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Report: Amazon Air puts 70% of US population within next-day reach

Posted on September 1, 2021 by | 1 comment

Amazon is doubling down on next-day delivery. By using their own air freight in conjunction with other airlines, they are abot to reach 70% of the population.

I loved two-day service and never thought I needed something faster. But I have to admit, getting it the very next day is a rush. And sometimes, that’s exactly what I need— especially with Covid lurking, it’s an alternative to going to the store and being exposed.

One of the interesting features of the article is the map of Amazon’s air service network. It’s as prodigious as any major airline. Of course, it’s only for packages.

I wonder what business they could do with this network should they decide to start offering air package transport for other companies. For instance for pharmaceuticals.

Report: Amazon Air puts 70% of US population within next-day reach More airport hubs, destinations and flights put airline in position to handle big Christmas package volume

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo Editor Wednesday, September 1, 2021

Report: Amazon Air puts 70% of US population within next-day reach – FreightWaves

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2021 is the year of the freight service embargo

Posted on August 19, 2021 by | 2 comments

It’s not possible to book shipments anymore with some LTL carriers. Their capacity is full, and they don’t care if they get new customers. OnTrak (which delivers my vitamin pills) and Fedex recently said they were refusing new customers. The claims are that they are out of capacity– not enough planes, trucks and drivers— to deliver everything. There are other less visible bottlenecks, also, such as a shortage of trucks for sale due to the semiconductor shortage. There’s been a sort of crisis in drivers for trucks for quite a while, exacerbated by the recent enforcement of rules to prevent people who fail drug tests from getting commercial driver’s licenses. We wonder why employers don’t pay drivers more, and take more care to create working conditions more favorable to drivers.

Still, common carriers have an obligation to carry the freight presented. It will be interesting to see how far this goes, and when regulators will start crawling through these carriers’ records to see if they are unfairly denying carriage.

Eric Kulisch, Air Cargo Editor Thursday, August 19, 2021

Viewpoint: 2021 is the year of the freight service embargo – FreightWaves

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International transport costs: Why and how to measure them?

Posted on January 21, 2021 by | 2 comments

A nice article from Jan Hoffman of the IAME. Clearly it’s important to measure the costs, and how to do it is a big problem, given the fractionated international transport market. COVID-19 changes make it even more problematic, and then throw in Brexit.

JENNIFER BROWN DOMINIK ENGLERT JAN HOFFMANN|JANUARY 20, 2021

International transport costs: Why and how to measure them?

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