Archive for April 2020 - page 2

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Heavy British Airways A380 Crushes French Airport Taxiway simpleflying.com Yesterday, a British Airways Airbus A380 damaged the taxiway in Chateauroux, France. Three-quarters of the British flag carrier’s A380 fleet is now in long term storage at the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES American Airlines To Receive $5.8 Billion In Goverment Aid simpleflying.com American Airlines will receive $5.8 billion in government aid to pay its employees as the airline announced on April 14th. Amid a sharp decline in profits and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES British Airways Airbus A350 Collides With Emirates Boeing 777 simpleflying.com British Airways’ first Airbus A350 has collided with an Emirates Boeing 777 in Dubai. It appears as though the A350 was being pushed back in Dubai when […]

  AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Europe’s Borders Could Remain Closed Until September simpleflying.com Emmanuel Macron, President of France has raised concerns about a second wave of the coronavirus outbreak if Europe’s borders are reopened too soon. In a videoconference on Friday, […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES OEC Group sets up charter operation to meet medical equipment demand aircargonews.net Logistics firm OEC Group has implemented a dedicated freighter programme from China to North America in response to the coronavirus outbreak. OEC Group said the […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Japanese mega boxship slams into cranes at Busan New Port splash247.com Yet another gantry crane has been pulverised by a poorly berthed mega boxship. The Japanese controlled 13,900 teu Milano Bridge, part of the Ocean Network Express […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air freight market ‘evolving dramatically’ lloydsloadinglist.com Medical supplies, pharmaceuticals and perishables are keeping air cargo markets afloat, supporting freight rates and charter prices even as demand for many consumer products and manufacturing supplies nosedives due to economic […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Pilots raise concern with FAA about protection from coronavirus freightwaves.com Pilots are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration to make sure airlines are following federal health guidelines for notifying workers when a colleague tests positive for the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airlines feel pressure to maintain minimum level of domestic service freightwaves.com The rapid spread of the coronavirus in the U.S. is raising questions among shippers about whether domestic airlines will virtually stop flying or the U.S. government […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airports in China’s Hebei Province reopen ch-aviation.com Over two months after the start of the province’s complete lockdown, Chinese authorities have reopened all airports in Hubei except Wuhan for domestic services. The province’s main gateway is due […]