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Cathay Pacific Invests in Long-Haul Fleet as Budget Unit Suffers

Supply Chain Brain

Cathay’s latest order makes it the largest buyer of the aircraft in Asia, though still far behind Gulf carriers Emirates Airline and Qatar Airways, which have purchased the model in triple-digit numbers. is doubling down on its long-haul expansion with the first purchase of Boeing Co. Since then, the U.S.

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This Week in Logistics News (February 19 – 25)

Logistics Viewpoints

Given low inventories and dwindling spare capacity, the oil market cannot afford large supply disruptions,” said UBS analyst Giovanni Staunovo in a Reuters article. LNG from the United States and Qatar will help the EU to withstand disruptions to gas flows though Ukraine. Graph of Russia War Supply Chain Interdependencies.

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The Real Winner at the 2022 World Cup? Supply Chain.

BlueYonder

The entire world is gearing up for the 2022 FIFA World Cup , held in Qatar from Nov. million fans will descend on Qatar for this event — which marks the first time an Arab country has hosted the World Cup. 20 through Dec. Over the course of four weeks, 32 teams and over 1.7 With a population of just 2.9

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Checklist for working capital management

Supply Chain Movement

Working capital management revolves around inventory, debtors and creditors. 10 questions to assess working capital management. Some companies generate cash so quickly that they can even achieve negative working capital. Supply Chain Media and software vendor Slimstock have developed this checklist for working capital management. >>Please

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Boeing and One Airline’s CEOs Shares Candid Perspectives on the State of Commercial Aircraft Supply Chains

Supply Chain Matters

Supply Chain Matters highlights for our readers an on-stage conversation held between the CEO ’s of Boeing and Qatar Airways at Bloomberg’s Qatar Economic Forum. Dialogue with a Key Airline Customer This week, Bloomberg conducted the Qatar Economic Forum held in Doha. Akbar Al-Baker (video recording).

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Freightos is going public…and how we got here

Freightos

We paid the price for inefficient shipping, both in direct costs, and the cost of maintaining buffer inventory to cover for all the unpredictability. At the same time one of our key strategic airline partners, Qatar Airways, is doubling down and investing in the transaction too. This is the kind of investor we need.

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3PL Subway 2015: Strategic movements among logistics providers

Supply Chain Movement

The 2015 Annual Third Party Logistics Study also reveals that both sides regard themselves as being successful, and shippers are seeing positive results again this year: an average logistics cost reduction of 9%, an average inventory cost reduction of 5% and an average fixed logistics cost reduction of 15%. Northern Mariana Islands.