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Cargo jet does face-plant after mangled maintenance check
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner being operated by British Airways for a dedicated cargo-only flight to Frankfurt, Germany, fell on its chin last week during preflight maintenance when a procedural mistake caused the nose landing gear to collapse at Heathrow London Airport. Two persons were slightly injured and the plane was damaged, according to the incident report.
The U.K. Air Accidents Investigation Branch said the accident happened because a mechanic in charge of inserting a locking pin into the...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-jet-does-face-plant-after-mangled-maintenance-check
Race against Indian variant may be lost already…
Race against Indian variant may be lost already…
Good Morning Monaco – Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Monaco offers mass antibody testing
Monaco has launched a coronavirus screening programme to help citizens and residents know more about their antibody status.
Race against Indian variant may be lost already
The French equivalent of the Centre for Disease Control has predicted that by the end of August 90 percent of new coronavirus cases will be...
https://allaboutshipping.co.uk/2021/06/30/race-against-indian-variant-may-be-lost-already/
Cargo levels remain below 2019 at keyl European, Asian airports
Three major cargo airports in Asia and Europe continue to lose volume because of the paucity of passenger flights during the coronavirus pandemic, but the situation is marginally better than in early summer.
Hong Kong International Airport, the largest cargo airport in the world, has gradually increased freight volumes since the bottom of the COVID crisis earlier this year, but September volumes slipped slightly from the prior month. The Hong Kong Airport Authority said cargo tonnage fell 4.4%...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cargo-levels-remain-below-2019-at-keyl-european-asian-airports
Rickenbacker Airport sets cargo records in June
Rickenbacker International Airport, a cargo-dedicated facility near Columbus, Ohio, set an all-time monthly record with 20.3 million pounds of cargo handled in June, eclipsing the previous mark by 4 million pounds with the help of passenger freighters never operated before the COVID crisis.
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority said it also broke a record for international freighter arrivals with 120. In November 2018, Rickenbacker received 109 international all-cargo aircraft that offloaded...
https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/rickenbacker-airport-sets-cargo-records-in-june
Freight forwarders urge government to work with Heathrow
Robert Keen
Freight forwarders urge government to work with Heathrow
Speaking after today’s ruling by the Court of Appeal in London in favour of campaigners challenging the legality of the UK government’s decision to allow a third runway at Heathrow Airport, Robert Keen, Director General of the British International Freight Association (BIFA) said:
“The Lord Justices have made it clear that their judgment didn’t mean that there could never be a third runway at Heathrow, but that the government now...