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IATA welcomes Brussels guidance on air cargo during coronavirus
IATA has welcomed the European Commission’s (EC) Guidelines on Facilitating Air Cargo Operations During the Covid-19 Outbreak.IATA said that the EC has understood the industry’s challenges and provided comprehensive and practical guidance to ensure that permissions to operate are quickly granted and that air crew are able to operate efficiently ...
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CEVA Logistics declares Force Majeure
CEVA Logistics has declared Force Majeure as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, removing it from certain contractual obligations.The announcement applies to all CEVA Services, including (but not limited to) its airfreight, ocean freight, ground freight, rail, customs brokerage and contract logistics services.The logistics firm, owned by Marseilles-headquartered shipping line ...
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NewsAvianca Cargo the latest airline to run cargo-only PAX flights
Avianca Cargo has become the latest carrier to operate cargo-only flights using passenger aircraft to support supply chains which have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.Yesterday (March 27), Avianca Cargo used a Boeing 787-800 passenger aircraft to transport nearly 20 tons of essential cargo in the bellyhold, from Colombia to ...
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NewsMiddle East move for Mitchell at Crane
Crane Worldwide Logistics has promoted Chris Mitchell to manage its Middle East region.Mitchell joined Crane Worldwide in in September 2011, as director for energy in Asia Pacific and since 2017 has led the Global Specialized Solutions division.The Middle East region is a growth area for Crane Worldwide Logistics, with significant ...
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Chapman Freeborn continues to report charter surge
Over the past 48 hours, charter broker Chapman Freeborn said it has "experienced a surge in cargo charter requests for humanitarian cargo and medical supplies (typically N95 respirators)" from China into Europe and Africa.This comes after an extremely busy week of EU-US rotations to counter the demand created by passenger ...
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Air cargo demand, yields and revenue fall in the first two months of 2020
Worldwide air cargo demand fell 3% year-over-year (YoY) in the first two months of 2020, a larger decrease than the provisional estimated fall of 2.7%.Netherlands-based analyst WorldACD added that a yield decrease of around 5% YoY in January/February meant that airlines lost 8% of revenues compared to the start of ...
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BUD welcomes Suparna freighter with medical supplies from China
A Boeing 747F charter flight by Chinese carrier Suparna Airlines transported nearly 70 tons of protective medical equipment from China to Budapest airport (BUD) in Hungary.The shipment included more than 3m face masks, 100 000 coronavirus tests and 86 medical ventilators from China.The aircraft was welcomed on arrival by Hungarian ...
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American Airlines adds flights to combat capacity crunch
American Airlines is continuing to operate long-haul flights, carrying passengers and cargo, to make up for capacity lost as a result of low demand due to the coronavirus.The carrier will fly its widebody aircraft to locations including Auckland Airport, São Paulo International Airport and Honolulu International Airport.These flights are in ...
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Air Canada sets booking policy for cargo-only passenger aircraft
Air Canada has outlined the cargo-booking policy for its freight-only passenger aircraft flights to Europe, with other flights planned for Latin America, South America and domestic services to remote communities.A spokesperson for the North American carrier said: “The first cargo-only flights departed from Toronto this past week for Frankfurt, London ...
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Etihad to operate cargo-only service utilising B787-10 passenger aircraft
Etihad Cargo is introducing a fleet of Boeing 787-10 aircraft as passenger freighters to operate 34 weekly flights, serving 10 markets initially.Each aircraft will provide capacity for 12 lower deck pallets and four containers, carrying up to 45 tons of payload, said the Abu Dhabi-based Middle East carrier which also ...
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NewsVirgin Atlantic operates it first cargo-only charter
Virgin Atlantic has operated its first cargo-only charter amid the operational challenges brought by Covid-19 upon the global aviation industry.Flight VS698 from London Heathrow for New York JFK created history for the airline as the B787-9 passenger aircraft departed with two pilots, one cabin crew member and a hold filled ...
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NewsASL Airlines in medical supplies airlift from China to Belgium
ASL Airlines Belgium is operating 10 B747 freighter flights each week between Liege airport in Belgium and China.Initially, these flights carried medical supplies from Europe to China as the Covid-19 crisis was building there.Now, the flights are transporting supplies such as facemasks to Belgium from China. In the last week ...
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European pharma sector calls on the EU to keep medicine supply chains flowing
Medicines for Europe (MfE) has called on the European Union (EU) to keep international borders open and to secure trade flows for medicines and key ingredients for their manufacture in India, the US and China.The pharma sector representative body states in a letter to the European Commission: “Our industry also ...
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IATA expects cargo traffic to drop by more than 15% in 2020
IATA is projecting that cargo demand could drop by more than 15% in 2020 as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.IATA global head of cargo Glyn Hughes said that figures set to be released in the coming days show that global demand in freight tonne km terms (FTK) was down ...
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Multimodal rescheduled for November
Supply chain exhibition Multimodal 2020 has been put on hold until November 4-6.Commenting on the decision to postpone, Rob Jervis, Logistics Portfolio Director, Clarion Events said: “I suspect that this announcement will not be a great surprise.“Despite strong support from our stakeholders, the increasing level of uncertainty, travel bans and ...
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BIFA urges Brexit transition extension amid COVID-19 disruption
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) is urging the government to apply for an extension of the Brexit transition period, as the coronavirus pandemic continues cause disruption.Robert Keen, director general of BIFA says that with negotiations between the EU and UK now stalled, it would be irresponsible of the UK ...
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Beijing moves to beef up air cargo capacity
Beijing will take steps to bolster domestic and international air cargo capacity amid the global coronavirus pandemic, including support for air freight companies and logistics firms.The official China Daily newspaper quotes premier Li Keqiaing as stating that the massive reduction in global air traffic has created issues for supply chains ...
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NewsAirlines fill passenger seats with cargo to meet demand
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and LATAM have been loading up passenger seats with cargo as they try to keep their aircraft as full as possible.Earlier today, a Lufthansa Airbus A330 passenger aircraft loaded with around 30 tons of medical goods landed in Frankfurt today after an 11 hour flight from Shanghai ...
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COVID-19: FTA calls for extension of Brexit transition period
The UK logistics industry is calling on the Westminster government to seek an extension of the transition period for leaving the European Union (EU), citing the challenges posed by the COVID-19 virus in implementing new legislation.FTA, the business group representing the logistics sector, wants the transition period extended beyond the ...
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Frankfurt airport secures supply chains as cargo demand soars
Frankfurt airport is providing its full cargo infrastructure to meet the rise in freight flights to North America, south-east Asia and China, demand for which is expected to increase further.“Together with all players in the airfreight industry, we are doing our best to make up for a loss in capacities ...