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March 2020

Virgin to slash four in five services

Virgin Atlantic says it will put drastic measures in place to ensure its future including an 80% cut in scheduled flights by 26 March and parking three quarters of its fleet. It will focus on core routes, depending on customer demand but its London Heathrow – Newark service will be permanently axed immediately. Staff are being asked to take eight weeks unpaid leave over the next three months, with the cost spread ... [+]

Austrian halts all scheduled flights

Austrian Airlines is to halt all regular flight operations from Wednesday night, March 18, until further notice in response to entry bans being imposed across the globe and a rapid decline in demand for air travel. The carrier will keep one long-haul aircraft and one medium-haul jet ready for operation ... [+]

New estates chief for Tyne

Victoria Beattie has joined the Port of Tyne as head of estates. A chartered quantity surveyor, she has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry and joins the port from the Gateshead Housing Company. [+]

ITT Hub and Microlise conferences fall victim to corona virus

The ITT Hub and the co-located Freight Transport Association Future Logistics Conference, due to take place in Farnborough on 13-14 May has postponed until 12-13 May 2021. Organisers Binswood Media said the decision had been taken as early as possible in response to requests from partners and major exhibitors, whose ... [+]

Shippers call for freighters to replace banned US passenger flights

The European Shippers Council has called for airport slots released by president Trump’s ban on passenger flights between Europe and the US to be partly used for additional freighter flights to ensure that urgent and medical goods remain available. It says that there is sufficient capacity at European airports to ... [+]

No stopping the Hefei Express

Nurminen Logistics said on 12 March that its Chinese train made the journey from Hefei to Helsinki in a record 11 days. While air and maritime modes struggle with significant challenges, the rail freight operators have been able to run their operations almost as usual. Container availability for rail freight ... [+]

OOCL to buy five mega ships

OOCL has signed contracts with two Chinese for five new 23,000teu container vessels due to be delivered from 2023. OOCL currently has six G-Class mega-vessels of 21,000teu, ordered in March 2015. The original plan was for a second batch of five to six mega vessels but this was cancelled due ... [+]

Please don’t stockpile, says FTA Ireland

FTA Ireland (FTAI) is asking the public not to stockpile, saying that the nation’s supply chain is resilient, after the government stepped up its corona virus response including closing schools and public institutions. Aidan Flynn, general manager of FTAI comments: “As the business organisation representing Ireland’s logistics sector, FTAI wants to ... [+]

Dachser steps up charters to combat virus

Dachser Air and Sea Logistics is stepping up its charter flights between Frankfurt and China and is offering an air bridge between the US, Latin America and China via the German gateway. The forwarder will charter 747 freighters, initially from mid-March to the end of the month. It said that ... [+]

IRU sees road freight falling by a fifth

Global road transport activity could fall by up to 20% in 2020 as a result of the corona virus, says the International Road Transport Union (IRU). This could lead to a global loss in operator revenues of $2 trillion, it adds. Nearly 6% of all people in employment worldwide work in ... [+]

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