Air Cargo

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

Airport Authority Hong Kong honors WFS with three annual safety awards

AJOT | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

The Airport Authority Hong Kong has awarded three annual safety awards to Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for fostering the airport’s safety culture and enhancing safety awareness in the workplace.

Airline bailouts point to greener travel—and higher fares

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

Airline industry forecast to suffer record $84 billion loss

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Solidary Plane: LATAM Airlines’ program that operates in the midst of the pandemic

AJOT | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

Among closed-border policies and countries’ restrictions, transporting patients, health professionals, medical supplies or carrying out urgent missions like delivering stem cells and organs for transplants have been the major challenges for LATAM Airlines Group’s Solidary Plane program in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis.

Etihad in second flight to Israel, this time proclaiming its name

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo

Boeing’s 787 delivery drought shows crisis brewing behind rally

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Emirates kicks off thousands of job cuts to navigate virus slump

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports | Intermodal

Bombardier, once a Canadian champion, faces ouster from index

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines | Intermodal

FIS Air Freight Report June 8, 2020

AJOT | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

China to Europe begins its slide in line with China to USA, as prices rout, down $1.52 on the week. China to USA now sits at $5.75, akin to price levels you might expect from a particularly high Q4 peak season rather than early June.

Cathay avoids collapse with $5 billion government-backed plan

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Vietnam weighs allowing flights from virus-free countries

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

France earmarks $17 billion for ailing aerospace industry

Bloomberg | June 09, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Cathay, Swire Pacific, Air China suspend trading in Hong Kong

Bloomberg | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Battery shipping loophole exposed by FedEx fire, NTSB warns

Bloomberg | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

CHAMP Weight & Balance is going to Bermuda – but not on vacation

AJOT | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Freighters

OMA reports a 93.5% decrease in May 2020 passenger traffic

AJOT | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

Austria Agrees 450 Million Euro Aid Deal for Lufthansa Arm

Bloomberg | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airlines

Austria has agreed to provide support worth 450 million euros ($508 million) to Deutsche Lufthansa AG’s division in the country, according to people familiar with the matter.

Heathrow Could Cut More Than 2,000 Jobs If Quarantine Continues

Bloomberg | June 08, 2020 | Air Cargo | Airports

London Heathrow airport said it may need to cut one-third of its workforce if the U.K. government doesn’t indicate soon that it plans to relax a quarantine rule for incoming passengers.