Overstocks of ULDs? A problem that many airlines face in corona-crisis times with commercial aviation running out of business. In a prompt reaction to the dire situation, the online
exchange platform Skypooling has approached carriers, asking them to report their
Just 8 weeks after CFG received notification of CargoLogicAir’s apparent first step into liquidation, the
Stansted-based freighter operator has taken to the air again – coincidentally, and perhaps fittingly for the UK’s only maindeck freighter operator, on England’s national
Achim Pluecker, Managing Director of ICCS – International Cargo Center Shenzhen – gives CFG an exclusive insight into how he, his family and his team have experienced the COVID-19
shutdown and changes over the past 3 months.
Setting the scene
If you look up to the empty skies around major airports today, the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic becomes very tangible. Only a fraction of pre-crisis flights is currently in
the skies. Global aviation has literally collapsed. The sector
Lufthansa Cargo is ramping up its fleet of passenger jetliners as freight-only aircraft to increase capacity on the Germany-China sector. This adds to the existing capacity of its B777F
and MD-11F freighter fleet. The upping of freight-only jetliners is a
Pretoria’s government refuses to pump additional money into financially heavily shaken national carrier South African Airways. However, without a massive new cash injection, the
86-year-old airline will be unable to continue operating. Now COVID-19 appears to be the final nail
Exclusive: Ground handling agent Swissport has started to levy an ‘Emergency COVID-19 Support Surcharge’ for air freight imports at all stations worldwide. This is confirmed in a
letter to forwarding agents in Frankfurt and displayed on the company’s global website.
