Newsletter - 07th April 2020

Daily News Updates / 07th April 2020

Airports
Changi Airport to terminate T2 operations for 18 months Changi Airport Group (CAG) will consolidate its terminal operations in a move to enable CAG and its airport partners to save on running costs such as utilities and cleaning as wel... READ MORE

Freight Forwarders
InstaFreight launches overland transport for China-Europe supply chains InstaFreight, a digital forwarding company, is offering its customers overland transport for the supply chains from China to Europe and conversely, which both have been strongly a... READ MORE

Airlines
Swiss WorldCargo to perform more than ten cargo flights for Swiss healthcare institutions Swiss is to perform a series of flights bringing vital protective medical equipment from China to Switzerland. The operation, which is extensively supported by the company’s Swi... READ MORE

Associations
TIACA: ‘Who will unload the ventilators when we are gone?’ TIACA asks the question of what happens to logistics if the current Covid-19 pandemic spreads to those that unload cargo Imagine the scene. A hastily converted A330 packed with... READ MORE

Airlines
Airbus A350-1000 deployed in fight against COVID-19 Airbus continues to purchase and supply millions of face masks from China, the large majority of which will be donated to governments of the Airbus home countries, namely France... READ MORE

Airlines
MASKargo flies intubation boxes for a charity project MASkargo has transported a number of intubation boxes for government hospitals in Malaysia dealing with COVID-19 patients. The shipment is the result of an initiative called Th... READ MORE

Airports
Cologne/Bonn Airport is playing a key role in logistics While passenger operations at Cologne Bonn Airport have ground to an almost complete halt as a result of the coronavirus crisis, things are buzzing in another area of the airport:... READ MORE

Associations
EU waives customs duties, VAT on imports of medical equipment The European Union (EU) has announced to temporarily waive customs duties and value-added tax (VAT) on the import of medical devices, and protective equipment, from non-EU count... READ MORE

Airlines
Turkish medical aid arrives in Spain and Italy An A-400M cargo plane of the Turkish Air Force carrying medical supplies donated by Turkey reached Spain and Italy on Wednesday (1 April 2020) as part of Allied efforts to respond... READ MORE

Airlines
Virgin Atlantic and CEVA in medical equipment relief flight Virgin Atlantic has teamed up with not-for-profit foundation Virgin Unite and CEVA to fly a special charter flight from Shanghai to London, bringing in essential medical supplies ... READ MORE