Archive for April 2020

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES As red ink begins to flood bottom lines, the mega-airlines begin to unravel theloadstar.com The disintegration of the major airlines has begun. Yesterday, British Airways (BA) announced the likely loss of 12,000 jobs, one quarter of its […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Immediate and Severe Air Cargo Capacity Crunch iata.org Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March air cargo performance demonstrating a severe capacity shortfall. -Global demand, measured in cargo tonne kilometers (CTKs*), fell […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES  Social Distancing Not Viable On Airplanes, Industry Says forbes.com As many countries start to relax their Coronavirus lockdown restrictions, many are asking whether travel and border restrictions will be loosened in time for summer holidays. Ahead of […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Japan Airlines Is Flying Empty Planes To Los Angeles simpleflying.com A very telling image has been published by the Daily Mail that shows a solo passenger on an empty flight on April 15th from Tokyo to Los […]

  AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Key COVID 19 testing chemical reaches Canada, amid China empty plane denials canadianshipper.com Ottawa, ON — Despite the fact two Canadian cargo planes returned empty of supplies from China, a New Brunswick biotech company has received […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES PPE ‘mayhem’ continues to push China air cargo rates aircargonews.net Air cargo rates out of China increased again last week as demand for the transport of personal protective equipment (PPE) continued to surge. Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air Canada Suspends All Flights To The US simpleflying.com Today, Air Canada announced that it would entirely suspend scheduled transborder flights after April 26. This move comes following the extension of the travel restrictions between Canada and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES The Future Of Economy Class? Yin-Yang Seating simpleflying.com The problems presented by the COVID-19 pandemic run far deeper than just the immediate shock. For aviation, many of the fundamentals of flying have been brought into question; in […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Angry forwarders step up objections to ‘opportunistic’ handling surcharges theloadstar.com Forwarders are considering reporting air cargo handlers to competition authorities for what they claim may be opportunistic, and possibly co-ordinated, surcharges. Read more here. TIACA pushes to facilitate […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Cathay Pacific Closes US Bases: 300 Jobs Affected simpleflying.com Cathay Pacific is making significant changes to its international crew bases. As the airline has grounded the majority of its fleet, it has decided to reassess its current […]