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RECENTLY, THE INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION (IATA) renewed its call on governments to take urgent measures to ensure that vital air cargo supply lines remain open, and effective. In the United States, meanwhile, The Airforwarders Association (AfA) is asking the Biden Administration to review regulatory ordinances that are preventing progress and inhibiting efficiency across a wide range of businesses. Global airlines are scrambling to meet the gap between cargo demand and available lift by all means possible, notes Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director general and CEO. This includes re-introducing freighter services and using passenger aircraft for cargo operations. "The pandemic crisis has seen almost the entire worldwide passenger aircraft fleet grounded," he says. "This is a fleet that normally transports almost half of total air cargo shipments." To prevail over these challenges, IATA is asking governments to remove key regulatory obstacles by introducing fast-track procedures for over-flight and landing permits for cargo operations. This is particularly key for manufacturing hubs in Asia-China, Korea and Japan. IATA is also advocating the removal of operating hour curfews for cargo flights to facilitate the most flexible global air cargo network operations. |