E-Commerce

DHL Express outsources 777 operations to Chinese airline

DHL Express will hand Central Airlines a pair of Boeing 777 freighter aircraft to operate on its behalf on routes from China. This will be the first time the global logistics integrator has partnered with a domestic Chinese airline to support its air cargo network. 

DHL’s deployment of cargo jets to Central Airlines provides extra capacity for Chinese companies to reach global markets, especially e-commerce platforms that are heavily booking commercial aircraft to fulfill cross-border consumer...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/dhl-express-outsources-777-operations-to-chinese-airline

Air cargo surge could be at expense of peak season growth

A disconnect is arising between actual demand for cross-border air cargo service through the first half of 2024 and forecasts for the full year, raising questions about whether the current surge will strengthen during the traditional busy season starting in mid-September or lose energy.

Although the e-commerce fervor powering the air cargo market shows no signs of cooling down, that doesn’t mean other market drivers won’t. Many shippers are pulling forward fall orders to minimize the chance of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/air-cargo-surge-could-be-at-expense-of-peak-season-growth

Revised Amazon deal to boost Sun Country’s cargo profits

Sun Country Airlines’ cargo activity and profits will significantly improve under an amended transportation services agreement to operate freighter aircraft for Amazon’s e-commerce parcel network, an executive with the leisure carrier said Friday.

Under the revised contract announced Thursday, Amazon will place eight additional Boeing 737-800 converted freighters with Sun Country (NASDAQ: SNCY) to operate on its behalf. The retail giant also extended the contract until 2030. The aircraft, which...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/revised-amazon-deal-to-boost-sun-countrys-cargo-profits

Chinese e-tailer JD.com expands cargo airline

JD Logistics, the logistics arm of China’s largest retailer by revenue JD.com, is adding four additional Boeing 737-800 converted cargo aircraft to its private fleet to support growing demand for e-commerce and express delivery in, and around, China.

AerCap, the world’s largest aircraft lessor, announced Tuesday that it will deliver four used 737-800s, modified from passenger configuration for maindeck container transport, to JD Logistics this year. 

The aircraft will be based in Nantong, China,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/chinese-e-tailer-jd-com-expands-cargo-airline

Illegal Ozempic shipments enter US through e-commerce sales

U.S. authorities say they have begun seizing illegal parcel shipments of the popular weight-loss drug Ozempic at ports of entry as smugglers take advantage of programs that expedite duty-free entry of small-dollar imports.

Ozempic joins a soaring number of illegal medications, including synthetic drugs like fentanyl, entering the United States through e-commerce sales channels.

Customs and Border Protection officers have confiscated 11 Ozempic-related shipments this year since February at DHL...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/illegal-ozempic-shipments-enter-us-through-e-commerce-sales

Cargojet enters charter deal for Chinese e-commerce

Cargojet, best known for operating a domestic overnight airfreight network in Canada for Amazon and DHL Express, said Monday it has begun providing scheduled charter service for Great Vision HK Express to support growing e-commerce orders from China.

Under a three-year contract with China-based Great Vision HK Express, estimated to generate US$116.2 million in total revenue, the Canadian air cargo company will operate at least three flights per week from Hangzhou to Vancouver, British Columbia,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargojet-enters-charter-deal-for-chinese-e-commerce

US Customs tightens enforcement on low-value e-commerce trade

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has suspended several customs brokers from a program designed to speed entry for low-value shipments but has paved the way for an explosion of e-commerce imports from China and India that the agency is struggling to police.

CBP didn’t spell out specifics in Friday’s suspension announcement but implied the intermediaries were penalized because filings for cargo release repeatedly failed to comply with requirements that the importer use “reasonable care” to...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/us-customs-tightens-enforcement-on-low-value-e-commerce-trade

Atlas Air to end Amazon flights, focus on international customers

Atlas Air will stop flying freighter aircraft in Amazon’s domestic parcel network by the middle of next year and concentrate on international widebody service for its growing customer base, which will soon include Chinese e-commerce giants Shein and Temu, CEO Michael Steen said in an interview.

Both parties have agreed to terminate contracts under which Atlas provides crews, routine maintenance and insurance (CMI) for 25 converted freighters: eight Boeing 737-800s and 17 Boeing 767-300s. Amazon...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/atlas-air-to-end-amazon-flights-focus-on-international-customers

Airfreight rides e-commerce to surprise growth in May

Conventional thinking suggests the unexpected strength of the air cargo market so far this year is ready to cool off for the summer, as freight activity normally does each year. It’s not happening — yet.

Global airfreight volumes didn’t subside after China’s Lunar New Year holiday in February, as many industry professionals anticipated, and are still going strong, albeit with ebbs and flows. The primary catalysts remain Asian exporters shifting modes because of slower ocean transits around the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airfreight-rides-e-commerce-to-surprise-growth-in-may

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