Airline Cargo

Contactless technologies have evolved quickly over recent years in the constant drive to boost operational efficiency, reduce costs, and improve collaboration across value chains. With the onset of the pandemic, an additional health and safety layer came into play, which further accelerated touchless technology deployment. Given the many benefits obtained from this move and the behavioral changes it invoked, contactless is here to stay. People now expect low-touch technologies in their daily lives. And the good news is that increased vendors in the marketplace, emerging technologies, and new i...

Businesses can't operate and triumph on their own. Success is built upon collaboration within a broader stakeholder and partner ecosystem. While many industries have adopted digital technologies to drive deeper collaboration, innovation, efficiency, and business models, the air cargo industry has been remarkably slow to do so. Fragmented legacy systems, outdated industry standards, and manual (even paper-based!) processes permeate air cargo. Within this context, real-time tracking of shipment statuses and service fulfilment reporting is impossible for airlines, ground handlers, and end-custome...

As the speed of business accelerates due to increased automation and the relentless growth of eCommerce, airmail volumes continue to rise. In our recent "Blockchain and IoT applications in air cargo" guide,we looked at different scenarios where these emerging technologies could play in. In this post, I´d like to dive deeper into blockchain applications in airmail, specifically. In light of increasing airmail volumes and the factors behind them, pressure is on the industry to provide improved tracking transparency, cost and operational efficiency, security, and faster settlement. A tall order i...

Air cargo witnessed a sudden boom during the pandemic, becoming a revenue lifeline for airlines as they shifted their focus from passenger traffic to cargo. Throughout the IBS Cargo Forum 2021, we touched on many of the new and long-standing challenges and opportunities across the industry, and how to keep air cargo in the boardroom moving forward. During our final session on Wednesday, we explored different topics around "expanding growth in air cargo". I was thrilled to moderate a panel on the topic with Niall van der Vouw from Clive, Markus Flacke from Volga-Dnepr Group, and David Sauv from...

In Ashok Rajan's blog wrapping up the 2021 IBS Cargo Forum's first session, he highlighted how increased stakeholder collaboration, innovation, agility, and digitalization are key priorities in air cargo. During the event's third session on Wednesday, we looked at these priorities in more detail with our customer community. While air cargo embarks many stakeholders across the value chain, and digital transformation needs to permeate throughout, cargo operations are the heart and soul of the industry. This is where "the customer promise" is realized through service execution and the physical sh...