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PROCESSING DELAYS:  Qantas Freight and AQIS

A major system failure at Qantas Freight has severely affected the cargo operations of around 25% of Australia’s inbound airfreight, with a reported estimated cost to industry of hundreds of thousands of dollars so far.   This occurred after Qantas attempted to switch to a new cloud-based management system which didn’t go as planned, causing an […]

Qantas refuses lithium metal batteries on passenger aircraft

Qantas Freight announced this week that it will no longer accept lithium metal batteries for carriage on passenger aircraft. In a statement head of global sales Nick McGlynn said effective immediately Qantas Freight and appointed handling agents will no longer accept UN3090 Packing Instruction 968-1A, 1B and Section 2 lithium metal batteries for carriage on any […]