Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions

Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions

Air connectivity is at the center of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. Global air cargo capacity has dropped substantially since most commercial passenger flights have been cancelled or grounded worldwide. Air cargo operators are trying to satisfy...

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Main Authors: Saslavsky, Daniel, Rastogi, Cordula
Format: Policy Note
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
AIR FREIGHT CAPACITY
TRADE FACILITATION
AVIATION SERVICES
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295561588739954467/Trade-and-COVID-19-Guidance-Note-Facilitating-Air-Freight-Policies-and-Actions
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spelling okr-10986-337172021-05-25T09:37:11Z Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions Saslavsky, Daniel Rastogi, Cordula AIR TRANSPORT MARKET AIR FREIGHT CAPACITY TRADE FACILITATION AVIATION SERVICES CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC RESPONSE Air connectivity is at the center of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. Global air cargo capacity has dropped substantially since most commercial passenger flights have been cancelled or grounded worldwide. Air cargo operators are trying to satisfy the existing demand, and also support pandemic-related relief efforts, mostly with freighters, and also with repurposed passenger widebody aircrafts (carrying freight in the main cabin). The economic impact for developing countries is likely to be felt directly through the loss of cargo capacity and skyrocketing air cargo rates, as well as cascading effects from all-cargo operations. Governments should coordinate and work with industry to ease regulatory and operational restrictions on air cargo operations to ensure market access, essential operations, and timely turnaround at airports and hubs. Many passenger airlines (responsible for hauling half of air cargo globally) will require financial support or restructuring, in a context of prolonged revenue starvation and assets’ immobility. 2020-05-07T20:42:10Z 2020-05-07T20:42:10Z 2020-05-05 Policy Note http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295561588739954467/Trade-and-COVID-19-Guidance-Note-Facilitating-Air-Freight-Policies-and-Actions http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33717 English Trade and COVID-19 Guidance Note; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Policy Note
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topic AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
AIR FREIGHT CAPACITY
TRADE FACILITATION
AVIATION SERVICES
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
spellingShingle AIR TRANSPORT MARKET
AIR FREIGHT CAPACITY
TRADE FACILITATION
AVIATION SERVICES
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC RESPONSE
Saslavsky, Daniel
Rastogi, Cordula
Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
relation Trade and COVID-19 Guidance Note;
description Air connectivity is at the center of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis. Global air cargo capacity has dropped substantially since most commercial passenger flights have been cancelled or grounded worldwide. Air cargo operators are trying to satisfy the existing demand, and also support pandemic-related relief efforts, mostly with freighters, and also with repurposed passenger widebody aircrafts (carrying freight in the main cabin). The economic impact for developing countries is likely to be felt directly through the loss of cargo capacity and skyrocketing air cargo rates, as well as cascading effects from all-cargo operations. Governments should coordinate and work with industry to ease regulatory and operational restrictions on air cargo operations to ensure market access, essential operations, and timely turnaround at airports and hubs. Many passenger airlines (responsible for hauling half of air cargo globally) will require financial support or restructuring, in a context of prolonged revenue starvation and assets’ immobility.
format Policy Note
author Saslavsky, Daniel
Rastogi, Cordula
author_facet Saslavsky, Daniel
Rastogi, Cordula
author_sort Saslavsky, Daniel
title Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
title_short Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
title_full Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
title_fullStr Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
title_full_unstemmed Facilitating Air Freight – Policies and Actions
title_sort facilitating air freight – policies and actions
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/295561588739954467/Trade-and-COVID-19-Guidance-Note-Facilitating-Air-Freight-Policies-and-Actions
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33717
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