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 […]