Newsletter - 05th April 2020

Daily News Updates / 05th April 2020

Airlines
EASA Certifies Cargo Seat Bags for A320 Family Aircraft Cabins One of the latest achievements – cargo seat bags for Airbus A320 family aircraft passenger cabins to transport commercial and humanitarian supplies developed by C... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
DAMCO names Mike MeieArkort as Head of Americas Meierkort brings over 32 years’ experience in logistics as the freight forwarder finds new ways to help keep supply chains moving in the USA Mike Meierkort has been appointed... READ MORE

Associations
IATA Postpones 2020 AGM The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the postponement of the 76th Annual General Meeting (AGM) and World Air Transport Summit. The event had been sche... READ MORE

People
Rainer Wittenfeld joins the LUG senior team Rainer Wittenfeld has been appointed co-director of LUG air cargo handling GmbH, supporting Patrick Tschirch in his responsibilities. Wittenfeld will continue to hold his position... READ MORE

Business
March air cargo volumes fell with increasing speed to 23%: Clive Data Services Covid-19 ‘raised its ugly head’ faster and faster in the air cargo industry in March as global cargo volumes fell by 23 percent versus the same four weeks of 2019. The decl... READ MORE

Airports
cargo-partner Moves into New Warehouse and Office at Budapest Airport The international transport and information logistics provider moved into its newly built office and warehouse at Budapest Airport on March 30. As one of the first tenants of t... READ MORE

Logistics
DB Schenker moves 10 million masks, medical supplies across the globe DB Schenker has delivered over 10 million masks and other relief medical supplies to many countries. In the past week, the DB Schenker team has successfully completed several cros... READ MORE

Airlines
Flexibility in times of change: Delta And United Extend Waivers For Flights Affected By Coronavirus To Two Years Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are widening the window in which travelers can rebook itineraries that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Delta Air Lines recently... READ MORE

People
Forwarder Beacon appoints Booth to finance role Freight forwarding and supply chain finance company Beacon has appointed Brenton Booth as head of supply chain finance. Booth joined the company on April 1 having previously ru... READ MORE

Airlines
Atlas Air Worldwide Provides Critical Support in the Fight Against Coronavirus * Carried First Flight of PPE for FEMA and Project Airbridge * Operated Flight of PPE for Flexport.org to support Frontline Responders Fund * Moving Critical Supplies on Beh... READ MORE

Airlines
Air India to operate first cargo flight from Delhi to Shanghai on April 5 India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation announced that it is taking a number of steps to add significant cargo capacity in the country’s fight against Covid-19. The government said... READ MORE

Associations
More Asia-Pacific States Urgently Need to Support their Airline Industry : IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is urging Asia-Pacific states to take urgent action to provide financial support to their airline industry impacted by the COVID... READ MORE