coronavirus air cargo
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Air Cargo
Information fog hinders air cargo readiness for COVID vaccine
How do you prepare for the Super Bowl if you don’t know who your opponent is? That’s how airlines and freight managers feel about preparations…
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United Airlines cargo planes to share space again with passengers
At airlines, cargo is typically the junior partner to passenger service. During COVID, the roles are reversed and United Airlines is using its cargo network…
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Air cargo’s COVID-19 arms race
More airlines and logistics firms are fortifying their pharmaceutical handling capabilities and credentials ahead of an expected COVID-19 vaccine release. Several companies this week announced…
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Daily Infographic: Shipping COVID tests
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United Airlines surpasses 5,000 cargo-only flights since March
United Airlines’ early commitment to quasi-freighter operations as the coronavirus crisis grew has paid off financially. The airline is ramping up cargo operations even further…
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Delta Air Lines cabins to go naked
Delta Air Lines is stripping — seats that is. Removing seats from passenger aircraft adds capacity for lucrative cargo.
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Cathay Pacific strips seats from 777 aircraft for cargo
Cathay Pacific has been flying passenger planes on cargo missions for months, but only in the last couple of weeks did it revert to pulling…
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Pressure on air cargo rates from China keeps increasing
Shipping goods by air is expensive, especially on the biggest trade lines from China. Rates are much higher than normal for this time of year,…
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Atlas Air capitalizes on transport shortages for big Q2 profit gain
Atlas Air Worldwide’s big cargo planes have been in flying full tilt since the novel coronavirus metastasized in March. Combine that with high rates and…
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Role reversal: Passenger airlines make more from cargo sales in Q2
The cargo divisions at Air Canada, IAG/British Airways and Air France-KLM played dominant roles for their respective airlines in the second quarter, creating cash flow.…
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