The federal government ordered airlines accepting financial aid to maintain minimal service levels to cities they served before the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the transportation system, but made adjustments for low-cost carriers and those that fly to some destinations only part of the year.
April 7, 2020Coronavirus
Government, Business
An aircraft marshal guides a Spirit Airlines plane on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in 2017. (Saul Martinez/Bloomberg News)
Low-Cost Airlines Seeking Aid Get Break on Minimum-Flight Rule
An aircraft marshal guides a Spirit Airlines plane on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport in 2017. (Saul Martinez/Bloomberg News)
Government, Business, TCA
Signage is displayed outside the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., in December 2018. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
Tesla’s Ventilator Production in New York Has Yet to Begin
Signage is displayed outside the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., in December 2018. (Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg News)
Elon Musk promised nearly two weeks ago that the Tesla factory in Buffalo, N.Y., would reopen for ventilator production to help with the coronavirus pandemic. But it still hasn’t happened yet.
April 7, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics
A truck transports shipping containers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra, India, on March 30. (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg News)
World’s Biggest Lockdown Brings Trucks to a Standstill in India
A truck transports shipping containers from the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra, India, on March 30. (Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg News)
The world’s biggest lockdown has brought transportation of goods in India to a near halt, even though the federal government has exempted the sector from restrictions to halt the spread of coronavirus.
April 7, 2020
Business
Continued purchases of medical supplies, food and beverages will bolster the refrigerated market, according to ACT Research. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Trucking Volume Linked to Future Spending Trends, Experts Say
Continued purchases of medical supplies, food and beverages will bolster the refrigerated market, according to ACT Research. (John Sommers II for Transport Topics)
Where and how consumers and businesses are spending money now, and how those habits might shift in the near future, will shape how the economy — and the trucking industry — will manage through the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, experts said.
April 6, 2020
Business, Safety
An employee works on an Airbus SE A320 aircraft at an assembly line hangar in Hamburg, Germany, in 2019. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Airbus Pauses Production in Alabama, Germany
An employee works on an Airbus SE A320 aircraft at an assembly line hangar in Hamburg, Germany, in 2019. (Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg News)
Airbus SE is pausing production at two German sites and its factory in Alabama to adjust to a demand slowdown and supply issues related to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 6, 2020
Government, Business
An illustration of the DeHavilland DHC-8-100, one of the planes used in Ravn Air Group's fleet. (Ravn Air Group)
Ravn, Alaska’s Biggest Regional Airline, Files for Bankruptcy
An illustration of the DeHavilland DHC-8-100, one of the planes used in Ravn Air Group's fleet. (Ravn Air Group)
Ravn Air Group, whose airlines connect the far reaches of Alaska, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy after it ran out of cash to pay staff and keep its planes flying.
April 6, 2020
Government, Business, TCA
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., on March 31. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon to Donate 8,200 Laptops to Seattle Students
Amazon signage is displayed in front of a warehouse in Staten Island, N.Y., on March 31. (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News)
Amazon .com Inc. is donating 8,200 laptops to families of elementary school students in Seattle Public Schools who don’t have access to a device needed for remote learning while schools are closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the company and school district announced April 6.
April 6, 2020
Government, Business, Logistics
Jockey trucks and ship-to-shore cranes work a containership at the Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal on Sept. 20, 2019. (Stephen B. Morton/Georgia Ports Authority)
Port of Savannah Eliminates Saturday Truck Operations
Jockey trucks and ship-to-shore cranes work a containership at the Port of Savannah Garden City Terminal on Sept. 20, 2019. (Stephen B. Morton/Georgia Ports Authority)
The Port of Savannah, the second busiest on the East Coast, is closing operations on Saturdays to truck drivers, effective immediately, as business slows due to the coronavirus pandemic.
April 6, 2020
Business, Safety
Elevated train tracks sit above a near-empty street in Chicago on April 3. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg News)
Insurers Return Money to Customers During Driving Slump
Elevated train tracks sit above a near-empty street in Chicago on April 3. (Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg News)
Auto insurers Allstate Corp. and American Family Insurance are returning some money to customers as widespread shutdowns across the U.S. from the coronavirus cut down on driving.
April 6, 2020
Business, Safety
COVID-19 by Getty Images
Instructional Technologies Offers Free Course on COVID-19 Safety
COVID-19 by Getty Images
Instructional Technologies Inc., a provider of training solutions for the transportation industry, announced it is offering a free course for drivers on COVID-19 safety.
April 6, 2020Pages
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