News
- Updates on European Air Space closures
- 4/19/2010
IFW continues its up-to-the-minute coverage of the closure of European airspace and its implications for freight transport and logistics. Further updates will appear throughout today and this week.
Breaking News: Air freight backlogs build across Asia
European air closures cause rate rises, as forwarders prepare to clear cargo with charters
Airlines across Asia are refusing to accept bookings to and from Europe, throwing just-in-time supply chains into disarray and threatening to drive up air transport costs in the coming weeks.
Breaking News: Middle East airports closed to European cargo
Some traffic takes to the road as storage areas fill
Shipments for Europe are not being accepted by many forwarders, airlines and airports in the Middle East this morning.Breaking News: KLM flies weekend freighter from Amsterdam to the Far East
Dutch carrier adds voice to call for relaxation of European flight ban
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines operated two commercial cargo flights from Amsterdam to the Far East on Sunday evening, using freighter and combi aircraft.