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Rep. James Clyburn Presses Cargo Carriers on COVID-19 Relief Aid
Atlas planes parked at Chicago Rockford International Airport. (Chicago Rockford International Airport)
Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), chairman of the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, called on four cargo airlines to return pandemic relief aid.
October 23, 2020Senate Republicans Unveil Airlines Relief Bill
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Legislation that would provide nearly $30 billion for airlines, including cargo air carriers, to address concerns related to the pandemic was recently unveiled by top Senate Republicans.
September 25, 2020FedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote Areas
A FedEx cargo plane sits parked at San Diego International Airport on April 27. (Bing Guan/Bloomberg News)
FedEx Corp. is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft, CEO Fred Smith said.
September 21, 2020FAA’s Failure to Cull Bad Pilots Cited in Fatal Atlas Crash
A plane silhouetted in the sky. (SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg News)
The fatal crash of a cargo plane last year was caused in part by the failure of the U.S. federal government to establish a reliable system of weeding out unqualified airline pilots, investigators concluded.
July 14, 2020Discount Airline Group Presses for Extension of US Assistance
An aircraft marshal guides a Spirit Airlines plane on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. (Saul Martinez/Bloomberg News)
Smaller U.S. airlines are likely to need more government aid amid an uncertain travel recovery, according to a trade group that represents discounters such as Spirit Airlines Inc., Frontier Airlines and Allegiant Travel Co.
June 23, 2020Amazon Prime Air Could Surge to 200 Jets From 42, Study Says
A Prime Air cargo plane operated by Amazon sits on display in France in June 2019. (Jason Alden/Bloomberg News)
Amazon .com Inc.'s Prime Air fleet will grow to about 200 planes — up from 42 now — in the next seven or eight years, creating an air cargo service that could rival UPS Inc., according to a study.
May 26, 2020Airlines Shift to Cargo as Passenger Volume Falls Dramatically
Delta Airlines aircraft are stored at Southern California Logistics Airport on March 25 in Victorville, Calif. (Mark J. Terrill/AP)
Faced with hundreds of parked planes and near-empty flights as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, some of the world’s biggest airline executives are turning their focus to cargo.
April 1, 2020Southwest Offers First Cargo-Only Flights in Its History
A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane taxis on the tarmac at San Francisco International Airport in March 2019. (Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News)
Southwest Airlines Co. will offer the first all-cargo flights in its 48-year history as passenger demand keeps sliding amid the spread of the new coronavirus.
March 31, 2020Mnuchin Asks Airlines to Propose Financial Stake in Aid Bid
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Airlines will be required to propose up-front how the federal government could retain financial stakes in their companies in exchange for a share of $61 billion in coronavirus aid designated for the industry, according to guidelines released by the Treasury Department.
March 31, 2020Alaska’s First COVID-19 Patient Is a Cargo Plane Pilot
Carrying some 240 American diplomats and citizens from Wuhan, China, a Boeing 747 sits on the tarmac in Anchorage, Alaska, on Jan. 28. (Michael Dinneen/Associated Press)
A cargo pilot who arrived at Anchorage’s international airport on March 11 went to a hotel before he became ill, an airport official said March 13.
March 16, 2020