The European Commission published guidelines on Friday 27 March to facilitate air freight operations, heavily affected by the travel bans and flight restrictions introduced in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Normally, 50 to 60% of goods transported by air are carried in the holds of passenger flights. Their cancellation results in a loss of capacity that cannot be compensated by all-cargo flights alone.
However, “air cargo must be able to continuously deliver critical products such...