UK-based Hybrid Air Vehicles has resumed test flights of its Airlander 10 hybrid airship after a nine-month hiatus. The program suffered a setback last year after the test aircraft took a nosedive while attempting to land.

The recently released Geodis 2017 Supply Chain Worldwide Survey (SCWS) underscored the evolution of supply chains - from the simple delivery of products to "a crucial lever for business performance." Trends such as e-commerce require more specialization than ever, which, in turn, drives complexity, Geodis says.

In a move designed to capture network costs associated with retailers who fail to meet peak volume commitments, UPS is looking to charge them for shortfalls this year, CEO David Abney told the Wall Street Journal.

Firms in the UK and Europe are already drawing up plans to sever supply chains across the Channel to avoid post-Brexit tariffs.

The gap between the top-performing airfreight forwarders and those at the bottom, in terms of profit margins, appears to be growing wider, and may continue doing so for the next few years, according to results of a recent poll by Descartes Software and the U.S. Airforwarders Association (AfA).

Unprecedented changes coming to the fleet market in the next five years mean managers must keep up to date with policy and technology.