Menzies Aviation, which employs around 32,000 staff, and provides fueling, ground handling and cargo handling services at 200 airports, announced 27MAR20 that it was cutting around 17,500 jobs globally, as a result of the huge drop in air traffic due to the corona crisis. A drastic cost-reduction move in order to retain the business, since the company currently does not qualify for government aid. Read more >>
Night flight bans have been abolished, so have old slot dogmas, and trucking is now permitted even on Sundays and public holidays. This is the political response to an uprising public call to readjust the European industrial landscape following the coronavirus spread to safeguard the fast and efficient supplies of medical equipment, medicines and hygiene products at all times in sufficient quantities. It seems that the time after corona will not be the same anymore. Read more >>
Over the past weeks, many passenger airlines have successively grounded up to 95% of their fleet, keeping certain aircraft going mainly for repatriation flights in conjunction with national embassies. With the massive drop in belly capacity, cargo space is scarce, and thus increasingly, passenger airlines are providing some of their fleet as temporary cargo-only charters. What does this entail and what are the challenges? Read more >>
Drone manufacturer Wingcopter and UPS subsidiary UPS Flight Forward (UPSFF) have signed an agreement to jointly develop a new generation of package delivery drones for use cases in the U.S. and beyond. Their prime aim is to earn regulatory certification by the U.S. authorities for their future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Read more >>
The number of airlines deploying some of their long-haul Boeing or Airbus pax jetliners to carry cargo in passenger cabins is rising fast. Their step is a reaction to the thinning out or total halt of passenger services leading to a lack of lower deck transport capacity and causing supply chain disruptions on a global level. Read more >>
“Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end…” words the Welsh folk singer, Mary Hopkin, sang back in 1968. That the good times should never end was also the cargo
industry’s expectation for many years. However, given the many crises over the past decades, this was more a case of sweet dreaming.
Yet, never before has the air freight business been shaken as badly as by the current Covid-19 pandemic.
This crisis not only existentially affects airlines and forwarders, but also companies playing an important side role in the huge air freight industry, such as the Training Logistic
Center (LTC), based in Neu-Isenburg near Frankfurt, that coaches candidates and qualifies applicants seeking a job in logistics. Read more >>
DHL Aviation has launched temporary Brussels-Miami flights and considers expanding its Africa services. Both measures are the result of the Corona impact. Read more >>
Amsterdam Airport is preparing to take full ownership of the data exchange system, Cargonaut, which will be upgraded to a genuine data platform. The umbrella organization, Air Cargo
Netherlands (ACN), expects that the business community can be involved, says Managing Director Maarten van As.
The concept is not seen as a role model for Brussels Airport. Read more >>
Europe's largest aviation group is badly hit by the near collapse of international air traffic in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, evidenced by figures the Executive Board presented today (19MAR20) at its Annual Press Conference in Frankfurt. The share is in free fall; Lufthansa Cargo reports heavy losses following a splendid year 2018. Even before the outbreak of the Wuhan virus, the 2019 fiscal year was marked by tariff conflicts, price wars, and political uncertainties causing profit warnings. Read more >>
With immediate effect, forwarding agent Senator International has increased the number of freighter operations linking Hahn Airport in Germany with Greenville-Spartanburg, South Carolina, from formerly 4/7 to daily. Although the Hamburg-based logistics company does not mention the name of its customer in its notification, it is no secret that car manufacturer BMW is the initiator of the additional flights. Read more >>
For companies it is a horror scenario: added to the risk of their employees falling ill, is the danger of IT system problems. A double shock that could bring business processes to a standstill. This makes it even more important that at least IT functionality is guaranteed. Read more >>
Following concept studies of delta-winged aircraft presented by Airbus and Boeing, Russian aviation experts of Moscow-based Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute (TsAGI) came up with their own triangle-shaped aircraft model called ‘Flying Wing’. A series of tests in the Institute’s wind tunnel will provide in-depth information on the aerodynamic characteristics of Russia’s most ambitious project in civil aviation to date. Read more >>
Europe's largest aviation group is badly hit by the near collapse of international air traffic in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, evidenced by figures the Executive Board presented today (19MAR20) at its Annual Press Conference in Frankfurt. The share is in free fall; Lufthansa Cargo reports heavy losses following a splendid year 2018. Even before the outbreak of the Wuhan virus, the 2019 fiscal year was marked by tariff conflicts, price wars, and political uncertainties causing profit warnings. Read more >>
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As more and more airlines are deciding to temporarily ground their fleet or have reduced their flight schedules by as much as 80-90%, it is difficult to keep track of who is still
operating where. e-booking portal cargo.one has come up with a one-stop COVID-19
AIR CARGO DASHBOARD showing different airlines in a quick, color-coded overview. Read more >>
Marseille, France-based CEVA Logistics has contracted 86 freighters to keep international supply chains running. This way, the company supports producers in delivering spare parts, badly needed materials and supplies to their customers. Read more >>
