Air Cargo

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

Singapore to Suspend Airport Expansion Works Amid Coronavirus

Bloomberg | June 16, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

U.S. Expands Flights from Chinese Airlines to Four Per Week

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | International Trade

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FIS Air Freight Report June 15, 2020

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

China to Europe and China to USA continue sliding, down $1.06 and $0.57 respectively. Shanghai to Europe (primarily weighted by price drops into Frankfurt) collapses by $1.68 despite individual trade-lane price support into Amsterdam as rates appear inflated by above-the-market fixed price contracts.

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U-Freight charters Russian aircraft to deliver PPE to the Big Apple

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

The U-Freight Group chartered an Aeroflot passenger aircraft, which had been reconfigured to handle freight only, to airfreight over 2,000 cartons of urgently needed personal protective equipment (PPE) from Beijing to New York.

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo to launch Kickcharter

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Charters

Ontario International Airport freight volume rose 24% in May

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

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United expects to have approximately $17 billion in available liquidity by September 2020

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

New, proposed $5 billion MileagePlus transaction, combined with available CARES Act funding, provides even more flexibility to navigate the most disruptive financial crisis in the history of aviation

Qatar Airways Plans Layoffs and 25% Pay Cut for Pilots

Bloomberg | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

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Fraport Cargo volumes continue to stabilize

AJOT | June 15, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Greatly diminished passenger traffic at Frankfurt Airport and Fraport’s Group airports worldwide - Cargo volumes at FRA continue to stabilize

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Boris Johnson Faces Fury of Europe’s Biggest Airlines in Court

Bloomberg | June 13, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

It’s not often rival carriers join forces on anything in the competitive aviation industry. But this week, three of Europe’s biggest airlines teamed up to sue the U.K. government over plans to force visitors to self-isolate for 14 days.

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Lawmakers Brand British Airways Job Cuts a ‘National Disgrace’

Bloomberg | June 12, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.K. lawmakers lashed out at British Airways over plans for 12,000 job cuts, saying the carrier had sought to exploit the coronavirus crisis to slash headcount and weaken employment terms for remaining staff.

U.K. Aerospace Ramps Up Push for Targeted Government Support

Bloomberg | June 12, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Virgin Atlantic Gets Funding Offers, Renews Plea for U.K. Aid

Bloomberg | June 12, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

U.K.’s Biggest Airlines Launch Legal Action Over Quarantine Rules

Bloomberg | June 12, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

The biggest airlines operating in the U.K. sued the government to overturn its requirement that people arriving in Britain self-isolate for two weeks amid the Covid-19 pandemic.