Air Cargo

Coverage of air cargo related news including freight forwarders, airlines, airports and more

Etihad to operate reduced network of passenger flights from May

Bloomberg | April 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

VietJet lenders agree loan repayment delays for plane purchases

Bloomberg | April 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Australia stock suspended as restructuring talks extend

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

NYC airports’ 96% traffic plunge threatens local financial pain

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

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WFS’ CEO praises team for 72-hour ‘cargo handling start-up’ in Liege to cope with surge in freighters carrying medical supplies

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters | Airports

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) took just 72 hours to launch a new ‘emergency response’ cargo handling operation at Liege Airport following a request from the airport to help increase its capacity to accept more freighter flights carrying urgent medical equipment into Europe to tackle the coronavirus crisis across the continent.

Ontario International Airport freight shipments surge by 22% in March

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Japan Airlines launches CHAMP’s end-to-end digitalization platform for domestic cargo operations

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Technology

LATAM Cargo Brazil strengthens its operation in various states to transport essential goods

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

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IAG Cargo transports essential medical equipment and supplies

AJOT | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

To meet your freight needs and to support its global network, IAG Cargo is operating cargo-only flights on its passenger aircraft. These are on selected routes across our airlines with more to come.

US airlines’ lifeline is enough to limp along, but little more

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Emirates starts rapid-testing passengers for virus before flight

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

US airlines rally after striking rescue deals with treasury

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

South Africa cuts off funding line to state-owned airline

Bloomberg | April 15, 2020 | Air Cargo

Airlines stagger on with US aid, awaiting return to skies
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Bloomberg | Top Story | April 14, 2020

Airlines stagger on with US aid, awaiting return to skies

U.S. airlines reached preliminary deals with the Treasury Department to access billions of dollars in aid, securing a temporary lifeline as the industry waits for customers to start flying again.
Airline pilots barred from taking drug Trump touts for virus

Bloomberg | April 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virus relief grants to US airports announced by government

Bloomberg | April 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

US Transportation Secretary Chao announces $171.04 million to Massachusetts airports in response to COVID-19
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AJOT | Top Story | April 14, 2020

US Transportation Secretary Chao announces $171.04 million to Massachusetts airports in response to COVID-19

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao announced today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $171,047,775 in airport aid to 26 airports in Massachusetts to help respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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UPS expedites global deliveries of QIAGEN coronavirus testing kits

AJOT | April 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

UPS, a global leader in logistics, today announced that it is working with QIAGEN, a leading global provider of molecular diagnostics and sample preparation technologies, to deliver nucleic acid extraction kits critical to COVID-19 testing, as well as its novel QIAstat-Dx Coronavirus testing cartridges to destinations around the world. With governments and public authorities classifying UPS as an essential service provider, the company is combining the flexibility of its global network with QIAGEN’s increased production capacity for COVID-19 testing kits produced at their facility in Hilden, Germany to help healthcare workers curb the spread of the disease.

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FIS Air Freight Report April 14, 2020

AJOT | April 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

AFFAs trade against the period average (i.e. average of April 2020, Q2 2020, Calendar year (CAL) 2020)

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An-225 Mriya aircraft transported a record load of medical cargo, joining the fight against COVID-19

AJOT | April 14, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

On April 14, 2020 the AN-225 Mriya aircraft transported a record-breaking cargo of medical supplies from China to the capital of Poland – Warsaw as part of the fight against the world pandemic of COVID-19.

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