Last year was another busy 12 months for the air cargo industry, with COVID-19 continuing to wreak havoc on supply chains.

Some of the challenges the industry faced were modal shift, COVID closures, growing demand, and ongoing capacity shortages, but once again, air cargo arrived, playing a key role in sustaining supply chains.

It was also a busy year for Aircargonews.net with nearly 2.3 million unique pageviews in the past 12 months.

To kick off 2022, we thought it would be a good time to take a look at our most read stories from last year:

10) Demand for air freight charter is increasing due to ocean freight issues

In February of this year, it became apparent that ocean freight supply chains were struggling as the industry faced a shortage of boxes in Asia, increased demand and port congestion.

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9) Start of work to transform the first B777 into a freighter

In April, we announced that physical work on converting the first Boeing 777-300 to a cargo plane would begin soon after the mid-stage phase of supplemental type certificate development.

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8) Air freight faces supply chain disruption in China

The continued disruption of supply chains was a major topic throughout the year and in August Air Cargo News reported on the new COVID quarantine rules for freight workers at major points of entry into China.

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7) DHL achieves record profit for the year 2020

While 2020 has been a difficult year for the air cargo industry, it has also been extremely profitable. In January, Deutsche Post DHL Group announced that it expected to post record profits for the year.

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6) FedEx confirms the acquisition of the B777F from Etihad

Also in January, FedEx confirmed the acquisition of a Boeing 777 cargo plane from Etihad, as it continued to modernize its fleet.

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5) No plans to sell DB Schenker as DSV rumors resurface

The ongoing saga of the potential sale of DB Schenker resurfaced in August. This time the fast growing Danish freight forwarder DSV was rumored to be interested.

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4) Top 25 freight forwarders: DHL remains in the lead despite lower volumes

Our annual roundup of the 25 largest air freight forwarders in the world has once again proven popular with readers. DHL Global Forwarding was at the top of the table, but for how long?

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3) Top 25 cargo airlines: freight operators in the foreground

The need for freight operations has seen a rapid change in the air freight market. In our 2020 market roundup, FedEx, UPS, and Qatar were again the largest air cargo carriers, but there were major winners and losers in the top 25 airlines.

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2) DSV enters the top 3 with the acquisition of Agility GIL

It has been a busy few years for DSV as it embarked on rapid expansion through acquisitions. His last deal came in April when he announced his intention to buy Agility’s logistics business.

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1) Maersk is about to swoop in on Senator International

Last year, shipping lines entered the air freight market with CMA CGM and Maersk. This story centered around rumors – later turned out to be correct – that Maersk would take over Senator International, a freight forwarder with an established air freight charter operation.

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