of capacity brings a ‘new era’ for air cargo markets

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New capacity in the passenger and freighter market is changing the parameters of air cargo this year.
Different aircraft entering the market will alter the balance, according to Frank Ziesemer, CEO of Strike Aviation. But he said these changes had not been thought through, particularly in the freighter market. Read more here.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

Urban logistics needs urgent rethink, researchers find

insidelogistics.ca
The intensification of e-commerce has resulted in fragmented and wasteful urban logistics networks, say researchers from consultancy Roland Berger.
The Covid-19 pandemic led to increased online shopping plus, the demand for faster delivery. To keep up, logistics services implemented an fragmented approach, which has now resulted in even more challenges. Read more here.

Reshoring causing a run on space in Mexico and US as companies seek to relocate operations

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Reshoring and nearshoring have become so popular there has been a run on industrial space in Mexico and the US.
Kearney’s 10th Annual Reshoring Index Report finds that reshoring initiatives have become so successful that companies that have taken a wait-and-see approach to locating manufacturing operations in the past are now scrambling to find facilities in Mexico and the United States. Read more here.