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DP World gains IATA certification in the US and Mexico

DP World has been awarded IATA certification across its airfreight forwarding operations in the US and Mexico. The certification covers DP World's freight forwarding operations at 11 different locations: Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Detroit (DTW), Houston (IAH), Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA), New York (JFK), Newark, New Jersey (EWR), and El Paso, Texas (ELP) in the US, as well as Mexico City and Monterrey in Mexico. IATA certification recognises freight forwarders that meet internationally accepted standards for operational performance, financial accountability, and professional competence, DP World noted in a statement. Certification will enable DP World to work "more directly with airline partners, helping streamline cargo movements while providing customers with greater consistency and reliability for time-sensitive shipments", the company said. Joseph Fordney, senior vice president of freight forwarding for DP World in the Americas, remarked: "Achieving IATA certification across our strategic US and Mexico airfreight locations is an important milestone in strengthening our integrated logistics offering. "Customers increasingly want a single logistics partner that can move cargo seamlessly across air, ocean, and inland transportation while meeting the highest global standards for quality, compliance, and operational performance. "This certification reinforces our ability to deliver exactly that." DP World seeks to offer fully integrated, end-to-end supply chain solutions throughout the Americas. Combined with the company's ocean freight, customs brokerage, warehousing, trucking, and contract logistics services, its certified airfreight network allows customers to move cargo through a single logistics provider with greater visibility, coordination, and consistency from origin to destination. In a previous move, DP World had established dedicated airfreight directors in the US, Canada, and Mexico to strengthen regional leadership and customer support. In June, it confirmed that it had gained IATA certification for its freight forwarding operations in Panama. The company also secured IATA certification for airfreight services in Brazil early last year and has said that it expects its Montreal freight forwarding operation to achieve IATA certification in 2027, further expanding its certified North American network.

Major hubs unaffected by jet fuel supply issues

While jet fuel prices have remained a concern for the air cargo industry, there hasn't been a shortage of fuel at any major airport hubs that has curbed passenger or cargo operations, shows analysis from Cirium. Mike Malik, chief industry officer at the aviation analytics company, said that predictions of airlines having to ground fleets and airports having to close because of fuel shortages have not materialised, although there have been some cases of smaller airports being greatly impacted. Malik stressed that "since the Strait of Hormuz closed at the end of February, no major hub anywhere has run dry". He elaborated: "The warnings when Hormuz closed were of the whole system running dry, of grounded fleets and hub airports closing. That is not what happened. Nearly seven months on, the hubs are still operating. The fuel that went missing went missing from secondary locations. So, in summary the failure is real. It is just not the one that was forecast." One of the key issues is distribution of fuel. Malik stated that as well as moving fuel between countries, moving fuel within countries to fuel farms is more problematic as workers have less support to do so. "Shortages hit the smallest airports first. That is why the affected list reads Brindisi, Pescara, Yangon and Tahiti rather than Heathrow, Frankfurt or Changi," said Malik. IATA's analysis for August found that jet fuel prices rose by 8.3% month-on-month in August and were 79.2% higher than a year earlier. Although jet fuel costs have broadly intensified cost and profit pressures for cargo operations and airlines continue to run fuel surcharges, cargo demand growth has been steady. Total demand in August increased by 4.4% compared to August 2025. Year on year growth had eased in July, but was still up by 3.9%. In comparison, year on year demand grew 8.5% in June, 6% in May, and 4% in April as it recovered from the disruption of the start of the Middle East conflict.

My Freighter continues fleet expansion with another Boeing 767

Fast-growing cargo airline My Freighter has continued the expansion of its fleet with the addition of another Boeing 767 aircraft. The Uzbekistan-based cargo airline said the 55-tonne 767-300 capacity aircraft (UK67023) will bring more flexibility and allow more options for imports and imports and exports through its Tashkent hub, as well as stronger connections between Asia and Europe. "Every aircraft we add strengthens our ability to connect Central Asia with the markets that matter to our customers and partners," the airline said. The aircraft is named after Zahiriddin Muhammad Bobur, a native of Andijan, poet, statesman and founder of the Mughal Empire. According to Planespotters.net, the airline currently operates a fleet of 10 767 freighters. The Centrum Holding-owned carrier also has a Boeing 757 freighter. The carrier operates flights between Central Asia, Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, the Middle East, Europe and North America. The airline has been increasing its operations between Asia and Europe and most recently added extra flights to Liege. Starting in July, the carrier upped flight frequencies to the Belgian hub to daily. Also, in March, Tashkent-hubbed My Freighter began operating new routes between Asia and Frankfurt Airport in Germany. And in January, My Freighter also announced it would add scheduled cargo flights from Hong Kong International Airport to Maastricht Aachen Airport in the Netherlands via its main hub at Tashkent. Interline partnerships, most recently with Air Canada and Singapore Airlines, are also helping My Freighter grow its network, while it has added a GSA partnerships with Group Concorde.