Air Freight News
Covid-19 risk on Qantas flight highest in window seats in economy class
The spread of Covid-19 on a Qantas Airways Ltd. flight in March showed people in window seats in the middle of the economy cabin had…
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WTO gives EU $4 billion target on US goods in Boeing case
The European Union can impose tariffs on about $4 billion of U.S. exports annually in retaliation for government aid to Boeing Co. deemed illegal by…
Pakistan to buy 200,000 tons wheat from Russia to tame inflation
Pakistan plans to buy about 200,000 tons of wheat from Russia as part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s bid to control inflation by increasing supplies…
French probe into A380 engine blowout reveals metal safety risks
A three-year French investigation into a near-catastrophic Airbus SE A380 engine blowout over Greenland found hidden weaknesses in the structure of a widely used metal…
Millions fly with China’s airlines as pandemic drags on others
The world’s harried airline bosses will look enviously to China this week as millions of people take to the skies for national holidays, helping Chinese…
EU leaders will call for rebalancing relationship with China
European Union leaders will on Thursday call for an economic rebalancing with China and greater reciprocity between the two sides, part of a rethink by…
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United, American Airlines among carriers taking Covid loans
American Airlines Group Inc. and United Airlines Holdings Inc. are among seven carriers taking federal loans that are capped at $7.5 billion apiece, the Treasury…
US seeks global blueberry probe as Trump courts farmers
The Trump administration is asking the International Trade Commission to open a Section 201 probe into whether blueberry imports are harming U.S. growers of the…
Micron shares fall after chipmaker halts shipments to Huawei
Micron Technology Inc. shares fell after the largest U.S. chipmaker said it recently halted shipments to China’s Huawei Technologies Co.
American Air joins rush to provide preflight virus testing
American Airlines Group Inc. joined the dash among U.S. carriers to offer preflight coronavirus testing to Jamaica and Hawaii that it hopes to eventually expand…