The STAT Trade Times Magazine - May 2020

In this issue

Read the May issue of The STAT Trade Times to find out industry perspectives on how the air cargo industry is coping with the Covid-19 pandemic despite many challenges. Our correspondent Libin Chacko Kurien, in his detailed cover story, finds out that digitalisation is the only way out for air cargo. If the slow pace of adoption and reluctance among stakeholders to jump in was the talk before, the pandemic is changing this. Shalini Nair reports on how the dip in oil prices have provided a short-term cheer to the aviation sector, but practically no airline is celebrating the price decline, as demand has been hugely affected due to the passenger travel restriction. Read Prasad Badgujar’s report on the current trend of remodeling passenger aircraft to make cargo fit in cabins. Also read the regional report on the Middle East by Surya Kannoth to understand how air cargo carriers in the Middle East have been ramping up emergency response operations and scaling up their cargo services to offer capacity. Do not miss to catch up on the interviews by industry leaders – Nabil Sultan of Emirates SkyCargo and Glyn Hughes of IATA on their perspectives on the current crisis.